Windows 7 Services List that can be Disabled Safely

Windows 7 Services List that can be Disabled Safely

We have posted service configuration guides forย Windows XPย andย Windows Vistaย in past and now its turn of Windows 7. In this tutorial weโ€™ll learn about the Windows services which are not essential and can be safely disabled or set to MANUAL to speed up your Windows 7 computer system:

STEP 1.ย Right-click onย Computerย icon on desktop and selectย Manage, itโ€™ll open a new window. Now go toย Services & Applications -> Services. You can also open the same fromย Administrative Toolsย ->ย Computer Management. Or you can directly open โ€œServicesโ€ list by providingย services.mscย command in RUN or Start Menu search box.

STEP 2.ย Now you can set the unnecessary services to DISABLED or MANUAL. Just double-click on any service and select the desired option inย Startup typeย list box.

NOTE 1:ย Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it, so that whenever Windows needs to start a service, it can easily start and use it. If you set any service to DISABLED, Windows will not be able to start it and will give some error messages.

NOTE 2:ย You can setย Remote Registryย service to DISABLED for Security purposes.

Here is a list of services that can be safely set to MANUAL/DISABLED:

โ€ข Computer Browserย (If your computer is not connected to any network)
โ€ข Desktop Window Manager Session Managerย (If you donโ€™t use Aero glass theme)
โ€ข Diagnostic Policy Service
โ€ข Distributed Link Tracking Clientย (If your computer is not connected to any network)
โ€ข IP Helperย (If you donโ€™t use IPv6 connection)
โ€ข Offline Files
โ€ข Portable Device Enumerator Service
โ€ข Print Spoolerย (If you donโ€™t have a Printer)
โ€ข Protected Storage
โ€ข Remote Registry
โ€ข Secondary Logon
โ€ข Security Center
โ€ข Serverย (If your computer is not connected to any network)
โ€ข Tablet PC Input Service
โ€ข TCP/IP NetBIOS Helperย (If you are not in a workgroup network)
โ€ข Themesย ( If you use Windows Classic theme)
โ€ข Windows Error Reporting Service
โ€ข Windows Media Center Service Launcher
โ€ข Windows Searchย (If you donโ€™t use Windows Search feature frequently)

PS:ย You can see the details of each service to determine whether you should disable it or not.

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