Disable Windows XP Professional Services And Which Ones part -3

November 24, 2009
 Secondary Logon
Description: Enables starting processes under alternate credentials.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Security Accounts Manager
Description: Like Protected Storage, it saves security information for local users. This service is Required for IIS Admin.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled unless needed

        Security Center
Description: Monitors system security settings and configurations.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Server
Description: Provides basic file and print services on the LAN.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        Shell Hardware Detection
Description: Testing shows that it's related to AutoPlay functionality such as digital cameras, CD ROM's
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        Smart Card
Description: Supports the use of a Smart Card for local or network computer authentication. If you do not have a Smart Card, you do not need this service running.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Smart Card Helper
Description: Enables support for legacy non-plug and play smart-card readers used by this computer.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        SSDP Discovery Service
Description: Used to locate UPnP devices on your home network. Used in conjunction with Universal Plug and Play Device Host, it detects and configures UPnP devices on your home network.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        System Event Notification
Description: Used in conjunction with COM+ Event System, this service notifies particular services when system events, such as logon and power events occurs. You will receive, in the Event Log, a entry complaining about not having this service running if Disabled.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        System Restore Service
Description: Allows you to take a snapshot of your system and then roll it back to that particular point in time.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        Task Scheduler
Description: This service is used to schedule maintenance, MS Backup sessions or maybe even Auto Update.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Description: Service Legacy support for NetBios over TCP/IP. If your network does not use NetBios, disable this function.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Telephony
Description: Controls telephony devices on the local computer. This service is Required for dial-up modem connectivity.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled, Automatic if you require dial-up connectivity

        Terminal Services
Description: Allows remote login to the local computer. This service is Required for Fast User Switching, Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Telnet
Description: Allows remote login to the local computer via the telnet function.
Default Setting: Disabled
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Themes
Description: Provides user experience theme management.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Uninterruptible Power Supply
Description: Manages an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected to the computer.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Description: Provides support to host Universal Plug and Play devices.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Upload Manager
Description: Manages synchronous and asynchronous file transfers between clients and servers on the network.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Volume Shadow Copy
Description: Manages and implements Volume Shadow Copies used for backup and other purposes.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        WebClient
Description: Enables Windows-based programs to create, access, and modify Internet-based files.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Windows Audio
Description: Controls all audio functions.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Description: Provides network address translation, addressing, name resolution and/or intrusion prevention services for a home or small office network.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Description: Used for some scanners and cameras.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Windows Installer
Description: This service is required for software applications that install using MSI files.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Windows Management Instrumentation
Description: If you don't want your computer to work, set this to Disabled.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic

        Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
Description: Provides systems management information to and from drivers.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Windows Time
Description: If you like to synchronize your clock to a time server this is the way to go.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Wireless Zero Configuration
Description: Automatic configuration for wireless network devices. If you do not have any wireless network devices in use, Disable this service.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        WMI Performance Adapter
Description: Provides performance library information from WMI HiPerf providers.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Disabled

        Workstation
Description: Creates and maintains client network connections to remote servers.
Default Setting: Automatic
Recommended Setting: Automatic
 

Disable Windows XP Professional Services And Which Ones part -2

November 24, 2009
 Logical Disk Manager
Description: Essential to managing and updating  the hard drives. Works in conjunction with Disk Management plug-in in Microsoft Management Console.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Logical Disk Manager Administrative
Description: Works in concert with Logical Disk Manager, but can be set to Manual and it will be started and stopped as stated above.
Default Setting: Manual
Recommended Setting: Manual

        Machine Debug Manager
Description: M...
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Disable Windows XP Professional Services And Which Ones part -1

November 24, 2009
When you install any Windows it will immediately be running multiple services. A Windows service is an application that starts when Windows is booted and runs in the background as long as Windows is running. It is very similar in concept to a Unix daemon.

In Windows Vista, users can also manipulate services through a simpler interface in MSConfig.

Before you continue with this create a restore point. If something goes wrong this will be the easiest way to return the unit back to the way i...
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How to Find Out How Much RAM you Have in XP

November 24, 2009
There are two simple ways to find out how much RAM you have installed on your Windows XP PC. You can find it in either the control panel or via the sys admin System Information tool. Read on to learn how to figure out the amount of installed RAM:

  1. Step 1

    Click on the START button in the bottom right-hand corner of your desktop.

  2. Step 2

    Select CONTROL PANEL from the menu that opens. Cl...


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Display a message on startup in Windows XP

November 24, 2009
Posted by Bimal on Friday, October 30, 2009
This tutorial will show you how to display a message on your computer before Windows XP loads. Very useful when the owner of the computer wants to define some rules for using the system that an user must read before.

1. Go to Start->Run.

2. On the Run window type regedit and press Enter.

3.Navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

4.Modify the key legalnoticecaption and write the name of th...
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Delete Files Immediately in Windows XP

November 24, 2009
In Windows XP when you delete files they are sent to the Recycle Bin. To immediately delete files, without having them move to the Recycle Bin you must edit some settings in the Group Policy Editor. Here is what you have to do:

1. Go to Start -> Run... and type gpedit.msc.

2.
Now navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer.

3.
Once you do this find Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin.

4.
Set this option to true. And that is all you...
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Enable Aurora Boot Screen In Windows Vista

November 24, 2009
Boot screen is the graphical representation of boot process of the operating system (kernel). The boot screen can be a simple visualisation of the scrolling boot messages in the console, but it can also present graphics or some combinations of both. The default Windows Vista boot screen hasn't got any change from the one in Windows XP. Anyway you can enable a more pleasant boot screen, which Microsoft decided to hide from us.

1. Click Start and type msconfig in the Search Bar. Hit Enter

2...
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