Escalader
June 18th, 2009, 09:06 PM
Many of you may have visited Blackviper regarding windows services.
This thread/post is NOT a recommendation to do anything with services.
However, if you decide to modify from default this is how I approach the task. Use these ideas at your own peril. If you don't know what you are doing services wise don't continue.
Slow down here, you are in choppy seas.
A few things:
1) Make dead sure you have a working bootable cd/dvd to restore your c partition before you start messing with services. By working I mean you have tested the restore for real as if you had too! A firedrill if you like!
2) Two register products I have used PC Tools RM and jv16powertools have features users can exploit to "optimize" services if you would rather assume that these vendors products "know" better than you do. I make my own changes using several references and then run these vendor tools to verify my changes. Works well for me but maybe a shade much for most normal people. As a security geek I don't qualify as a normal user.
3) Start with windows default settings run a bit, see that all is well. Then with Blackviper move 1 service at a time to the safe settings, do one a day, don't rush. Change them first to manual. This way if something goes amiss you will know which one did it! When / if that happens check the dependences in the service properties since these services interact and some rely on others being started etc. When done go back and select those you made manual that stayed manual to disabled one by one. When done. Take a bootable c image.
4) After you finish getting to safe settings you can begin to move 1 by 1 per day to poweruser. But read the BV advice and read the purpose and dependencies before changing settings. Again start with manual. If after a reboot or two they stay un started change to disabled.
Forget, Barebones, if you get your running services down to say 25-30 you will have done well, improved your PC speed and improved security all at the same time.
IMHO, the biggy is file sharing across your lan if you have one. If you don't NEED it disable it. If the day ever comes that you do need it because Cousin IT comes to visit, well fine turn it on then as soon as cousin is gone disable it again.
I will leave it too you all to find the service I'm referring too. ;)
If in doubt do nothing.;D
This thread/post is NOT a recommendation to do anything with services.
However, if you decide to modify from default this is how I approach the task. Use these ideas at your own peril. If you don't know what you are doing services wise don't continue.
Slow down here, you are in choppy seas.
A few things:
1) Make dead sure you have a working bootable cd/dvd to restore your c partition before you start messing with services. By working I mean you have tested the restore for real as if you had too! A firedrill if you like!
2) Two register products I have used PC Tools RM and jv16powertools have features users can exploit to "optimize" services if you would rather assume that these vendors products "know" better than you do. I make my own changes using several references and then run these vendor tools to verify my changes. Works well for me but maybe a shade much for most normal people. As a security geek I don't qualify as a normal user.
3) Start with windows default settings run a bit, see that all is well. Then with Blackviper move 1 service at a time to the safe settings, do one a day, don't rush. Change them first to manual. This way if something goes amiss you will know which one did it! When / if that happens check the dependences in the service properties since these services interact and some rely on others being started etc. When done go back and select those you made manual that stayed manual to disabled one by one. When done. Take a bootable c image.
4) After you finish getting to safe settings you can begin to move 1 by 1 per day to poweruser. But read the BV advice and read the purpose and dependencies before changing settings. Again start with manual. If after a reboot or two they stay un started change to disabled.
Forget, Barebones, if you get your running services down to say 25-30 you will have done well, improved your PC speed and improved security all at the same time.
IMHO, the biggy is file sharing across your lan if you have one. If you don't NEED it disable it. If the day ever comes that you do need it because Cousin IT comes to visit, well fine turn it on then as soon as cousin is gone disable it again.
I will leave it too you all to find the service I'm referring too. ;)
If in doubt do nothing.;D