The full list depends. Pro is slightly different than Home edition. But, you can turn off most of them with one click in Control Panel->System->Advanced Settings. Messenger is a royal pain in the butt. The only way to get rid of it is to disable the service in the Administrative Tools->Services (again, not certain of Home version). Don't activate or use Active Desktop. Set Windows Update to ask before downloading and isntalling updates (System->Automatic Updates). Turn off Remote everything (System->Remote). I agree with AntoniaTiger, Windows rarely comes with updates or service packs included on the install CD. But, you can get the service packs on CD for free by asking (there's a form at Microsoft's site, I believe). Service packs are the worst for size. Plus, a good strategy is to download and archive as many updates as can be done that way (most security updates are hard to get this way). This type of download (instead of the interactive Windows Update type) is usually called "network install" for administrators.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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