Could you help me find out which services I can stop?

TheNameIsJames said:

I have the following services running:

csrss.exe
csrss.exe
dwm.exe
explorer.exe
firefox.exe *32
gbtray.exe *32
lsass.exe
lsm.exe
SearchFilterHost.exe
SearchIndexer.exe
SearchProtocolHost.exe
services.exe
smss.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
System
System Idle Process
taskhost.exe
taskhost.exe
taskmgr.exe
wininit.exe
winlogon.exe

Could you please help me find out which services I can stop?

Not many if any of these. there is a site that covers this. you must be careful when stopping services. Yourcomputer may work fine and 6 months later you try to install something forgetting that the service is stopped and hose the system. with that disclaimer. the site is blackviper. good luck and back up before you do anything

Kenn J++

Additional to that I attache this site:Windows 7 Service Configurations by Black Viper
My opinion:rather leave default settings - if you have any problems with bootup time you should search source of problems in your hardware,installed drivers and applications

Been there, done that... Good advice: :)

zigzag3143 said:

TheNameIsJames said:

I have the following services running:

csrss.exe
csrss.exe
dwm.exe
explorer.exe
firefox.exe *32
gbtray.exe *32
lsass.exe
lsm.exe
SearchFilterHost.exe
SearchIndexer.exe
SearchProtocolHost.exe
services.exe
smss.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
System
System Idle Process
taskhost.exe
taskhost.exe
taskmgr.exe
wininit.exe
winlogon.exe

Could you please help me find out which services I can stop?

Not many if any of these. there is a site that covers this. you must be careful when stopping services. Yourcomputer may work fine and 6 months later you try to install something forgetting that the service is stopped and hose the system. with that disclaimer. the site is blackviper. good luck and back up before you do anything

Kenn J++

Leave services alone. In 7, quite a few trigger as necessary. You don't want to fiddle for no reason, especially with services.

Thank you everyone for the answers. I guess I will leave the services alone.

Many of us lived by Black Viper's service edits in Xp and the early Vista debacle, but really there isn't much to turn off now because MS took the hint and put most services in 7 on quick triggers.

I probably had 20 in XP and Vista I'd reset, but only Tablet input and Offline Files get my attention now (small potatoes).

Welcome to the best operating system yet.