Solved Automated Services "Profiler" for Windows 7 ?

[mulambo]

I've noticed that recently, by creating an account for gaming only, the same services I disabled for that account (like network or maintenance services which weren't necessary for gaming purposes) were also disabled on the other account, therefore making the newer account pretty much useless to me.
So I wondered if there is any software that allows me to simply choose a "profile" for services like, for example : 1. full (all services enabled) 2. gaming (only gaming-related services enabled) 3. custom (only specific services enabled) 4. etc.
I tried a software called Wise Game Booster (I think I mentioned it before), but it doesn't do what I ask, it just allows me to close a certain amount of services (not all services I need to close) in order to guarantee a better performance for gaming (that sometimes is noticeable, sometimes really not). It's good because it allows a certain degree of automation, but I'm looking for something that, for example, makes me switch between one and the other "profile" more simply (meaning less clicks)
Anyone has a clue about what I'm looking for or even something close to it?

 

[diz]

An easy way would be a batch file:

launcher.bat

net stop ServiceName1
net stop ServiceName2

start "" /wait "D:\full\path\to\game.exe"

net start ServiceName1
net start ServiceName2

The downside would be that you have to run the batch as an admin, which wouldn't be a problem if you were using sandboxie plus for all your gaming and external program needs.

 

[mulambo]

That is interesting, is there a way to make a text list from the active processes of the system?

 

[diz]

That is interesting, is there a way to make a text list from the active processes of the system?

You mean , the name of the services currently running?

You can list them with serviwin:

ServiWin: Windows Services/Drivers Tool (start/stop/restart service)

 

[mulambo]

So, in the batch file I can refer to the value under "Name" column like:

net stop Appinfo
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder

etc. ?

 

[diz]

So, in the batch file I can refer to the value under "Name" column like:

net stop Appinfo
net stop AudioEndpointBuilder

etc. ?

Yep, just make sure to run it as an admin. Make a link of the .bat, and in properties you can set it to run as admin.

 

[mulambo]

Yep, just make sure to run it as an admin. Make a link of the .bat, and in properties you can set it to run as admin.

I just tried it and unfortunely, some services (even with Admin rights) ask me to choose Y/N confirm when some services depend on other services or a group of services, which makes it complex

 

[diz]

I just tried it and unfortunely, some services (even with Admin rights) ask me to choose Y/N confirm when some services depend on other services or a group of services, which makes it complex

Just stop the dependant service first. And beware that some services are very important and should not be closed.


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upd: And apparently there is an undocumented parameter '/y' that will bypass the prompt. Just add it to the end of the command.

net stop ServiceName /y

command line - Pipe "y" into net stop on windows - Super User

 

[mulambo]

Yep, I tried it and it bypasses the confirm, but it's still pretty slow (maybe I just expected it be as fast as WGB makes it all look like). Problem half-solved, somehow (can't actually make such selection on the thread)... unless there's another way to make each account load only specific settings from services.msc, like having a different services "layout" for each account that doesn't affect the layout of any other account, if that makes sens... anyway thank you.

 

[diz]

Yep, I tried it and it bypasses the confirm, but it's still pretty slow (maybe I just expected it be as fast as WGB makes it all look like). Problem half-solved, somehow (can't actually make such selection on the thread)... unless there's another way to make each account load only specific settings from services.msc, like having a different services "layout" for each account that doesn't affect the layout of any other account, if that makes sens... anyway thank you.

You can make a Task in the gaming profile with Task Scheduler. That execute at login a crafted batch with all the services you want to stop. Just asign the task admin rights.

And in your main account execute also a task with the services you want to start.

 

[mulambo]

You can make a Task in the gaming profile with Task Scheduler. That execute at login a crafted batch with all the services you want to stop. Just asign the task admin rights.

And in your main account execute also a task with the services you want to start.

I've thought about that too for the gaming account and it could surely work with the start batch on the normal account, but it requires the services to load them first, then close them after, on the gaming account (which means double the time of not loading them all at all on login, which is ideally what I was looking for), while probably will not synchronize correctly with other services on the normal account... just saying..

maybe it's something to do with they type of account, as the gaming account was set as administrator type, so maybe any change to services also affects all other accounts?

 

[diz]

I've thought about that too for the gaming account and it could surely work with the start batch on the normal account, but it requires the services to load them first, then close them after, on the gaming account (which means double the time of not loading them all at all on login, which is ideally what I was looking for), while probably will not synchronize correctly with other services on the normal account... just saying..

maybe it's something to do with they type of account, as the gaming account was set as administrator type, so maybe any change to services also affects all other accounts?

Yep, it's a problem if the service isn't load yet. You can add a delay of any amount of time at a task. But that means more delay. I'm out of easy ideas. The other thing I would try would be an AutoIt script that monitor if a service is running and close it.

 

[mulambo]

Well, today I woke up and I realized I was stupid: I could have just disabled all services on all accounts and place the batch file as automated execution only on those accounts which needed those services. D'oh. I guess problem solved. Thanks for the inspiration, I couldn't have figured it out without it (still a bit too risky as work-around, though, as I don't know the system will work in the same it worked before, but I guess I'll give it a shot).