XP Services configuration
To configure XP services click start/settings/control panel/administrative tools/services. Once you have clicked it open you will see headings for the serives such as: name, description, status, startup type and login as. click the status heading to sort by which services are started. Using that as a starting point you can use the following information to help you eliminate services that you don't really need. To enable/disable; stop or start a service simply right click it and then click properties in the resulting pull down menu. After tweeking you may have to restart your computer to have to initate the changes you make.This sort of tweeking can cause crashes and such, so keep track of what you do.

Bear in mind that every machine is different. That being said here is a picture of services that most folks can live without and then there is a a picture of se rives that most folks can not live without. You may need to adjust the window size of your browser to see these pictures clearly.

Here is a summary of services Gordon Nelson gleaned from the Eldergeek Services guide. The Elder Geek recommends that this list of services be turn off or set to manual:

Service Status
Alerter Disabled
Clipbook Disabled
Cryptographic Services Manual
Distributed Link Tracking Client Service Manual
Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service Disabled
DNS Client Service Disabled
Error Reporting Service Disabled
Fast User Switching Compatibility Service Disabled
IPSEC Services Service Manual
Messenger Service Disabled
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider Service Disabled
Net Logon Disabled
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Service Disabled
Network DDE Service Disabled
Network DDE DSDM Service Disabled
NT LM Security Support Provider Service Disabled
Performance Logs and Alerts Service Disabled
Portable Media Serial Number Service Disabled
QoS RSVP Service Disabled (most networks don't support this, but if yours does...)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager Service Disabled
Secondary Logon Service Disabled
Smart Card Service Disabled
SSDP Discovery Service Disabled
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service Manual
Tenet Disabled (This is extremely dangerous if left on)
Upload Manager Service Disabled
Volume Shadow Copy Service Disabled
WebClient Service Manual

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