I finally succumbed to my curiosity in all software new and free, and installed the Windows Live Messenger (WLM). Previously, Kife had recommended it on his blog. My initial thoughts were, "features of the long-forgotten-ICQ repackaged into a m$ product". We have all gotten used to MSN as our main IM client, so it is nice that they have improved it. In fact, I think they have done a good job improving the UI - I probably don't need to install any third-party MSN skin for a while. =)
After you've installed WLM, remember to install the WLM patch, A-Patch, to remove the irritating advertisements, and customize the features in WLM.
On the topic of removing unwanted features, XP SP2 contains many useless services which you may want to disable. TechTree.com provides a guide to the services you can safely disable. Free up your machine's memory, improve the performance. You can do so with the following steps:
1. Launch the "Run" dialog using "Windows_Logo_Key-R" or "Start"->"Run".
2. Run the System Configuration Utility (SCU) tool using "msconfig".
3. Select "Services" tab.
4. Using the guide, identify the services you don't need and uncheck the relevant boxes in SCU.
5. Restart your computer. Viola!
After you've installed WLM, remember to install the WLM patch, A-Patch, to remove the irritating advertisements, and customize the features in WLM.
On the topic of removing unwanted features, XP SP2 contains many useless services which you may want to disable. TechTree.com provides a guide to the services you can safely disable. Free up your machine's memory, improve the performance. You can do so with the following steps:
1. Launch the "Run" dialog using "Windows_Logo_Key-R" or "Start"->"Run".
2. Run the System Configuration Utility (SCU) tool using "msconfig".
3. Select "Services" tab.
4. Using the guide, identify the services you don't need and uncheck the relevant boxes in SCU.
5. Restart your computer. Viola!
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