Solved Are there any unneeded startup services?

[Rick99]

Hi,I was wondering if anyone knew about some unneeded services in the msconfig I could turn off, mainly Microsoft services because I turned most of the 3rd party ones off.

Thanks,
-Rick

 

[ignatzatsonic]

The standard recommendation on this forum is to leave Microsoft services alone.

If you absolutely cannot help yourself and have to do SOMETHING, there is a well-known "guide" to unnecessary services, but I won't mention it because that typically causes others to say how pointless or dangerous it is.

I haven't looked at mine in a long time, but I think I disabled 3 or 4 of them---didn't notice the difference. I did it because I had to do SOMETHING, compulsively.

 

[Layback Bear]

I recommend not mucking with Windows 7 services.
What 3rd party services and startups do you still have running?
Do you have a problem with your computer?

 

[Rick99]

I have RocketDock,Rainmeter,AVG,Razer Synapse and java updater as startup programs.And only a few services.No, I don't have a problem with my computer I was just asking if there are any Microsoft services I didn't need at startup.

Thank you for your help
-Rick

 

[whs]

To make it simple: They are all unneeded except those that you started yourself (a la Rocket Dock) and the AV program.

 

[Rick99]

Thanks, but what about the Microsoft services? Do you know any that I don't need?

-Rick

 

[whs]

None of those are needed. They will start when they are being called. If you want to be religious about it, you can schedule them for a deferred start - e.g. 2 minutes after boot. But that is not really necessary.

 

[Rick99]

Thanks!