Lockergnome - Windows Fanatics - May 20, 2004

http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/backissues/20040520.phtml#20040520_6

Windows XP, along with previous versions of Windows, has many different services installed by default. Some of them are obviously required and must be running while others may not be necessary depending on the configuration of your computer. Knowing which services are safe to disable and which ones are not is also difficult to determine, especially when you get into service dependencies.

There is a great Web site available that can be extremely helpful when you are working with XP services. To learn more about XP services, visit Black Viper. One thing I really like about this site is that it specifically tells you which services are safe to disable, based on different computer configurations. For example, a 'gamer' will probably require a different service configuration than a home user who only users their PC to check e-mail. In any case, along with this there is much more information available and it's definitely worth checking out.

Everyone with a Windows computer needs all the help they can get. And I have three of the damn things to keep running.