Comments on: Harden XP by disabling services http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:13:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Braiam http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-881450 Braiam Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:24:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-881450 The probleam about Disable Automatic Update and BITS is that we need to harden the system with the updates like SP3, IE8, etc. The probleam about Disable Automatic Update and BITS is that we need to harden the system with the updates like SP3, IE8, etc.

]]> By: GREYTAPE http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-806115 GREYTAPE Thu, 28 May 2009 18:45:11 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-806115 If you are looking on setting back your services to default settings here is the link... http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm If you are looking on setting back your services to default settings here is the link…

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

]]> By: Joe http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-91288 Joe Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:46:12 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-91288 Just in case, list of default settings: http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips236.html Just in case, list of default settings:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips236.html

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-91011 Martin Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:16:06 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-91011 Thanks for the comments. I did this on purpose. There are many websites on the net that describe every service in detail and even the services configuration tool has a description. What I would suggest would be to do this one by one if you feel insecure about changing so many services at once. Disable one and see if it has any effects, you might need to reboot the machine. If it has a effect, i.e. you can't connect to the internet anymore, enable it again. Most users should not have to worry about disabling those services though. Thanks for the comments. I did this on purpose. There are many websites on the net that describe every service in detail and even the services configuration tool has a description.

What I would suggest would be to do this one by one if you feel insecure about changing so many services at once. Disable one and see if it has any effects, you might need to reboot the machine. If it has a effect, i.e. you can’t connect to the internet anymore, enable it again.

Most users should not have to worry about disabling those services though.

]]> By: rakesh shastri http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-90984 rakesh shastri Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:18:57 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/14/harden-xp-by-disabling-services/#comment-90984 hi.. nice feed.. i think it would be a good idea to: 1) briefly describe the purpose of each service so that any user who intends to disable a particular service is aware of its repurcussions 2) if after disabling a range of service the user detects a loss of functionality, the user would know exactly which service to re-enable. thanks. rakesh shastri hi..

nice feed..

i think it would be a good idea to:

1) briefly describe the purpose of each service so that any user who intends to disable a particular service is aware of its repurcussions

2) if after disabling a range of service the user detects a loss of functionality, the user would know exactly which service to re-enable.

thanks.
rakesh shastri

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