The following was provided by Microsoft as a way to disable extra services from loading on your PC if your interest is only in playing games.

The entire article is available here . It includes the how to for ME and Win98 although I am not sure how many of you are interested in gaming in Win98.

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I have been needing a new cellphone for about 3 months. Mine and my wife's was slowly dying. I had been with t-mobile for almost 4 years, without an upgrade. But I ended up switching to Cingular for 2 main reasons: 1) T-Mobile did not carry any exciting new tech mobiles. For being a European based company most of their phones more Motorolas and lack many advanced features. 2) They would not give me much of anything for a new mobile upgrade. It was cheaper to switch than to buy a new phone. I ended up with a great Sony Ericsson w600i. The features that interested me the most: Read more »