Windows 10 - services on 1607

Windows 10 Anniversary edition - 1607 - includes, I think, all the services that exist in the Fall Upgrade - 1511 - however it adds a few more.

Some of theses new ones can be disabled if you don`t want them, however 1607 has also introduced some services that cannot be disabled - I think, but not 100% certain, these are services that are used by Cortana.

Now Cortana may be sold to you as personal organiser, however it is has a more unwelcome side in that every piece of information that it can get its sticky hands on is pumped up to Microsoft and stored on Microsoft servers - and just like Google and Yahoo and every other organisation that can get away with it, Microsoft reads all that information and it is used to deliver targeted advertising.

In the Anniversary edition, Microsoft has gone to a lot of trouble to ensure that you can`t disable Cortana - Microsoft wants all that information, and they don`t want you to stop them getting it.

Many of the services that are part of Windows - all recent versions - are run by SVCHost.exe, and you can enable and disable these services.

However Cortana - or searchui.exe - is also run by SVCHost.exe, but in a privileged mode, so you can`t stop it. If you stop the process by using TaskManager or Process Explorer, it starts again within 2 seconds.

So at the time of writing, I haven`t found out how to disable these services.

There are some websites that suggest a way to disable Cortana, but it is fairly brutal, and I suspect that Microsoft could easily get round it with an update. The process may also break Windows Update.

Here are the services that I have disabled for the way I use Windows, your list may have to be different.

ActiveX Installer --- manual
Alljoyn Router Service --- manual
Bluetooth Handsfree Service --- manual
Bluetooth support service --- manual
Computer browser --- manual
Connected User Experiences and Telemetry --- automatic
Diagnostic Policy Service --- automatic
Diagnostic Service Host --- automatic
Diagnostic System Host --- automatic
dmwappushsvc --- manual
Downloaded Maps Manager --- automatic delayed start
Encrypting File Systems --- manual
Fax --- manual
Function discovery resource host --- manual
Function discovery resource publication --- manual
Geolocation Service --- manual
HomeGroup listener --- manual
HomeGroup provider --- manual
Infrared monitor service --- manual --- new on 1607
Internet Connection Sharing --- manual
IP helper --- automatic
IPsec Policy Agent --- manual
Link-layer topology discovery mapper --- manual
Messaging service_257f7 --- manual --- new on 1607 - can`t change it
Microsoft account sign-in assistant --- manual
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service --- manual
Microsoft Windows SMS Router service --- manual
Netlogon --- manual
Network Connection Broker --- manual
Network List Service --- manual
Network Location Awareness --- manual
Peer Name Resolution Protocol --- manual
Peer Networking Grouping --- manual
Peer Networking Identity Manager --- manual
Performance Counter DLL Host --- manual
Phone Service --- manual
PNRP Machine Name Publication Service --- manual
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience --- manual
Remote access auto connection manager --- manual
Remote access connection manager --- manual
Remote desktop configuration --- manual
Remote desktop services --- manual
Remote desktop services usermode port redirector --- manual
Remote registry --- disabled by default
Retail Demo Service --- manual
Secondary logon --- manual
Secure Sockets Tunneling Protocol Service --- manual
Server --- automatic
Shared PC Account Manager --- disabled by default --- new on 1607
Smart Card --- disabled by default on 1607
Smart Card Device Enumeration Service --- manual
Smart Card Removal Policy --- manual
SNMP Trap --- manual
SSDP discovery --- manual
Sync Host_257f7 --- automatic --- new on 1607 - can`t change it
TCP/IP NetBIOS helper --- manual
Telephony --- manual
UPnP Device host --- manual
User data access_25595 --- manual --- new on 1607 - can`t change it
User data storage_25595 --- manual --- new on 1607 - can`t change it
Wallet Service --- manual
Web client --- manual
Windows biometric service --- manual on 1607
Windows camera frame server --- manual --- new on 1607
Windows connect now - config register --- manual
Windows Error Reporting --- manual
Windows media player network sharing service --- manual
Windows Mobile Hotspot Service --- manual
Windows Remote Management --- manual
Windows search --- automatic
Wired autoconfig --- manual
WMI Performance Adapter --- manual
Work Folders --- manual
Workstation --- automatic
WWAN autoconfig --- manual
Xbox Live Auth Manager --- manual
Xbox Live Game Save --- manual
Xbox Live Networking Service --- manual

NB

If you want to use the very useful System Image Backup facility that Windows 10 provides, on 1607 you need to have the Workstation service running.

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