I'd be a little wary of Black viper's 'observations' when it comes to performance benefits as he spells them out. I'm not sure how meticulous he was at recording or even what he based his obs on. (Conclusions along the lines of 'Seems to go faster' don't always cut it for me....)
Check out CIS too. http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_win2000.html Good a place to start as any. Regards Murad Talukdar -----Original Message----- From: Dejan Novicevic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:53 PM To: Vic Brown Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Windows XP Services Best Practice Black Viper`s list: http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/BlackviperXPSP2.pdf or http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10877-5747817.html?tag=search Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 04:58 Subject: Windows XP Services Best Practice > Anyone has a useful link with with information about what XP Pro SP2 > services should be "disabled" on enterprise desktops according to "best" > practice? Basically I'm looking for something that has the service name, > functionality, security implication, and best practice recommendation. > Desktop users are only running an office suite. > > TIA > -- > http://ccopanama.org > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
