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Windows XP has a lot of services, some of which are not needed for normal use. To speed up Windows XP you can disable these services.

Go to Start > Run, type in ’services.msc’.

To turn off a service, double-click on it and select Disabled under Startup type.

Disable the following services:

• Alerter
• Background Intelligent Transfer Service
• ClipBook
• Computer Browser
• Error Reporting Service
• Help and Support
• Indexing Service
• IPSEC Services
• Messenger
• NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
• Network DDE
• Network DDE DSDM
• Performance Logs and Alerts
• Portable Media Serial Number
• QOS RSVP
• Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
• Remote Registry
• Secondary Logon
• Server
• Smart Card
• Smart Card Helper
• SSDP Discovery Service
• System restore Service
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
• Uninterruptible Power Supply
• Universal Plug and Play Device Host
• WebClient
• Windows time
• Wireless Zero Configuration
• WMI Performance Adapter

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Posted on December 5th, 2005 | Category: Tweaks |

7 responses so far,

1. 1

   Matt

   March 21, 2006 at 1:48 am

   Why not give a list of what they do specifically? Im reading some of the comments of these and im wondering whether they really are worth turning off or not. I’m hesitant to blindly follow this guide with no real explanation. On the other hand, good work with figuring out for yourself which ones should be disabled

2. 2

   johntp

   March 21, 2006 at 1:32 pm

   Matt- I always disable these services after a fresh installation of Windows XP. I had no problems till now.

   As for the functions of the services. The description of each service is displayed on the left side, when you highlight a service

3. 3

   Sam

   April 26, 2006 at 3:19 pm

   Hey John, thanks for this list of services to be disabled. It really helped

4. 4

   jim

   July 21, 2006 at 4:56 pm

   thaks a lot for the list

   helped a lot

   keep up the good work

5. 5

   rob

   August 16, 2006 at 5:44 am

   Well everything worked well and then when I disabled the computer browser my system crashed. I am not sure what had happened. Back to the drawing board.

6. 6

   John T P

   August 16, 2006 at 5:58 am

   Rob- computer browser maybe needed if you are on a network

7. 7

   KN

   October 19, 2006 at 12:30 pm

   Thanks for the info but I realised that my windows explorer does not assign any drive when I plugin my USB thumb drive. Thus, I cannot view my thumb drive eventhough Windows can detect the USB devices.:(
   Need help… I am not sure what I did wrongly..