services/processes in professional vs. home

[Michael Peters]

I have a notebook running XP Professional because I need it for
programming/development work - it runs database servers and application
servers. Now I want to use the same notebook for fun - that is, for music
production. For this purpose I wouldn't need XP Professional - XP home would
do - would be better even because a number of XP Prof background processes
which take up processor time aren't needed in XP home.

I think I will set all services I don't need for the music part from
'automatic' to 'manual', and when I use the notebook for programming, start
all these processes using a 'net start xy' cmd batch file.

Which XP professional processes can I safely set to 'manual' to basically
turn the XP into a 'home' edition?


-mpe

[Pat Garard]

I see what you want to do, but I am trying to help
NEWUSERS who have REAL problems!
Buy a copy of Xp Home and Dual-Boot!
--
Hope this helps!

Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau

"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.

"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.

"Michael Peters" > wrote in message
...
> I have a notebook running XP Professional because I need it for
> programming/development work - it runs database servers and application
> servers. Now I want to use the same notebook for fun - that is, for music
> production. For this purpose I wouldn't need XP Professional - XP home
would
> do - would be better even because a number of XP Prof background processes
> which take up processor time aren't needed in XP home.
>
> I think I will set all services I don't need for the music part from
> 'automatic' to 'manual', and when I use the notebook for programming,
start
> all these processes using a 'net start xy' cmd batch file.
>
> Which XP professional processes can I safely set to 'manual' to basically
> turn the XP into a 'home' edition?
>
>
> -mpe
>
>
>

[Michael Peters]

> I see what you want to do, but I am trying to help
> NEWUSERS who have REAL problems!
> Buy a copy of Xp Home and Dual-Boot!
> Hope this helps!

not really. Thanks anyway.

-m