The Big On/Off Switch
Saturday, January 22, 2005 by MartinEden | Discussion: DesktopX
You gotta love OD - but you've also got to admit that - even with a really nice graphics card - it does slow things down.
Frequently I need to run things - games, benchmarks - where I need to have available all the power my PC can give. It would be really useful if someone could write a widget that you can click and it will see what OD stuff is running and then close it. The next time you click it, it would run all the applications it closed last time. It would be useful if you could edit (in an options menu or something) which OD applications it closed, too. eg. WindowsBlinds doesn't really slow things down.
Could anyone do this? Would anyone except for me find it useful?
Frequently I need to run things - games, benchmarks - where I need to have available all the power my PC can give. It would be really useful if someone could write a widget that you can click and it will see what OD stuff is running and then close it. The next time you click it, it would run all the applications it closed last time. It would be useful if you could edit (in an options menu or something) which OD applications it closed, too. eg. WindowsBlinds doesn't really slow things down.
Could anyone do this? Would anyone except for me find it useful?
WebGizmos
Reply #2 Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:28 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:28 PM
Doesn't slow mine down at all, not even when I play games. 
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Reply #3 Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:18 PM
I did the same. I made one for "low power" which has nothing but windows itself. It's to extend battery life from 80 min to about 2 hours.
Reply #3 Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:18 PM
| made myself a special admin/games account |
I did the same. I made one for "low power" which has nothing but windows itself. It's to extend battery life from 80 min to about 2 hours.
aufisch
Reply #4 Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:05 AM
Yep, same on my laptop. It is also always neat to have a no-frills admin account in case I run into difficulties with my main account.
Reply #4 Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:05 AM
| It's to extend battery life from 80 min to about 2 hours. |
Yep, same on my laptop. It is also always neat to have a no-frills admin account in case I run into difficulties with my main account.
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Reply #1 Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:59 PM