Make your XP run faster by disabling unneeded services
Did you know that you can still be able to squeeze out some more performance power just by simply disabling unneeded services on your Windows XP? Some people are asking me why am I still giving tips for Windows XP when there is Vista and the upcoming Windows 7, the quick answer is “I love XP” and there are still more people that chooses to stay with XP even the eye candy Vista is out there. Some reasons maybe it’s hard for them to use Vista, they don’t have the power to run the resources hungry Vista, compatibility issue or just really love XP. To all single user XP lovers I have here some list of services that you can disable without any ill effect to your system. This tip will not only make your XP system run a little bit faster it will also make your XP computing more safer.
To disable the services below, go to Control Panel –> Administrative Tools –> Services
- Alerter
- Clipbook
- Computer Browser
- Fast User Switching
- Human Interface Access Devices
- Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
- Messenger
- Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
- Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
- Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
- Remote Procedure Call Locator
- Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
- Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
- Server
- SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless “Universal P’n’P”, & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
- Telnet (disabled for extra security)
- Universal Plug and Play Device Host
- Upload Manager
- Windows Time
- Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
- Workstation
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6 Comments
i do love window’s XP cause most of my program are compatible to run on it….and add to that xp window did not need high speed pc it can run on a simple unit…even on Pentium III… so i hope you’ll continue giving some advice and helpful tips on how to enhance using window’s XP… thnaks A lot….
Is there any good free downloads that will help make my xp run faster?
yes, there are a lot of tools that can help you tweak your XP. you can try magic tweak.
Services can also be accessed by start> run> type services.msc and press enter. Windows can also be made to run faster by disabling most of the startup entries which are found in msconfig utility. This can be accessed by start> run> type msconfig and press enter. Now go to the startup tab. Even the services are found in this utility.
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My system slow last couple of weeks. I’ll try this tip for my system faster. Thanks for good tip.