TUTORIAL: Windows XP Services that can be Safely set to MANUAL

Vishal Gupta

Guys!
When we install windows XP, there r many services running in background. Among them many services r useless and can be set manual to make our windows faster.
In this tutorial I'm telling the services which can be safely set to MANUAL.

How to do it?

1.) Right-click on My Computer icon on desktop and select Manage, it'll open a window, in which goto: Services & Application -> Services. To disable or Set it to MANUAL, double-click on service and select What u want in Startup list box.
2.) U can also open the same by going to Administrative Tools and open Computer Management.

NOTE:- Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it. So that whenever windows needs to start a service it can easily start and use it. If u set ne service DISABLE, then windows can not enable it and will give ERROR...
Some service may be system dependent, like setting some services MANUAL can work on many systems but can make some systems not working if they required that service to run. Thats why always check the services one by one, and in case windows gives ERROR, u can re-enable that service by starting the system in SAFE MODE.

So here is the list of services that can be safely set to MANUAL (Many of them may be disabled automatically on some systems):

Continue Here...

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bakuryu

now let's see i got to search for my service settings. I ran XP with only 9 services and 2 more for NOD32 so that made it 11, not bad i guess, but u really got to do many things manually.

and whatever service tweaks u do, do it in a DIFFERENT hardware profile.

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Strider

Automatic Updates, Help & support, System Restore & Error Reporting Service can also be listed. Print Spooler is also there if you don't have a Printer.

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ZyanWu

Hate t say'i but XP will soon be dead... so lets all join our hands and help improve Vista!

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delivi

I'm using Adobe Acrobat to create PDF documents, so if I disable the print spooler will I able to print documents into PDF.

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Strider

Windows XP won't die soon. Atleast for two years it'll stay.

I doubt you can do it or not. But c'mon test it yourself.

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bakuryu

nope, if Print Spooler is disabled even virtual printers won't work

pixelpainter

For those that don't know what this is, it is the settings for Wireless Internet Adapter. SO.... if you have one, don't disable this. Also if you don't have SP2 you won't even find it.

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