w7 many services,which did you shut down?

Windows 7 - Windows Search - Turn On or Off

Done with this nonsense.

 

OK folks,

Let's drop the snark. Full stop. Keep the focus on technical matters and drop the rhetorical hyperbole.

If you wish to continue in that direction, find another locale.

Regards,

Blue

 

Well, you obviously missed the point. It's exactly as I said.

 

Yeah, because you've provided so many proofs about the NSA conspiration wrt indexing service. It's running top secret there despite all related features being gone and sending your top secret data to NSA. Because it's a whole lot easier to index them secretly instead of sending them straight away since - after all - nothing prevents them from being read if they can be indexed.

Good night.

 

doktornotor, Please. Settle down. I never said anything was being sent secretly to the NSA. I said that after the "consultations" there was talk that the new Windows Search would always be running, but could be "paused," (though to the Win7 user it would seem 'off' - it's just the displaying and searching capabilities that are 'off'.) The indexing continues as the Win7 Search service is actually not "off" as other services can be turned "off" and it mean "off." It was a coincidence in timing possibly, but the NSA and law enforcement's abilities with forensics is yes/no/maybe/all over the road on this topic. But again, I stress that indexing is not "gone," it has only been replaced with newer technology that is still...indexing.

 

and yet they need help searching faster hence indexed files

 

See, what you've presented here is pure FUD. Completely unfounded allegations.

And yeah, the indexing is not gone, just all the related features are gone - because of the great conspiracy. So - here's some more reading for you: Occam's razor.

Now, if you are able to back up your claims with something credible, then speak up. Otherwise, no need to pollute this thread with similar blurb.

P.S. And again I stress what I've said:

 

I did a first pass look at the Windows 7 services, in conjunction with BlackViper's site, and disabled three services: Remote Registry, Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service, and Windows Search. I'll do a second pass later on.

 

i boot and left the pc idle for 20 minutes

i guess to have 32 or 38 active processes and 600mb of ram

 

Hello mantra
Ram not used is wasted.
windows vista and 7 use the ram more effectively than windows xp.
Any ram not being used by programs will be used by the system.
if you start a program the ram the program needs will be given.
the more ram you have the more will be used.
for example when my computer idles it uses 1.2gb out of my 6gb of ram.

how much ram do you have?

 

Which version of W7 are you running? I have Ultimate on 64 bit and do not have a remote registry.

Like you I disabled Media Player Network sharing centre service PLUS the other media services. Player can run what is on my notebook but can't connect to www. Windows search is disabled as you have

NetTcpPortSharing is the name of another service I disabled.

I think the services vary by W7 version.

 

hi lodore:

FWIW, I have 8gb and as I post this (not idle) I have 6543 mb free. 52 processes running. W7 64 bit ultimate version.

 

Sorry to ask, but could you please explain the thumbs down

 

thanks
i got 4GB

 

i 'm not so enthusiastic to have active 38 processes (not third parties)

i gave a look to them and some seems useless for me , and they are too many

that's all

 

There are two ways to look at it.

Most new machines have plenty of memory, so leaving all those services running likely poses no problems. In this respect, what is the issue with leaving those services running as long as they don't cause sluggishness or are a security hole.

Many of the services I will never need, ever. So what is wrong with turning something off that I never use. If it might improve performance, a nice freebie benefit.

Sul.

 

In Win7 Home Premium 64-bit, these are the services I change (I don't need them and they don't impact the use of my system):

• Distributed Link Tracking: Auto -> Disabled
• IPSec Policy Agent: Auto -> Manual
• Netlogon: Manual -> Disabled
• Nvidia 3D Stereoscopic Service: Auto -> Disabled
• Parental Controls: Manual -> Disabled
• Remote Registry: Manual -> Disabled
• Security Center: Automatic (Delayed) -> Disabled
• Tablet PC Input Service: Automatic -> Disabled
• Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service: Automatic (Delayed) -> Manual

 

Nothing really unless the service you turn off is one that another service that you do need/use is dependant on it.
Blackviper has more to say on this.

As I am blessed with lots of RAM and CPU power I could take the view who cares let them all run. But as it is MY pc not M$'s I like to veto any executable that wants to access the www and doesn't need too. They ask but that doesn't mean we have to accept their demands. Media player is a good example of that.

So I'm interested in chocking off outbounds that don't need to run like checking the time of day. The issue is control, ownership, and privacy.

 

@Escalader

It is a matter of principle then, is it? A man after my own heart . That is how I lean as well, I will decide what runs. Some things have to, no going around that. But everything else, I make the call.

Of course, I also have a heavy dose of "I wonder what happens if" flowing through my veins, so sometimes it is just to see if it can be done or what happens.

Sul.

 

Exactly the point.

On the lets see what will happen if I ......

MUST have a current restore image that works before continuing down that path.

 

Nothing!

 

I'm also using Win 7 Ultimate x64. I just checked again - it exists on mine.

 

If my computer worked in the way I wanted it to, and I had that list, I would probably get all misty-eyed thinking about how many I actually could run without that were not needed. Actually, that is a beautiful thing. So spartan, yet so free.

How DO you sleep at night?

Sul.

 

btw you can uninstall this one: Nvidia 3D Stereoscopic Service
has a separate entry in add/remove programs.

 

Yes, I checked again as well, I do have it ! , disabled.

PS I may need an eye test or bigger font.