Windows 10: Which Services can be Disabled WITHOUT a Drastic Impact.

Good afternoon, I have finished preparing my customisations for a Clean Install on this particular Laptop. My final part of this project is to Disable some of the Services. I produced a list of the Running Services and the Services that potentially Start. I thought that I would get members opinions on these Services, which is NOT for the faint hearted, although I have NOT gone silly as one could quite easily do. I have read MANY articles that discussed the fact that Win 10 handles Services extremely well, but that is NOT what this thread is about, obviously! I use WUMT to control WUs. I do NOT use an MS Account. I do NOT use Remote Access. I do NOT have a Touch Screen or Tablet. I am NOT in a Home Network. I do NOT use Parental Control. I do NOT use System Restore [ I have my OWN Backup Plan ]. The layout below is in the format of whether they are Running [ YES ], a brief description of the Service, the Command to be used in the CMD Prompt, and the Default if they need to be Reset. Those that are Running will have sc stop at the beginning of the Command. For example . . . > sc stop DiagTrack && sc config DiagTrack start= disabled Code: ??? [ Stopped ] - BitLocker Drive Encryption Service: If you dont use BitLocker Storage Encryption. - sc config BDESVC start= disabled - sc config BDESVC start= Manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Running ] - Connected User Experiences and Telemetry: It will Disable Feedback, Telemetry and Data Collection. - sc config DiagTrack start= disabled - sc config DiagTrack start= automatic YES [ Running ] - Diagnostic Service Host. - sc config WdiServiceHost start= disabled - sc config WdiServiceHost start= manual YES [ Running ] - -Diagnostic System Host. - sc config WdiSystemHost start= disabled - sc config WdiSystemHost start= manual YES ??? [ Running] - Distributed Link Tracking Client: If you dont need to use a network [ If your computer is not connected to any network ]. - sc config TrkWks start= disabled - sc config TrkWks start= automatic ??? [ Stopped ] To turn off Telemetry and Data Collection. - sc config dmwappushservice start= disabled - sc config dmwappushservice start= automatic YES [ Stopped ] - Downloaded Maps Manager: This service allows different installed Applications to have access to the downloaded Maps: If you dont use the Bing Maps App. - sc Config MapsBroker Start= disabled - sc Config MapsBroker Start= automatic (Delayed Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Enterprise App Management Service: This service is responsible for managing various enterprise apps. - sc Config EntAppSvc Start= disabled - sc Config EntAppSvc Start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - File History Service: If you dont intend to use Windows Backup or System Restore . - sc Config fhsvc Start= disabled - sc Config fhsvc Start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Running ] - Geolocation Service: This service is responsible for monitoring the current location of your system [ required by some Windows Store apps, it can not be enabled when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry is disabled ]. - sc Config lfsvc Start= disabled - sc Config lfsvc Start= manual (Trigger Start) NOT FOUND - HomeGroup Provider. - sc config HomeGroupProvider start= disabled - sc config HomeGroupProvider start= manual NOT FOUND - Infrared Monitor Service: If you never use File Transfer via Infrared Devices. - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\irmon - sc config irmon start= disabled - sc config irmon start= demand YES [ Stopped ] - Internet Connection Sharing: it is an Old Service that can be Disabled. - sc config SharedAccess start= disabled - sc config SharedAccess start= manual (Trigger Start) NOT FOUND - Internet Explorer ETW Collector Service: This service collects real-time ETW events from Internet Explorer and processes them. - sc config IEEtwCollectorService start= disabled - sc config IEEtwCollectorService start= manual YES [ Running ] - IP Helper: if you dont use IPv6 connection - This will change the Value from 2 to 4. - sc config iphlpsvc start= disabled - sc config iphlpsvc start= automatic YES [ Stopped ] - Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant: Required to login to Microsoft Account. - sc config wlidsvc start= disabled - sc config wlidsvc start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Netlogon: if you are NOT on a Domain Controller Environment. - sc config Netlogon start= disabled - sc config Netlogon start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Offline Files: also known as Win32 or [ CscService ] Service and it Starts only in Windows 10 when the User, Application or another Service Starts it. - sc config CscService start= disabled - sc config CscService start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Parental Control: If you DON'T use the Parental Control Feature. - sc config WpcMonSvc start= disabled - sc config WpcMonSvc start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Payments and NFC/SE Manager. - sc config SEMgrSvc start= disabled - sc config SEMgrSvc start= demand manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Phone Service: This service Manages the Telephony State on the computer. - sc config PhoneSvc start= disabled - sc config PhoneSvc start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Remote Desktop Configuration. - sc config SessionEnv start= disabled - sc config SessionEnv start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Remote Desktop Services. - sc config TermService start= disabled - sc config TermService start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Remote Registry: Youd better Disable it. Then, NO one can access your Registry Remotely [ You can set it to DISABLED for Security purposes ]. - sc config RemoteRegistry start= disabled - sc config RemoteRegistry start= disabled YES [ Running ] - Security Center - The Windows 10 Security Centre is a Built-In