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Beginner’s Guide to Configure Windows 10 Services for Faster Performance
This tutorial will help you in finding which services are unnecessary in Windows 10 and you'll be able to set them to manual start so that those services don't start with Windows and don't take your valuable system resources.
STEP 1:
First of all we'll need to open Services Manager to configure Windows 10 services. You can open Services Manager using several ways as given following:
1.a. Press WIN+X keys together to show quick access menu and then select "Computer Management" option. It'll open a new window. Now click on "Services and Applications -> Services" in left-side pane.
1.b. Same thing can be done by clicking on "Computer -> Manage" in "This PC" ribbon toolbar.
1.c. You can also right-click on "This PC" icon on Desktop and select "Manage" option.
1.d. Or press WIN+R keys together to launch RUN dialog box and type services.msc and press Enter. It'll directly open Services Manager.
STEP 2:
Now we'll configure Windows 10 services in Services Manager program. Services Manager shows a huge list of all Windows services along with their status and startup type.
The Status section shows whether a service is currently running in background or not. Startup Type section tells you whether a service is set to automatically start with Windows or not.
We'll set some unnecessary services startup type to MANUAL so that they don't start automatically with Windows and thus don't consume system resources.
NOTE: Always set a service's startup type to MANUAL and never set it to DISABLED. We suggest this because if a service is set toMANUAL start and Windows needs the service, it'll be able to start the service and there will be no affect on OS functionality. But if a service is set to DISABLED and Windows requires that service, it'll not be able to start the service and you may face problems.
Following are some services which can be safely set to MANUAL:
Apart from the above mentioned services, You can also set a few other services startup type to MANUAL such as services installed by your graphics card driver (Intel, nVidia, AMD, etc), your sound card driver (Realtek, Creative, etc).
STEP 3:
That's it. After configuring services startup type, close Services Manager and restart your computer to take effect.
After reboot, you'll notice a lot of improvement in your Windows 10 computer performance. By any chance if you face any issue with any software program, you can restore the services startup type to Automatic again using Services Manager to fix the issue.
Happy Tweaking
STEP 1:
First of all we'll need to open Services Manager to configure Windows 10 services. You can open Services Manager using several ways as given following:
1.a. Press WIN+X keys together to show quick access menu and then select "Computer Management" option. It'll open a new window. Now click on "Services and Applications -> Services" in left-side pane.
1.b. Same thing can be done by clicking on "Computer -> Manage" in "This PC" ribbon toolbar.
1.c. You can also right-click on "This PC" icon on Desktop and select "Manage" option.
1.d. Or press WIN+R keys together to launch RUN dialog box and type services.msc and press Enter. It'll directly open Services Manager.
STEP 2:
Now we'll configure Windows 10 services in Services Manager program. Services Manager shows a huge list of all Windows services along with their status and startup type.
The Status section shows whether a service is currently running in background or not. Startup Type section tells you whether a service is set to automatically start with Windows or not.
We'll set some unnecessary services startup type to MANUAL so that they don't start automatically with Windows and thus don't consume system resources.
- Connected User Experiences and Telemetry
- Diagnostic Policy Service
- Diagnostic Tracking Service
- Distributed Link Tracking Client (If your computer is not connected to any network)
- dmwappushsvc (To turn off Telemetry and Data Collection)
- Downloaded Maps Manager (If you don't use Maps app)
- IP Helper (If you don't use IPv6 connection)
- Program Compatibility Assistant Service
- Print Spooler (If you don't have a printer)
- Remote Registry (You can set it to DISABLED for Security purposes)
- Secondary Logon
- Security Center
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper (If you are not in a workgroup network)
- Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service (If you don't want to use touch keyboard and handwriting features)
- Windows Defender Service (If you don't use Windows Defender program)
- Windows Error Reporting Service
- Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) (If you don't have a scanner)
- Windows Search (If you don't use Windows Search feature frequently)
Apart from the above mentioned services, You can also set a few other services startup type to MANUAL such as services installed by your graphics card driver (Intel, nVidia, AMD, etc), your sound card driver (Realtek, Creative, etc).
STEP 3:
That's it. After configuring services startup type, close Services Manager and restart your computer to take effect.
After reboot, you'll notice a lot of improvement in your Windows 10 computer performance. By any chance if you face any issue with any software program, you can restore the services startup type to Automatic again using Services Manager to fix the issue.
Happy Tweaking
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