hello, fellow forum folks.

i noticed that in the task manager that there is a program running called adobe gamma loader. does anyone know what it is and what it does? i'm pretty sure it was installed along with photoshop but if it's not necessary to startup with i'll probably just take it off startup. i'm just trying to boot up faster.

i'm running under win98SE.

thanx

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Mark Burnett is the Devil...thank goodness.

hello

I have everything under run msconfig startup disabled except for my multimedia keyboard and my system starts like a flash shutdown after like 2 seconds and I have no problems with anything.

The only reason that I have the keyboard checked is that if it is not chosen then you dont get the volume etc.. keys to work. This will also apply to some mice.


Also I feel that task manager is useless but I also have a cdrw and a zip drive.

Everything else I feel is not needed.

email me if you have any other questions.

Adam http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Here (http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:cl6a792ulDY:www.monacosys.com/AdobeGammaSetup.pdf+adobe+gamma+loader&hl=en) is an instruction page for someone elses software that tells you how to disable it and what it does.

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mjc
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[This message has been edited by mjc (edited 05-26-2001).]

thanx for the help,

mjc: great link, it answered all my problems.

Adam Pintar: everythings disabled? no problems yet huh? ok im still curious about what each thing does though. so maybe ill wait till i find out what each program does before i disable them. thanx.

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Mark Burnett is the Devil...thank goodness.

I just posted to your other one, MangMang. Here (http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm)is site with list of programs safe to uncheck at StartUp.

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Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
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Thanks for the tip kayofcircles. Mine has a program not on the list though. Its SM56ACL. Anybody know what this is?

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Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Looks like it is part of the driver package for a Motorola modem: Here (http://www.google.com/search?q=SM56ACL&btnG=Google+Search) is a Google search on it...


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mjc
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Celts are the men that heaven made mad, For all their battles are merry and their songs are all sad.

Like I said i disabled all but the multimedia keyboard and I dont worry about my mouse but some people do.

If you go into the startup tab there will be a whole bunch of check boxes and these are the ones that are run at startup. there should be your keyboard mouse and video as the primary ones and then a whole bunch of apps.

I feel if i want an app to be running I will run it it does not need to be running in the background taking up resources.

I have all types of programs and equipment on my system you name it and I probably have it other then a computer cam which is coming soon along with a network card for my dsl.

Never had a problem and doing this actually solved a problem where I could not click on my icons on my desktop to make things run.

so all in all this will not harm your computer and your system will boot up a hell of a lot faster.


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