Classmate Latency and Live Video

[MishraArtificer]

Would killing off background processes in Windows XP help with the latency any? I have a good-sized list of things you can do to Windows XP to make it go faster and ease the load on the processor, from mundane things like turning off the Print Spooler (since there's no printer attached anyway), to more complex stuff like registry edits. I work at a computer repair shop here in Monroe, and I've used most of it on all of my computers, my parent's computers, as well as some customer's laptops and desktops.