Chris Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 [i'm sure i've posted something like this befrore...ah well!]Ummmm.When you've Installed Windows XP SP2 what do you do as in what settings do you change? Just settings, do not include installation of drivers, apps etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Sorry Powerless,I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you talking about disabling the XP SP2 Firewall if you already have one or something?Sincerely, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 No, nothing in particuliar.Put another way when you've installed Windows XP SP2 do you just leave it as it is? Or do you turn on Indexing Service, Turn off System Restore etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Turn on indexingdisable system restore (usign sys properties and gpedit)clear everything in "Startup" tab of msconfigturn off bandwidth throttling (gpedit)disable launching of windows messenger (gpedit)uninstall all internet explorer shortcutsremove the msn crapthen i think i may be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 all i did on mine was go in and turn off the windows firewall and any notifications therein of it and the virus protection and the auto updates in the security center. basically turn off the security center. i use nis2005's firewall and didnt want the SC telling me crap every five seconds. so far ive had no probs. i also seen that it has the messenger service, the one in sp1 that windows told everyone to disable, was already disabled at the get go. thats pretty much all i did with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest be@vis Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Disabled, or set to manual, any service which was unused or unnecessary - System Restore, Windows Update, Windows Time and a whole host of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zfactor Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I would highly advise against unchecking everything in startup from msconfig. First of all, there are some key items in there that your hardware may utilize. One example is if you are using a MS office keyboard, type32 is required to be running to use the hotkeys and buttons. Also many processes required by norton's internet security and other firewall software is in there, turning it off is ill advised.Before you uncheck stuff wildly check the processes out at http://www.answersthatwork.comsimply use the tasklist and find out what the processes are. If processes are not on this list, check and see what they are associated with by looking at the paths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I would highly advise against unchecking everything in startup from msconfig. First of all, there are some key items in there that your hardware may utilize. One example is if you are using a MS office keyboard, type32 is required to be running to use the hotkeys and buttons. Also many processes required by norton's internet security and other firewall software is in there, turning it off is ill advised.Before you uncheck stuff wildly check the processes out at http://www.answersthatwork.comsimply use the tasklist and find out what the processes are. If processes are not on this list, check and see what they are associated with by looking at the paths.This is true - but I run a barebones system - no fancy gfx card, audio, etcThere are no excess programs that have to load on my machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zfactor Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Right, but powerless may not be running such a system, and therefore it is not necessarily wise for him to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Right, but powerless may not be running such a system, and therefore it is not necessarily wise for him to do that.I think he was just asking so we could collaberate and "make the ultimate sp2 system". But your right about unchecking everything. A lot of it you can just get rid of, but it's best to know what your unchecking before you do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Right, but powerless may not be running such a system, and therefore it is not necessarily wise for him to do that.I think he was just asking so we could collaberate and "make the ultimate sp2 system". But your right about unchecking everything. A lot of it you can just get rid of, but it's best to know what your unchecking before you do it.You are da man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Right, but powerless may not be running such a system, and therefore it is not necessarily wise for him to do that.This is true, but the original question was "What do you do" not "What should I do" - there's a difference there and I answered the question truthfully and in the correct context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zfactor Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 alright, ffs 2 ppl areadly said that, i dont need a 3rd to point it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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