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Running Windows With No Services

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stripping-the-fat dept.

mattOzan writes "So how many of the almost 4 dozen default-enabled services does Windows XP really need in order to preserve basic functioning, like web surfing and running applications? Zero, as it turns out. Mark Russinovich at Sysinternals demonstrates that if certain steps are followed, Windows XP will still run with only two active processes: System and Csrss.exe. No Smss.exe, Winlogon.exe, Services.exe, Lsass.exe... And, contrary to the expectations of various lead engineers at Microsoft, even Internet Explorer will still work under such conditions."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp brought to you by http://www.dashbillions.com/

  2. Who gives a fsck about Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I run Linux and OS-X.

    (Not to be rude, but really though.)

  3. Filters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I always jack trolls and flamebait to +5. That way I get to the real content of a discussion.

  4. Re:Interesting by esaloch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sure you could, just open automator and create the automation. Wait, wrong OS, damn MacOS spoiling me.

  5. Re:Well by BillyBlaze · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Well, the problem is that our stupid moderation system doesn't have the categories it should. If someone says something you think is incorrect, what mod should you give them? Overrated? Troll? Flamebait? Redundant? None of the negative mods fit the most common situation in which negative mods are warranted, -1 Disagree. (Granted, this may be by design, as you're encouraged to only mod up. But if there are stupid posts at +5, than no intelligent comment posted later than that will go above it, because scores only go up to 5.)

    My ideal mod system would be, you get to choose a short word to describe the post, and give a score between -1 and 1. There would be no +5 limit. Each post would show its score, the number of mods, and its top 3 words. You could mod and post in the same discussion. And mod points would be a much more common occurance.