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metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:54 am

Thought I'd post this here as well-
For people who're wanting to do stuff without having to dual-boot - this is a pretty good app - not freeware, trialware, but works very well - I tested it for games - but it works for any other kind of app - pretty much kills all processes/services/explorer/internet except for the ones you want not killed.
I'd say it'd work better than dual-booting for low latency, because dual-booting doesn't remove most of the windows services/processes:

http://www.gameprelauncher.com/eng/index.html

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:18 am

I've had good success with Game Booster 2.0.

http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

I wonder how the two compare against each other. (I'm too lazy to try)

Gamebooster 2 seems to be free (a premium version costs money though).

--Sean

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:19 am

By the way, how is gameprelauncher crippled? I know there is a 16 day trial period, but after that what happens?

--Sean

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:36 am

Gamebooster disables about half the stuff that prelauncher does - and has about half as much effect - both on games and other apps. It's also not as configurable-
As far as I'm aware, the program will just stop functioning after the 16 days-

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:15 am

any idea how much it costs to buy gameprelauncher? I can't find any mention of the price without installing it first

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:32 am

From what I can see, $15USD -
gives you two licenses.

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:57 am

metamorphosis wrote:Gamebooster disables about half the stuff that prelauncher does - and has about half as much effect - both on games and other apps. It's also not as configurable-
As far as I'm aware, the program will just stop functioning after the 16 days-

Good to know! Thanks!

--Sean

speccyteccy · Post by **speccyteccy** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:23 pm

Relevant: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=176211

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:32 pm

Not really - that thread speculates about dual-booting - which is a far-less-than-optimal solution compared to game prelauncher - because dual-booting won't disable the majority of services and processes like prelauncher does.

speccyteccy · Post by **speccyteccy** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:20 pm

No mention of "dual" in that thread. I was talking about the ability to have multiple "profiles" of the same instance of Windows which is what this game prelauncher appears to do.

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:50 pm

I think it comes down to this:

GamePreLauncher:

1. Requires a reboot.
2. Largely automated to do everything needed to run clean with a minimal of manual configuration, and computer knowledge
3. Costs $15

Using multiple profiles:

1. Once set up, it becomes a menu option on boot-up.
2. Is entirely manual. Theoretically it can do everything that GamePreLauncher can do, but can require extensive knowledge. Once it is configured, it is a simple boot menu choice, while GamePreLauncher will always have to reboot.
3. Entirely free

Personally, although I work in the computer industry, I like the ease of use of an application that does the dirty work for me.

Edited 2 times for clarity.

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:46 am

I both agree and don't.
Multiple profiles = dual-booting, essentially, even though you're not separating out the OS.
Theoretically you could turn off a lot of the hardware stuff with with a secondary profile, but you couldn't turn off most of the processes.
You might be able to do some of the same stuff, but you wouldn't be able to do it all. And yeah, $15 is not much for something that does it all, and allows you to customise what does and doesn't get loaded for each app-

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:03 pm

I've been thinking from a Windows XP perspective, so I may be wrong with other Windows versions, but I was under the impression that all available services were available from the Administrative Tools > Services manager.

I'm not sure with Vista or Windows 7. Either way, I agree that $15 isn't much. By the way, is there a way to not have to reboot, and to just automatically boot straight into GamePreLauncher? I had the impression that a reboot was necessary either way. Booting straight into the optimized OS would be a really nice feature, since it would save the step of booting up, then selecting GamePreLauncher, and then rebooting.

--Sean

metamorphosis · Post by **metamorphosis** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:00 pm

Yeah you can turn off services, but services aren't all of the processes, only some of them. Networking, wifi and explorer would be examples of some processes that don't just disappear once you turn off their required services.

Gameprelauncher will automatically boot into itself until you hit "Restore"-
if you just go to the menu and Reboot or Shut Down, it'll load the same way next time you reboot -
hope this helps,
Matt

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:50 pm

metamorphosis wrote:
Gameprelauncher will automatically boot into itself until you hit "Restore"-
if you just go to the menu and Reboot or Shut Down, it'll load the same way next time you reboot -
hope this helps,
Matt

Now you have my attention!

--Sean

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