Windows VISTA Services that can be Safely Set to MANUAL

When we install Windows Vista, there are many services running in background. Among them many services are useless and can be set manual to make our windows faster.

In this tutorial I'll tell you about the services which can be safely set to MANUAL.

1. Right-click on My Computer icon on desktop and select Manage, it'll open a window, in which goto: Services & Application -> Services. To disable or Set a service to MANUAL, double-click on the service and select the desired option in Startup list box.

2. You can also open the same by going to Administrative Tools and open Computer Management.

NOTE: Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it. So that whenever windows needs to start a service it can easily start and use it. If you set any service to DISABLED, then windows will not be able to start it and will give ERROR...

So here is the list of services that can be safely set to MANUAL (Many of them may be disabled automatically on some systems):

Application Experience
Computer Browser (If your computer is not connected to any network)
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (If you don't use Aero theme)
Diagnostic Policy Service
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Indexing service (If you don't use Windows Search feature frequently)
Offline Files
Portable Device Enumerator Service
Print Spooler (If you don't have Printer)
ReadyBoost (If you don't use ReadyBoost feature)
Remote Registry (Always disable it for Security purposes)
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Server (If your computer is not connected to any network)
System Restore (If you don't use System Restore)
Tablet PC Input Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service
Themes ( If you use Windows Classic theme)
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Media Center Service Launcher
Windows Search (If you don't use Windows Search feature frequently)
Windows Time (If you don't want to update system tray clock time automatically)

PS: You can see the details of each service so that you can determine whether it should be disabled or not.

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11 Comments

Vishal

Hello,
Good post.!
Ramesh

Gr8 ! Post
Task Scheduler's startup type can't be changed
VG

Thanks to both of you.
ravi

Nice post buddy
boardtisne

Great post . It works ! Thanks a lot!
babylon

You suggest disabling Readyboost service if users do not use Readyboost flash memory. However, I seem to recall reading somewhere that Readyboost service is required for other purposes.
sunthr

mr. vishal. i m using windows vista homa basic for my dell laptop(inspiron 640m). with i.5gb RAM n 72gb hard disk. but my laptop is still slow. so i dnt really knw wat to do.so i search in the web finally i got into your forum n got some solution. but i still having the same prob. n my windows media player 11 starts late in my windows vista n also stop n plays when a songs reaches the end. i will really appreciate if u can help me with it. Thank u. n i wish u to reply to my email add if u dnt mind. this is my email add(world2020_tnr@yahoo.com)
VG

^^ Try to follow instructions given in following topic:

http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-vista-super-fast/

Also post your HijackThis log file in following topic:

http://www.askvg.com/is-your-system-infected-with-a-virus-spyware-adware-trojan/
Tom

Setting services to MANUAL does not make your Windows faster, instead it makes it slower as those services need to be started by request. Besides that, the only real improvement is disabling indxing/searching if you don't use it. Disabling ReadyBoost will only get your performance down.

Why are people still posting these hoax tweaks, has anyone ever did a benchmark? And a few MB memory less is not an improvement at all.
Lawence Codye

Thank...you...I needed this badly...