kill gnome-settings-daemon

How do I kill gnome-settings-daemon?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/93578/how-do-i-kill-gnome-settings-daemon
http://askubuntu.com/a/93582

sudo -e /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop

Change X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true to X-GNOME-AutoRestart=false

[Solved] gnome-settings-daemon running at 100% CPU 
http://forum.pinguyos.com/Thread-Solved-gnome-settings-daemon-running-at-100-CPU

for my Ubuntu 12.04, now upgrading to 12.10...