Xpy - disable undesired XP settings and services
Posted by ClifNotes, Aug 2008, permalink System Tweaking
Here is a brief review of Xpy from Shankar Ganesh. I often visit his blog to see what he's been up to.
In addition to the stuff mentioned below, Xpy is a portable application and free open source software.
From Killer Tech Tips by Shankar Ganesh:
Enable or Disable Various Windows XP Settings Quickly using Xpy
Xpy is a very small but powerful software that can let you disable many Windows XP settings and program behaviour quickly at the click of a few buttons.
Secure Windows by disabling unsafe Windows settings
Using Xpy , you can disable over a hundred Windows settings, including:
• Disable Compressed Folders
• Disable File Association Web service
• Disable Net Crawling
• Disable Error Reporting
• Disable WGA Notifications
• Disable Error Reporting
• Disable Automatic Windows Updates
• Disable Windows Security Center
• Disable Windows Defender
• Disable Time Synchronization
• Disable Scheduled Task Service
• Disable Indexing Service
read the rest
http://xpy.whyeye.org/about/
