Questions about upgrading to XP...

[eckex2000]

I have heard that with XP, and people who game, there is sometimes issues with resources.

I have also heard that these problems can be fixed by shutting down "unneeded" services.

I was refered to this message board by a friend, saying that someone here had a link to show me which services i can disable without hurting anything.

So, please who ever has this knowledge, please share it!!! 🙂


Thanks in advance...

 

[thundergod]

😎

U can access these services by right clicking My Computer and choosing Manage -
There u'll get the various servies - short un-understandable description and the status of the service.
It depends from user to user what services need to be enabled and what need not be !
There, if u access Windows help - u'll also find standard windows settings for those services!
U can experiment, and try removing some unwanted services by right clicking on those services and change its properties !
But sometimes removing some services does have some undesirable effects - So just be a bit careful

 

[Psychoholic]

<< I have heard that with XP, and people who game, there is sometimes issues with resources.
I have also heard that these problems can be fixed by shutting down "unneeded" services. >>


You must mean shutting down services that are not need which will give you back a few megs of memory, in some cases. For the record, "resources" and "memory" are two different things.

There is no definitive list since, as thundergod stated it varies from user to user. Here are some articles to get you started, some of these are for W2K and NT 4.0 but most of the information contained still applies. If your're not sure always set the service to manual, otherwise it may not boot.

Glossary of Windows 2000 Services
Default settings for services
Managing Your NT Services

 

[Psychoholic]

Forgot one.

Windows 2000 Services Tweak guide

 

[eckex2000]

Thanks ! 🙂