XP disable services

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I want to disable as many services as possible within XP. Can anyone provide
advice what services can safely disabled. What would the minimal set of
service that I can runn with?

The PC I am using will not be connected to a network, It will have a CD
drive an IrDA interface and keyboard/mouse connected over USB.

TiA,
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Start > Run > msconfig > services >hide all microsoft services
Uncheck the rest.
apply and enjoy .
 
How to free up Windows XP system resources

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2002010712042239

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm

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I want to disable as many services as possible within XP. Can anyone provide
advice what services can safely disabled. What would the minimal set of
service that I can runn with?

The PC I am using will not be connected to a network, It will have a CD
drive an IrDA interface and keyboard/mouse connected over USB.

TiA,
B
 
Does this actually disable the servies? Or does it remove the Microsoft
services from being displayed?
 
Do not use msconfig to disable services, use services.msc.

[[The reason is because with msconfig and Hardware Profiles, you can disable
services that may be vital to boot your system. With the management console
(services.msc) you cannot. Also, msconfig, while unchecking the box, is
disabling the service.

The "Disable All" button also scares me. It should not even be there as no
reason exists to justify disabling "everything."]]
Why can't I use msconfig to change my services?
http://www.blackviper.com/AskBV/XP25.htm

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Wes
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This is just the tip of the iceberg; go to control panel - System - Advanced -
Performance click Settings and uncheck the first ten boxes.

|I want to disable as many services as possible within XP. Can anyone provide
| advice what services can safely disabled. What would the minimal set of
| service that I can runn with?
|
| The PC I am using will not be connected to a network, It will have a CD
| drive an IrDA interface and keyboard/mouse connected over USB.
|
| TiA,
| B
 
Hi Tom.

Yeah, I know. But I always try to provide a link to anything that I quote.
And I happened to provide everything that was relevant in the link in my
first post.

Black Viper has a new page, but it doesn't seem to be working correctly yet.
Some of the links return a...

[[Failed Connection.
We're sorry. Your request failed to connect to our servers. We may be
experiencing technical difficulties and suggest that you try again later.]]

Black Viper's Web Site
http://web.archive.org/web/20041128094512/http://www.blackviper.com/

New link for...

Why can't I use msconfig to change my services?
http://web.archive.org/web/20041128011231/www.blackviper.com/AskBV/XP25.htm

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Tom Porterfield said:
Wesley said:
The "Disable All" button also scares me. It should not even be there as
no reason exists to justify disabling "everything."]]
Why can't I use msconfig to change my services?
http://www.blackviper.com/AskBV/XP25.htm
Click to expand...

Wes, the blackviper site has been gone for a few weeks now.
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I thought I was in msconfig startup when I used disable all and when I
pressed the botton, to my horror, I was in services. When I tried to stop or
cancel I turned the computer off and when It rebooted IO lost many programs
as well as the internet. I tried to go back to restore but no other restore
was availiable to me but this last date.
 

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