Resolved Windows XP Services you can disable!

Hi. There are many services that startup with Windows XP but for a home user on a home network many of these services are not needed and they can slow down your system. I have provided a list of Windows Services that you can disable which when disabled have little or no negative impact on your system. Your computer will see a performance increase when uneccessary services have been disabled.

To open the services window click Start< Run and type services.msc and press ok. The services window will open. Highlight the service, right click on it and select properties. Under Startup type set the option to disabled and hit ok.

Note: Depending on your windows version some services might not be listed. Disable ONLY the following services that are listed below.

Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Health Key and Certificate Management
Netlogon
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
QoS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Smart Card
Telnet
Windows CardSpace
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
WMI Performance Adapter

If you want more information about what each service does before you disable it then take a look here, http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm.

I have also created a thread on this same topic for windows Vista located here, http://www.windowsbbs.com/windows-vista/80190-windows-vista-services-you-can-disable.html

Happy Tweaking.

 

As I said before: I've never been a 'fan' of disabling services by inexperienced users. Sooner or later they run into problems when they try adding new hardware/software.

My advice: leave well alone.