Shoutbox

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a way to stop/start several programs simultaneously.

I have a relatively low-spec PC at the moment, and when using resource-intensive programs (games, photoshop etc), it helps if I'm running the least amount of sundry programs as possible. To do this at the moment, I have to spend a few minutes closing programs, killing processes etc, and then when I'm done, I have to restart everything again.

Does anyone know of a quick, efficient way to do this? (When I was first thinking of it I was thinking a .exe or two, but I have no idea of the capabilities of such things. Googling has yielded very little, as I think my problem is a little too specific, and my knowledge is very limited, but I have been proven wrong before.)

Any help would be appreciated.