Cal said:
However, I've been creating a table of my services. I can't expect anyone
to
examine all the data but I hoped someone might scan it quickly for the
few
items that might apply here.
I'm using Windows XP Pro SP-3. Mine all match your list except:
CreativeServiceforCDROMAccess Manual
I don't have this service probably because I don't have whatever product
with which it is used. I remember a really old Creative service that
was used to lengthen the spin-down time presumably so subsequent and
immediate access to the CDROM drive didn't have to wait for spin up time
before accessing the optical disc. However, I remember having problems
with it and got rid of it almost as soon as I found out about it. It
wasn't necessary to the functioning of the CDROM drive nor any other
Creative software. This should not be a cause of networking problems.
DebugDiagnosticService Starting Automatic
I don't have this service.
ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocolService Manual
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility Manual
I have this disable. It was a consequence of disabling FUS since I
didn't want to have multiple accounts active (but quiescent). I only
need 1 account for myself who is the sole user of my computer. My
account is in the Administrators group so I don't need FUS to switch to
an admin account to do software installs, change policies, edit the
registry, or other admin-level tasks. I run the web browser, e-mail
client, and other web-facing apps under a LUA (limited user account
token) so they are just a limited in privileges as if I had logged on
under a limited user account.
Fax Service
You didn't mention this but then maybe you didn't install it (or you
uninstalled it using Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows
Components).
FLEXnetLicensingService Manual
Not applicable to me. I don't have that software. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlexNet_Publisher
You didn't mention that this host was in a corporate network. It was
assumed this was your home PC in a workgroup and not in a domain wherein
was running some licensing server.
GoogleUpdateService(gupdate) Stopping Automatic
GoogleUpdateService(gupdatem) Manual
I don't have Google Chrome installed. Tried it, didn't care for it. If
I go with an alternative to IE, I'll go with Firefox.
HealthKeyandCertificateManagementService Manual
Presumably some other licensing management service (that requires a
license server be present in a domain). Is this YOUR computer or one
that you bring home from work? If it's a work computer, it's likely to
be configured to require use of their VPN to let you connect back to the
company's corporate network. While in a VPN, you are tunneling to your
company's network and cannot access your own network. Read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn
You need to be using a local login to get into a local Windows account
instead of using a domain login, and you'll need to ensure you are
connecting to your local network instead of using the VPN connection.
If you are using a VPN setup to do work from home that lets you connect
to the company's network, it's also likely the host is their property.
They don't want stray, unmanaged, and unknown hosts getting into their
network. Talk with them on whether or not you are allowed to use their
computer for your personal use at home or if you are allowed to connect
your other intranet hosts into their network when you use your own
computer at home while VPN'ing into their network, or, if it's your
computer, ask how to get out of VPN mode and access your own network.
MicrosoftAntimalwareService Started Automatic
Presumably part of Microsoft's Security Essentials (their follow-on from
Defender). I don't use that. I use Avast instead (so I have services
not mentioned here that you won't).
MicrosoftOfficeDiagnosticsService Manual
I don't have this one. Office 2003 is the latest that I have. Maybe
this is something added by Office 2007 or 2010. Don't know what Office
suite version you have.
NVIDIADriverHelperService Started Automatic
Something to do with your nVidia-based video card. Mine is ATI (so I
have some services you don't and visa versa).
SeaPort Started Automatic
I don't have this. I think it's part of Live Essentials. I don't need
anything of Live Essentials. Some features, like Skydrive integration,
are not available in the WLM 2009 to which Windows XP are limited (i.e.,
you cannot install the later versions of WLM to get at the added
features in them).
SecurityCenter Started Automatic
Mine is disabled. I don't need a constant check on the status of my
security setup. Should not affect networking at all.
SimpleMailTransferProtocol(SMTP) Started Automatic
This is not the default installation then. To add the SMTP server in
Windows XP, you have to do a custom installation where you elect to
include this program. Do you really need a local SMTP server running on
your host? Are you running an e-mail service for yourself or others?
SQLActiveDirectoryHelperService Disabled
SQLServer(MSSQLSERVER) Started Automatic
SQLServer(SQLEXPRESS) Started Automatic
SQLServerActiveDirectoryHelper Disabled
SQLServerAgent(SQLEXPRESS) Disabled
SQLServerBrowser Disabled
SQLServerVSSWriter Started Automatic
You installed Microsoft's SQL Server product. Perhaps it was part of
Visual Studio [Express] but is not a required component for it. That
is, unless you actually need the SQL Server, it is not required to
install it to use other components of Visual Studio [Express]. I don't
see that this would affect networking.
TerminalServices Disabled
Not normally needed unless, of course, you want to use the RDP client
from somewhere else to remotely connect to this host.
WorldWideWebPublishing Started Automatic
Again, this is not part of the default install for Windows XP. You have
to perform a custom installation where you elect to include the IIS web
server.
Don't know what you mean by these. You actually have services (two of
them) with the same name of just a single question mark character?
From some of your services, it looks like your computer could be the
company's property and they set it up using VPN to authenticate that
host and ONLY that host into their corporate network via VPN. That
means you cannot bring your other intranet hosts at home into their
corporate network. Or they let you connect your own home PC to their
network, probably using VPN, which still means you cannot bring other
unknown and non-authorized hosts into their network.
