So many services_

Thanks, about what to be expected.

Thanks alot, very useful info intel.

"Windows Connect Now" service is the one known to be responsible for rogue cell phones appearing in the network environment. One can disable it for that reason.

Also, if you are not using HomeGroups and are annoyed by its constant presence in the File Explorer tree, you can disable both HomeGroup services.

So far this appeared to be a safe thing to do. But it might change in the future, as it happened with such services DHCP, Windows Firewall and some others.

topgundcp said:

In addtition, Third party software often install their services and set them to: Automatic, You can safely set them to Manual.

That's true, but keep in mind that it does not always work. Garmin Express software, for one example, does not bother to launch its Garmin device update service. If the service is changed to Manual startup, the software itself fails to launch.

One can either keep it Automatic, or remember to manually launch the service before running the front-end software.

A good site to check out is http://www.blackviper.com/. A lot of good info there about what services are needed and not necessary. Sorry didn't notice first post on this page.

topgundcp said:

In addtition, Third party software often install their services and set them to: Automatic, You can safely set them to Manual.

Not always true. In fact it is often false.

When set to manual an application CAN start the service if it is needed. But it is not safe to assume this will actually happen. In many cases an application that requires a service will simply fail if it is not running, without testing if the service is running or make any attempt to start it. And there may not even be an informative error message. The only services you can be sure are safe to set on manual are those that are are set that way by default.

hofkar said:

Hello, my pc is full of sevices. It is perhaps ok to have so many sevices
for free, but is it really necessary? The default security settings was
kind of low when stating up my new pc, is all services calling themselves
Microsoft really Microsoft? How to find out which ones to stop, enable or
eraise? Are all this services slowing down the computer? Is the war out there
also in here?
hofkar

Here's a page that describes which Windows10 services can be set to "manual" or "disabled" on an average user's machine.
Link: Black Vipers Windows 10 Service Configurations » Black Viper | www.blackviper.com

Note: It's best to do a few at a time, restart your computer and use it for a day. Ensure that you're satisfied before tweaking a few more services.

The only fly in the ointment is that Windows-10 is undergoing so many updates, that some services are set back to automatic during the update. Never had this happen on Windows-7... probably because Win-7 was a "mature" O.S.. No major ongoing updates the past 2 years.

CountMike said:

If they were not important, they would not be there. If you look around you'll see that many are activated "Manual, triggered by..." only and many run just at startup. If you want to, you can check dependencies of each one and than decide if you want them running or not just don't be surprised if anything goes wrong.
If you look in Task manager you can see which processes take resources and how much.

Thankyou, I can see in horizon what my hobby work will be the next months...