Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Stop unnecessary start-up programs

The Services utility is included in all versions of Windows XP and is hidden away. Do the following to disable a service using the Services utility:

1. Click the Start Menu and select Run. In the text box, type services.msc and click OK. This will start the Services utility.

2. Now that you are in the Services utility, you will see a list of a lot of services on your computer. First, you will need to stop the service that you want to disable. Right-cl
ick the service name and select Stop on the pop-up menu.

3.
When the service is stopped, right-click the service again and select Properties. Located on the General tab, look for the Start up Type drop-down box. Click the arrow on the drop-down box and select Disabled.


4. Click the OK button and from now on, the system will not start the service any more during boot, speeding up your system start.