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What are the minimum services I need to enable for running Win2k with file sharing?

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First post, by mr_bigmouth_502

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So I've decided to create an Nlite-ed Windows 2000 install disc for my HP Athlon 64 box, and I want to know what services I can get away with disabling for increased performance while at the same time preserving support for network file sharing. The last time I tried doing this, I went a little too far and ended up with a nearly unusable setup where explorer.exe would refuse to start. 😜 I did get it to start after re-enabling a bunch of arbitrary services, but I can't remember which ones exactly.

Reply 1 of 3, by duralisis

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On WinXP you can get away with Workstation, Server, and Network Connections, absolute bare minimum. But if you're only accessing shares then you don't need server. It's been a while since I did this on 2000, but I remember it being the same.

Reply 2 of 3, by mr_bigmouth_502

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duralisis wrote:

On WinXP you can get away with Workstation, Server, and Network Connections, absolute bare minimum. But if you're only accessing shares then you don't need server. It's been a while since I did this on 2000, but I remember it being the same.

I'll have to give that a try. Thanks. 😁

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