Services

Batch-disable groups of Windows services you don't need. Turning a section on disables every service in that group; turning it off restores them to their designed startup types.

Service groups

• System Restore Points: turning this off only stops Windows from creating restore points from inside Windows. You can still use existing restore points and create new ones from Windows Recovery Mode.
• VPN stack: disables the services behind Windows' built-in VPN/dial-up client (SSTP, L2TP, IKEv2) and IP Helper tunneling. Disable if you don't use the Windows VPN feature. Third-party VPN apps ship their own drivers and are mostly unaffected, but test yours after applying.
• Wi-Fi stack: only safe on a wired desktop you'll never want to use Wi-Fi on.
• Bluetooth: disables every Bluetooth service. Bluetooth devices won't pair or connect, except devices using their own dongle.
• Printing & scanning: printing and scanning stop working, so disable this only if you never print or scan from this machine.
• Diagnostics & telemetry: turns off Windows feedback collection, error reporting, and the connected-user-experience tracker. Some Windows troubleshooters stop working.

Good to know

• The Services Manager is one of the settings a Windows feature update has been seen to revert, so re-check this tab after a big update (see the overview).
• The Mitigations tab's restore-point offer needs System Restore running, so apply Mitigations before disabling the System Restore Points group here.
• Vendor-specific background services (NVIDIA, AMD) have their own toggles on the NVIDIA and Radeon tabs.