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Title: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: polonus on September 18, 2008, 08:43:58 PM

Hi malware fighters,

Some services in XP can be disabled to either make the computer faster or when they are not absolutely necessary: http://www.optimizingpc.com/optimize/windowsservices.html

What services would you do without?

polonus

Title: Re: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: Lisandro on September 18, 2008, 08:57:23 PM

For advanced users (2k/XP/Vista): http://www.blackviper.com/

Title: Re: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: CharleyO on September 18, 2008, 08:59:53 PM

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Years ago, I used the Blackviper info to disable unneeded or unwanted services with good results. I do not remember all of them at the moment but for sure Windows Messenger was disabled and then removed.


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Title: Re: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: DavidR on September 18, 2008, 10:43:34 PM

With extreme care, for the majority this is totally unnecessary.

But I have used blackviper in the past also.

Title: Re: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: Bluesman on September 18, 2008, 11:03:05 PM

Quote from: Tech on September 18, 2008, 08:57:23 PM

For advanced users (2k/XP/Vista): http://www.blackviper.com/

Yes, bv is great, I have used it on this computer.

Title: Re: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: Lisandro on September 18, 2008, 11:38:05 PM

Quote from: DavidR on September 18, 2008, 10:43:34 PM

With extreme care

Quote from: Tech on September 18, 2008, 08:57:23 PM

For advanced users

;)

Title: Re: How would you tweak your Windows XP Services?
Post by: bunk on September 19, 2008, 01:08:46 AM

I have played with them manually for a while now, it seems as though you can sqeeze a little more out of a PC by doing it............. I think you gain better performace by stopping various things from starting at boot  ;D

I am normally running between 30 and 33 processes in task mgr  :o