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| Optimize system services |
| Windows 2000 ships with a lot of system services. In most cases, you don't need them all, and you |
| could free some additional memory by disabling unneeded services. While disabling services is easy |
| (you just click some buttons), disabling the wrong service could mean disaster. |
| To locate services you don't need, just open the Services console from the Administrative Tools |
| folder and look at the Description column. Or you can double-click a service and look at the |
| Once you find out what a service does, you can disable it. By selecting Disabled on the Startup type |
| drop-down list, you're telling the operating system not to start this service on the next reboot. If you |
| want to stop the service now, click Stop. |
| Most administrators will still need help because the service descriptions are very short and often |
| unhelpful. Microsoft offers a more extensive list of all services, with longer descriptions, on the |
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