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by Senor Barborito 05/28/2003, 10:18pm PDT

mrs. johnson wrote:

Go to control panel. Administrative Tools. Services. Find Messanger. Right click it. Start up type: DISABLED. Restart comp.

Also hosts files, but you can find out more about that yourself. I have a history of evil things happening to me when I mention host files.

the mrs.

Blackviper's Windows 2000 and Windows XP services guides are a sort of defacto standard (link credits go to Crispin of OMM from way, way back). Until and unless you have a clue and/or are willing to experiment a bit/put up with things sometimes not working, just go with the "Safe" configuration - should work for everyone and turns off the most dangerous/completely useless crap. Make sure you read the descriptions of each service (the links of each service name) before you turn it off, I don't want to be responsible for your favorite faggot service no longer working (someone out there might use Remote Assistance or something).

I've managed to trim the amount of RAM Windows XP takes down to 41 MBs using a heavily modified version of the 'Gaming' configuration - about the only otherwise useless thing I leave running is 'Cryptographic Services' because without them Windows Update won't work. Never had a problem, either.

--SB

I don't like the direction this is heading. by Fullofkittens 05/28/2003, 8:59am PDT NEW

Re: I don't like the direction this is heading. by Colonel K 05/28/2003, 9:17am PDT NEW

Re: I don't like the direction this is heading. by foogla 05/28/2003, 10:19am PDT NEW

Curing popups beyond what Proximotron can do . . . by Senor Barborito 05/28/2003, 12:24pm PDT NEW

When IP addresses are revealed by FABIO 05/28/2003, 6:33pm PDT NEW

That's easily destroyed by mrs. johnson 05/28/2003, 7:15pm PDT NEW

Re: That's easily destroyed by FABIO 05/28/2003, 7:33pm PDT NEW

More on Windows XP (and 2000) services by Senor Barborito 05/28/2003, 10:18pm PDT NEW