Disable unnecessary Windows services. 7. Configure and optimize Windows 7

As you know, none of the currently existing Windows-based systems is fully productive, offering the user a huge number of unnecessary services, processes and components running in the background. How to disable unnecessary services Windows 7, try to figure it out. The seventh version of the OS will be taken exclusively as an example, since similar operations can be performed both in the eighth and in the tenth modifications.

How to disable unnecessary Windows 7 services: general rules

First of all, you need to clearly understand that disabling some services should not be done by completing some processes in the "Task Manager", which only contributes to a one-time stop of the selected component, but only through special system editors.

In this case, there are several basic methods for deactivating services. They, roughly speaking, can be divided into explicit and implicit. For example, the processes that are displayed in the Startup menu or in the executable background services tree are visible to the user. These are explicit processes. Components like the Hyper-V module, which also requires activation in the BIOS, are not needed by the user, but he does not know about it. In the process tree, there are none, and you can only disable Windows 7 services and use them with special settings. But more on that later. While we dwell on what everyone knows.

Update installation center

"Update Center" is almost the biggest headache for users of Windows-based systems. The service works as it wants (it is not possible to determine the time of the release or download of the next update to the user). Therefore, you can disable it, especially since all major updates relate exclusively to Windows security. And if the user includes getting updates for other Microsoft products, such as "Office", then you can almost notice a daily update.

But it involves the download and use of Internet traffic. If the system functions normally without this, the "Update Center" can be disabled. This is done quite simply in the settings contained in the standard "Control Panel".

Administration

In principle, you can access the management of services through computer administration, called by the corresponding line in the properties menu when right-clicking on the icon, where unnecessary processes are disabled through the built-in Windows utility.

Here you select the services section and change the required startup parameters. But do not rush to rejoice. First, consider the theoretical issues associated with what is worth disabling and what not.

Services section

The service management section can be quickly accessed by typing the services.msc command in the Run command console (Win + R). Most services are disabled here.

But you have to be very careful. The fact is that the completion (shutdown) of some processes can negatively affect the entire system as a whole. But in the simplest case, you can simply change the automatic startup type to manual.

What services should I disable in Windows 7?

Now it is specifically about those processes that can and should be deactivated. Their list is presented below:

• Remote access to the registry and calling remote procedures;
• Analysis of offline files;
• IPSec key exchange;
• Printing system;
• Error registration client;
• Tracking changed links;
• Service Parental Control, came in the "Seven" from "Vista";
• Hyper-V virtual machine;
• Unused devices and their drivers;
• Console management of video chips.

Using Auto Backup

All startup applications are related to the type of programs that are loaded with the system at the time of its launch (probably, it is not necessary to explain this). However, not all users use to disable unnecessary services to configure the system configuration.

You can also disconnect Windows 7 services from the start of the download from here. To do this, use the msconfig access command, which is entered in the standard "Run" menu.

Next, look at the Startup menu, where you can see the services that you can turn off. In principle, there is nothing terrible in taking pictures off all the processes. You can deactivate even starting with the system of control consoles of video cards. Depending on the modification of the OS itself, it is possible to leave control of switching the language bar of ctfmon, if such a process is on the list (usually it does not exist when installing a "clean" version of Windows 7 instead of XP or Vista).

Deactivating system components

But not all processes are available for deactivation in the "Task Manager" menu or disabling unnecessary startup items. Some components can be found only in the additional settings of the system itself.

First, let's pay attention to the "iron" components. Smart cards are used by very many users who have the opportunity to connect them to modern terminals and determine by computer or mobile programs.

Sometimes even card terminals without setting the accompanying drivers can give out errors. Moreover, not all smart cards are compatible with devices or operating systems of a certain type. The same system of banking, running Windows, it does not matter which card is used. The main thing is that the information on the magnetic line be read. Such a function in Windows 7 is not provided, as well as recognition of fingerprints, so there can not be a shutdown and speech.

But another important aspect of how to disable unnecessary Windows 7 services is to eliminate load problems on the system by deactivating additional components.

If you go to the "Control Panel" section and select the programs and components menu, it is easy to see that some services are in the active state (their titles are ticked).

First of all, you should pay attention to the fact that the "Print Manager" service is active in any system, even installed from scratch and without the presence of a connected printer. There is nothing surprising in this, after all it is initially assumed that the user will print some documents for printing. This is not true. And the component Print Spooler can be turned off without any doubt.

Immediately you can find a bunch of unnecessary things that Windows-systems include without user notification. At least most of the above components can be turned off without any serious impact on the system.

Advanced BIOS settings

In addition to all the above, it is worth noting separately that not all components associated with the operating system can be deactivated by its software and settings.

For example, you can disable unnecessary Windows 7 services like a camera or the same Hyper-V module by setting the appropriate parameters of the primary I / O system. Access to the parameters can be done by pressing the appropriate button or a combination of keys at the start of the computer or laptop, which the system itself offers. Usually this is Del, F12, F2, etc.

Here you need to deactivate support for Hyper Threading Technology, which for Intel processors is responsible for creating and using the virtual machine.

What to turn off is not recommended?

But what you should not do exactly is to disable the services of DHCP servers and DNS clients, as this can lead to communication failures.

Also, it is not recommended to disable the Superfetch service, which is responsible for the correct operation of applications after you exit hibernation. Although ... If the sleep mode is not used, there is nothing wrong with disabling it in the power settings.

The result

This is not a complete list of everything that can and should be disabled in Windows. This is the same system of geolocation in browsers, the use of services for background copying volumes, etc. If you dig deeper, most processes that are not related to the operation of the operating system can be isolated without any damage.

At the very least, optimization of any version of Windows operating systems in the simplest case of applying the settings can be to disable the startup items, unused Windows components, and network services activated by default, but not related to the operation of the OS itself.

Here, only the main components of the system that are to be disconnected in mandatory or non-mandatory order were considered. In fact, on closer inspection, you can disconnect everything except the kernel of the system. And then not the best option is the use of optimizer programs, because they really are not always able to interfere with the structure of the background services of the operating system (it simply does not allow it). What the user sees, for example, increasing the speed of access to the hard disk or Internet acceleration, it's just a trick designed to show the user the imaginary quality of the utility used, so it's better to simply disable unnecessary services of Windows 7 without resorting to third-party applications that , By the way, they sometimes do not know how to do this, although the opposite is asserted. Nevertheless, by applying all the methods shown above, you can achieve a significant improvement in the performance of any Windows-system. And, of course, absolutely all components and services are not necessarily disabled.