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Old July 18th 18, 11:23 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default *SIMPLE* process monitor - for peaks?

In message , Mayayana
writes:
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| https://www.jsware.net/jsware/xpfix.php5#who1
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| I seem to have downloaded it on 2015-9-26 (I'm presuming it hasn't
| changed since then). Is it _safe_ to try under 7? And will I get much
| benefit - you know by now my approximate level of competence, and how
| much (or little) research I'm willing to do (has declined quite a bit in
| recent months)?

As you said, it's hard to judge someone else's needs.
I made that utility just to put a lot of basic info in one
place, for myself and others. The difference in 7 will be
that the number of core services has increased. Is it
safe? Don't disable RPC. No, I wouldn't say it's safe.


OK, I'll leave well enough alone (-:

It helps to get the lay of the land but it won't warn you
if you shut off something you need. Nothing can do that.

I discovered accidentally at one point that I needed
DCOM Server Process Launcher to use WMI. That's nuts.
It means that WMI won't work locally unless it's enabled
for remote use. I would never enable DCOM. Worse, the
services applet doesn't list DSPL as a dependency, which
meant it took awhile to figure out the problem. That's
trhe kind of complication that you [rightly, I think] fear.


That plus the fact that you're in way deeper than I: I have no idea what
DCOM, WMI, DSPL, HST etc. are. [HST I've added for fun - high-speed
train.]

Since I use WMI occasionally, I enable both services. For
a non-techie friend I'd probably disable both.


I've no idea whether I have it enabled or disabled (-:
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