Im new here and hope this is the proper forum for this question. Is there anybody out there that can tell me what can be shut down in program manager in order to have maximum usage for FS9? I basically am wondering if there is a way to have just fs9 running so I wont have any other intereference on my frame rates. I have tried all of the typical things such as defrag etc. I deleted allot of programs already. I still have intermitent slow frame rates. I just want a smokin machine when it comes to FS9. Any thoughts?

A good place to start is taking a look at the "FS2004 and WinXP Optimization Guide V2" thread above.