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HondaF1

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Hi. There are a lot of services runnning in Windows 2000. Are they all useful (theMIcrosoft ones)? I am just using my desktop for low video power games and things like word processing. I do not do any networking with this computer. So far I have disabled the "Messenger" service in the services menu (thougfh I do not have MSN Messenger installed, I think this is the usual annoying Microsoft Messenegr which is useless?). I understand that disabling certain non-MIcrosoft non essential services can be useful to startup (is this correct?), I also believe that there are some microsoft services that can be disabled too (such as the fax service or something?)?

Can someome please tell me or direct me to a source which tells you which services are useless and which are absolutely necessary for the avearge and advanced desktop user?
 
Honestly disabling those services really won't get you all that much performance. And you said yourself your using it for low power video games and word processing so you probably don't have to tweak anything.

The majority of the time these "tweaks" end up causing more problems than they are worth.
 
I agree. The only thing I agree with disabling, are things like XP's "BITS (background internet transfer service)", auto-updates, basically anything that "phones home". However, for W2K, it is also useful to disable some things like the "Messenger" service, to prevent recieving spam that could lead to a system exploit. I strongely recommend a software firewall either way.
 
Definitely disable Remote Registry. And if this computer is not and never will be on a network or the internet, you can disable all network-related services (DNS, DHCP, etc...).
 
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