Remote stuff

[JimL]

XP Pro, SP3

Under "Services" in msconfig I see many entries Starting with "Remote..."

The odds against my accessing my laptop from outside my house are not only
remote but astronomical, nor would I want _anybody_ else doing it.

What dire machinations of evil would befall me if I eliminated these
entries?

 

[Twayne]

XP Pro, SP3

Under "Services" in msconfig I see many entries
Starting
with "Remote..."
The odds against my accessing my laptop from
outside my
house are not only remote but astronomical, nor
would I
want _anybody_ else doing it.
What dire machinations of evil would befall me
if I
eliminated these entries?

None, going by your opinion of its use<g>. Many
people turn it off and it's probably a good idea
to do so, just to eliminate one more entry point
for malicious activity.

A couple of things about it:
It's not just one entry to turn off; there are
several dependencies and other things wound into
the world of remote accessing so pay attention to
the description and use of each thing you turn
off; actually take the time to read the screen and
note the dependencies and what they indicate might
also need to be turned off.
It's not that complex, really; I think it took
me about ten minutes to search out the ones I
needed to disable and all was fine. I do however
recommend keeping a record of what you disabled,
and be sure you remember it, just in case someting
stops working but you don't discover it for a
month or so and will have forgotten the changes
you made. A record of the changes can make a good
troubleshooting aid later on.

About the only meaningful thing you might lose
and regret would be the ability of a vendor or
friend to tap into your machine to assist you in
fixing it. You won't be able to "call a friend"
to remotely take a look at your machine, things
like that. I'm only mentioning a few things here:
NOT recommending against them.

Perhaps someone reading this will have a list of
the related services/switches you can kill off. I
can't find mine right now.

HTH,

Twayne

 

[JimL]

None, going by your opinion of its use<g>. Many people turn it off and
it's probably a good idea to do so, just to eliminate one more entry point
for malicious activity.

A couple of things about it:
It's not just one entry to turn off; there are several dependencies and
other things wound into the world of remote accessing so pay attention to
the description and use of each thing you turn off; actually take the time
to read the screen and note the dependencies and what they indicate might
also need to be turned off.
It's not that complex, really; I think it took me about ten minutes to
search out the ones I needed to disable and all was fine. I do however
recommend keeping a record of what you disabled, and be sure you remember
it, just in case someting stops working but you don't discover it for a
month or so and will have forgotten the changes you made. A record of the
changes can make a good troubleshooting aid later on.

About the only meaningful thing you might lose and regret would be the
ability of a vendor or friend to tap into your machine to assist you in
fixing it. You won't be able to "call a friend" to remotely take a look
at your machine, things like that. I'm only mentioning a few things here:
NOT recommending against them.

Perhaps someone reading this will have a list of the related
services/switches you can kill off. I can't find mine right now.

HTH,

Twayne

Thanks immensely for the excellent reply.

I'll just have to take the plunge and hope for the best. As for people
needing remote to help me with a problem, I can't afford professional
computer services and software companies wouldn't help you out that way on a
million dollar bet, because they're all built on computerized
pseudo-replies, so it looks like a clear path.

 

[JimL]

This is a great site for what Services you might want to disable.

http://www.blackviper.com/

Thanks

 

[Twayne]

None, going by your opinion of its use<g>.
Many
people turn it off and it's probably a good
idea
to do so, just to eliminate one more entry
point
for malicious activity.

A couple of things about it:
It's not just one entry to turn off; there
are
several dependencies and other things wound
into
the world of remote accessing so pay attention
to
the description and use of each thing you turn
off; actually take the time to read the screen
and
note the dependencies and what they indicate
might
also need to be turned off.
It's not that complex, really; I think it
took
me about ten minutes to search out the ones I
needed to disable and all was fine. I do
however
recommend keeping a record of what you
disabled,
and be sure you remember it, just in case
someting
stops working but you don't discover it for a
month or so and will have forgotten the changes
you made. A record of the changes can make a
good
troubleshooting aid later on.

About the only meaningful thing you might
lose
and regret would be the ability of a vendor or
friend to tap into your machine to assist you
in
fixing it. You won't be able to "call a
friend"
to remotely take a look at your machine, things
like that. I'm only mentioning a few things
here:
NOT recommending against them.

Perhaps someone reading this will have a list
of
the related services/switches you can kill off.
I
can't find mine right now.

HTH,

Twayne

This is a great site for what Services you might
want to
disable.

http://www.blackviper.com/[/QUOTE]

Yes, blackviper has been around for quite awhile
and has good writeups too. Never noticed any
erros or mishaps on the site.

 

[JimL]

Yes, blackviper has been around for quite awhile and has good writeups
too. Never noticed any erros or mishaps on the site.

I only found one problem there. Getting stuff transferred from their web
site through my thick skull and into my head. I hate to be the only one in
that category, but I'm truthful to a fault.

 

[Kaja]

My advice to you is this. As far as processess or services, since you do not
know exactly what they are you could delete or disable something that is
essential. I tried disabling or delting some to speed up boot time and I
screwed up my computer! My advice just leave it alone or find and expert If
you do want to speed up boot time a better way is to go to start run and type
msconfig. Then go to the startup tab. There you will see the program names
quickly listed. you can disable ones you dont need to start up for a faster
boot. For example Quicktime or Itunes does not need to be started
automatically you can start it when the computer boots. Then restart. Let
me know if this is helpful
Best Regards,
Kaja