Services Running On An XP System

[pepsigirl326]

If anyone knows what the minimum services that have to be running on an XP system are, will you please send me a list of them. I have an application called KillProcess but I have no idea what processes or services are safe to stop.

Thanks,
pepsigirl326

[Midknyte]

I wouldn't kill anything unless you know what you're doing, but there are a few sites to describe what the services do. It's not a "one size fits all" scenario. Different people need different services.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/windows_xp_services.php

[pepsigirl326]

Thank you for the info. I have tried http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm and got myself into trouble that took about 1 1/2 hrs to fix.

I found a link here on the forum for tweaking XP and so far it is the best performance tweak I've found.

pepsigirl326

[Johnny Fist]

Originally posted by pepsigirl326
Thank you for the info. I have tried http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm and got myself into trouble that took about 1 1/2 hrs to fix.

All that to save yourself 0.0005% more ram. I decided a long time ago its not worth the time to mess with killing services.

[pepsigirl326]

Is that really all I would be saving by running only the services needed to keep my computer running? !! :eek: I had no idea the benefit was so minimule.

I ask the question for a particular reason though. You see I am totally addicted to The Sims. I have heard of people using a program called KillProcess before they launch the game. It supposedley helps to keep the game from crashing.

[sm8000]

There are some you can stop and disable altogether. Messenger, Remote Registry, and Distributed Link Transaction Co-ordinator for example.

[Midknyte]

like you have seen, it causes more trouble than good. unless your system is really really slow, you don't have to disable every single extra service.

[pepsigirl326]

Yes I know the trouble that it can get me in. At one time I noticed that I was running sluggish so I checked to see how many services were running. There were 35 processes running and I only had two applications open.

I'm doing great right now. Thank you everyone for all of your input.

pepsigirl326

[Tweb]

You can run or disable services per user accounts, this can be done in services, when I do video editing I turn everything off not needed for best performance in 1 account, when I do normanl stuff I use another account with the services I need.

open a service > goto logon tab, hope rest is obvious.