Windows 10: Suggestions on services to disable?

I am attempting to air gap a windows 10 pc, all previous attempts have failed miserably at protecting my files. I do not use any remote or virtual services. I have been disabling everything I can think of, but there's still so many things I'm not sure what they are exactly.

I only need to be able to run Adobe PhotoShop CS6, and access my bit locker drives.

Below I will include services from process hacker.

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Closing a window takes me back to the Start screen in Windows 10

I have the exact same issue. Pretty much am using the workaround of not actually opening emails--just using reading pane. However, I do not like this and having to reload outlook after every email I deal with is not productive. Waiting for a solution...

 

Suggestions for email service on E71

e61drc, is this with the nokia email beta (which is only free until it hits 1.0) or can i do this with the built in mail app? If so, could you explain me how to do it? Because when i created the account it configured itself...

 

That is the reason, why it is suggested not disable any services, dependencies. But if you insist.

Black Vipers Windows 10 Service Configurations | Black Viper | www.blackviper.com

You can check Services section in this batch, it is mostly safe.

[Batch] Windows Tweaks Light - Pastebin.com

 

Why not just disconnect from network?

 

Depends what your goals are for doing this. Some big ones are on the "Black Viper’s Windows 10 Service Configurations" as mentioned above.

A big one I disable is Windows Search. Some other's are Windows Update, Update Orchestrator Service. (this will break windows from updating)

If you don't intend to use System Restore then disable Windows Backup and Volume Shadow Copy.

 

Disabling Windows services is risky with unpredictable results. The problem is that there is no complete list available anywhere that fully describes what each service does. Many do more than documented and unrelated things you would not expect. Incidentally, and contrary to frequent claims, setting a service start to "Manual" is NOT a safe alternative to disabling it. With this setting either an application or the system can start the service if it were needed. But you can't safely assume that this will actually happen.

 

I have disconnected from the network, but I am still seeing outgoing data in tcpview and process explorer. I have disabled remote access remote desktop and all other unneeded services a million times but they still run in task manager.

blocked these things in Group Policy as well as in the registry but I still see sessions 2 and 3 while the pc is in use. I also have session "%sfrom%S" in event viewer along with !@#$. These things are not happening during inactive hours and not one person I've asked for help is able to give me an explanation why suddenly while I'm busy designing my heart out there are new sessions started. Or even why these services like Telephony are somehow running in task manager.

I have ran every scan out there, I have reformatted the hard drive and done a clean install every single time windows pushes out an update for the last 14 months. The only thing that has actually worked to stop "remote access" "remote access connection manager" and telephony from popping up in my task manager; this last install was after purchasing an AMD graphics card and getting rid of my nvidia card.

Anyway, I just want to be able to create my art, own my OWN intellectual property and not have to worry that some software has turned my pc into a server or virtual machine.

 

I was expecting this. Haha. You probably don't advise of deleting Cortana, Windows Feedback, or Contact Support either.

 

Spybot Anti-Beacon may interest you. Which you can uninstall after you apply the changes and can also revert back if desired.

 

Ty, I will definitely give it a shot, has to be easier than googling every single service name and finding absolutely nothing useful in my endeavor.

 

That sounds impossible.. and you have a desktop, so presumably no Wifi. Presumably you pulled your ethernet connection from your PC, which should surely be enough.

Why not keep your project files in an encrypted area? Disconnect while working on them, close access to that area and carry on. The only thing someone could copy usefully then would be any temporary files. So you could run Ccleaner before reconnecting.

E.g. Truecrypt or its successors.

Please beware that using Spybot Anti-Beacon and similar can give rise to puzzling
'Some settings are managed by your organisation' in red in various places in Settings, and some things being disabled.

That is aimed at supposed MS spying- things reporting to MS. So would not be likely to stop other nefarious activities.

 

Check out these 3 videos: How to Speed Up Windows 10 Performance 100% - YouTube

Speed Up Windows 10 Performance - YouTube

Stop Windows 10 From Spying on You - YouTube

 

There's nothing whatsoever in that first video relevant to the issue. I've not watched the others.

 

The 2nd video, is relevant to the services, which are at the end.

But again, if you prefer, the black viper list is great..