Originally Posted by rickworden
Fair point dangel - but I've got so much software that if I load up the default hardware profile I still get a load of services that seem to slow down boot up. So to disable manually on the fly would take some time. Maybe the difference isn't that much! - I just don't like the fact that every software programmer thinks that as soon as you switch on your PC their application must be running!
You can make a batch file to stop services that you don't need and another to start them if you like
For example:
http://www.windowsreference.com/wind...staxp20032000/
I keep meaning to get around to this as when I'm using my 3D apps, they require a fair number of services to work (copy protection
)