hi when i type msconfig on my pc and go to services tab all the boxes are ticked can anyone tell me which ones

Question

to uncheck as there is about 50 could that be whats slowing down my pc i have cleaner and search and destroy and registry cleaner can anyone help please

Answer 1

Stomp auto-starting programs. Click Start > Run and type "msconfig" at the prompt. Click the Startup tab and look at all that junk that loads when you launch your PC. Do you really need "Adobe Reader Speed Launch"? Probably not. Turn off anything else that looks useless, but be careful not to disable Windows system components.

Answer 2

I have seen a computer with all of the services tab unchecked. There is no colour in the start menu/ taskbar, the clock is the only thing in that area, the quick launch is gone, your windows theme is gone, services like DHCP/ TCP/IP, DNS, other networking is gone, and a lot of advanced device drivers are disabled. It is like going into a super safe mode. Only un-check if you know 100% what it is and that you dont need it. You can get a performance boost by disabling some services you don't need though, because this frees up processing power, and valible RAM space. And it can even make over-all power up time less. The good news is if something is disabled the computer needs, you can always re-enable it, nothing will render the system unbotable, hurt the windows Kernel, etc. If not sure pick a service and google search it, post it here on answers, or go right to microsoft and search their Knowlage Base. Good luck!

Answer 3

Hi,

Hit control-alt-delete to bring up the task manager, switch to the tab labeled "Processes" the click on the column heading labeled "CPU" to sort the processes by CPU time used. Take a careful look at the biggest CPU, and Memory users, then determine if they are things you can do without. A good resource for figuring out what each process is can be found here: http://www.tasklist.org/

Another source for general windows info that is very good and consumer friendly can be found here:
http://annoyances.org/

Have a lovely day!
MacChien

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1786006,00.asp

Answer 4

You should be more concerned with the start-up tab. Everything on the start-up tab is optional, if you know what the program, and you want it to start-up automatically, then check the box. However if you do not recognize the program then DO NOT allow it start. That is a common place to stop some spyware.

Answer 5

it is better to uncheck all the programs. if there any program has an error when you uncheck it in the start up just look for the path of that program and run it again

Answer 6

Personally I'd untick these:

Messenger - insecure and annoying
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) - insecure
Automatic Updates - don't really need them unless you like stuff making its way on your computer without your knowing about it.
BITS - not that important for anything besides AU
SSDP Discovery Service - see #2, real bad thing to have enabled

Answer 7

it is completely possible to uncheck them all
just leave antivirus, firewall if you have it, messenger if you want
identify antivirus by watching containing folder

Answer 8

you don't want to pick sevices, you want the startup tab to disable items you don't want to run at start-up.