In Windows 7 there are many system run services that we often don’t require for our work. So Disabling or not running this service unnecessarily we can save the boot time as well as speedup Windows 7. Here are a list of Windows 7 system services that can be safely set to Manual or Disabled.
IMPORTANT: It is more safe to set the following services to manual rather than disabling them. This is because when some times if windows needs a service windows can start it by itself if and only if it is set to manual. If you set it to disabled Windows 7 cannot start the service by it’s own.
- Application Experience
- Computer Browser (If your PC does not connect to any network)
- Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (If you don’t want the aero effects)
- Diagnostic Policy Service
- Distributed Link Tracking Client
- IP Helper
- Offline Files
- Portable Device Enumerator Service
- Print Spooler (If you do not use Printer)
- Protected Storage
- Remote Registry (You can safely disable it for more Security)
- Secondary Logon
- Security Center
- Server (If your computer do not connect with any network)
- Tablet PC Input Service
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
- Themes ( If you want any aero and good visual appearence (classic theme will be applied))
- Windows Error Reporting Service
- Windows Media Center Service Launcher
- Windows Search (If you rarely use Windows Search feature )
- Windows Time (If you do not want to synchronize system time with internet time automatically)
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Dude that was so helpful my computer runs so much faster. Thanks JR
Thanks mate your a legend ive been using your windows 7 speed up instructions 2 thanks again
do NOT disable TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper if you want to network Win 7 with Win XP machines on your home network. Windows 7 will not see the XP machines without that service running. I spent an entire night looking how to fix my network problems until I remember that I disabled a bunch of these services per this article. This is still a good website though and I appreciate CU sharing these tips. Worked like a charm otherwise.
So how exactly do I do this? I don’t see no instructions.
Awesome site! loving it.
Its very easy Friend,
Type services.msc in Start menu search box and hit enter > Services windows will be opened now, locate the service that you want to disable > Double-click on the particular service to open Properties > 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.
Done!