XP has a ton of services enabled by default. By knowing what these services do (or don’t do), you can really speed up your system by disabling the ones you don’t need.

Many services can be modified to increase the speed of your system. If you take a CPU = air conditioner analogy.If you use your A/C during the summer, it’s helpful. If you use it during the winter, it’s a waste. Here is my suggestions for the settings of the services:

If you ever find something not working correctly, you should reset it. However, these are the services that I disable. This guide is very conservative. Many of these services are activated even though only the minority of users will need them. I describe the use of these services so you can make a decision if you should have it enabled or not.

How to Access Your Microsoft Services:

1. Click Start
2. Click Settings
3. Select Control Panel
4. Double click Administrative Tools
5. Double click Services
6. Scroll down and highlight the service you want to adjust
7. Right-click on it and choose Properties
8. Click the stop button.
9. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar.