Solved Disabling Windows 7 Services

[CyberCriminal]

I don't use most of the Windows 7 services... like Windows search, Windows Update, Bitlocker etc and I'm looking for a list of unnecessary services that are safe disable..

Thanks..

 

[Dwarf]

Have a look here and try the Bare-bones settings. You can also find out what a particular service does, and what other service(s) it depends on (or depend on it) by clicking on its name and reading the provided information.

Black Viper’s Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Service Configurations | Black Viper's Website | www.blackviper.com

 

[CyberCriminal]

Have a look here and try the Bare-bones settings. You can also find out what a particular service does, and what other service(s) it depends on (or depend on it) by clicking on its name and reading the provided information.

Black Viper’s Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Service Configurations | Black Viper's Website | www.blackviper.com

Thanks for the link!

 

[Dwarf]

You're welcome.

 

[karlsnooks]

I don't use most of the Windows 7 services... like Windows search, Windows Update, Bitlocker etc and I'm looking for a list of unnecessary services that are safe disable..

Thanks..

Well I very strongly recommend AGAINST mucking with the services.

Sure there are sites out there with "advice" and so on, which is not surprising when you have someone like Russ Limbaugh on the radio.

If you absolutely want to reinstall windows, then go ahead.

For god's sake at least make a full system image backup of your system before you take such a silly plunge into unknown and murky waters.

Remember some of those disables won't bite you in the next hour but just wait, they'll get you.

Let well enough alone. Do not muck with the services.

This is not something I discuss or debate. There is no discussion. There is no debate. I wish you well.

 

[maxseven]

I wish I could get all the hours back that I've spent troubleshooting this problem or that problem which turned-out to be a Windows service I'd disabled.

Depends of course on why you're doing this in the first place, but one is far better off leaving Services alone and beefing-up memory or CPU or HDD/SSD if it's speed you're after.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Please don't follow QuackViper's suggestions. Damn I can't believe this topic still needs to be discussed. There is no positives to be gained from disabling services...only increasing your chances of an unstable system. If a service isn't needed, it won't be consuimg resources.

I can't even bring myself to go into details on this issue anymore. It's like debating whether or not the Earth is round or flat. This myth was debunked long LONG ago with Windows XP, and it hasn't changed with Vista or Windows 7. Leave your services alone.

Okay, now that I'm relaxed, seriously...don't muck in areas that have nothing to offer in terms of positives.

 

[CyberCriminal]

I don't use most of the Windows 7 services... like Windows search, Windows Update, Bitlocker etc and I'm looking for a list of unnecessary services that are safe disable..

Thanks..

Well I very strongly recommend AGAINST mucking with the services.

Sure there are sites out there with "advice" and so on, which is not surprising when you have someone like Russ Limbaugh on the radio.

If you absolutely want to reinstall windows, then go ahead.

For god's sake at least make a full system image backup of your system before you take such a silly plunge into unknown and murky waters.

Remember some of those disables won't bite you in the next hour but just wait, they'll get you.

Let well enough alone. Do not muck with the services.

This is not something I discuss or debate. There is no discussion. There is no debate. I wish you well.

I wish I could get all the hours back that I've spent troubleshooting this problem or that problem which turned-out to be a Windows service I'd disabled.

Depends of course on why you're doing this in the first place, but one is far better off leaving Services alone and beefing-up memory or CPU or HDD/SSD if it's speed you're after.

Please don't follow QuackViper's suggestions. Damn I can't believe this topic still needs to be discussed. There is no positives to be gained from disabling services...only increasing your chances of an unstable system. If a service isn't needed, it won't be consuimg resources.

I can't even bring myself to go into details on this issue anymore. It's like debating whether or not the Earth is round or flat. This myth was debunked long LONG ago with Windows XP, and it hasn't changed with Vista or Windows 7. Leave your services alone.

Okay, now that I'm relaxed, seriously...don't muck in areas that have nothing to offer in terms of positives.

I'm not using Windows Update, Windows Firewall, Defender, Indexing, bitlocker etc... I don't think disabling these kinda services will affect my OS.

