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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. Re:No Services on Boot? by saleenS281 · · Score: 0, Troll

    you're bragging about a system with no less than 50 root exploits that haven't been patched. Congrats on that one champ!

  2. Re:For sufficiently small quantities of "run" by hexed_2050 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And which state of the USA are you talking about?

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  3. Re:No Services on Boot? by jacksonj04 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh will you all fuck off with your 'MS sucks, Linux is the answer' crap. If I want, I can damn well install just as much spyware on a Linux box, and it will crash as often as I want it to.

    Most spyware is installed by clueless users. When the clueless users move to Linux, what is going to happen? My gods! They're going to install Claria Linux Edition!

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  4. so.... by museumpeace · · Score: 0, Troll

    which service to I kill to make ie go away?

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