Hi Satheesh,

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.

1)Alerter

2)Clipbook

3)Computer Browser

4)Fast User Switching

5)Human Interface Access Devices

6)Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)

7)Messenger

8)Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)

9)Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)

10)Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)

11)Remote Procedure Call Locator

12)Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)

13)Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) Server

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A.Rajesh Khanna