Component that Starts Running in the Background as you Boot up the System. So, this is clearly Windows 10 Services to Disable for Performance. - sc config wscsvc start= disabled - sc config wscsvc start= Automatic (Delayed Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Smart Card service: Utilized for Security especially in large organizations or corporation. - sc config SCardSvr start= disabled - sc config SCardSvr start= disabled YES [ Running ] - TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper: If you are NOT a part of a Workgroup Network [ If you are not in a Workgroup Network ]. - sc config lmhosts start= disabled - sc config lmhosts start= automatic (Trigger Start) YES [ Running ] - Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service [ If you DON'T want to use Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Pen and Ink Functionality Features ] - This keeps ctfmon.exe running. - sc config TabletInputService start= disabled - sc config TabletInputService start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Running ] - Web Account Manager: Required to Login to Microsoft Account/Store. - sc config TokenBroker start= disabled - sc config TokenBroker start= manual YES [ Running ] - Windows Biometric Service: This service is responsible for capturing and Storing Biometric Data without gaining Access to the Biometric Hardware. Required by Biometric Devices like a Fingerprint Reader. - sc config WbioSrvc start= disabled - sc config WbioSrvc start= automatic (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Windows Camera Frame Server: If you NEVER use a Webcam or an Integrated Camera. - sc config FrameServer start= disabled - sc config FrameServer start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Windows Connect Now - Config Registrar: Utilized by Laptops and other Mobile computers for connecting to the Wireless Networks. - sc config wcncsvc start= disabled - sc config wcncsvc start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Windows Error Reporting Service: If you DON'T need to Save or Send Error Reports. - sc config WerSvc start= disabled - sc config WerSvc start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Windows Insider Service: If you are NOT a part of the Windows Insider Program. - sc config wisvc start= disabled - sc config wisvc start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service: This service lets the User Share Windows Media Player Libraries to other Networked Players or Music Devices. - sc config WMPNetworkSvc start= disabled - sc config WMPNetworkSvc start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Windows Mobile Hotspot Service: This service Enables a User to Share Cellular Data with other Devices. - sc config icssvc start= disabled - sc config icssvc start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Stopped ] - Xbox Accessory Management Service. - sc config XboxGipSvc start= disabled - sc config XboxGipSvc start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Xbox Live Auth Manager: This Service provides the Authentication and Authorization Services to Communicate with Xbox Live. - sc config XblAuthManager start= disabled - sc config XblAuthManager start= manual YES [ Stopped ] - Xbox Live Game Save: This Service is responsible for Syncing any Saved Data for Games that have Xbox Live Save Enabled. - sc config XblGameSave start= disabled - sc config XblGameSave start= manual (Trigger Start) YES [ Running ] - Xbox Live Networking Services. - sc config XboxNetApiSvc start= disabled - sc config XboxNetApiSvc start= manual ??? [ Running ] - RasMan: Remote Access Connection Manager. - sc config RasMan start= disabled - sc config RasMan start= manual Can anyone recommend what the best Services to Disable are that will increase Performance with having ONLY a Marginal affect / impact please. I basically want to Streamline the OS Services to get that little bit quicker Boot Time and better ALL round Performance. Thanks in advance.

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Will disabling windows font cache service impact performance?

Im using NexusFonts and windows font cache service makes it painfully slow.
When i searched for solution for this, every solution i came across suggest to disable Windows Font Cache Service.

And it does solves the problem and while before nexus fonts takes about 2min to load my fonts, now it takes only few seconds.

But my main question is what actually happens when i disabled font cache service, will it impact system performance,
what happens to the fonts in new applications.
As windows is not caching fonts anymore will it conflicts with something,
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automatic updates in windows 10 drastically slowed down the computer

Hi Holley,



Thank you for your post.

We sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused.

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  Have you tried the steps suggested above?
  

Let us try the following steps to disable the Windows update.

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  Press Windows key + R
  
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  Type Services.msc and press Enter.
  
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  Search for Windows Update service from the list.
  
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  Right Click on Windows Update from the list and select properties.
  
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  In Properties Window Select Startup type as Disabled and Stop the Service.
  

Windows 10 will not be automatically installing or downloading updates.

You may follow the same procedure and start the windows update service if you wish to update windows 10.



Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

 

Disabling CPU EIST impact ??

what will be the impact of disabling this feature as my system can only work stable 100% if i disable it.
am talking about the impact on power consumption and cpu life at the long run.