Stop unnecesary services

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I have windows Xp in windows2000 domain.I want to stop unnecessary services
on XP?How can i now which services are not needed for Windows Xp in network?
 
I have a related issue concerning processes - taking a glance at task manager reveals several duplicate processes (especially of type svchost) - which are needed and which aren't
Also I have noticed mgui.exe often taking up 90% proccesor capacity, which seems needless - what is this process (I know it is essential since many viruses attempt to shut it down)?
 
/hhk/ said:
I have a related issue concerning processes - taking a glance at task
manager reveals several duplicate processes (especially of type
svchost) - which are needed and which aren't? Also I have noticed
mgui.exe often taking up 90% proccesor capacity, which seems needless -
what is this process (I know it is essential since many viruses attempt
to shut it down)?
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It's normal to have several SVCHOST processing running concurrently. See...

http://WWW.BLACKVIPER.COM/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
http://WWW.TECHSPOT.COM/tweaks/winxp_services/
http://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm
http://WWW.OVERCLOCKERSCLUB.COM/windowsxpservices.shtml

....when in doubt, do nothing.
 
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