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TweakHound - Tweaking Windows Vista, page 8
TweakHound's Vista
Services Recommendations
Giving good, detailed
recommendations on Services settings is nearly impossible. I do not
know what your computer experience level is, what sort of privileges
you run under, how many people use the computer, or what version of
Vista you are running. With that in mind...
These recommendations are
how I would set up a computer in my house. Most of them (except the
first table) assume you are running under an Admin account. Before
you security nuts get on my back...Yes I know, but I and most Geeks
run under Admin in Windows and in truth most home users do too.
Though running as a Standard User in Vista is better than previous
Windows versions it is still a PITA, unlike Linux.
*Note - A change in the recommendation for the ReadyBoost service.
ReadyBoost, ReadyBoot, and Vista's new prefetching scheme are all
tied together. To take advantage of all these options you should
leave the ReadyBoost service enabled even if you do not have a
ReadyBoost drive. If not the basic scheme defaults back to an
XP-like setting. During testing the biggest effect I noticed was a
10-15 second difference in boot times (faster after re-enabling
ReadyBoost).
Step 1
Open your services, Press
the Windows + R keys (= Start > Run), type services.msc.
Maximize the window.
You'll see a column
labeled Status. Double-click it so that all the services that are
started are up top.
These are the only ones
you need to worry about. If it isn't started, leave it alone.
See pics below for an
example. (click on thumbnails for a larger image)
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The services
screen in its default state.
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The services
screen ordered with started services at the top.
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TweakHound's Vista Services
Recommendations -
Absolute Safe Settings |
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Disable |
If you are not comfortable
adjusting Services or do not understand them either leave
them alone or use these settings. |
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DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Search (if you do a lot of searching on
your computer then leave this alone) |
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TweakHound's Vista Services
Recommendations - Desktop |
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Disable |
Safe |
Networked
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Sharing
(non-essential stuff off) |
Networked
+
Not sharing from this computer |
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DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
Terminal Services
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Search |
DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
Terminal Services
UPnP Device Host
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Search |
Computer Browser*
DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Server
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
Terminal Services
UPnP Device Host
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Search
* - if you want to use the Computer Browser
service
you'll need to keep the Server service
enabled |
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TweakHound's Vista Services
Recommendations - Desktop, part 2 |
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Disable |
Not Networked |
Tweaked Out
(Geeks Only!!!) |
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Computer Browser
DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Server
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Terminal Services
UPnP Device Host
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Search |
Computer Browser
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Print Spooler
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Server
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Terminal Services
Themes
UPnP Device Host
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Event Log (I wouldn't disable this)
Windows Search
Windows Time |
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TweakHound's Vista Services
Recommendations - Laptop
Best results will most likely
be achieved in between this 2 categories. |
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Disable |
Safe |
Tweaked Out
(Geeks Only!!!) |
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DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
Terminal Services
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Search |
Computer Browser
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
DFS Replication
Diagnostic Policy Service (change to manual)
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Offline Files
Print Spooler
Remote Registry (for security reasons)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Server
SSDP Discovery (for security reasons)
Tablet PC Input Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Terminal Services
Themes
UPnP Device Host
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Event Log (I wouldn't disable this)
Windows Search
Windows Time |
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