File & Printer Sharing and MS Client for windows

[Fred S]

Hi,

Friend has MS Client for windows and File and printer sharing on his
system and he does not connect to any other computers on a network.

He does use cable Internet but no network nor file and printer sharing.

Can we remove those two in order to speed up his boot time - I believe
those items are slowing things down and might not be needed at least for
now.

If we remove MS Client for Windows and File/printer sharing will that
have any effect on being able to use the cable Internet service?

Thanks, Fred

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

Friend has MS Client for windows and File and printer sharing on his
system and he does not connect to any other computers on a network.

He does use cable Internet but no network nor file and printer
sharing.

Can we remove those two in order to speed up his boot time - I believe
those items are slowing things down and might not be needed at least
for now.

If we remove MS Client for Windows and File/printer sharing will that
have any effect on being able to use the cable Internet service?

Thanks, Fred

Replied in m.p.windowsxp.hardware. Please don't multipost - if you need to
post to multiple groups, it's best to crosspost instead, by posting a single
message to a handful of relevant groups (separate the NG names with commas)
so that everyone can follow the thread. This makes it easier for everyone,
including you.

 

[Fred S]

Replied in m.p.windowsxp.hardware. Please don't multipost - if you need to
post to multiple groups, it's best to crosspost instead, by posting a single
message to a handful of relevant groups (separate the NG names with commas)
so that everyone can follow the thread. This makes it easier for everyone,
including you.

Hi,

Sorry about the cross post but I thought I was in the networking group
and posted in HW by mistake.

Anyway, I asked the questions because I've run AdAware, Spybot, virus
checks, etc. and then removed net meeting and that improved the time it
takes to get to Windows. So I was wondering about the other two, MS
Client for Windows and File & Printer Sharing.

Fred

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

Sorry about the cross post but I thought I was in the networking group
and posted in HW by mistake.

Anyway, I asked the questions because I've run AdAware, Spybot, virus
checks, etc. and then removed net meeting and that improved the time
it takes to get to Windows. So I was wondering about the other two, MS
Client for Windows and File & Printer Sharing.

Fred

In your other post, you mentioned that you were running Win98 SE.... as I
mentioned there, you should post 9x questions in groups dedicated to same.
That said, no, I don't think your plan will have much effect, but it can't
hurt. Msconfig will tell you what's in your startup.