Hi all

I wanted to minimize the amount of services running on my Win XP Pro
SP2, by disabling as many of them as possible.

I couldn't find information about what services would be needed in
which case, so I went and disabled many that I was fairly sure were
not needed. Unfortunately I subsequently got into trouble with some
application that needed to use some functionality which required one
of the disabled services...and some of these services needed other of
the disabled services to be running.

In fact it looks like the Windows XP service structure is like an
interconnected spiderweb. I eventually ended back to where I started,
with many of the original services running.

What would have made this operation easier would have been information
on which Windows functionality is dependent on which services.

Does anyone know of easy way to create a list of MS service
dependencies on an XP system?

TiA,

JJ

JJoensuu,

Services like Task Scheduler, Indexing Service, Remote Registry, Fax Service
can be disabled if you don't use these services, but not sure what other
custom services you have installed from third party vendors.

Never disable the antivirus services, but if you have a firewall (not
Windows firewall then disable the Windows firewall too

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)



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"jjoensuu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
>
> I wanted to minimize the amount of services running on my Win XP Pro
> SP2, by disabling as many of them as possible.
>
> I couldn't find information about what services would be needed in
> which case, so I went and disabled many that I was fairly sure were
> not needed. Unfortunately I subsequently got into trouble with some
> application that needed to use some functionality which required one
> of the disabled services...and some of these services needed other of
> the disabled services to be running.
>
> In fact it looks like the Windows XP service structure is like an
> interconnected spiderweb. I eventually ended back to where I started,
> with many of the original services running.
>
> What would have made this operation easier would have been information
> on which Windows functionality is dependent on which services.
>
> Does anyone know of easy way to create a list of MS service
> dependencies on an XP system?
>
> TiA,
>
> JJ
>

There are ~22 "Core Services" that you shouldn't ever disable/stop.
Beyond that, it's more a what you use and require to do your work.
3rd-Party applications add their own native services, so that's not a
easy thing to adjust or "Twiddle" with.

Trust me when I say it's very easy to break a machine by changing
Service start modes. I'd recommend you image the machine before
ever changing a single entry.

There are many secondary functions & facilities in XP that you can
set to Manual or Disabled - it's just there's no way to tell you exactly
which ones because every machine is configured differently.


"jjoensuu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
>
> I wanted to minimize the amount of services running on my Win XP Pro
> SP2, by disabling as many of them as possible.
>
> I couldn't find information about what services would be needed in
> which case, so I went and disabled many that I was fairly sure were
> not needed. Unfortunately I subsequently got into trouble with some
> application that needed to use some functionality which required one
> of the disabled services...and some of these services needed other of
> the disabled services to be running.
>
> In fact it looks like the Windows XP service structure is like an
> interconnected spiderweb. I eventually ended back to where I started,
> with many of the original services running.
>
> What would have made this operation easier would have been information
> on which Windows functionality is dependent on which services.
>
> Does anyone know of easy way to create a list of MS service
> dependencies on an XP system?
>
> TiA,
>
> JJ
>

"jjoensuu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)
> Hi all
>
> I wanted to minimize the amount of services running on my Win XP Pro
> SP2, by disabling as many of them as possible.
>
> I couldn't find information about what services would be needed in
> which case, so I went and disabled many that I was fairly sure were
> not needed. Unfortunately I subsequently got into trouble with some
> application that needed to use some functionality which required one
> of the disabled services...and some of these services needed other of
> the disabled services to be running.
>
> In fact it looks like the Windows XP service structure is like an
> interconnected spiderweb. I eventually ended back to where I started,
> with many of the original services running.
>
> What would have made this operation easier would have been information
> on which Windows functionality is dependent on which services.
>
> Does anyone know of easy way to create a list of MS service
> dependencies on an XP system?
>
> TiA,
>
> JJ

There are a lot of info about this on a Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xp+services

Also I forget which one that I use:

Advanced WindowsCare V2 Pro
Premium Booster

One or both also tweaks the XP Services. Warning: Some of these registry
and tweak utilities can render your computer unusable.

--
Bill

"jjoensuu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote> Hi all
>
> I wanted to minimize the amount of services running on my Win XP Pro
> SP2, by disabling as many of them as possible.
>
> I couldn't find information about what services would be needed in
> which case, so I went and disabled many that I was fairly sure were
> not needed. Unfortunately I subsequently got into trouble with some
> application that needed to use some functionality which required one
> of the disabled services...and some of these services needed other of
> the disabled services to be running.
>
> In fact it looks like the Windows XP service structure is like an
> interconnected spiderweb. I eventually ended back to where I started,
> with many of the original services running.
>
> What would have made this operation easier would have been information
> on which Windows functionality is dependent on which services.
>
> Does anyone know of easy way to create a list of MS service
> dependencies on an XP system?


http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

jjoensuu wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I wanted to minimize the amount of services running on my Win XP Pro
> SP2, by disabling as many of them as possible.
>
> I couldn't find information about what services would be needed in
> which case, so I went and disabled many that I was fairly sure were
> not needed. Unfortunately I subsequently got into trouble with some
> application that needed to use some functionality which required one
> of the disabled services...and some of these services needed other of
> the disabled services to be running.
>
> In fact it looks like the Windows XP service structure is like an
> interconnected spiderweb. I eventually ended back to where I started,
> with many of the original services running.
>
> What would have made this operation easier would have been information
> on which Windows functionality is dependent on which services.
>
> Does anyone know of easy way to create a list of MS service
> dependencies on an XP system?
>
> TiA,
>
> JJ

This page may help.

<http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm>