Can I disalbe all these "Services"?

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THEMES
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
ICS
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
WINDOWS TIME

PS. My computer is a single PC with one user. But I am using Windows
Professional.If I diabled some services that I don't need, could it save the
memory resource of computer and make the OS work more smoothly?
 
In addition, I am using another professional Firewall, not the one with SP2.
I have diabled the Security Centre. Do I still need ICS?
 
Here is a link to "Black Viper's" Service Configuration. It is one of the
best service configurations out there. I'm sure this will answer all your
questions:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

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smith said:
In addition, I am using another professional Firewall, not the one with
SP2. I have diabled the Security Centre. Do I still need ICS?
Click to expand...
 
if you have less than 1GB memory then feed it more memory and not worry about services.
otherwise check the black viper page as suggested.



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THEMES
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
ICS
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
WINDOWS TIME

PS. My computer is a single PC with one user. But I am using Windows
Professional.If I diabled some services that I don't need, could it save the
memory resource of computer and make the OS work more smoothly?
 
smith said:
THEMES
Click to expand...
you'll loose xp-specific themes - leave it
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
Click to expand...
if you don't use FUS, fine to disable. disable FUS via the user
accounts control panel first, then the service.
ICS
Click to expand...
if SP2, you need this for home "workgroup" networking, else ok to
disable. the xp firewall needs this, but in sp2 even if you don't use
the firewall you still need this for other peer networking to work.
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
Click to expand...
no wireless adapters then disable it
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
Click to expand...
wmp 10 needs this, 11 seems to have no need anymore and removes it.
WINDOWS TIME
Click to expand...
minor service, keep it

=============

things you SHOULD disable:

Remote Registry - nasty nasty.

uPnP Host and SSDP Discovery, unless you have a router and want to
allow programs to open up its "NAT firewall"
programatically [limewire, etc].

Network DDE and DDE DSDM

Telnet

SP2 disables the other "abused" services by default

-------

if you HATE auto-play, use TweakUI to turn autoplay off _AND_ disable
the Shell HW Detection service.

--------

Black Viper has huge writeups, so does Elder Geek. Proceed carefully,
take good notes so you can undo, do only one at a time, and test test
test.

You USUALLY can't hurt yourself, but be careful anyway! At least it will
no longer allow you disable RPC, turning that off kills everything and
getting the system to boot-up again takes some smarts.

-------------

One last note: the DCOM Server Process Launcher is NEEDED. The knee-jerk
reaction to turning off all things DCOM does not apply to this service.

And don't turn off Task Scheduler Service - it does things other than just
run scheduled tasks. To disable scheduled tasks you don't like (norton
updates etc), disable each item (via Sched Tasks in control panel), not
the service.
 
What about "SHELL hardware detection"
Secondary Logon
security accounts manager(I am using standalone computer)
smith said:
THEMES
Click to expand...
you'll loose xp-specific themes - leave it
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
Click to expand...
if you don't use FUS, fine to disable. disable FUS via the user
accounts control panel first, then the service.
ICS
Click to expand...
if SP2, you need this for home "workgroup" networking, else ok to
disable. the xp firewall needs this, but in sp2 even if you don't use
the firewall you still need this for other peer networking to work.
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
Click to expand...
no wireless adapters then disable it
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
Click to expand...
wmp 10 needs this, 11 seems to have no need anymore and removes it.
WINDOWS TIME
Click to expand...
minor service, keep it

=============

things you SHOULD disable:

Remote Registry - nasty nasty.

uPnP Host and SSDP Discovery, unless you have a router and want to
allow programs to open up its "NAT firewall"
programatically [limewire, etc].

Network DDE and DDE DSDM

Telnet

SP2 disables the other "abused" services by default

-------

if you HATE auto-play, use TweakUI to turn autoplay off _AND_ disable
the Shell HW Detection service.

--------

Black Viper has huge writeups, so does Elder Geek. Proceed carefully,
take good notes so you can undo, do only one at a time, and test test
test.

You USUALLY can't hurt yourself, but be careful anyway! At least it will
no longer allow you disable RPC, turning that off kills everything and
getting the system to boot-up again takes some smarts.

-------------

One last note: the DCOM Server Process Launcher is NEEDED. The knee-jerk
reaction to turning off all things DCOM does not apply to this service.

And don't turn off Task Scheduler Service - it does things other than just
run scheduled tasks. To disable scheduled tasks you don't like (norton
updates etc), disable each item (via Sched Tasks in control panel), not
the service.
Click to expand...
 
and "Telephony"?


smith said:
THEMES
Click to expand...
you'll loose xp-specific themes - leave it
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
Click to expand...
if you don't use FUS, fine to disable. disable FUS via the user
accounts control panel first, then the service.
ICS
Click to expand...
if SP2, you need this for home "workgroup" networking, else ok to
disable. the xp firewall needs this, but in sp2 even if you don't use
the firewall you still need this for other peer networking to work.
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
Click to expand...
no wireless adapters then disable it
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
Click to expand...
wmp 10 needs this, 11 seems to have no need anymore and removes it.
WINDOWS TIME
Click to expand...
minor service, keep it

=============

things you SHOULD disable:

Remote Registry - nasty nasty.

uPnP Host and SSDP Discovery, unless you have a router and want to
allow programs to open up its "NAT firewall"
programatically [limewire, etc].

Network DDE and DDE DSDM

Telnet

SP2 disables the other "abused" services by default

-------

if you HATE auto-play, use TweakUI to turn autoplay off _AND_ disable
the Shell HW Detection service.

--------

Black Viper has huge writeups, so does Elder Geek. Proceed carefully,
take good notes so you can undo, do only one at a time, and test test
test.

You USUALLY can't hurt yourself, but be careful anyway! At least it will
no longer allow you disable RPC, turning that off kills everything and
getting the system to boot-up again takes some smarts.

-------------

One last note: the DCOM Server Process Launcher is NEEDED. The knee-jerk
reaction to turning off all things DCOM does not apply to this service.

And don't turn off Task Scheduler Service - it does things other than just
run scheduled tasks. To disable scheduled tasks you don't like (norton
updates etc), disable each item (via Sched Tasks in control panel), not
the service.
Click to expand...
 
Export the listing from the Services Console as a reference for when
you overtweak it. Right Click the "Services" header in the Left Pane
and from the context menu click "Export List". Before exporting you
might want to arrange entries alphabetically by clicking the "Name"
column.

Just for Info, on my primary desktop I have 24 XP services enabled.
Along with that are seven 3rd-party services, such as AV...

However, there isn't a definitive listing because every machine is
configured a little differently.
 
if you have less than 1GB memory then feed it more
memory and not worry about services.
Click to expand...


This is terrible advice. How memory memory you can make effective use of
depends on what applications you run, but most people don't even need as
much as 1GB. The major exceptions are those people editing large graphic
images or doing video editing.

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will
decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance. If you are
not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing for you,
and is simply a waste of money.

Smith, if you suspect that you don't have enough memory, go to
http://billsway.com/notes_public/winxp_tweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should give you
a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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THEMES
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
ICS
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
WINDOWS TIME

PS. My computer is a single PC with one user. But I am using Windows
Professional.If I diabled some services that I don't need, could it save the
memory resource of computer and make the OS work more smoothly?
 
Go to site : www.theeldergeek.com
There is information on all services just put the term in the Search box above.

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and "Telephony"?


smith said:
THEMES
Click to expand...
you'll loose xp-specific themes - leave it
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
Click to expand...
if you don't use FUS, fine to disable. disable FUS via the user
accounts control panel first, then the service.
ICS
Click to expand...
if SP2, you need this for home "workgroup" networking, else ok to
disable. the xp firewall needs this, but in sp2 even if you don't
use the firewall you still need this for other peer networking to
work.
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
Click to expand...
no wireless adapters then disable it
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
Click to expand...
wmp 10 needs this, 11 seems to have no need anymore and removes it.
WINDOWS TIME
Click to expand...
minor service, keep it

=============

things you SHOULD disable:

Remote Registry - nasty nasty.

uPnP Host and SSDP Discovery, unless you have a router and want to
allow programs to open up its "NAT firewall"
programatically [limewire, etc].

Network DDE and DDE DSDM

Telnet

SP2 disables the other "abused" services by default

-------

if you HATE auto-play, use TweakUI to turn autoplay off _AND_
disable the Shell HW Detection service.

--------

Black Viper has huge writeups, so does Elder Geek. Proceed
carefully, take good notes so you can undo, do only one at a time,
and test test test.

You USUALLY can't hurt yourself, but be careful anyway! At least it
will no longer allow you disable RPC, turning that off kills
everything and getting the system to boot-up again takes some smarts.

-------------

One last note: the DCOM Server Process Launcher is NEEDED. The
knee-jerk reaction to turning off all things DCOM does not apply to
this service. And don't turn off Task Scheduler Service - it does things other
than just run scheduled tasks. To disable scheduled tasks you don't
like (norton updates etc), disable each item (via Sched Tasks in
control panel), not the service.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
smith said:
THEMES
FAST USER SWITCHING COMPATIBLITY
ICS
WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
WINDOWS USER MODE DRIVER
WINDOWS TIME

PS. My computer is a single PC with one user. But I am using Windows
Professional.If I diabled some services that I don't need, could it save the
memory resource of computer and make the OS work more smoothly?
Click to expand...

Good reference to determine for yourself whether or not to disable
certain services:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
 
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