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I can't print my documents after disabling a bunch of Windows services
I have an old and low-performance laptop. It was working very slow and using too much CPU. I decided to turn off (disable) unnecessary services to give it a boost. And I did so; now my system works much faster. The complete and exact list of disabled services are listed below.
(Note: The indented service names are dependent to the preceding ones in the list.)Code:Application Management Base Filtering Engine IPsec Policy Agent IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules Bonjour Service Cryptographic Services Desktop Window Manager Session Manager Diagnostic Policy Service Distributed Link Tracking Client Extensible Authentication Protocol Extensible Authentication Protocol WLAN AutoConfig Function Discovery Provider Host HomeGroup Provider Function Discovery Resource Publication Human Interface Device Access Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology IP Helper Network Connections Network List Service Network Location Awareness Offline Files Peer Name Resolution Protocol Peer Networking Grouping Peer Networking Identity Manager Program Compatibility Assistant Service Protected Storage RtVOsdService Installer Sandboxie Service Security Center Server Shell Hardware Detection SQL Server VSS Writer TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Themes WebClient Windows Font Cache Service Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0
I have been using my system for one or two months with those services disabled without any problem. Today, I tried to print an MS Word document into a PNG file. But I saw that no printers are listed. I clicked on the "Add Printer..." button and got this error message:
Code:[File in the directory] The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable.
Note: I don't have a physical printer, instead I have installed a virtual printing software called "PDF Creator", which prints documents to PDF or PNG files. It was working perfectly fine.
The problem is definitely due to those disabled services. It looks like I disabled a critical service among all those unnecessary ones. I really don't want to re-enable all those services one-by-one and try restart the system after each one. Can you please tell me which service is causing this problem?
Windows Version: 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Office Version: Professional Plus 2013