Al,

There's a good article here with a link to a site that will take you through
a "trim down process". I myself have followed this outline and had very good
results:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/windowstips/story/0,24330,3363639,00.html

As far as RAM limits goes, I've pretty much just gone with anything between
256MB and what ever the motherboard limit is good, but I don't think I'd use
less than 256MB. Perhaps someone else may have a better view.

Good luck

Regards,

Dean Kiley

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Al Thompson
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Win XP Questions
>
> Good day all,
>
> Can anyone tell me:
>
> 1. What "Services" are truly essential to XP's proper operation ? ( run
> \msconfig \services tab ) I have unchecked
> all but 'essential services', which were basically RPC commands. Does this
> mean things won't work, or load, like
> they do on the startup tab ? Should I recheck them all ?
>
> 2. What is the XP equivalent of the Win9x command one would use to get to
> winipcfg screen ?
>
> 3. Is more RAM as effective with XP as it is with Win98 ? Upper limits on
> the amount of RAM ?
>
> As you can see I know little about XP, and I'm trying to help someone
> speed up their XP machine.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Al Thompson

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