Our personal computer is a dear friend, helper, sometimes breadwinner and even a source of inspiration. The speed of our "metal-plastic friend" is an indicator of the health of its operating system. Therefore, the question of how to remove a service in Windows and do it correctly is far from idle.

Stopping unnecessary services will speed up computer performance.

Reasons for deleting services

Once you installed the necessary service on your PC (Eng. Service). Maybe she did not even earn immediately. Then you decided to add something else. It seems to be all in place and, one can say, dancing with a tambourine ended in victory. But over time, you are tired of it or become interfere with your new idea.

Another situation is possible. One day you discover that someone or something has installed a new “Service Windows” on your PC. This may well occur from “communication” with your friend someone from relatives, especially children. And the speed of the PC after that strangely falls utterly.

How are services managed?

Management of the creation, deletion, start and stop of services in the operating system is provided by the Service Control Manager (SCM).

Starting when the operating system is loaded, the Service Control Manager, for its part, starts them all, for which the startup mode is set to “automatically”.

Along with the launch of the “automatic” type, all services dependent on them are also started, even if they are set to the “manual” mode.

After the system has finished loading, the network administrator can manually start (disable) any of the services using the management console.

For services, the following operating modes (types) are provided in Windows OS:

• Is prohibited;
• Manually;
• Automatic upon system boot;
• Deferred (for some operating systems);
• Required (starts automatically with the inability to stop by the user).

In Windows, there are several possible modes of operation of system services.

Warnings

Before removing, you need to understand that:

• This process is irreversible;
• Uninstall will disable dependent programs;
• There will be a failure of the operating system when deleting a service associated with one of its components;
• In some cases, you will need to reinstall, and this is not always possible to do easily. Most often it is just very difficult.

What can be disabled

It is clear that the user, for example, does not need the Print Manager if he does not have a printer. But does it make sense to remove such a service? After all, tomorrow the printing device may appear. And you can simply disable the service!

Similar, often not always necessary services also include:

• Windows Search (Windows Sich). Performs content indexing;
• Offline files. Control of the cache offline files, monitors the entry and logout of the user from the system.
• Secondary login. Starts the process of the name of other users.
• Server. Supports access to files, devices, channels to the computer through network connections.
• Windows Time Service. Manages date and time mapping on clients and servers on the network.

This list can be continued for a very, very long time.

Some services you do not need in everyday work

Correct title and shutdown

Before you remove (disable) one of the services, you need to know its original name.

To do this, you can follow the path - / / set the mode "small icons" /. In the window that appears, you need to run the shortcut "Services". You will see a window with a list in which you can get acquainted with their description, the status (working or not), the type (mode) of the launch and on whose behalf the input is required.

From the same place you can both start and stop them (disable).

The "Disable" button is available if the service is currently running.

In the field "Name" is the name that is copied to the buffer.

In the tab copy the name of the service

Before you delete a service in Windows, it must be disabled!

Delete and command line

To get rid of the service directly, we follow the path - / /. On the item "Command Line" we right-click and select "Run as administrator".

Right-click on the “Command Line” icon.

In the command line, enter the sc delete service name and press Enter.

Enter the desired command in the window that appears.

If you enter the command and name correctly, a notification about the successful deletion will appear.

If the name consists of several words with spaces, then quotes are used: sc delete "service name".

In general, services can be managed through the command line (without forgetting to launch it on behalf of the administrator).

To do this, use the following commands:

• View status: sc qc "service name".
• Setting the start mode (type): sc config “service name” start = start parameter.
• Startup options: auto (automatically), demand (manually), disabled (disabled).

Be extremely attentive and report on your actions!