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Improve your security and performance by tweaking Windows.
Windows programs and functions work by using Services. If something on your pc fails to work properly it may be because the associated
Windows Service is not running. Sometimes the error message pop-up may tell you ".. failed to start because the .. service is not running",
in which case you may be able to turn the service on and cure the problem.
Unless the pop-up tells you, finding out which service to switch on can take a bit of effort. Visit BlackViper for descriptions on each service.
Before switching services on or off make a backup of your Services list by making your own Backup Services batch file.
Use this Backup Services form and enter the state of each service from your list. Click done and it will produce a list of all your service states
which you can copy to a new text file with Notepad, save it, close it, change the extension of the file from .txt to .bat and run it when you need
to return your services to their original state if you run into problems. Requires a reboot. See Batch Files for more information.
If you have a service that isn't in my Backup Services list you can add it by making a space for it and using the same terminology:
sc config (service name) start= auto
You need to use the 'Service name' from the Properties box of your service, doubleclick your service from Services list and its service name is at the top.
If you don't have some of the service names in your list just leave them set to disabled, they will be extra services installed by a different configuration
of Windows and other software that you may not have. If certain Windows software is uninstalled its service name may not show in the list under
Start/Control Panel/(Performance and Maintenance)/Administrative Tools/Services.
Check under Start/Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs-Add/Remove Windows Programs, here you can install missing Windows
components using your Windows disk.
You can switch services on manually by clicking Start/Control Panel/ Performance and Maintenance/Administrative Tools/Services, then doubleclick
the Service and set its 'Startup type' to 'Automatic' and under 'Service status' click 'Start'. If 'Start' is greyed-out you need to reboot and it will start
up automatically. To switch a service off set its startup type to 'Disabled' and click 'Stop'. If 'Stop' is greyed out you need to restart.
If after making changes to your Services you have even worse problems you can run your Backup Services batch file by
changing the .txt to .bat , doubleclick it and restart your pc.
If you changed your services but didn't make a backup and now your system is in a mess, you can use my MinimumServices.bat file
to switch on all the core components of Windows and switch off everything else. You can then go through your services switching on the ones you need.
See Batch Files for more advice on Windows services configuration.
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