[SOLVED] Unnecessary Services?

[Quickless]

Just did a fresh install of windows. I only use this pc to game and watch youtube, so I am just trying to disable anything that is unneeded like windows troubleshooting tools and whatnot. But I have no idea on what I should set to manual or disable on services. I know some of you are going to say "dont disable anything, they are all needed and will cause problems if you disable them." But thats just not true, I know there are a bunch of useless services that arent needed for gaming and browsing.. Like all of the "windows troubleshooting" mumbo jumbo and all of the analytics reporting. I know there are lists out there that tell you what is unneeded. But im afraid they are not going to be accurate and they are going to make my experience even worse. Anything will help.

Here is a gif of me scrolling through the list of services sorted by alphabet:

https://imgur.com/5TV2Tki

View: https://i.imgur.com/5TV2Tki.gif

 

[hotaru.hino]

You can take a look at http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-service-configurations/ if you really want to do this.

However, unless you're running on a potato computer, disabling services does almost nothing to performance if this is what your goal is. The thing is, a lot of websites and articles that tell you "You can do these things to make your Windows run faster!" don't actually prove it. They don't give you a before and after to show you that yes, performance improves.

While it's several years old, I did find something that did this though: https://linustechtips.com/blogs/ent...s-10-lean-do-anything-for-gaming-performance/

 

[Quickless]

You can take a look at http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-service-configurations/ if you really want to do this.

However, unless you're running on a potato computer, disabling services does almost nothing to performance if this is what your goal is. The thing is, a lot of websites and articles that tell you "You can do these things to make your Windows run faster!" don't actually prove it. They don't give you a before and after to show you that yes, performance improves.

While it's several years old, I did find something that did this though: https://linustechtips.com/blogs/ent...s-10-lean-do-anything-for-gaming-performance/

well, it may not do anything to boost performance. But the more useless services you leave on, the more data you send right to microsoft

 

[hotaru.hino]

well, it may not do anything to boost performance. But the more useless services you leave on, the more data you send right to microsoft

Not every service is a data mining service.

And if you're really that paranoid about sending data to Microsoft, I'd recommend switching to Linux.

 

[Math Geek]

it not just resources, but boot time as it has to load all of them, ram usage and so on. not to mention it not just data mining, but any security person will tell you day 1 of security 101 is "turn off all un-used services as each one is an attack vector."

it is more secure to only be running what you need. do keep in mind though that the next update will likely turn em all back on again. daddy ms wants it data and does not care if it hurts your experience at all.

so keep track of what you did so you can go back and do it again next update. best route is to write it as a simple script so you can just run it again and again.

 

[hotaru.hino]

it not just resources, but boot time as it has to load all of them, ram usage and so on. not to mention it not just data mining, but any security person will tell you day 1 of security 101 is "turn off all un-used services as each one is an attack vector."

it is more secure to only be running what you need. do keep in mind though that the next update will likely turn em all back on again. daddy ms wants it data and does not care if it hurts your experience at all.

so keep track of what you did so you can go back and do it again next update. best route is to write it as a simple script so you can just run it again and again.

If this is your primary concern, then Windows is not the OS for you. I'm a huge proponent of if the tool simply doesn't meet your requirements, then don't try to bend the tool to meet them. You'll just end up being frustrated with the result.

If OP just wants to play games, then make a dedicated gaming machine. Do everything else on a separate "secure" computer.

 

[Math Geek]

people have been tweaking windows since it existed. it has always had extra bloat and un-needed services, and people have always turned them ff and made windows a bit more personal. only with win 10 has it somehow become taboo to do it.

to suggest that you either take win 10 as is and deal or move to another OS, is just about the laziest answer i have ever seen. and sadly i see it often here. if you don't know how to tweak it or can't be bothered, fine, but don't dismiss every one else who may want to do it.

just don't bother posting if you can't actually help with the question.

blackviper's site is a good start for what you can and should not turn off. he does a lot of leg work and has been a great source of such info since win xp days!! well worth reading and looking into. win 10 is pretty secure but all that extra stuff running are gaping holes in that security like any other OS out there. i also uninstall a bunch of the bloat from win 10 since i don't plan on using al those apps that come with it. free up some space, remove a bunch of the start up options and saves a lot of resources running things in the background i don't need.