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Some interesting comments on that list of services, some I hadn't even considered. On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 14:10 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > kevin wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 05:20 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > > > >> kevin wrote: > >> > >>> I advise all Windoze users to Switch off updates for just this reason. > >>> > >> I strongly feel you do them a disservice with this advice. > >> > > 90 % of my work with users PC's is Broken windows BSOD after some sw > > change. Mostly by MS or virus. > I would agree with that, in fact on my own system when installing > Windows not only do I turn off Windows Update but I also go through all > the Services Microsoft think you need and turn off the ones I definitely > don't. > > http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp > > Kind regards, > > Julian > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html