XP Best Practices for Standalone (New Dell XPS 630)

[YatesNYC]

I just recently purchased an XPS 630 from Dell. I am attempting to avoid
certain mistakes/oversights which I made with my previous machine which also
ran XP. For example, the best way to setup user accounts on a standalone pc
or which services can I disable running a standalone.

Does anyone know where I might be able to find a step-by-step or some kind
of cheat sheet that can help? Thanks much for any assistance.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I just recently purchased an XPS 630 from Dell. I am attempting to
avoid certain mistakes/oversights which I made with my previous
machine which also ran XP. For example, the best way to setup user
accounts on a standalone pc or which services can I disable running
a standalone.

Does anyone know where I might be able to find a step-by-step or
some kind of cheat sheet that can help? Thanks much for any
assistance.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions
for Files and Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308419

Windows XP x86 (32-bit) Service Pack 3 Service Configurations
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Wouldn't overthink things too much. Windows XP is a pretty straight-forward
operating system and runs fairly well without a lot of tweaking/futzing.

 

[YatesNYC]

Thanks a bunch. I do have a tendency to overthink things, so thanks also for
the nudge
Chris