[Ericuse165]

Can you turn on or off windows features in Windows XP like you can in Windows 7?

[Flashorn]

Ericuse165, on 20 May 2011 - 11:15 PM, said:

Can you turn on or off windows features in Windows XP like you can in Windows 7?

http://windows.micro...tures-on-or-off



FLASHORN.

[Ericuse165]

That how to do it in Windows7 I am asking if you can do it in XP?

[myloginname]

If you read that article, you would see that it said:

In earlier versions of Windows, to turn a feature off you had to uninstall it completely from your computer. In this version of Windows, the features remain stored on your hard disk, so you can turn them back on if you want to.


However, there are still ways to "turn off programs", at least certain ones. Whether it's from the control panel or a registry hack, we can probably find a solution. The question is, what programs do you need to "turn off?"

[Flashorn]

Ericuse165, on 21 May 2011 - 09:36 AM, said:

That how to do it in Windows7 I am asking if you can do it in XP?

The only way to uninstall a feature in 2000, XP server 2003 is by customizing the OS
meaning , you will have to use nLite to Hack your way through Windows and creating
a customized OS . Please read carefully :

http://en.wikipedia....NLite_and_vLite

Official site of nLite and vLite :

http://www.nliteos.com/index.html



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[Ericuse165]

So it can be done but there is no easy way of doing it like in 7.

[myloginname]

Ericuse165, on 21 May 2011 - 01:08 PM, said:

So it can be done but there is no easy way of doing it like in 7.

Exactly.

[Flashorn]

On the other hand, if you'd like to lower the services that are running
on XP and thus helping it move a little faster then, visit Black Viper's
site and follow the Service Configuration list. BUT, please read carefully
what he has to say about Tweaking your copy of XP :

http://www.blackvipe...configurations/

Scroll down to bottom of page . The little arrows on the bottom right
will produce the continuation of the configurations.

It's also a good idea to write down which services you alter.


FLASHORN.

[LiveBrianD]

I think you can. Open Add/Remove programs. On the left there should be a option to remove windows features or something like that. I'm not on an XP system right now so I don't know exactly. It's the same for Windows 2000.

[brainout]

Ericuse165, on 20 May 2011 - 11:15 PM, said:

Can you turn on or off windows features in Windows XP like you can in Windows 7?

You can do it directly in XP, via Component Management, turning off aka 'stopping' the 'services'; but you can do it more easily, if you buy TuneUp Utilities 2012. The program has its pros and cons (see my review of it in Amazon), but the very thing you want, it does best. I want to say it cost me between $20-$30 to buy for the 3-PC version (meaning you can install it on 3 PCs).

For example, I disabled programs at startup, but on the fly, can turn on or off, any program I want. The TuneUp Utilities involved are Startup Manager, and Deactivator. So, my Logitech webcam, which normally boots at startup, is now shut down via Startup Manager turning it off (simple icon button you move left to turn off). But I can still invoke the program, by clicking on the Taskbar (I love those auto-hide task bars in XP). It won't start up again after shutdown. It is accessible by my other programs which use it. A great side benefit of this applied to choosing between the sound card versus the webcam, for voice recording. Because of the ability to shut off via TuneUp, I was able to specify the webcam as my default recorder, but my sound card for everything else. Was never able to do that, before. (Maybe TuneUp didn't cause that improvement, since my registry had crashed, too, and before the crash Logitech would never install properly.)

Example in the Program Deactivator: Norton Live Update. I never want that program to run, but if I uninstall it, all kinds of problems result. So, I just turn it off. It's registered, but not working.

In IE you can disable accelerators and other programs added in to IE. Same, for Firefox. Then, in Component Management, you can select what 'services' to turn off. But be careful what you choose, here, as many of these 'services' have arcane names which make them seem unessential, but they are vital. So you double-click on some 'service' in Component Manager, to see what would happen if 'the service is stopped'. Usually it's jargon you can't understand. If you can't understand it, don't shut it off. A really vital program will clearly tell you what it does, so you know. A program with no 'dependencies' will likely be okay to shut off, but often it doesn't take up enough of your CPU to care.

Which brings you to the next XP option, to measure Performance. I believe that's a tab in Task Manager. It lists the processes and how much of your CPU they use. You can right click (if I remember correctly) and stop any one of them. But be SURE you know what you're doing, as you can end up crashing your system.

Search in 'Help' on 'stop service' or similar wording. That's XP jargon for turning off running programs. Because, I'm writing from memory and some of what I'm saying here about XP's stopping-service, might not be wholly how it works.

I don't know how any of the foregoing compares to Win7. I know only enough about Win7, to not want it. Going by the comments in this forum and the three others I've surfed over the past week -- because I'm getting another XP and before I load it with programs, I need to decide whether to go dual-boot or upgrade to Win7 -- going by all the problems with Win7, it's just more junk I don't want to mess with. It won't even write DVDs properly, too many steps. I'm better off with my XP, and its 32-bit architecture.

This post has been edited by brainout: 16 August 2012 - 04:34 PM

[LiveBrianD]

That doesn't let you disable Windows components.

[johhny]

Yes you can. Try going in control panel and click add/remove programs. The new opening window will bring four options on the left side. You need to click Add/Remove Windows components

[brainout]

johhny, on 16 August 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

Yes you can. Try going in control panel and click add/remove programs. The new opening window will bring four options on the left side. You need to click Add/Remove Windows components

Good point. I forgot to mention that way to do it. However, that option actually REMOVES programs, rather than merely turning them off and on, ad hoc. So it should be used with care. Further, often programs listed there do not fully uninstall, and you need a cleanup program like TuneUp Utilities or Norton System Works (the former is superior, what a surprise) -- to really uninstall the little dlls and other peripheral stuff remaining behind after Add/Remove Programs has been invoked.

Some programs can't uninstall, like WAIK by MS. That's a program Macrium Reflect 5 needs, to run. And I can't run, without Macrium. Best little cloning and recovery program I've found, after testing six or seven of them since May, when my registry crashed.

Win7 doesn't look like it will be any less buggy.

[johhny]

brainout, on 18 August 2012 - 04:56 AM, said:

johhny, on 16 August 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

Yes you can. Try going in control panel and click add/remove programs. The new opening window will bring four options on the left side. You need to click Add/Remove Windows components

Good point. I forgot to mention that way to do it. However, that option actually REMOVES programs, rather than merely turning them off and on, ad hoc. So it should be used with care. Further, often programs listed there do not fully uninstall, and you need a cleanup program like TuneUp Utilities or Norton System Works (the former is superior, what a surprise) -- to really uninstall the little dlls and other peripheral stuff remaining behind after Add/Remove Programs has been invoked.

Some programs can't uninstall, like WAIK by MS. That's a program Macrium Reflect 5 needs, to run. And I can't run, without Macrium. Best little cloning and recovery program I've found, after testing six or seven of them since May, when my registry crashed.

Win7 doesn't look like it will be any less buggy.

Well.. buddy ! You are right, that feature removes the programs and gives you the options to install some programs like IIS server and some more programs and requires Windows disk for installing these features to already installed Windows. If you want to install any new feature, you can go for the same but with the Windows disk inserted.

[kane96]

Windows 7 is one of the most popular operating software in the world as so far.I use this operating software into my PC.I have used most of the operating software of Microsoft company.If i compare among them Windows 7 is the best.