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The problem is that you do not know what the interconnections are. Examples:
1. In Vista, when you disabled the tablet services (because you had no tablet), the snipping tool did not work.
2. In Win7, when you disable the defrag service, you cannot shrink a partitions.
I highly recommend not to touch the services unless your name is Mark Russinovich.
If you work with images then an earlier image is always there to fall back upon to put things right. I think the learning process should not be impeded even if there are pitfalls.
As an example take for instance the Remote Registry Service. I know for sure that I am never ever going to need it. Then why should I have it running. There are many more services like it.
Nothing wrong with experimenting if you take proper precautions. Problem is that the consequences are often only visible weeks later. And worse, people who have no idea how the system works venture into that arena.
I fully agree. It is like editing of the Registry which however is more frequent. Anyone advising the tweaking of the Registry does so with an almost statuary warning. A similar warning should be accompany anything calling for the tinkering with the services, but it should be even more strict.
And if you are to stupid to use windows you should not mess with the OS!!
There is nothing wrong with disabling unused services!!!!
I have yet to have a problem with a PC and I have been around since the Commodore C16
Do not disable any Services as in Win7 any not needed are set to Manual and on fast triggers, part of the genius of Win7's design.
However you can have better performance by running a Clean Boot without freeloaders, as shown in Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7
Then the first thing I would do with this knowledge (if it still applies... the thread is old and more than a few updates have been released) would be to shrink whatever is needed, perform whatever else, then do it disable the service.. I wont deny that this could be an inconvenience if you are constantly managing HDD's.
For defragging i use Defraggler by Piriform.
It takes trial and error sometimes. For the sake of advancing our knowledge, what type of test did you use to try and weight the benefits of shutting down services? I'd ask what services you shut down but i doubt you'd remember.
There are ways to reverse this. Check out my input on the situation at the end.
My input on this:
I am here to learn. If i am wrong here, or any post i make, correct me and give me a good explanation of why i'm wrong.
I type msconfig from the start menu. Go to Services. And disable the services i feel like i do not need. I have used the following sites to help me determine which ones i need and don't need. I'm sure they are not perfect but they seem likes decent guides:
7tutorials.com
and
techrepublic.com
I chose these sites because they tell you what each service does and when you should disable them. It would be nice if we could use this thread to add to the list of "consequences/benefits" of disabling services that are not needed.
Now... As far as "Jacking things up by messing with the Services within Windows" goes... There is ALWAYS system restore and it is not hard at ALL to use.
Just do it before you disable any services.
If I am wrong in any of this let me know.