How To Disable Services In Windows 7
Posted December 24, 2009 – 4:50 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesThere are several unnecessary services that run in the background and take enough amount of system resources.
A service is an application type that runs in the system background without a user interface. Services provide core operating system features, such as web serving, event logging, file serving, printing, cryptography, and error reporting.
Many of time, you might want to disable one or more services to free up some system resources. For example, you can safely disable Print Spooler service if your system is not connected to a printer. Not to mention that disabling unnecessary services will speedup your Windows as well.
So, here is how to disable a service in Windows 7:
1. Type services.msc in Start menu search box and hit enter to open Services window.
2. Once the Services windows is opened, locate the service that you want to disable.
3. Double-click on the particular service to open Properties.
4. Under the General tab, change Startup type of the service to Disabled to disable the particular service and then click Apply button to save the change.
5. You are done!
Also read: Tweak Windows 7/Vista services with Vista Services Optimizer.
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2 Comments
Nice share buddy.
Be careful what you disable. If you disable the wrong item you may cause your system to be unstable or even stop booting up.