TylenoL5000 0 Posted May 4, 2000 There seems to be alot of services running in windows 2000 pro when everything is on default.Anyone know what services to shut off to lighten the load? I just play games on win2k and surf the web. Share this post Link to post
YuppieScum 0 Posted May 6, 2000 Pretty much nothing that is installed and running as a service "by default" can be easily removed. If you post a list of what is running, we can point you at anything extranious. Share this post Link to post
michels 0 Posted May 7, 2000 I found this at Tweak 3D... it doesn't have all the services... IF anyone knows ANY other services POST IT here plz: Alerter -- This service handles administrative alerts, such as ones that are sent out over a network when system failures occur. Unless you are connected to a network and have a network administrator, it is likely that you can set this service to manual. [DISABLE] Clipbook Server -- This service allows other users over your network to view your clipbook. It is strongly recommended that you set this service to manual and use another program for distributing information over your network. [DISABLE] Computer Browser -- This service controls network neighborhood and some other related networking functions. Unless you are not on a LAN at all, I would advice leaving this set to Automatic. [AUTOMATIC] Event Log -- Pretty self explanatory, this service controls your... event logs! Unless you could care less about being able to figure out what's wrong with your system, I'd recommend leaving this one set to Automatic. [AUTOMATIC] Messenger -- Sends and receives messages over a network. If you disabled Alerter, you can safely set this one to Manual. [DISABLE] Net Logon -- Handles certain network security features such as login information. You are most likely going to want to set this to Manual. [WIN2K DEFAULT] Network DDE and Network DDE DSDM -- these two services handle DDE (dynamic data exchange). Unless you collaborate using Office over your network, you will probably want to se this to Manual. Note: that is different from using Office in a normal business setting -- if you need DDE, you'll know. [DISABLE]* NT LM Security Support -- Provides security over a few types of NT networking applications. It is recommended that you set this to manual. [DISABLE] Plug and Play -- Enables Win9x-like Plug and Play support to Win2k. Set this to automatic unless you really love messing with internal system registers. [WIN2K DEFAULT] Protected Storage -- this handles secure information like encrypted credit card numbers and the like. Unless you don't store any private information on your computer, leave this set to automatic. [DISABLE] RPC Services -- There are two of these, and they handle RCP name calls. I am really not sure which networking programs use these services, but most likely you won't suffer by setting these to manual. If you find that they are starting up on you anyway, you can set them to automatic. [MANUAL] Server -- This manages file and print services over your network. Unless you aren't on a network, you should probably leave this set to automatic. [DISABLE] Spooler -- This manages your printers. Unless you don't have a printer connected to your computer at all, you will want to set this to automatic. [AUTOMATIC] Task Scheduler -- This schedules weekly defrags and the like. Unless you are too lazy to start that kind of stuff up on your own, you can probably set this one to Manual. [DISABLE] Uninterruptible Power Supply -- This service manages your UPS -- if you don't have one, set it to manual or disable it entirely. [DISABLE] Workstation -- This handles all of the rest of your networking functions (ones that aren't covered by other services anyway). Unless you don't even have the Internet (which is very unlikely unless someone printed this guide out for you -- tsk tsk), leave this puppy enabled. [ENABLE] =) OBVIOUS There are a ton of other services that come with Windows 2000 by default, but the majority of them are set to Manual for most configurations. ===================== What's written between the "[" "]" were done by me... PLZ... let me know if I'm correct Share this post Link to post
