Related to this, I am working on a rather simple script to temporarily stop a given set of services.https://github.com/mackwage/windows-scripts/blob/main/stop_services.cmd …
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Has anyone found a good dictionary of Windows services and what each one actually does, impact if disabling, etc?
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The problem is too many are generic to have a really good definitive list.
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I should clarify — too many use the same generic name, i.e., svchost
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Disable them all. Things will stop working. Install Linux
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That is not a solution for instances where software that is required for carrying out a task is Windows only. A real problem in engineering here.
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Best bet for reference is probably the direct Windows internals and/or sysinternals books... calling all
#windows#unicorns it would be nice to have a full mapping with potential impacthttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/resources/windows-internals … -
Yeah this is what I was gonna say too. Probably your best bet if you are trying to peak under the hood of Windows. That, or reading the kernel source code.
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I'm very interested in this if you happen to find one
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