 

[DeaconFrost]

I'm not using Windows Update, Windows Firewall, Defender, etc... I don't think disabling these kinda services will affect my OS.

Think again. Leave them alone. Honestly, this topic isn't even debatable anymore...it's been beaten to death and rehashed FAR too many times. Leave them alone.

 

[CyberCriminal]

I wish I could get all the hours back that I've spent troubleshooting this problem or that problem which turned-out to be a Windows service I'd disabled.

Depends of course on why you're doing this in the first place, but one is far better off leaving Services alone and beefing-up memory or CPU or HDD/SSD if it's speed you're after.

I'm not using Windows Update, Windows Firewall, Defender, etc... I don't think disabling these kinda services will affect my OS.

Think again. Leave them alone. Honestly, this topic isn't even debatable anymore...it's been beaten to death and rehashed FAR too many times. Leave them alone.

Okay, but why shouldn't I disable services? Just curious to know...

 

[Layback Bear]

karlsnooks post #5 tells it like it is. Services are designed to give you service when requested by you or the operating system. That is a good thing IMHO.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Okay, but why shouldn't I disable services? Just curious to know...

Because if the service is called upon, or has another dependency, you could easily cause issues within the OS. Those services should be left alone and if some other software is replacing them, they will be handled accordingly.

Why would you want to disable them? What do you hope to gain? Why would you ever consider disabling Windows Update?

 

[maxseven]

As DeaconFrost said, there are "dependencies". In fact, there are an astonishing number of dependencies among all the Windows services, some of which I am convinced, having spent lotsa time at MS forums, Microsoft engineers aren't always clear on themselves.

So you turn a service off, but another service that depends on a service that depends on the one you turned-off (exaggerating here, but not much) doesn't work at some point, and all hell breaks loose.

Just look at Windows' logs sometime (just don't touch them either!) and be amazed at the 1000s of things that are going-on in the background of Windows 7. It's a wonderful OS, but there ain't nuthin' simple about it so even if you do think your smarter than MS software programmers, well, just leave the services be...

:devil:

 

[DeaconFrost]

The basic point I'm trying to make is that there is no reason, nothing to gain, from disabling services. That's been proven hundreds of times over. So why even take the chance? Why mess with things that shouldn't be touched?

 

[Layback Bear]

Turning off some services is like trying to fix something that isn't broken. You will end up breaking it.

 

[CyberCriminal]

Okay... I'm not going to disable services. Thanks.

 

[arkhi]

I agree with the fact that MS services should be left alone, mainly for the fact that they have dependants that may need to call them.

Just to repeat what DeaconFrost said, "Why would you ever consider disabling Windows Update?" because you need Windows Update.

If you look at Resource Monitor, you can see under the CPU tab that the services are barely using any CPU. Maybe 0.1% at the most.

The memory usage of ALL Windows Services usually averages at 100mb. With the memories most PC come today, would you really be worried about that?

And lastly, the services are intelligently managed, you can rest assured that Windows manages resources very, very efficiently that you don't even need to touch them.

If anything, you can always disable third-party services that you don't need.

While disabling MS services is shunned upon, kudos to Dwarf for still posting the link. I believe that a user may and should do anything to their system that pleases them. Just don't come and bug us when you do something to it that we already warned you about.

 

[DeaconFrost]

That's an excellent point to bring up, and one I forgot to mention. My comments, and others, that suggest never disabling services only relate to Windows built-in services. There may be a need or desire to disable third-party services, such as Bonjour from Apple. Likely, if these cause an issue, it will be with one particular app, rather than your entire system.

 

[seth500]

That's an excellent point to bring up, and one I forgot to mention. My comments, and others, that suggest never disabling services only relate to Windows built-in services. There may be a need or desire to disable third-party services, such as Bonjour from Apple. Likely, if these cause an issue, it will be with one particular app, rather than your entire system.

Exactly like my host file has 90,000 entries into it and if I didn't disable the DNS service I wouldn't get booted up..

 

[Layback Bear]

Very good point. I think we are all referring to Windows services. What you do with 3rd part programs Windows doesn't care.