What Windows services can I turn off?

[Flamethrower1972]

WOW you only have 35 programs running in the background!!!!!!See the thing is this PC is only to be used for a few things once I get my new rig Bulit. Its only going to be for F@H Microsoft office mail and that's it.

 

[EarthDog]

Its only going to be for F@H Microsoft office mail and that's it.

So when that happens, reinstall Windows from scratch and just put F@H and your email client on it. I don't see the point in getting a stripped OS (or reinstalling Windows for that matter) because it will be a folding machine anyway and you're not getting an increase in PPD or efficiency by doing so. But if you insist, I'd just reinstall Windows on the folding machine and your email client...

.... though, why are you building a new machine and not using that for email? Seems rather clumsy to have email on a different machine. Let the folding rig fold, and let your gaming rig handle your daily driver tasks. I mean, you do you, but that set up doesn't make sense to me. Dedicated folding machines, to me, are set it and forget it, not set it and run my email client on it, lol.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

So when that happens, reinstall Windows from scratch and just put F@H and your email client on it. I don't see the point in getting a stripped OS (or reinstalling Windows for that matter) because it will be a folding machine anyway and you're not getting an increase in PPD or efficiency by doing so. But if you insist, I'd just reinstall Windows on the folding machine and your email client...

.... though, why are you building a new machine and not using that for email? Seems rather clumsy to have email on a different machine. Let the folding rig fold, and let your gaming rig handle your daily driver tasks. I mean, you do you, but that set up doesn't make sense to me. Dedicated folding machines, to me, are set it and forget it, not set it and run my email client on it, lol.

Thats a good idea thank you for the info.

 

[Kenrou]

Is this Win10 or Win11? There are quite a few websites with lists of everything you can safely turn off (like 50%+ of Windows services) for Win10, not sure about Win11.

Win10

Which Windows Services can you safely disable in Windows 11/10?

Which Windows 11/10 Services can you disable safely & should be running? This depends on your usage of the computer. This guide has all the answers you need.

www.thewindowsclub.com

"Services" Which Ones Are Safe To Turn Off ? - Windows 10 Help Forums

Hello, In the past I have used the "Black Viper" website to check on services that are safe to disable etc. I did this mainly with Windows 7 but have also used it for Windows 10. I don't think the site is being updated now and wondered if someon

www.tenforums.com

Win11

Which Windows 11 Services Are Safe to Disable?

Free up some resources by disabling some unnecessary Windows 11 services.

www.makeuseof.com

 

[67Elco]

Here is mine in Ghost Spectre 11, but I have added a few things because this pc is my daily.

 

[EarthDog]

Holy whitespace, batman! Trim the fat!

 

[67Elco]

I don't know why it does that...

Holy whitespace, batman! Trim the fat!

I was being serious...I really don't know how to prevent that. I agree it is very annoying.

 

[EarthDog]

How are you taking the screenshot? What app are you using? MS Paint will crop it... W11 you can select the size or full screen it.

 

[JLK03F150]

I use MS Paint for saving screenshots. I resized my default new Paint box to be really small so anything I paste into it has no white border.

 

[Kenrou]

Get Irfanview, works roughly like paint but has sooooooo many more options to tweak images. Plus, free

IrfanView - Official Homepage - One of the Most Popular Viewers Worldwide

IrfanView ... one of the most popular viewers worldwide.

www.irfanview.com

 

[67Elco]

I'm just hitting printscreen then into Paint. I have tried fullscreen, windowed, draw the outline and even closed up the screen in Paint...nothing seems to work for me. I must be missing something simple because this isn't rocket science lol.

 

[Kenrou]

Exactly what you do with IrfanView, and it never fails, try it.

 

[67Elco]

This should work with Paint easily...going to figure it out before committing to something else.

 

[EarthDog]

Zoom out in Paint (webwheel, I believe) when you paste an image... then shrink the whitespace (edge of the whitespace allows you to click/hold and drag to resize). You can/should do it like JLK does and make the whitespace/canvas really small )open paint, zoom out, shrink da hell out of the canvas), then all images you paste will be larger and without the white border. But yeah, for some reason, your canvas is huge to start. That needs to shrink.

That said, W11 and the snipping tool = Winning.

Get Irfanview, works roughly like paint but has sooooooo many more options to tweak images. Plus, free

IrfanView - Official Homepage - One of the Most Popular Viewers Worldwide

IrfanView ... one of the most popular viewers worldwide.

www.irfanview.com

I use it to resize and rename a batch of images. Haven't tried much else. I use Paint.net to tweak images (photoshop n00b).

 

[67Elco]

On another pc...shrinking the canvas does nothing, but expanding the image to cover the white does.

Post magically merged: Mar 4, 2024

Back on the original pc...this is weird and I have never had to do this before. There is no problem with the images...fullscreen and draw work as they should. The canvas is like it is stuck in a expanded position and I've found no way to reduce it. You can view my attachments in previous threads and there was no problem...wtf has happened recently to cause this? I'm about to the point of uninstalling Paint and reloading it.