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Re: Disabling unneeded services in Windows 10

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On Thu, 1/16/2025 8:54 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 1/16/2025 6:44 AM, John C. wrote:
>> I am planning on disabling unnecessary services on my Windows 10 Pro
>> computer. My reasons for doing so are (a) to preserve privacy and (b) to
>> conserve system resources. To that end, I've done some searching around
>> and put together a list of such services as recommended from these websites:
>>
>> 1.
>> https://umatechnology.org/which-windows-services-can-you-safely-disable-in-windows-11-10/:
>>
>> 2.
>> https://www.groovypost.com/howto/12-windows-10-services-that-are-safe-to-disable/
>>
>> 3. https://www.minitool.com/news/windows-10-services-to-disable.html
>>
>> Eg. My computer doesn't even have any kind of bluetooth capabilities, so
>> I plan on disabling an
>>
>>
>> There are many such websites, but I figure these are enough. Bear in mind:
>>
>> 1. Create a restore point before doing any of this
>>
>> 2. You might run into 1 or more services you'll be unable to disable.
>> They're that way for a reason, even if it's not a good one. However,
>> just forget about such services. Disabling them usually will break
>> something.
>>
>> 3. YMMV.
>>
> 
>   I think that people need to understand what these things do before
> disabling anything. Everyone has different needs. Also, on Win10/11,
> some services a blocked. When you try to disable it simply says, "The
> parameter is incorrect". E-passive aggression. Those services have
> to be disabled by setting the startup value to 4 in the Registry. The
> name of the Registry key is in the settings window for the service.
> 
>   I like to make sure that remote connections are blocked, for security.
> With that in mind, here's my additional list of disabled services:
> 
> AllJoynRS, Application Layer Gateway, Auto Time ZU, Capture Service,
> Cellular Time, Connected Devices*, Connected User*, Contact Data,
> Delivery Opt, Device Mngmt WAP, Display*, Distributed*, Downloaded
> Maps Manager, Enterprise App..., File History, Function Discovery*,
> Geolocation, Hyper-V*, All of Intel except the Graphics Command...,
> McpManagement, Microsoft Diag, Microsoft Account Sign-in, Microsoft
> Edge* iSCI Passport* Storage Store Windows SMS, Natural Auth, Netlogon,
> Network Connected Devices and Connection Broker, OpenSSH, Payments...,
> Peer*, Performance Counter, Phone, Remote Desktop*, Remote Reg,
> Retail Demo, Routing and Remote Access, Server, Shared PC Account...,
> Smart*, SNMP, SSDP, Storage Service, Sync Host, TCP/IP NetBIOS,
> UPnP, User Data Access, Volume Shadow Copy, Web Acct Man, WebClient,
> WiFi, Windows Backup Biometric Camera ConnectNow ErrorRep Insider
> Mobile Push* RemoteMgmnt Search Time Update*, Workstation, XBox*
> 
>   Note that this is a configuration for a desktop that's not on a network
> and connects only via ethernet. I also don't use Windows backup or
> Windows Store.
>   For me the most important things are dangerous security issues, like Remote
> Desktop. But some people might use that daily. On a corporate network
> you'll probably also need other things like workstation... So people need to
> understand what they're disabling.
> 
>  And there are a few that are absolutely critical, like Remote Procedure Call
> and Background Tasks Infrastructure.
> 
>   I've noticed that a surpising number of Win10 services don't appear on Win11.

The problem with being on a tear, is you can make mistakes. I see this:

    Volume Shadow Copy

in your list. That's going to *degrade* a Full image backup you make in Windows.
VSS allows "hot" copies of C: to be made. The service is not provided on WinPE
and is not needed there, as booting a CD to make backups, all the HDD file
systems are then "at rest".

   Paul

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