Learnin' The Way of XP

[Nick Madcat]

Well its finally happened. I'm actually trying to useXP. *cough*Pro*cough*

I need some tutorials or whatever for XP retards. Oh and figuring out what services to keep and remove would be nice.

So far I removed the windows messenger, got rid of activation completely, and turned off a few DLLs that interfere with "XPerience"

Anything else I gotta do?

[Wobbel]

If you want to know more about 'securing' your XP, i suggest reading this article by Dr Avery.

[cowmomo]

One of the better summaries for disabling services can be found here.

[the hunter]

Here you go one of the best sites you can find to learn what to shut off in XP. http://www.blackviper.com/

[Nick Madcat]

Sweet thx dudes. The sooner I get a hold over XP the sooner I can migrate. Not to mention remove that user-friendly crap.

[berks]

hey those are some good sites I am going to have to look at those when i get home!

[the hunter]

The Black viper site helped me get this thing down to 17 processes running. It sure made a difference in my CPUs speed, as I only have an old 950 celleron.

[blackspawn]

Originally posted by Nick Madcat
Sweet thx dudes. The sooner I get a hold over XP the sooner I can migrate. Not to mention remove that user-friendly crap.

Death to the search assistant!!!

[inescapeableus]

Forget XP, try Linux. I used windows but I found out my IQ was over 90. Give it a try once you go to linux you will never want to use Windoze again.

[Nick Madcat]

Linux is great and Ive messed with my fair share of distributions. Sadly too many ppl use windoze, and I need to use XP. So far xp is clean...but you need paranoia for files u download. Trust me man Im itching for a linux n00b books so i can advance.

[cowmomo]

I nearly forgot. Rather than wading through all your services (which I reccommend anyway) XP Antispy has a neat little GUI that shuts off the more prominent and annoying XP features. Check it reviewed here and at its home page.

[rainbowdemon]

Originally posted by cowmomo
I nearly forgot. Rather than wading through all your services (which I reccommend anyway) XP Antispy has a neat little GUI that shuts off the more prominent and annoying XP features. Check it reviewed here and at its home page.

Good find!! This made my comp a little faster. And on dial-up, every little bit helps. And I already use Firefox!

[Nick Madcat]

Heh too late got you at xp-antispy already. I used a WPM crack too and services.msc. Right now xp is secure. And since IE is gone and firefox took its place...even better.