Running Windows With No Services
mattOzan writes “So how many of the
almost 4 dozen default-enabled services does Windows XP really need in order to
preserve basic functioning, like web surfing and running applications? Zero, as
it turns out. Mark Russinovich at Sysinternals demonstrates that if certain
steps are followed, Windows XP will still run with only two active processes:
System and Csrss.exe. No Smss.exe, Winlogon.exe, Services.exe, Lsass.exe… And,
contrary to the expectations of various lead engineers at Microsoft, even
Internet Explorer will still work under such conditions.”
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