Disableing Windows XP stuff

[Genesis15]

Can anyone give me a list or send me a link to a site with a list of all uneeded windows xp things ic an disable to make it run a little faster? Thanks in advance.

 

[rbV5]

Link

 

[firerock]

Black Viper has been the guide/guy that people follows for those info
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: firerock
Black Viper has been the guide/guy that people follows for those info
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Maybe you should check my link as well 😉

 

[Genesis15]

haha thanks guys, been very helpful.

 

[Genesis15]

But i dont just want for speed boost but just for the hell of it... xp is known for its useless processes

 

[stash]

xp is known for its useless processes

Can you name any? There's a difference between something that is useless and something you don't understand.

 

[Genesis15]

that's true, but you should be able to distinguise what's useless.

 

[stash]

Originally posted by: Genesis15
that's true, but you should be able to distinguise what's useless.

😕

 

[lenjack]

There's a good guide at http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

 

[Medea]

Originally posted by: STaSh

xp is known for its useless processes

Can you name any? There's a difference between something that is useless and something you don't understand.

On a stand-alone, Messenger Service is useless wihich runs by default until it's disabled. I think the OP is talking about services like this one.

 

[stash]

The messenger service is disabled by default on XP SP2. And the service does have its uses.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: STaSh
The messenger service is disabled by default on XP SP2. And the service does have its uses.

It certainly does 🙂

net send /domain:lss There's leftover cake in the conference room! 😵

*sounds of people hurrying down the hallway*

😀

 

[stash]

lol that, and you can tell who is logged onto a machine using nbtstat when that service is started.

 

[Medea]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: STaSh
The messenger service is disabled by default on XP SP2. And the service does have its uses.

It certainly does 🙂

net send /domain:lss There's leftover cake in the conference room! 😵

*sounds of people hurrying down the hallway*

😀

Right now, I'm running a Win2k machine and had to disable Messenger Svc. On another rig, it I originally had WinXP SP1 and I had to disable it.

As I said, though, on a *stand-alone*, Mess. Svc. is useless - but for users on the local subnet that belong to the specified domain, of course you need Mess. Svc. to run netsend.

BTW, thanks for the info that it's disabled by default on WinXP SP2. :thumbsup: