Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 04:55:20 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP Pro cutdowns - Was: USB Card
From: "Nick Rees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I had to do a quick trawl for the page I got the ideas from, they're not mine in origin and I wasn't going to take credit (or abuse) for them. Here's the link :
http://www.fixup.net/talk/archive/200207/000009ff.htm
Ah... Not surprisingly a post on Dr. Xin's website.
warning thought! There's no linefeeds, page breaks, etc . . .
Well, having to deal with a bit of Dyslexia, I quickly ran through it and added line feeds. Will paste it below for anyone interested now or in the future.
Most of them are service hacks, basically you switch options to manual only so they don't run, or even disabled if you'll never use them!
What I have done is this :
Disable Remote Assistance service Disable System Restore service (waste of disk space) Disable Automatic Update service (can still run it manually) Disable Firewall & Connection sharing (why? i've got a hub and a ADSL router . . . ) Disable Fast User Switching (only me that uses it) Disable Themes service (I prefer the look of W2K, and by stopping this service it switches you back to this for free and you gain CPU time) There's also the Indexing service which helps you locate files, but for my use this is a waste of CPU time so i've disabled it.
Looks like I've already addressed all of these tweaks, and a few more services security tweaks for people who may not trust MS to provide adequate security for their systems that a decent 15 year old hacker couldn't break through. Here's a URL of a site with a list of security tweaks, some that or may not have been addressed here:
http://www.xp-antispy.de/index.html?/depth.htm
The only tweak I hadn't already addressed was 'Wireless Zero Configuration'. I did go ahead and disable the service for the time being, as I'm not set up for that at this point.
I'll paste the reformatted text from the post to Xin's site below. I added any settings that are different on my system with an asterisk * at the end of each item.
Matt
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Note: It's a bit frustrating that the author of this article changed the names of some XP services to ones of his own invention. Quickly they are:
His: Firewall & Connection Sharing XP: Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
His: Remote Assistance XP: Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
His: Wireless Ethernet Config XP: Wireless Zero Configuration
All of my own system settings follow the asterisks * below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: http://www.fixup.net/talk/archive/200207/000009ff.htm
This setup is also helpful for other low-end laptops or desktops running WinXP. Please note that in order to accomplish this, you have to turn off some significant features of WinXP. These include (but are not limited to):
Automatic Updating
Fast User Switching
(Internet)Firewall & Connection Sharing
Remote Assistance (different than Remote Desktop)
System Restore
Wireless Ethernet Config
And finally the new WinXP look and feel (the interface will revert back to W2K style).
If you need one or more of these features just mentioned, see the bottom of this post for info on turning those back on. Here are the services that I leave running. I set these to �Automatic� startup, everything else I set to �Manual�. You can make these changes by going to �Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services�. Please note that after changing the startup option of a service you will need to reboot for the changes to take effect (or manually start/stop the services that you changed):
COM+ Event System: Started / Automatic * started / manual
DHCP Client: Started / Automatic
Event Log: Started / Automatic
Machine Debug Manager: Started / Automatic * not installed
Network Connections: Started / Automatic * started / manual
Network Location Awareness (NLA): Started / Automatic * started /manual
Plug and Play: Started / Automatic
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager: Started / Automatic * started / manual
Remote Access Connection Manager: Started / Automatic * started /manual
Remote Procedure Call (RPC): Started / Automatic
Server: Started / Automatic
SSDP Discovery Service: Started / Automatic * started / manual
System Event Notification: Started / Automatic
Telephony: Started / Automatic * started /manual
Terminal Services: Started / Automatic * started / manual
Windows Audio: Started / Automatic
Windows Management Instrumentation: Started / Automatic
Workstation: Started / Automatic * not installed
- Automatic Updating: This is also a waste of memory considering you can always go to �Windows Update� directly and apply the patches yourself, but if you want it active the name of the service is �Automatic Updates� and you should set it to �Automatic� * NOT started /disabled
- Fast User Switching: Another waste of memory, but to turn it on set �Fast User Switching Compatibility� to �Automatic�. WinXP look & feel: Now, if you want this one, then you�re really not making the hard decisions necessary to streamline WinXP, but who am I to judge? This feature is controlled by the service �Themes� and to turn it back on, you should set it to �Automatic�. When this feature is disabled, you will have a user interface very similar to that of Win2K. * NOT started /manual
- Firewall & Connection Sharing: These are also cool features, but if you trust the network that you attach to you don�t really need them (unless your computer is the gateway). In either case the name of the service is �Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)� (again set to �Automatic�). * Started / Automatic
- Remote Assistance: Now this feature is really cool for new users, but if you�ve read this far, then you are probably a fairly advanced user. However, if you want to leave this on, the name of the service is �Remote Desktop Help Session Manager� (again set it to �Automatic�). * NOT started /manual
- System Restore: When you turn this off, the �System Restore� tab will be disabled and your computer will no longer create restore points when you change the configuration. In my opinion this service is a waste of memory and disk space, but if you want to turn it back on set the �System Restore Service� to automatic. * Started / Automatic
- Wireless Ethernet Config: Wireless ethernet is FABULOUS, but if you don�t have a wireless ethernet card, there is no reason to leave it running. If you do, you can turn this back on by setting �Wireless Zero Configuration� to �Automatic�. * Started / Automatic
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