which services to stop running in msconfig ?

builder22 · 5 Mar 2011 at 10:35

not entirely sure if I should be stopping any of these, but there seems to be a lot of them
I tried stopping everything barr the essential ones, ended up with basic color/theme and having to reactivate windows :rolleyes:

JaseUK · 5 Mar 2011 at 10:42

Are you talking about stopping the startup items in msconfig?

builder22 · 5 Mar 2011 at 11:00

nahh, the tab to the left of startup items
there's nothing really wrong with my pc, I'm just thinking there's prob a lot of stuff running that doesn't need to be

2 obvious ones were yahoo and google updater, no idea about the rest

PhillyDee · 5 Mar 2011 at 11:03

If you have modern pc, I really wouldn't worry.

Unless you do not want all the crap on your pc.

Hugo_Sanchez · 5 Mar 2011 at 11:05

I know this doesn't come under msconfig, but you can try this and may be of use to you, I have used it to disable certain stuff. Please read the instructions for your OS though.

http://www.blackviper.com/wiki/Main_Page

Hugo_Sanchez · 5 Mar 2011 at 11:22

Edit: And if I'm right in saying (please tell me otherwise), you shouldn't disable any services in msconfig, it should be done under services.

SiriusB · 5 Mar 2011 at 11:28

If there is nothing wrong with your PC, then don't bother disabling services. Assuming you are on Windows 7, any services not actively doing anything take up very few resources.

Hugo_Sanchez said:
Edit: And if I'm right in saying (please tell me otherwise), you shouldn't disable any services in msconfig, it should be done under services.

Correct. msconfig is a diagnostics tool. You should disable them in services.msc.