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- IT Dojo: Five services you can turn off in Windows XP
- Running unnecessary Windows XP services can increase your vulnerability to exploits that might use those services as attack vectors. Disabling unnecessary services can be an important step in securing Windows XP. However, the typical Windows XP system has more than 80 services. Knowing which ones you can safely turn off...
- Tags: Information Technology, Service, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, it dojo, Strategy, Management, windows xp, bill detwiler, disable services, security
- Videos 2008-04-29
- Disable Services at Command Line
- It would be nice to automate the process of disabling services at initial workstation configuration - perhaps through a .bat or .reg file. Does anyone know how to disable specific Windows services at the command line or through the Windows Registry? If not, what about the Windows Scripting Host?Use...
- Tags: Black-eyed Pea, Disable, Disable Services, Microsoft Windows, syntax, windows
- Q&A 2005-04-15
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- How do I... Disable services in Windows Vista?
- Never Disable first, always set to Manual"Depending on what you need to do, disabling unnecessary services in Vista can help your system boot faster and run better."True, but if you're not very careful about which services you do disable therefore preventing Vista from being able to use you could have...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PrinceGaz, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-06-10
- Video: Disable and enable Windows XP services
- This WMV video shows you how to disable and enable Windows XP services. Knowing how to disable and enable Windows XP services can help you better secure your machine, troubleshooting Windows startup problems, and combat viruses or spyware. This 1:30 minutes video shows you how to use...
- Tags: Video, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Download resources 2006-02-17
- How do I... Disable services in Windows Vista?
- Recently, TechRepublic published a list of Vista services and identified which ones can safely be disabled. Now, the question becomes this: How do you actually disable services in Vista? Scott Lowe offers this step-by-step look at how you can work with the Services Control Panel applet to manage Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Scott Lowe, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Download resources 2007-06-05
- Disabling services--how to do?
- Do we disable these things one at a time? Manually? Is there a "how to do this" somewhere? And most important, will these 'disabled' services come back after reboot? Thanx!How to: Click....Start, Control Panel, Admin Tools, Services.Double click on the serviceSelect Disable from pull down menu.On a Domain use a...
- Tags: scamp55@...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Administrative Services Profile
- Good very hello! I often go to Services in Microsoft Management Console XP Home to disable and re-enable services and would like to know if a profile can be created with a script so all I have to do is click on it to disable or re-enable some preset se
- Tags: windows, ih82bl84f1@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Video: Five services you can turn off in Windows XP
- Running unnecessary Windows XP services can increase your vulnerability to exploits that might use those services as attack vectors. Disabling unnecessary services can be an important step in securing Windows XP. However, the typical Windows XP system has more than 80 services. Knowing which ones you can safely turn off...
- Tags: Video, Service, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Bill Detwiler
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Disable Windows 2000 Professional remote registry modification
- i'm i blonde here ???would a simple start, run, services.mscthen disable remote registry editing from there do the trick? this is one of those services i almost always leave disabledI think both methods work......butI like yours better. It's soooo much simpler and easier to remember. The bomb-diggity!
- Tags: computec@...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- disable tour windows xp
- I know you can do it through GPedit.msc I just do not know where it is. I am trying to disable it across the domain... So can someone help me find it?also to diable the "text and language services toolbar"Here is the Reg KeyDisable Windows TourAdded 11/19/05If you want to...
- Tags: CookieOrc@..., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Disable Laptop Touch pad
- Hi,Iam using HP Compaq presario 500 series laptop, Now i want to disable my Laptop touch pad, in control panel that disable option is not enabled, how can i enable and disable the touchpad.ThanksRamakrishna G
- Tags: Notebooks, ramakrishnay2k@..., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
- Enable services through the Windows 2000 Professional registry
- Did you know that you can use the registry on your Windows 2000 Pro machine to enable and disable services? Learn how to use the Registry Editor to create your own defaults. Most of the time, you'll use the Services console in the Administrative Tools folder to enable...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Jim Boyce, registry, console, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Service, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2006-07-24
- Enable/Disable Services Without Admin Rights
- Hi, I like to ask how we can set restricted rights on a user but yet give user the rights to enable or disable certain services.Is this possible in Windows XP SP2?I understand that we are able to add users to multiple groups. (Eg. For user set as restricted to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, vivienw@...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-10
- Tech Tip: Shut down unnecessary services
- By default, most Linux distributions automatically enable a number of services. However, this is counterintuitive when it comes to security. You can rectify this after booting into your newly installed Linux system--prior to connecting to a local network or the Internet. ...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Linux Tips Newsletter, Service, Small And Medium Business, Linux, Smb/Sme, Open Source, Tcp/Ip, UNIX, Productivity, Operating Systems, Networking, Software
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- how to disable internet access
- I need to Know if there is a way to disable internet access for all users at a workstation using XPpro through a policy setting or security management consoleHere is a "registry" tweak!http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1288/just DISABLE YOUR NETWOREK CONNECTIONS ... this is the simple way to disable internet network....GO TO...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Disable
- Q&A 2005-06-08
- Group Policy - sharing tab
- Is there a way using a group policy to block users from creating shares on their PCs?Are the users administrators on their local systems? If so, they can override any GPO setting, although it might make them more difficult.A cheap and easy fix is to disable the server service on...
- Tags: group policy
- Q&A 2005-02-09
- Disable IP blocking IIS 6 (Small Business Server 2003)
- Hi does anybody knows how to disable the IP blocking on IIS 6 ?I have one webpage, however I cannot access from outside the I get HTTP Error 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.Internet Information Services IIS, thanks for the help.
- Tags: Network technology, mhbuzios, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- IT Dojo: Five services you can turn off in Windows Server 2003
- Disabling unnecessary Windows Server 2003 services can strengthen your server security. Unfortunately, there are over 100 services to consider. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to disable Windows Server 2003 services and discusses the following five services that you may want to turn off: 1...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Service, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, it dojo, Strategy, Management, windows server 2003, microsoft, security
- Videos 2008-04-29
- Need Help with a Registry Key... Please
- I've downloaed a *.pdf document tittle "10 registry hacks for hardening Windows XP security", in which is has a sction to "Disable hidden administrative shares"; By, accessing the key lested bellow:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServiceslanmanagerparametersand creating a DWORD -> AutoShareWks with Value -> 0However, I...
- Tags: fjaviermendoza@..., HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
- Discussion threads 2007-01-06
- Oven Fresh Browser Options (exe)
- Disable Major Browser Features to protect your Web page content from unauthorized viewing and theft. Press a button and the code is generated for you. Disable Back Button, Disable Printing, Disable Right Mouse Click, Disable Scroll Bars, and more. Browser Options generates JavaScript code that notifies the browser to turn...
- Tags: Web Browser, Browser Options, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-06-14
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