In article <8727i0dm83ef3794nhvv8r2u4ctieuv3cg.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, Tim Auton wrote:
> "Ozzie" <res1q87y.DeleteThis@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>I'm running XP Professional and at certain intervals the system starts
>>running diagnostics. It really messes me up when playing ET. Any way to
>>disable this during gameplay?
>
> On Win2000 it's in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to
> turn off stuff like Indexing Service (which is useless, IMO). I don't
> know how you can turn it off only when playing though.
>
>
> Tim
There are a number of XP and Win2000 services that you safely can disable,
both for security and performance. I came across this page yesterday (from
slaspot):
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
have fun
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