Turn off Services

When you start Windows XP, there are many “services” loaded into memory. Many of these services are critical to the operation of XP but some are unneccesary. Turning them off will help recover some memory for your other applications. For a comprehensive list of what you can safely turn off, check out Black Viper’s web site.

In fact, one service called “messenger” should be disabled immediately on your XP machine. Leaving this on opens you up to a nasty attack where hackers can delete entire directories on your computer. Go to William Gibson’s site for more details how to fix this fatal flaw. By the way, Service Pack 1 for Windows XP fixes this bug.

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