disabling startup items and services on laptop

[compguy786]

Hello,

I just got a Toshiba P series i7 laptop 3 days ago. The first thing i usually do is disable alot of the bloatware/random services in msconfig.

Now, after i did that, i saw that the laptop was going a bit slower, and i also saw that a TON of SVCHOST.exe processes were running....

Is this normal ? because i dont remember this happening when everything is enabled....

Thanks

 

[cl-scott]

Sometimes disabling a service might cause a dependent service or program to run slower while it looks for that service. Also, svchost is sort of a generic process for a number of different services, so it is not uncommon to have several copies running.

Rather than use msconfig for services, I would recommend using the Services link in the Administrative Tools section of the control panel. Rather than simply disabling a service, you can set it to "Manual". This allows a dependent service/program to start the service if it's needed, but otherwise the service will be turned off. It's much safer than the disabled status msconfig tends to set, with virtually all of the benefits of disabling the service.

 

[JackMDS]

It is the 21st century.

In the 20th Century when many computers were running with 256MB RAM disabling some services might improve slightly performance .

With sizes of RAM it does nothing but trouble if a process needs a Service and does not find it ready.


😎

 

[techs]

It is the 21st century.

In the 20th Century when many computers were running with 256MB RAM disabling some services might improve slightly performance .

With sizes of RAM it does nothing but trouble if a process needs a Service and does not find it ready.


😎

In my opinion the real drag is the size of todays software which can negatively affect laptops which mostly run 5400 rpm hard drives.
Transfer rate is the big bottleneck these days. Its amazing how even an entry level laptop will boot in seconds with an SSD.

 

[ninaholic37]

Its amazing how even an entry level laptop will boot in seconds with an SSD.

My Acer netbook boots/loads up in around 5 seconds with HDD already, but takes around 10 seconds to shut down. Is there a way to figure out why the Shut Down time is longer? Is this normal? (I figured boot/load up time should take longer, since it has to load everything... or am I missing something?)

edit: Ok, I think I figured it out. I shut down my computer and it took 19 seconds, then I restarted and tried again and it took 9 seconds the second time. So I guess it takes longer when a lot of programs have been loaded in memory and/or it has to clear the pagefile... or something like that.

 

[compguy786]

Well see, i am not disabling services, just STARTUP programs...but setting a service to manual sounds like a great idea..might manual them all, so there is no extra.

But SVChost is annoying !

 

[compguy786]

Any thoughts ?

 

[ninaholic37]

But SVChost is annoying !

Why? I have around 11 svchosts running as well. Just don't look Task Manager/All Users at it if it bothers you so much... or downgrade to Windows 3.1/95/98. :awe:

Any thoughts ?

I think cl-scott and JackMDS already covered your questions.

Bottom line: Something you did probably made your computer start going slower. Try restoring everything to default settings, and if you really think some things ("bloatware", "services") aren't needed or helpful, remove them one at a time, then test your system to know where/if things get 'broke'.

 

[Nothinman]

Well see, i am not disabling services, just STARTUP programs...but setting a service to manual sounds like a great idea..might manual them all, so there is no extra.

But SVChost is annoying !

Please stop, you're only going to break something and have no clue how to fix it. And depending on what you disable you may even inadvertently stop the thing from booting at all.