Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "John C." Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Disabling the Connected Devices Platform Service and Connected Devices Platform User Service Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:19:04 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:19:06 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="acb1f81aa51aa905d14d799c68f1a1ba"; logging-data="112815"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19uRmfxeTHMlH5lgiXNFp9M" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:M3L5NA4VWeeEvS+DBLZPFaBMPgU= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:181628 Newyana2 wrote: > On 1/20/2025 9:04 AM, John C. wrote: >> I don't use bluetooth. In fact, my computer doesn't have any bluetooth >> capabilities and that's the way I like it. >> >> The extremely limited descriptions for both the Connected Devices >> Platform Service and the Connected Devices Platform User Service >> basically say, "This service is used for Connected Devices Platform >> scenarios" WTF??? Can't M$ do a better job of providing a description >> than that?? >> >> Oh well. A search on the internet provides more on those services: >> >> https://appuals.com/what-is-the-connected-devices-platform-service-and-should-it-be-disabled/ >> >> https://windowsreport.com/cdpsvc/ >> >> https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/58863-connected-devices-platform-service-what-does-do.html >> >> https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-disable-connected-devices-platform-service-cdpsvc-to-fix-high-disk-usage/ >> >> Do any of you have this service disabled and if so, did disabling it >> cause any problems? >> >      I have all "Connected..." services disabled. Do you use > bluetooth devices? XBox? If so then you might want to check > whether they work with the service disabled. > >    In case you don't know, you can also find info by looking > at the dependencies tab in the service's properties > windows. In this case it has nothing depending on it. > >    There's a site, blackviper.com, that used to have good > help files to figure out services. He seems to have stopped doing > that altogether, having descended into some kind of gaming mania. > I don't know of any other good sources. You just have to do what > you've been doing -- search on the service names. My desktop has neither bluetooth nor wireless capabilities. My laptop has both wireless and bluetooth disabled. Both computers are just the way I like it in this regard. I have both the "Connected Devices Platform Service" and the "Connected User Experiences and Telemetry" services disabled, but am unable to disable the "Connected Devices Platform User Service". M$ is increasingly making it impossible to disable services that enable their loaded agendas. I did a repair reinstall a few days ago and have experienced nothing but problems ever since. IMO ever since that guy from India, Satya Nadella took over as Microsoft's CEO, Windows has gone to shit. He's replaced most American employees with ones from India, and none of them seem to know how to code worth a shit. it's only a matter of time before I have to abandon Windows altogether. -- John C.