hi folks,

i'm using an older win2k server box as an audio workstation; in setting it
up, i've nuke a whole lot of unnecessry SERVICES, which is an arduous
time-consuming task.

in case i must re-insatll win2k (server), is there any branch of the
registry I can export which would "save" my tweaked SERVICES settings, so i
could re-import after an OS re-install/

thanks for any pointers..

Gary

"TELUS NEWS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi folks,
>
> i'm using an older win2k server box as an audio workstation; in setting it
> up, i've nuke a whole lot of unnecessry SERVICES, which is an arduous
> time-consuming task.
>
> in case i must re-insatll win2k (server), is there any branch of the
> registry I can export which would "save" my tweaked SERVICES settings, so
> i
> could re-import after an OS re-install/
>
> thanks for any pointers..
>
> Gary

You could back up the whole System registry file. Alternatively you could
back up this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. In
either case you will face th problem of merging the backed up data with the
new data. A far safer method would be to disable the unwanted services than
to "nuke" them. The effect is the same.

thanks Peg. "nuking" the services - by that I meant "disabling" or changing
to manual. it's a couple of hours work, because i have to look up each one
and decide if it's needed or not.

backing up the reg. branch as you indicated sounds like a good plan.






"Pegasus [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "TELUS NEWS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Jy0_l.31133$Db2.8235@edtnps83...
> > hi folks,
> >
> > i'm using an older win2k server box as an audio workstation; in setting
it
> > up, i've nuke a whole lot of unnecessry SERVICES, which is an arduous
> > time-consuming task.
> >
> > in case i must re-insatll win2k (server), is there any branch of the
> > registry I can export which would "save" my tweaked SERVICES settings,
so
> > i
> > could re-import after an OS re-install/
> >
> > thanks for any pointers..
> >
> > Gary
>
> You could back up the whole System registry file. Alternatively you could
> back up this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. In
> either case you will face th problem of merging the backed up data with
the
> new data. A far safer method would be to disable the unwanted services
than
> to "nuke" them. The effect is the same.
>
>