Programs+running+which+you+do+not+use

Programs running which you do not use

To begin, all computers have what are called services and those are, basically special programs that take care of all the different functions your computer has to deal with in order to run properly. Some of those services are in place to support some of the other programs on your computer, but in reality, a lot of them are unnecessary. Some of them just sit there and take up space, which is quite annoying.

If you think there are some services running on your computer that you do not really need, luckily, there is an easy way to turn them off. Windows Vista has a utility called the **Microsoft Management Console** (MMC), which is what you can use to turn off all those unwanted services.

To open the MMC, click on the **Start** button and in the search box below it, type in "**Services.Msc**." When your results show up, scroll through and click on the one that simply says **Services**. A new window (it is called the Service Console) will then open for you and you will be able to see all of the services you have running at the present time. There are a lot of them. As you can see, the Service Console gives you a lot of information about each service. It also allows you to sort through the services by the titles of Description, Status, and Startup Type. If you want to learn more about a specific service, just click on it and a detailed description will then pop up on the left hand side that you can read through.

In order to see the description, you need to be in the **Extended Mode**, so keep that in mind It is recommended that you read each of the services before you start closing them down. Some of these services support other programs on your computer that you may use on a regular basis, so you will definitely want to do your homework on each one before you disable them. You may even want to do a little further research on the ones you are not 100 percent positive about, just to be sure you are disabling the right services, etc. Then once you have decided which ones you do not need, just simply right click on the service name and Click **Stop**. That is all there is to it. It is a easy process to go through thanks to the MMC, so just take your time and be sure you're turning off what you really want to. If you do that, you will be running smooth from now on!
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