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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 97100" data-attributes="member: 14004"><p>Sure. Under your control panel > administrative Tools > Services</p><p></p><p>This will list all the services on your machine. From here you'll be able to see if the service is runing or not running, and be able to adjust the startup paramaters:</p><p></p><p>Automatic - Starts automatically when windows or another service requires it.</p><p>Manual - Starts only when another service actively tells it to start, or you start it manually.</p><p>Disabled - will not start at all.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Like CHLi, I'll add a little food for thought,</p><p></p><p>I dont have any AV, Firewall or Anti-Spyware Software on my HTPC, yet my HTPC is connected to the internet too. I do access the web from it and use the network connection to remote manage the box from my desktop PC - as well as all the internet enabled features built into MP (weather, IMDB, My trailers, My Music Videos, etc...)</p><p></p><p>My system is fairly close to yours in terms of performance. All those anti-malware applications do two things that I dont want on my HTPC:</p><p></p><p>1) They add extra processing overhead to an already medeocre system</p><p>2) some solutions embed themselves so deep into the OS, that they can sometimes actually cause more harm then good.</p><p></p><p>When working with a HTPC I found that it's best to have a different mindset for it than you would your desktop computer. In fact, I treat mine more like an embedded system than a PC: everything is very streamlined and specific in it's task, where as your PC would be used more as a general purpose box for office work, gaming, entertainment, surfing, etc... Once you start thinking like this, it becomes very easy to start snipping out the features you wont require. Small things like disabling my onboard NIC, IDE controllers, and firewire in the BIOS since Im using a wireless connection, a SATA hard drive, and no firewire devices. Less devices the OS has to detect and load drivers for, the less chance of having something go wrong.</p><p></p><p>I use IP filters to block all ports except for Web, torrents, remote desktop, and file transfers.</p><p></p><p>My browser has Javascript and ActiveX disabled. In fact, I dont even have Java installed on the machine.</p><p></p><p>The only real active software I have on the machine are Automatic Updates for windows.</p><p></p><p>Some people have even disabled the Windows Shell and have XP boot right into MediaPortal. That means no start button, no task bar, no system tray. It looks very embedded system like, but if MP ever shuts down or crashes (its still beta software remember) then you are stuck with a full system restart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 97100, member: 14004"] Sure. Under your control panel > administrative Tools > Services This will list all the services on your machine. From here you'll be able to see if the service is runing or not running, and be able to adjust the startup paramaters: Automatic - Starts automatically when windows or another service requires it. Manual - Starts only when another service actively tells it to start, or you start it manually. Disabled - will not start at all. Like CHLi, I'll add a little food for thought, I dont have any AV, Firewall or Anti-Spyware Software on my HTPC, yet my HTPC is connected to the internet too. I do access the web from it and use the network connection to remote manage the box from my desktop PC - as well as all the internet enabled features built into MP (weather, IMDB, My trailers, My Music Videos, etc...) My system is fairly close to yours in terms of performance. All those anti-malware applications do two things that I dont want on my HTPC: 1) They add extra processing overhead to an already medeocre system 2) some solutions embed themselves so deep into the OS, that they can sometimes actually cause more harm then good. When working with a HTPC I found that it's best to have a different mindset for it than you would your desktop computer. In fact, I treat mine more like an embedded system than a PC: everything is very streamlined and specific in it's task, where as your PC would be used more as a general purpose box for office work, gaming, entertainment, surfing, etc... Once you start thinking like this, it becomes very easy to start snipping out the features you wont require. Small things like disabling my onboard NIC, IDE controllers, and firewire in the BIOS since Im using a wireless connection, a SATA hard drive, and no firewire devices. Less devices the OS has to detect and load drivers for, the less chance of having something go wrong. I use IP filters to block all ports except for Web, torrents, remote desktop, and file transfers. My browser has Javascript and ActiveX disabled. In fact, I dont even have Java installed on the machine. The only real active software I have on the machine are Automatic Updates for windows. Some people have even disabled the Windows Shell and have XP boot right into MediaPortal. That means no start button, no task bar, no system tray. It looks very embedded system like, but if MP ever shuts down or crashes (its still beta software remember) then you are stuck with a full system restart. [/QUOTE]
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