unnecessary win services

[Parvez]

START -> RUN -> services.msc

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I see lots of services that are started. Do you guys know any unnecessary services that doesn't need to start? so i can disable them?

 

Thanks

[rridgely]

Windows loads a crap load of services that you don't need. I would send you to a really good site but it's down at the moment. Its run by a guy who calls himself black viper and he has documented the bare minimum that you need to run windows and what each service does. If I find a link to a working site I'll post it.

[agumon]

http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

[Eldmannen]

You REALLY DONT need the telnet service.

Set it to disabled!

 

There are many sites which aave tutorials for what are not needed but becareful one time I followed that and my computer act strange.. =/

[agumon]

me too... but now is fine for me... just disable what is really safe to disable... but after all have to decide what services are needed... and what are not...

[gr81]

If I get it wrong is the way to the default setting?

[agumon]

you may want to change a few at a time... if anything goes wrong, then will be easier to know which one went wrong...

[Tarun]

You can safely disable the Indexing Service.

 

SSDP and Universal Plug and Play are used for file transfers on things like MSN Messenger and other software. I've safely disabled those and still had files transfers work fine on MSN, only rarely will they not work.

[Parvez]

I have the following window services started

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>net start

These Windows services are started:

 

  Alerter

  Automatic Updates

  AVG7 Alert Manager Server

  AVG7 Update Service

  COM+ Event System

  Cryptographic Services

  DCOM Server Process Launcher

  DHCP Client

  DNS Client

  Error Reporting Service

  Event Log

  Fast User Switching Compatibility

  Help and Support

  Machine Debug Manager

  Network Connections

  Network Location Awareness (NLA)

  Plug and Play

  Protected Storage

  Remote Access Connection Manager

  Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

  Security Accounts Manager

  Security Center

  Server

  Shell Hardware Detection

  spkrmon

  SSDP Discovery Service

  System Event Notification

  System Restore Service

  TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

  Telephony

  Terminal Services

  Themes

  TrueVector Internet Monitor

  User Profile Hive Cleanup

  WebClient

  Windows Audio

  Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

  Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)

  Windows Management Instrumentation

  Windows Time

  Windows User Mode Driver Framework

  Wireless Zero Configuration

  Workstation

 

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[ImWho]

Windows loads a crap load of services that you don't need. I would send you to a really good site but it's down at the moment. Its run by a guy who calls himself black viper and he has documented the bare minimum that you need to run windows and what each service does. If I find a link to a working site I'll post it.

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Here's a working link:

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20041128020314/.../service411.htm

[Parvez]

Thanks guys...

[rridgely]

Here's a working link:

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20041128020314/.../service411.htm

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Thanks for that.

This site is a very good resource for windows processes.

[gr81]

wcescomm.ex, can it be disabled.....and can I still use usb to connect things?

[Tarun]

I disabled some on my machine that I never really use at all.

 

Security Center

Indexing Service

SSDP Discovery Service

System Restore (I turned this off back in what.. February.)

Telnet

Universal Plug & Plug (SSDP and UPNP are needed for some sharing applications, MSN, Trillian and other applications like that)