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To edit the boot.ini file to make this change, complete the following steps:

1. Open the System Control Panel.

2. Select the Advanced tab.

3. In the Startup and Recovery frame, click Settings.

4. Click Edit. Notepad opens to edit the current boot.ini file.

5. Edit the current ARC path to include the /PAE switch in the same line that has

/fastdetect.

6. Restart the server for the change to take effect.

The amount of RAM should now be 8 GB in the System Properties settings, as in

Figure 7-2.

Figure 7-2 Windows 2003 system summary

7.4.10 Disable unnecessary Windows services

When Windows is first installed, many services are enabled that might not be

necessary for a particular server. Inexperienced users could also inadvertently

add additional services that are not required for a given system. Each service

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requires system resources. It is best to disable non-required services to improve

performance.

To view the services running in Windows, complete the following steps:

1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.

2. Expand the Services and Applications icon.

3. Select the Services icon.

Figure 7-3 shows a sample display of disabled Windows services.

Figure 7-3 Sample display of disabled Windows services

You can sort the Services by clicking the Startup column. Table 7-3 shows a list

of services that we recommend to disable or to set them to manual startup.

Table 7-3 Recommended services to disable to set to manual startup

Service Default startup setting Recommended setting

Alerter Automatic Disabled

Application Management Manual Disabled

Automatic Updates Automatic Manual

Background Intelligent Automatic Disabled

Clipbook Disabled Disabled

Computer Browser Automatic Disabled

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For more Windows Server 2003 tuning tips, refer to the IBM Redpaper Tuning

Windows Server 2003 on IBM eServer xSeries Servers, REDP3943, at:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp3943.html

DHCP Server Manual Disabled

Distributed file system Automatic Disabled

Distributed link tracking

client

Automatic Disabled

Distributed transaction

coordinator

Automatic Manual

DNS Client Automatic Disabled

Error Reporting Service Automatic Disabled

Fax Service Manual Disabled

File Replication Manual Disabled

File Server for Macintosh Manual Disabled

Help and Support Automatic Disabled

HTTP SSL Manual Disabled

Infrared Monitor Automatic Disabled

Intersite messaging Manual Disabled

License Logging Manual Disabled

Logical Disk Manager Automatic Manual

Message Queuing Automatic Disabled

Messenger Automatic Disabled

Portable Media Serial

Number Service

Manual Disabled

Shell Hardware Detection Automatic Disabled

SNMP Service Manual Disabled

Windows Audio Automatic Disabled

Wireless Configuration Automatic Disabled

Service Default startup setting Recommended setting