|
A = Automatic M = Manual D = Disabled
***IMPORTANT***
Read what the Levels mean before continuing.
Level 1
– Best setting for those who do not know how to easily recover from
problems or when you are setting up a system for someone else and
don’t want a phone call late at night from someone wanting tech
support.
Level 2 – More secure. For single user
machines. Full networking abilities still available. Good for people
with a home network, especially those with non-NT versions of
Windows or Linux on their network.
Level 3 – Even more
secure. More system resources freed. Requires more configuration by
user.
Level 4
– Locked and loaded. Don’t even try it if you don’t know what you
are doing. This will require you to enable services before applying
any updates. Functionality may be hindered. |
|
Name |
XP Pro
Default |
XP Home
Default |
Level
1 |
Level
2 |
Level
3 |
Level
4 |
Notes |
|
Alerter |
Disabled |
Disabled |
D |
D |
D |
D |
|
|
Application Layer Gateway Service |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
Application Management |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
Automatic Updates |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
A |
D |
You can't disable
this and still use Windows Update. |
|
Background Intelligent Transfer Service |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
D |
You can't disable
this and still use Windows Update. |
|
ClipBook |
Disabled |
Disabled |
D |
D |
D |
D |
|
|
COM+ Event System |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
COM+ System Application |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
Computer Browser |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
D |
D |
|
|
Cryptographic Services |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
A |
D |
Windows
Update errors may occur if this is disabled. |
|
DCOM Server Process Launcher |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
A |
A |
|
|
DHCP Client |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
D
Or
A |
D |
*CAUTION*
You'll have to set
your IP Address manually. You'll need to know all your networks
settings to do this. Not everyone will be able to disable this and
still be able to connect to the internet or connect to game servers.
Do not change this
on an ICS gateway. |
|
Distributed Link Tracking Client |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
Distributed Transaction Coordinator |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
DNS Client |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
A |
A |
|
|
Error Reporting Service |
Automatic |
Automatic |
D |
D |
D |
D |
|
|
Event Log |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
A |
A |
|
|
Fast User Switching Compatibility |
Manual |
Manual |
A |
D |
D |
D |
Will require you to
reboot machine to log in as another user. |
|
Help and Support |
Automatic |
Automatic |
M |
M |
D |
D |
|
|
HTTP SSL |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
Human Interface Device Access |
Disabled |
Disabled |
D |
D |
D |
D |
Best to leave this
at whatever your value is already set to.
Many USB devices use
this these days (keyboards, special mice, remotes). You can try
disabling this to see if your devices need it or not. |
|
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service |
Manual |
Manual |
A |
M |
M |
D |
|
|
Indexing Service |
Manual |
Manual |
D |
D |
D |
D |
Worthless resource
hog that fires up when it feels like it. |
|
IPSEC Services |
Automatic |
Automatic |
A |
A |
D |
D |
|
|
Logical Disk Manager |
Automatic |
Automatic |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
|
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service |
Manual |
Manual |
M |
M |
|
