What utility to use?

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I need a utilitie that will disable unneccessary services on Windows XP
automatically. I need it to be faster than before. Oh yeah, I installed
the .NET framework and the auto login feature dosen't work. I have to
click on my profile to continue the booting of windows. I am the only user
of my computer.

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You can download the TweakUI from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
The tool allows you to enable the AutoLogon under Windows XP

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I need a utilitie that will disable unneccessary services on Windows XP
automatically. I need it to be faster than before. Oh yeah, I installed
the .NET framework and the auto login feature dosen't work. I have to
click on my profile to continue the booting of windows. I am the only user
of my computer.

Please send your reply to (e-mail address removed) also.
 
[email protected] said:
I need a utilitie that will disable unneccessary services on Windows XP
automatically. I need it to be faster than before. Oh yeah, I installed
the .NET framework and the auto login feature dosen't work. I have to
click on my profile to continue the booting of windows. I am the only user
of my computer.
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Regarding your first question, I am not aware of any such utility, and you
shouldn't use it even if one exists. Instead, educate yourself on what each
service does, and then do it manually (if necessary) one at a time. If you
don't already know how to do this, then you don't need to be messing with
services anyway.

In any event, unless you are using a machine that is starved for CPU power
and RAM, messing with services will not make any noticable difference
whatsoever to your performance, except that it may take a few extra seconds
to boot up or shut down and if you make a mistake in stopping or disabling
you are going to experience problems down the road (which will cost you much
more than a few seconds). The only reason to mess with a handful of services
is for security reasons, not for performance reasons.
 
Go here: http://www.blackviper.com/index.html and do some reading

I need a utilitie that will disable unneccessary services on Windows XP
automatically. I need it to be faster than before. Oh yeah, I installed
the .NET framework and the auto login feature dosen't work. I have to
click on my profile to continue the booting of windows. I am the only user
of my computer.

Please send your reply to (e-mail address removed) also.
 
What do you need the .NET framework for?

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I need a utilitie that will disable unneccessary services on Windows XP
automatically. I need it to be faster than before. Oh yeah, I installed
the .NET framework and the auto login feature dosen't work. I have to
click on my profile to continue the booting of windows. I am the only
user
of my computer.

Please send your reply to (e-mail address removed) also.
 
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I need a utilitie that will disable unneccessary services on Windows
XP automatically. I need it to be faster than before. Oh yeah, I
installed the .NET framework and the auto login feature dosen't work.
I have to click on my profile to continue the booting of windows. I
am the only user of my computer.
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Okay... Well, shutting off some of the services is not going to help you
that much in the speed category though it will help some. Somebody already
gave you the link to Black Viper's site and, as far as I'm concerned, the
foremost repository of information about the services running on a Windows
based computer. An automated tool, as has already been suggested, is not
something you probably want to be playing with. The services are such that
you're best off to decide what you want and need and then taking these
actions personally. A bit like a hosts file in that regard, as no one person
knows what you need and don't need and what is best for your system.
Education beats an application any day.

Installing the .NET framework eh? I'll assume you had some sort of
application that required it in order to run. Many do these days and I've
never known it to mess up auto-login on my computers but each case is
different I suppose. Here's how you fix that:

Press the Start button > Click on the Run button > type "control
userpasswords2" without the quotes > hit enter or click on OK > On the
User's tab untick the box that says "Users must enter a user name and
password to use this computer." Click Okay and then restart. It should not
ask you for the prompt next time you restart. If it does then you have
altered a setting at a higher level perhaps and that one could be preventing
you from automatically logging in.

Galen
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"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
 
Ok, well for security issues. I have windows xp pro sp2 firewall turned on
by default with windows updates. And i am sure that my computer is
updated. but one time after restarting my pc, i saw the following:
http://karlo.t-rh.com/xp
 
Karlo said:
Ok, well for security issues. I have windows xp pro sp2 firewall turned on
by default with windows updates. And i am sure that my computer is
updated. but one time after restarting my pc, i saw the following:
http://karlo.t-rh.com/xp
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You shouldn't be getting these error messages. It looks suspiciously like
you have crudware issues. First clean out your temp file -- the one in the
third picture at the link you posted. Then run Disk Cleanup and clean
everything. Then disable your System Restore file. Then try scanning your
machine for viruses, spyware, and adware using your antivirus program, Ad
Aware SE, and an antispyware program. Clean up any crudware they find.
Then reboot your machine and re-enable System Restore. If this doesn't work,
report back and I'll give you some additional suggestions. Good luck!

Ken
 
Thank you! By the way i used TweakUI to fix that... You know, I know that
not-some-all people knows how to use newsgroups. And I'm planning to
create a forum especially for windows users. what do you think?
 
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