Running Windows with only two services ...

[James Ladd]

This is a cross post but i hope you find it interesting.
I know Ill try this out for gaming. No windows services equals a lot of free memory and cpu.

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/07/running-windows-with-no-services.html

[comrade]

Exactly what we are looking for to do at work, without buying the $1000 Windows Embedded development license. Great link, thanks striker!