Back in the day....

[Bubba]

before BlackViper and programs such as Windows Worms Doors Cleaner (http://www.firewallleaktester.com/wwdc.htm), Steve Gibson's Three Musketeers (http://www.grc.com/default.htm)....We used to have to read about Window services and the ports they open :blink:

Having decided to wipe the slate clean yesterday....I found myself once again searching for this old subject matter. After just a few searches I was fortunate to come across a thread from one of the masters of the Internet :o

'Lo and behold'....it was right here in our own back yard. Contained in that thread was a link with other links that explained once again how one can minimize Network Services On Windows Systems (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=4194).

Thanks for the trip Paul :thumb: ;)

[GlobalForce]

Yep! Not too difficult, would prefer instead to run these system specific edit's manually myself thankyou.
Additional possibilities worth mentioning, though not without some serious readup ....

TCP/IP and NetBT configuration parameters for Windows 2000 or Windows NT (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120642/EN-US/)

TCP/IP and NBT configuration parameters for Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314053/EN-US/)

Good flashback B. 8)


GF

[HandsOff]

Good Topic B!

Actually, since my first attempts to recapture my computer co-incided with finding BlackViper's page, I thought I would say a few words about why I think this pasty skinned gentlemen's site was so useful. I was because he struck a good balance between providing infomation, and making it easy enough that even if you did not understand it, you could still find out how to do it.

I will follow up on those links.

GF - I sort of agree with your approach, but I do not know of any resources that streamline the process. What I mean by that is, I think it is much more direct to edit the registry, than to use a program that does it for you, however, I just don't seem to come accross sites that say, "Here are the edits you need to accomplish what WWDC does..." I wish that were not the case. I think it would be interesting to see how to do directly what other programs do for you through an interface. That is not to say that I want to research the subject...but at least there is a chance I might learn a thing or two in the process.

-HandsOff

[GlobalForce]

I thought this might catch your attention Hand's. Not too difficult meaning you can set it all up with a simple reg file (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516/).
I'll provide an example in the next day or two as time permit's .... or as soon as I can put together a good "follow-along."

Such edit's may also be staged through individual command's via a prompt if your feeling exceptionally daring?


GF

[iceni60]

maybe abit OT but here's some short mp3s about windows commandline, the registry and services
http://twatech.org/shows.php?ep=82
http://twatech.org/shows.php?ep=95