sysinternals.com — Dave Solomon of Sysinternals recently discovered that Windows can still be used for most basic uses (web browsing and running basic aplications) without any services running! Apparently even Microsoft's own vice president of the Core Operating Systems Division was surprised by this.
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disord3rJul 26, 2005
Windows is too far gone at this point to hope for a less bloated and more efficient OS. Each time they base their next OS off the previous one, they just compound the problem. Not until they start from scratch will it ever run like it is truly capable. But since my only other options are linux and mac, which both make me want to stab my eyes out only slightly less than Windows, I guess I'm stuck for the time being.
skippy2057Jul 26, 2005
There are lots of suggestions floating around the 'net as to which Windows services you can (and should?) turn off. As has often been pointed out, Windows XP in particular strives so fervently to be user friendly, it has lots of little doodads which often rely on background services.I have turned off quite a few services on my home PCs (some for security), but it would be interesting to tinker around (in a VM, probably) to see exactly what could be turned off and still retain a PC that operates satisfactorily (startup, shutdown, browse the web, etc.). Apparently zero services might be a bit of overkill!Speaking of Library PCs (as a previous DIGGer did), I would say they should either all be thin clients or else run an OS from a CDROM (Linux live CD or WinPE) and have some kind of startup script to configure it. That way, if someone tries to muck it up, just restart it.
gizmo3xJul 26, 2005
"On a more personal note, I?m going to be in the Cape Canaveral area on Thursday, August 11, and so am calling out to any NASA employee Sysinternals fans to see if you?d be willing to arrange for a special tour of the space center."I'm sure there are TONS of fans at NASA who care about your blog... LOL
mrblogadiseJul 26, 2005
Blackviper is the king of windows services <a class="user" href="http://www.blackviper.com">http://www.blackviper.com</a>
scottevansJul 27, 2005
real good comment, mrblogadise....seeing as though black viper's site has been down and out for six months.
motionblurJul 27, 2005
Blackviper is the king of windows services: <a class="user" href="http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/">http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/</a>(running version for jackasses like scottevans that can't use Google)
scottevansAug 14, 2005
<a class="user" href="http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/">http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/</a> check it now, you jerk. I know what i'm talking about when i said the REAL blackviper's site was down. What you found was nothing more than a mirror by some idiot that didnt have permission to do it, in the first place. i know exactly what google is and how to use it.