Comments on: Services You Can Safely Disable (Windows XP) http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Drew http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-12485 Drew Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:41:07 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/#comment-12485 No mention on the terrible File and Print Sharing? No mention on the terrible File and Print Sharing?

]]> By: Sharron Field http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-12406 Sharron Field Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:21:29 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/#comment-12406 Oh yae; XP can be made to use less resources, but for what it is I personally reckon it's nice to have all those little extras running: I say this with confidence while running XP on a computer with an Athlon 64x2 CPU and 2GB RAM; which is not the standard of PC that everyone else runs XP on of course: However all said and done there is nothing really more enhancing than a RAM upgrade. If your computer uses DDR2 then you're in luck as it's the cheapest type of memory available in today's market; about $25/£13.75 or less for a 1 gigabyte stick. If your computer uses DDR not DDR2 then you're less lucky; but an upgrade's still worth it at about $55/£30 Approx. for a 1 gigabyte stick. The two are NOT interchangable; so stick to your existing type of RAM. If your computer uses something like PC133 then I would recommend either not bothering or buying a new or newer PC: PC133 and PC100 are not so easy to get hold of these days, are older poor performance memory types, and will probably cost more than DDR; assuming that you can get a 1 gigabyte stick in either type. You can't use DDR or DDR2 instead without changing the motherboard, so maybe it's time to retire that old computer and use it as a boat-anchor, doorstop, or fax machine.... That's my twopennethworth. Oh yae; XP can be made to use less resources, but for what it is I personally reckon it’s nice to have all those little extras running: I say this with confidence while running XP on a computer with an Athlon 64×2 CPU and 2GB RAM; which is not the standard of PC that everyone else runs XP on of course: However all said and done there is nothing really more enhancing than a RAM upgrade.

If your computer uses DDR2 then you’re in luck as it’s the cheapest type of memory available in today’s market; about $25/£13.75 or less for a 1 gigabyte stick. If your computer uses DDR not DDR2 then you’re less lucky; but an upgrade’s still worth it at about $55/£30 Approx. for a 1 gigabyte stick. The two are NOT interchangable; so stick to your existing type of RAM.

If your computer uses something like PC133 then I would recommend either not bothering or buying a new or newer PC: PC133 and PC100 are not so easy to get hold of these days, are older poor performance memory types, and will probably cost more than DDR; assuming that you can get a 1 gigabyte stick in either type. You can’t use DDR or DDR2 instead without changing the motherboard, so maybe it’s time to retire that old computer and use it as a boat-anchor, doorstop, or fax machine….

That’s my twopennethworth.

]]> By: Shadowpr http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-12398 Shadowpr Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:48:49 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/services-you-can-safely-disable-windows-xp/#comment-12398 Just go here for a complete list of services that can be disabled: http://www.blackviper.com/index.html Just go here for a complete list of services that can be disabled: http://www.blackviper.com/index.html

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