[Guide] List of Windows XP Services that can be Disabled Safely

When we install Windows XP, there are many services running in background and consuming system resources. Among them many services are not important and can be set to manual to make your windows running faster.

In this tutorial, we’ll tell you about the Windows XP services which can be safely disabled or set to MANUAL to speed up Windows XP.

Let’s start the tutorial:

1. Right-click on My Computer icon on desktop and select Manage, it’ll open Computer Management window.

Now go to Services & Application -> Services page to check the list of all services available in the operating system.

PS: You can also open the same page by going to Administrative Tools and open Computer Management.

2. To disable or set a service to MANUAL, double-click on the service and select the desired option in Startup list box.

Here is the list of Windows XP 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 your computer is not connected to any network)
• Fast User Switching Capability (It’ll remove Switch Users feature)
• Indexing service
• Internet Connection Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
• Messenger
• Remote Registry (You can set it to DISABLED for Security purposes)
• Secondary Logon
• Server
• System Restore (If you don’t use System Restore feature)
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service (If you are not in a workgroup network)
• Uninterruptible Power Supply
• Upload Manager
• Wireless Zero Configuration

PS: You can check the details of each service to determine whether you should disable it or not.

Further read:

Master Tutorial to Make Windows XP Super Fast

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