The Owls' Nest

Click here for Bob Rankin (again), Speed Up Windows 7. Run "services.msc" and disable a bunch of services you are unlikely to need: 

• Application Experience 
• Error Reporting Service 
• Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (only needed with Aero) 
• Diagnostic Policy Service 
• IP Helper 
• Offline Files 
• Portable Device Enumerator Service 
• Distributed Link Tracking 
• Client Protected Storage 
• Secondary Logon 
• Server (If your computer does not connect with any network) 
• Tablet PC Input Service 
• Themes 
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper 
• Windows Media Center Service Launcher 
• Windows Search 
• Remote Registry
• Windows Time 
• Windows Firewall (most high-speed routers have a firewall built in) 

(I left in Windows Search and Windows Firewall.) You can click on each of the items for a description of what it does before you disable it.