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Old February 23rd 12, 12:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
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Default Telephony & Remote Access Connection Manager (services) - are they needed?


"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ...
In message , SC Tom writes:

"XP Guy" wrote in message ...
Why exactly would an XP system need to be running:

- Telephony service

- Remote Access Connection Manager service

???


As Mayayana pointed out, unless you are using dial-up (or VOIP), telephony can be disabled. I'm on cable also, and it
is disabled on mine (has been for a while).


Does Skype (and similar such services) use it?


I have it disabled on my Win7 laptop, and Skype works fine. It being the only one I've use, I can't speak for similar
applications.

Unless you plan on allowing Remote Access to your PC, or remote into someone else's PC, you can also disable RACM.
(also disabled on mine)


Similar question - do TeamViewer and the like use that, or only Microsoft's own remote-access utilities?


I don't know about Team Viewer, but TightVNC doesn't require it (or at least the version I used years back didn't).
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