Speed up your computer - 2

In this edition of this article, I will list down more services that can safely be disabled. These services can be disabled by opening the services snap-in and changing the startup type and status of the services.

Service Name	Description	Suggestion	Remarks
Distributed Transaction Coordinator	This services coordinates transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems	Disable	In a home based environment, it is highly unlikely that we have a full range of application that carries these type of transactions. There is no use in keep this up.
Error Reporting	This service collects, stores, and reports unexpected application crashes to Microsoft	Disable	Error reports will not get sent to Microsoft and error reporting will happen only for kernel type and some user mode faults
Event Log	This services allows event log messages to be viewed in the Event log in case of problems	Disable	Logs are invaluable tools in resolving any problem in an enterprise. In a home environment though, you hardly need it.
Fast User Switching Capability	This service enables management for applications that require assistance in a multiple user environment	Disable	I was tempted to keep the suggestion for this service as Enable, but how many users do you have in your home computer? Even if you have more than one, how many times, do you log off?
Help and Support	This service enables Help and Support Center to run on this computer	Disable / Manual	Who needs Microsoft help and support when there is Google. Seriously, the natural instinct is to open up the browser and search in Google whatever you are looking for. Why waste resources.

As we move ahead in this series, I am sure there will be a distinct improvement in your PC's performance. Some might say that some of the services here should NOT be disabled, like event log or Help and Support as they are needed services. If in case you find yourself looking into event log or Help and Support frequently, then you can always re-enable it. Also, Help and Support can be enabled whenever it is required to search for help and then disabled. So you can choose what setting you want for Help and Support.