Clean and close the redundant Win7 service

Now there are quite a few computer users who are not very high in configuration. Windows 7 (hereafter referred to as Win 7), how to make the low configuration computer run Win 7 more smoothly? Although some software provides a foolproof optimization method, these optimizations often make the user unable to find the mind, and do not know whether it is true or not. This article teaches you to manually optimize Win 7, and the object is the most overlooked system service.

We first understand some of the relevant knowledge of system services, and then provide targeted Windows7 system service cleaning solutions according to the various needs of Windows 7 users to improve the speed of WIndows7.

System Service Optimization Readiness

What is a Service?

A service is a program or process used by a system to perform specified system functions. Its function is to support other applications, generally running in the background. The program does not have program windows or dialog boxes compared to the programs that the user runs, and they can only be observed in the Task Manager.

How do I change the startup type of a service?

Enter "services.msc" or "service" in the "Search Programs and Files" column of the Win 7 Start menu to search for "Services" items, click You can open the Service Management List window. Double-click on any service to view or modify its properties. In the Properties window, you can modify the startup type to "Manual", "Auto", "Automatic (Delayed Start)" or "Disable" ;(As shown in Figure 1).

"Automatic " & "Automatic (Delayed Startup)" What is the difference?

"Automatic" Startup means that the service is loaded at the same time as the computer starts up to support other programs running on top of this service. And "automatic (delayed start)" is a very user-friendly design in Win 7. Starting in this way, you can delay the startup of the service item after the system is started for a period of time. It can solve the problem that some low-configuration computers are slow to start or slow to respond after startup because of too many service items.

"Manual" and "Disable" What is the difference?

In the case where the service startup state is "manual", although the process is closed, it can still be activated under certain circumstances, and after setting to "disable", unless the user manually modifies the attribute, Otherwise the service will not run.

Which services need to be manually started?

"Manual" mode, as the name implies, this service will not be loaded with the system startup, but need other services to activate or after the user enters the service management interface, manually start it or modify its properties to "Automatic" Startup.

This mode is often used when you need to turn on some features that were not turned on. Take the "Application Identity" service as an example. By default, the service is "manual" status, that is, it is not started. However, when users need to use the AppLocker feature, they must manually enable this service (modified to "automatic" status), otherwise the AppLocker feature will not work properly.

What should I pay attention to before modifying?

Modifying system services can cause unexpected problems, so it's a good idea to back up the default service state before making changes. To open the service management window, click "Action → Export List", select "Save Type" for TXT text file or CSV file. It is recommended to select the latter. This file can be opened with Excel.

In addition, if the system fails to enter the system due to a modification error, you can press F8 to select the safe mode and the service startup property in the security mode.

Understand this knowledge, let's start with the operation, and see what services in Windows 7 can be closed under what circumstances. Please click "Next Page".

Do not disable services in the LAN.

Computer Browser, referred to as CB, translates to the meaning of "computer browser", its role is Browse other computers on the LAN and provide a list of computers on the LAN and update them automatically. As the name implies, if your computer is on a local area network, then you need the support of this service to view other computers on the LAN (that is, to view network neighborhoods). But if your computer is not in a LAN environment, it is only running on a stand-alone basis, then the service can obviously be disabled.

Similar to the HomeGroup Listener (Home Group Listening Service, HL for short) and HomeGroup Provider (Home Group Support Service, HP for short), the former is to maintain the association configuration between the home group computers. Receiving services for family groups; the latter's role is to perform tasks related to the configuration and maintenance of family groups. If your computer is not in a family group, you can of course disable it.

Tip: All three services involve LAN and family groups. Readers can choose to disable or set to "manual" mode according to their actual situation. It is recommended that if it is a desktop computer, you can choose to disable it. If it is a notebook, don't disable it, especially the Computer Browser service. After all, the notebook is often connected to other networks.

At the same time, you can also disable Offline Files (referred to as OF, offline file service) and Server services. The former's role is to cache the shared content on the network locally, so that users can access shared files offline; the latter is to allow computers to share files over the network.

Disabled features are all disabled

Although Win 7 provides a lot of features, but we may not use them in peacetime, we can selectively turn off these services to achieve effective savings. The purpose of system resources.

If your computer is a desktop computer or does not have a power management policy enabled, you can choose to disable the Power service; if your computer is not connected to a printer, you can choose to disable the Print Spooler service, which is used to file Loaded into memory for later printing; if you don't use a tablet or a tablet, you can disable the Tablet PC Input Service, which provides tablet support and pen touch sensing; if you rarely use mobile Large-capacity mobile storage devices such as hard disks can also disable the Portable Device Enumerator Service, a service that provides synchronization of removable mass storage devices.

In addition, if the system's automatic update function has been turned off, you can also choose to disable the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service, which uses the idle network bandwidth to transmit customers in the background. The data between the terminal and the server is mainly to support the Windows Update function of the system.

Tip: Turning off the BITS service may cause some applications that rely on the BITS service to not automatically update or download updates. If the user is unable to update some software after disabling the service, you can choose to restart the service.