My BF2 Operating System (WinXP)

[Darren]

hi, i created a partition yesterday and installed XP on it with just BF2, no other programs, i want this operating system just for bf2, it ran hell of alot smoother then running my default OS, me likes!

So what wondering is... xp has alot of crap that i dont really need, keep in mind im just using this OS for bf2 only, do i really need SP2? ... do u think it would better to install winXp HOME?

also what and how do i remove things from XP?
for instance... internet explorer... im not gonna use it, so why is it there?
im sure there alot of things that can removed and i think by doing this will improve system performance for BF2.

Any advice/help appreciated

thanks, darren

edit: basically all i want to know is... what XP compoments do i just need for bf2? ... nothing else is gonna take place on the os... just BF2.

[amazon10x]

Well, there are many services with XP that you probably won't use since you are just using that OS for BF2 but as for removing IE, I wouldn't try it. It so integrated into windows and it acts as the shell that removing it usually just causes lots of trouble. However, I remember something for win9x that called IEradictor or something like that that would remove IE though I never tried it. I am not sure if that would work for XP.

As for installing SP2, I would install just for security sake, it has a lot of security updates in it and will stop you from getting some nasty worms.

Here is a list of what most of the services do in XP that will help you check if you need them.

http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm

EDIT: that site that I listed also has a special column for what services are usually still needed for gaming, you can probably use that as a guideline