Win2k, sp1 and unneeded services

Installed 2k now that I have broadband access again.
Do i need sp1? does it increase performance for gaming or inet apps?
And which services do i really need to run?
Single machine, on a 2way cable connection.
No LAN plans yet.
Which services can i live or live with out
Any 2k gurus drop me a mail at...

sampson@adelphia.net
Thanks.

 

[they call mr big]

I don't know about better performance, I heard it might improve performance by5%-10% but I don't know personally. but it would give you better security, specially uaing a ""always on" internet service, unless your running some firewall software then don't worry about

 

[Chuck]

It's not supposed to improve performance. They are mainly supposed to be packs of updates to make sure people have fixes to all the problems. You should DEFINITLY install it.

 

[GT1999]

Looks like SP1 has been covered.

As for unneeded services, Urbantechie recently sent me the following in a PM:



<< Disable any IIS services, Qos, The ones with &quot;Distributed&quot; in front of it, FTP/WWW Publisher, SMTP, FTP NNTP, and webserver. That should get a load off your ram. Good Luck! >>



G|T