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Switch Off Unnecessary Resource-Eaters

How to switch off unnecessary resource-eaters and increase the performance of your system

As soon as your Windows 7 boots, many applications and services run automatically in the background. Quite a few of them are completely unnecessary. Valuable system performance is wasted by these background resource eaters. And your PC needs that resource elsewhere.

In Inside Windows 7 you will regularly find out how to tweak your system so that you do not waste resources and your PC can run at its full potential.

Please check if you really need the following 10 program services. Otherwise you can deactivate them:

1. Netlogon – if your PC isn’t part of a company network, you do not need this service. Deactivate it!

2. Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector – if you do not work with a Terminal server, deactivate it!

3. Workstation – if you use your PC without a network connection, deactivate it!

4. Bluetooth Support Service – if you do not use Bluetooth devices on your PC, deactivate it!

5. CNG Key Isolation – if you do not use encryption functions, then applications will not access this service – deactivate it!

6. Computer Browser – if you do not have your PC connected to a network, you can deactivate this too!

7. Fax – if you do not use your PC to send or receive faxes, deactivate it!

8. IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules – if you do not use a VPN (Virtual Private Network), deactivate it!

9. Tablet PC Input Service – if you do not use a Tablet PC, deactivate this as well!

10. Windows Media Center Receiver Service – Windows Media Center needs this service to receive TV and radio programs. If you do not use the Media Center for that, you can deactivate it!

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Here’s how:

1. Click on Start and in the search field at the bottom, type Services.

2. Then in the top area, right-click on the Services entry and from the pop-up menu, select Run as administrator.

First type Services into the search field at the bottom

3. Now double-click on the service that you do not need.

The Bluetooth Support Service can usually be deactivated

4. Now you can deactivate the services by setting the Startup type to Disabled. If the service is running, you will have to close it yourself. Do so by clicking on Stop. In order to activate the settings, you have to re-boot your computer

In case you want to undo any changes at a later date, you should note the services and their original Startup type, or take a screen shot of the original settings.
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