192 processes running - What can safely be turned off?

bufce2010 said:

you can control their start type by editing their registry "start" values

You don't have to edit them. Just run the following command:

Code:

(REG Add "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AMD Crash Defender Service" /V "Start" /T REG_DWORD /D 4 /F)

It will write the value "4" into Registry.

Matthew Wai said:

You don't have to edit them. Just run the following command:

Code:

(REG Add "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AMD Crash Defender Service" /V "Start" /T REG_DWORD /D 4 /F)

It will write the value "4" into Registry.

Great, thanks.
The only problem is that most of them are security-locked, I had to edit their permissions manually

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Please note that Some of services are important for different types of users, like:
Print Spooler: important for those who have printers or print to pdf files.
Windows Defender: clearly it's Microsoft's Anti-virus
Hyper-V: If you use Microsoft Virtual Machine
etc...

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f14tomcat said:

Keep in mind that Windows, starting way back with build 15063, started increasing the SVCHOST processes intentionally to better isolate memory management and reduce crashes. At first it freaked people because the process count jumped by 30-50 processes and they had no idea why. The services running drive the SVCHOST processes running. It's normal. Unless you have a serious problem with crashes and other performance issues, leave the services alone and avoid trying to reduce the number of processes.
An older article, but explains nicely.
https://www.askvg.com/windows-10-fix...-task-manager/

Yep, unless they know what they are doing.
There is a method for getting "SVCHOST" into very less processes like older systems:
https://www.askvg.com/windows-10-fix...-task-manager/

bufce2010 said:

The only problem is that most of them are security-locked, I had to edit their permissions manually

You did not have to do so manually. Use this: PowerRun v1.4 (Run with highest privileges)

It will automatically get permissions with highest privileges.

Code:

"D:\A folder\PowerRun_x64.exe" /SW:0 cmd.exe /k (REG Add "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AMD Crash Defender Service" /V "Start" /T REG_DWORD /D 4 /F)

Matthew Wai said:

You did not have to do so manually. Use this: PowerRun v1.4 (Run with highest privileges)
It will automatically get permissions with highest privileges.

Code:

"D:\A folder\PowerRun_x64.exe" /SW:0 cmd.exe /k (REG Add "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AMD Crash Defender Service" /V "Start" /T REG_DWORD /D 4 /F)

Nice,
Thanks for making those things that easy.

f14tomcat said:

This is not something a casual user or a newbie should even contemplate doing, that's why my earlier posting advised to leave all as is. Windows will manage it.
You, and others, being in the more advanced expert category can deal with the registry and the internals of services and interactions with the processes.

yeah, casual users should read carefully before manipulating things they don't know or expect their effect on system stability. back in year 2015; I used to install a fresh windows every day or two as a result of learning via trial and error.