What sevices need to be running for home network


  1. flyingnurse
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    What sevices need to be running for home network


    I've been turning off un-needed services in my configuration to speed up my system for gaming. Which servises are nesserary to for home networking to work properly. My network discovery button wont stay checked. I solved this before but forgot which had to keep running.
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  3. zigzag3143
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    flyingnurse said:
    I've been turning off un-needed services in my configuration to speed up my system for gaming. Which servises are nesserary to for home networking to work properly. My network discovery button wont stay checked. I solved this before but forgot which had to keep running.
    homegroup (i assume thats what you are refering to) needs IPv6, plus all the services for networking. This is the basic problem with turning off services. It may give you a slight performance increase but down the line you will never know what is not default.

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