Remove unnecessary services for Windows 2000

As one of the most popular network operating systems, Windows 2000 Server Edition and Advanced Server Edition have been favored by many network management, but their heavy consumption of system resources also makes people headache! In fact, for normal operations, many of the services in Windows 2000 are unnecessary, and if you stop them, not only can you still work, you can experience the feeling of running Windows 2000 like a fly!

In this paper, the Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition (hereinafter referred to as Win2000) as an example, summed up a list, which left only the normal LAN, Internet access and general operation of the services required for your reference.

Introduction to Service Name

COM + Event System provides automatic publishing of events to subscription COM components
Computer Browser maintains the latest list of computers on the network and provides this list
Machine Debug Manager manages local and remote debugging for Visual Studio debuggers
Network Connections manages the objects in the network and Dial-up Connections folder, where you can view LAN and remote connections
Plug and play manages device installation and configuration, and notifies the program about device changes
Protected Storage provides protected storage of sensitive data, such as private keys, to protect against unauthorized services, procedures, or unauthorized access by users (note: This may cause a panic after entering text in IE after missing this entry)
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) provides endpoint mapper (endpoint mapper) and other RPC services
Security Accounts Manager Stores secure information for local user accounts
Server provides RPC support, file, print, and named pipe sharing
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions Exchange System Management information between drivers