Sunday, January 11, 2009

Disabling Windows XP's Services


You can make your computer start more faster, run more faster and more stable. By default, Windows run some services automatically when you start your computer, and i'm sure you don't need all of that Windows services and you may don't even know what are they used for... :)

Well, i will show you how to disabling some Windows services that i think it's less important, and of course i have a reason why some services isn't much important.

Sometimes, you can also stop some Windows service by delete its start up in regcleaner.

Firstly, Click Start - Run, and type "services.msc" (without quotes of course). You will see exactly the same with picture below:
  1. Find "Automatic Updates" in name, this service is to "enables the download and installation of windows updates. If this services is disabled, this computer will not be able yo use the Automatic Update feature or the Windows Update Web site". If you think you completly satisfied with your Windows now, just double click it, stop it, and set Disabled in startup type.
  2. Find "Computer Browser", this service is to : "maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this list to computer designated as browsers. If this service is stoppde, this list will not be updated or maintained. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start". If your computer wasn't designed for a network, like notebooks or computer in your house, you don't need this services. Just stop and disabled this services.
  3. Scroll down, and select "Help And Support". This service is to run Help And Support in almost all Windows program, if you disabled this service, you cannot run any Help tools, even in your MS Office. and I advice to expert user to disabled this service.
  4. System Restore Service. I'm not recomended this service to stop or disabled, but I prefer to disabled this system restore service to minimize windows files in my hard drive. You can also disabled this service by right click My Computer - Properties - in System Restore tab, and check Turn off system restore on all drives.
  5. and last is "Wireless Zero Configuration". This service used to provides automatic configuration for the 802.11 (WiFi) adapters. I recomended to stop and disabled this service for PC without WiFi adapters, and I don't recomended this service to stop and disabled for Notebooks, you will need this to connect to near HotSpot

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