Yes, you can disable unused services in Windows by accessing the Services app or using Group Policy settings.
Yes, you can disable unused services in Windows by accessing the Services app or using Group Policy settings.
I am an optimistic guy who values system resources. On my older PC, I have optimized Windows so much that the process count is around 40 and the memory usage is around a gigabyte on boot, but it increases on use. One thing I have noticed is that services in Windows don't close once their operation has been completed. Is there any way, or a batch script I can make to ask the services if they are doing anything?
If you're just looking to make things easier for fun, I understand. But if your goal is real optimization of system resources, it's not worth the effort. Modern hardware moves so quickly that trying to work around Windows Processes won't give you noticeable benefits. For better performance, consider switching to Linux instead of Windows.
PCs with just a few hundred megabytes of RAM and much weaker processors could match today’s performance at a significantly lower cost. Take a calculator from Microsoft or similar, running the same program from the early 2000s or earlier—it does the job but uses far fewer resources. Honestly, I got emotional. I know it doesn’t make sense, but I was trying because my old PC is stuck with a slow hard drive and upgrading to an SSD isn’t possible right now. The fewer processes running, the faster it boots, and I notice that. Plus, I just prefer keeping the system light and uncluttered. I guess I’m just feeling something strange.
Fair point. I’d spend the same time on a side gig to earn 50-100 bucks for an SSD upgrade rather than tweaking Windows processes. Just a small favor. You can use free disk imaging tools to copy your drive’s data to a new SSD without reinstalling everything. (I usually suggest a clean install most of the time.) Don’t stress, we’re all a bit odd!
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