is it safe to turn off these services? "~Mike Hollywood" <bogus[ at ]nowhere.org> 12.07.2007 03:22:11 Hi, I found the following on the web. Is it a good idea to follow the advice given? Thanks, Mike For a Safer, faster XP, Close Unneeded Services To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect. Alerter Clipbook Computer Browser Fast User Switching Human Interface Access Devices Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down) Messenger Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain) Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security) Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security) Remote Procedure Call Locator Remote Registry (disabled for extra security) Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) Server SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open) TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Telnet (disabled for extra security) Universal Plug and Play Device Host Upload Manager Windows Time Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks) Workstation

Re: is it safe to turn off these services? "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 12.07.2007 18:54:43 Not exactly! go to http://members.internettrash.com/megapolon/winxptweak.html Print it out for reference. THEN, make your own decision. Each service is explained there. "~Mike Hollywood" <bogus[ at ]nowhere.org> wrote in message news:OzySZPDxHHA.4548[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > I found the following on the web. Is it a good idea to follow the advice > given? > Thanks, > Mike > > For a Safer, faster XP, Close Unneeded Services > > To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the > "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). > If you are a > > single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following > items, with no ill effect. > > Alerter > Clipbook > Computer Browser > Fast User Switching > Human Interface Access Devices > Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down) > Messenger > Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain) > Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security) > Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security) > Remote Procedure Call Locator > Remote Registry (disabled for extra security) > Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) > Server > SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal > P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open) > TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper > Telnet (disabled for extra security) > Universal Plug and Play Device Host > Upload Manager > Windows Time > Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks) > Workstation >

Re: is it safe to turn off these services? Winston <ladderbpy[ at ]fakmail.com> 12.07.2007 21:32:03 In article <OzySZPDxHHA.4548[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, bogus[ at ]nowhere.org says... [Quoted Text] > > >Hi, >I found the following on the web. Is it a good idea to follow the advice >given? >Thanks, >Mike > >For a Safer, faster XP, Close Unneeded Services > >To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the >"Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If >you are a > >single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, >with no ill effect. > >Alerter >Clipbook >Computer Browser >Fast User Switching >Human Interface Access Devices >Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down) >Messenger >Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain) >Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security) >Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security) >Remote Procedure Call Locator >Remote Registry (disabled for extra security) >Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) >Server >SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", >& leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open) >TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper >Telnet (disabled for extra security) >Universal Plug and Play Device Host >Upload Manager >Windows Time >Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks) >Workstation > > Another reasonable source that explains the service and recommendes an appropriate action is : www.eldergeek.com