Optimizing Services In Win2000/XP

[The Edge]

I just gained an extra 45mb of RAM by using these simple steps.
Hope it works for others ;)


Step1:
- Goto start/Run and type compmgmt.msc
- Click on the services tab.
- Set ALL your services to *manual* setting.

Step2:
- Reboot computer and wait for windows XP to load. XP will boot pretty slowly, since it has to turn on each service seperately. Use your computer for a bit, doing what you normally do during a computing session. This will allow any other services to activate (such as DHCP or other services that didn't load during the boot process).

Step3:
- Go back to the list of services, and see which ones are Started.
- Change the services that are marked as Started, to *Automatic*
- This way windows will automatically load all of the services that you normally use, and the ones that you don't use will stay unloaded.

Some "unecessary" services might still load but I think this is a good optimization for a normal user.
Note: If you set windows audio service to manual you will not have any sound!!!
Give it a try Win2000/XP users.......



Edge

[midiguy]

nice tip edge, I'll give it a try sometime...

[Slogra]

I just did it. I went from 150MB to 130MB. But i noticed that you HAVE to set DHCP Client to automatic cause else won't get an internet connection. It took me a while to figute that out :/

[gft]

I tried it too, but it didn't help a whole lot. And now Outlook express takes about 2 or 3 minutes to load, and loging in takes about that much time too.

In win2k, for me, the necessary services for a given task did NOT load automatically. I had to figure it out manually. You're probably better off not messing with windows services unless you really know what you're doing.

Anybody know which service makes outlook express load faster?

-gft

[lewchee]

Try these 2 guides:

Win2K (http://www.videoguys.com/Win2K.html)
WinXP (http://www.videoguys.com/WinXP.html)