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These Services May Be Safely Stopped In Windows XP!
Sure, services can easily be stopped, started, or disabled
in XP, but determining which services to stop or disable to improve system
performance can be confusing. The long list of services and their associated
dependencies can seem overwhelming. Disabling or stopping some services can
crash your system. Disabling or stopping the running service can also cause
problems with other services or programs that are dependent on it to function
properly. To make things easier, the following of services may be disabled or
stopped without causing problems for your system:
Alerter - Notifies selected users and computers of
administrative alerts
Clipbook - Enables ClipBook Viewer to store information and
share it with remote computers
Computer Browser - Maintains an updated list of computers
on the network and supplies this list to computers designated as browsers
Fast User Switching - Provides management for applications
that require assistance in a multiple user environment
Indexing Service - Indexes contents and properties of files
on local and remote computers
Messenger - Transmits Net Send and Alerter service messages
between clients and servers
Net Logon - Supports pass-through authentication of account
logon events for computers in a domain
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing - Enables an authorized
user to access this computer remotely by using NetMeeting over a corporate
intranet
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager - Manages and controls
Remote Assistance
Remote Registry - Enables remote users to modify registry
settings on this computer
Routing and Remote Access - Offers routing services to
businesses in local area and wide area network environments
Server - Supports file, print, and named-pipe sharing over
the network for this computer
SSDP Discovery Service - Enables discovery of UPnP devices
on your home network
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper - Enables support for NetBIOS over
TCP/IP (NetBT) service and NetBIOS name resolution
Telnet - Enables a remote user to log on to this computer
and run programs, and supports various TCP/IP Telnet clients, including
UNIX-based and Windows-based computers
Upload Manager - Manages synchronous and asynchronous file
transfers between clients and servers on the network
Wireless Zero Configuration - Provides automatic
configuration for the 802.11 adapters
Workstation - Creates and maintains client network
connections to remote servers
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