Friday, March 23, 2007

Hacking Windows XP: Speed Up Your Boot 2

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1786007,00.asp

Bare-Bones System Service Setup


To get the maximum amount of performance out of your system, you have the option of disabling all of the services on your computer that are not critical to the system. This would take away a lot of the nice features and conveniences of Windows, but you would have a much faster machine. The following is a list of system-critical services that should not be disabled. Feel free to disable all other services.

Bare Minimum Services:

  • Com+ Event System
  • Cryptographic Services
  • DCOM Server Process Launcher
  • DHCP Client
  • DNS Client
  • Event Log
  • IPSEC Services
  • Workstation
  • Shell Hardware Detection
  • System Event Notification
  • Protected Storage
  • Network Connections
  • Plug + Play
  • Print Spooler
  • Remote Procedure Call
  • Secondary Logon
  • Security Accounts Manager

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