Cheers Alan for this.. DeviantPC has posted a guide to Windows XP Services. I had a quick look through and can already see that this outweighs previous guides I have seen on XP's services. With the fun look at the Microsoft Description and then "Human description" even if you don't change anything its a good laugh to read and a "real world" look at what those pesky services are doing.
How many people know that disabling services that you don't need can significantly enhance the speed of Windows? "There is a significant gain in performance to be had if certain services are disabled in WindowsXP. It's just finding the right ones that's the problem"
Let's take a look through them shall we?
View: The BIG Windows XP Services Guide (Tweaks) @ DeviantPC
Warning!
Changing the services on your PC can have dramatic side effects in as far as that your PC may fail to boot. Be smart and do a system restore first. Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System restore. We recommend you leave this service running until you are satisfied with the results.
