Disable Search Service ShowDisable Search Service
Go in Control Panel /Administrative Tools/Click on Services.
In Services, right click on the service : Windows Search , then click on properties
In the General Tab, in Startup Type choose...
Disabling True Vector Service under Windows XP ShowDisabling True Vector Service under Windows XP
To shut down True Vector Service, Go to Menu “Start”> “Control Panel” and double-click on “Security Center”.
In the below image, select “Windows Firewall” and choose...
Disable services ShowDisable services
If you have opt to use Mandriva 2008 , after its installation , in view to boost up system startup safely, there are some application that can be switched off.
To enable this,
Go to Mandriva Control Center > System > Manage...
Disabling the Avahi daemon ShowDisabling the Avahi daemon
The Avahi daemon is present as default and wiill automatically discovers network resources and get connected to it .
Avahi functions:
Assign an IP address automatically even without the presence of a DHCP...
Turning off volume shadow copy ShowTurning off volume shadow copy
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How to disable?
How to edit the disk space allocated to shadow?
Disable the "Previous versions"
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Shadow Copy Volume or Snapshot Service or VSS, is a feature firstly embedded...
Disabling security alerts under Vista ShowDisabling security alerts under Vista
If you are annoyed by the multiple Security Alert message, you can specify in which cases these messages will appear. The trick requires a modification of the registry, then it would be wise to save...
Download Windows XP SP3 Service Pack ShowThe service pack 3 of Windows XP (XP SP3) is a major update for Windows XP which has more than 1000 corrective softwares with numerous corrections for security problems as well as some supplementary features.
The new features of the Service Pack...
Denial of service attack ShowIntroduction to denial-of-service attacks
A "denial-of-service attack" (abbreviated DoS) is a type of attack that aims to make an organization's services or resources unavailable for an indefinite amount of time. Most of the time, these attacks are...
QoS - Quality of service ShowThe notion of quality of service
The term QoS (an acronym of "Quality of Service") refers to the ability to provide a service (in particular a communication media consistent with requirements in terms of response time and band width).
Applied to...
Proxy and reverse proxy servers ShowProxy servers
A proxy server is a machine which acts as an intermediary between the computers of a local area network (sometimes using protocols other than TCP/IP) and the Internet Most of the time the proxy server is used for the web, and when it...