Here is a really sweet Linux performance tuning tip that I know you will thank me for. You can increase the performance of your entire system by disabling unwanted system processes (daemons) that startup by default. For example, I have a RedHat system that I use for a sever. It has Tomcat installed on it but I never use it, so I always stop the process if I see it running. The problem is that it configures itself to run by default, so when the system is rebooted, Tomcat returns. This is a problem because Tomcat takes over 50 server processes -- that can really slow things down! Here is how to take care of this kind of problem:
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• Enter shell
  
• Execute the command "ntsysv"
  
• Find the startup processes you do not want and press spacebar to toggle on/off. (Be sure you know what you are doing here. Do not disable something if you do not know what it is and whether you can do without it or not)

That\'s it. Easy!
 
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