When we install Windows XP, there are many services running in background. Among them many services are not important and can be set manual to make your windows running faster.
In this tutorial we'll tell you about the services which can be safely set to MANUAL to speed up Windows XP.
1. Right-click on My Computer icon on desktop and select Manage, it'll open a window, in which goto: Services & Application -> Services. To disable or Set a service to MANUAL, double-click on the service and select the desired option in Startup list box.
2. You can also open the same by going to Administrative Tools and open Computer Management.
NOTE: Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it. So that whenever windows needs to start a service it can easily start and use it. If you set any service to DISABLED, then windows will not be able to start it and will give ERROR.
So here is the list of services that can be safely set to MANUAL (Many of them may be disabled automatically on some systems):
- Alerter
- Computer Browser
- Distributed Link Tracking Client (If you have NTFS partition, then don't disable it)
- Fast User Switching Capability (removes Switch Users option)
- Indexing service
- Internet Connection Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
- Messenger
- Remote Registry (Always disable it for Security purposes)
- Secondary Logon
- Server
- System Restore (If you don't use System Restore)
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service
- Uninterruptible Power Supply
- Upload Manager
- Wireless Zero Configuration
PS: You can see the details of each service so that you can determine whether it should be disabled or not.
Further read:
Speed Up Windows XP – Master Tutorial to Make Windows XP Super Fast
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jo
i just wanna ask is it safe to disable remote registry cos im not sure when i look at the discription it gives me?
But thanks vishal, brilliant and verryyyy helpful post!
VG
^^ Its completely safe and recommended as well.
yash
thanks this is really useful
Waqar
Hey! itz really a very useful tutorial, I hav become your fan really. Now my comp has become suferfast, never seen anyone's computer so fast. Thanx for the tutorial. Hav fun buddy
Osku Kaskisola
U could do .bat file for this ?
Doe
Very helpfull. Thanks mate !! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :) )
Jonathan
thx... man
psihoonalitikblog
Thanks for taking a few of us.
eds
finally a guru of very very solid workarounds 'bout these os's, with a layman's explanation, you're site brings about the purest of joys to computer 'non-techie' addicts, and envy to those upper echelon of intellects who cannot de-dither how to do these and those without being teacher-ish, technically.
hail to Vishal, hail!