Windows Vista Windows Vista Services you can disable!

Hi. There are many services that startup with Windows Vista but for a home user on a home network many of these services are not needed and they can slow down your system. I have provided a list of Windows Services that you can disable which when disabled have little or no negative impact on your system. Your computer will see a performance increase when uneccessary services have been disabled.

To open the services window click Start< Run and type services.msc and press ok. The services window will open. Highlight the service, right click on it and select properties. Under Startup type set the option to disabled and hit ok.

Note: Depending on your windows version some services might not be listed. Disable ONLY the following services that are listed below.

Certificate Propagation
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Fax
Health Key and Certificate Management
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
Netlogon
Offline Files
Parental Controls
Remote Registry
Smart Card
Smart Card Removal Policy
SNMP Trap
Terminal Services UserMode Port Redirector
Windows CardSpace
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service
WMI Performance Adapter

If you want more information about what each service does then look here, http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm.

Happy Tweaking.

 

I've never been a 'fan' of disabling services by inexperienced users. Sooner or later they run into problems when they try adding new hardware/software.

My advice: leave well alone.

 

It depends on the users configuration though. Depending on what the user uses their computer for and what software and hardware is installed most of the services can be disabled safely that I listed above. IMO I haven't noticed any issues with installing hardware/software on users computers including my own system with those services disabled but I guess its all a matter of opinion.