Amen. A gamer will have a lot of services turned off, whereas an office PC
will have more. Personally, I run just what I need. Nothing more. I run a
few services that others don't, though. Folding@Home is a big one.
(
www.hardfolding.com). I don't run Automatic Updates, or Indexing Service. I
do updates daily, though. Part of my daily routine. Some don't have a
routine, and just let the PC do it themselves. It's all handled
automatically...
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"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <> wrote in message
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> Umo
>
> What services you run will depend on how you use the system. What works
> for one user, may not work for another.
>
> Your best strategy is to study what each service enables you to do, as
> well as what other services depend on that service, and then decide
> whether or not you can do without that service. If your not sure, set the
> service to Manual and then keep an eye on it to see if something starts
> that service or just screams and hollers because it was changed. 
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "umo" <> wrote in message
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>> After disabling unnecessary Vista services according to a few tweak
>> guides, my home computer seems to run fast, smooth and efficiently
>> with only about 38 services started. Is anybody running fewer
>> services.? Also, my total number of active processes in Task Manager
>> is 27.
>>
>> http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/umo/services.jpg
>>
>