Lets face it...they don't call it WINDOZ for nothing. It is a big bloated OS. But it has to be to make it easier for those newbie users out there. They need to be able to download music and get emails without having to worry about configuring anything. To do this, the OS has to do a lot of thing behind the scenes which means it has to run as much as possible so that these features are available wihtout the need for configuration.
I have noticed that Window XP runs a bit faster and boots up quicker. But to get the best performance, you need to tweak your system. Do go ahead and disable those service that aren't being used. But be carefull. Disable a service that windows needs and you may find some applications complaining that services they need are not running or in worse case scenario find yourself staring at the "Blue Screen of Death". Make sure to check the dependancies of the services before you disable.
Also, when you buy your computer from some of thes Big name brand places, they put alot of their applications on the system. For example, Compaq puts on applications to make it easier for you to restore the system if it hangs or for diagnstics. Cool features but it consumes resources. Some of these applicaitons launch at boot up and then quite but they leave DLL open in memory. Disable what you can from automatically launching at windows startup.
OH....Also disable all that fancy XP GUI stuff. Do you really need all that window animation and 3D stuff. Or all those cool windows GUI effects. Disabeling these also makes Windows faster. Use windows Classic configuration.  |