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  1. #1


    PhilWardstill Guest

    services in vista

    I have disabled some services that I do not want running but they still seem
    to want to start. How can I disable them so they will not run? The services
    in question are: security center, windows Defender. There are other services
    like Bluetooth that I don't use and the laptop does not have anyway and they
    do not cause any problems.

    I can right click on the icon in the tray and turn off security center, but
    it still should not even start when the service is disabled.

    Defender puts an icon in the tray stating that it failed to start, and I
    have to right click it and choose exit. This just doesn't seem right.



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  2. #2


    Jesper Guest

    RE: services in vista

    You cannot disable those services. There are protections in Vista that
    prevents the security-relevant services from being disabled, under normal
    operations.

    "PhilWardstill" wrote:

    > I have disabled some services that I do not want running but they still seem
    > to want to start. How can I disable them so they will not run? The services
    > in question are: security center, windows Defender. There are other services
    > like Bluetooth that I don't use and the laptop does not have anyway and they
    > do not cause any problems.
    >
    > I can right click on the icon in the tray and turn off security center, but
    > it still should not even start when the service is disabled.
    >
    > Defender puts an icon in the tray stating that it failed to start, and I
    > have to right click it and choose exit. This just doesn't seem right.


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  3. #3


    Robert Moir Guest

    Re: services in vista


    "PhilWardstill" <PhilWardstill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:5CE65884-76BF-46D4-A775-16805DDEE9E0@microsoft.com...
    >I have disabled some services that I do not want running but they still
    >seem
    > to want to start. How can I disable them so they will not run? The
    > services
    > in question are: security center, windows Defender. There are other
    > services
    > like Bluetooth that I don't use and the laptop does not have anyway and
    > they
    > do not cause any problems.
    >
    > I can right click on the icon in the tray and turn off security center,
    > but
    > it still should not even start when the service is disabled.
    >
    > Defender puts an icon in the tray stating that it failed to start, and I
    > have to right click it and choose exit. This just doesn't seem right.


    Can't comment on Security Centre (not sure why you would want this turned
    off?).

    Defender comes in two parts, the service that runs in the background and
    does what it does - you've disabled this already, and a program that runs at
    startup to interact with the user.

    You've disabled the service and left the startup program running, and the
    startup program is complaining that it can't connect to the service. This
    makes sense enough to me, I have to say. Stop the startup program too, and
    all should be well.



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    Once you have disabled the security centre you can then disbale all the others.

    Heres how to finally rid yourself of the security centre
    1. Go to Accesories --> command prompt. Right click and choose run as adminisstrator
    2. Type "cd\" followed by "cd windows\system32".
    3. Now run the following commands:
      • takeown /f wscapi.dll
      • takeown /f wscsvc.dll
      • takeown /f wscui.cpl
    4. Now you have ownership of the files. Go into the system32 directory in explorer and right click each file, go to the security tab and add an entry for everyone and give them full access permissions.
    5. Disable the Security Center Service via services.msc if you have not already done so.
    6. In the system32 folder rename the three mentioned dll's (change their file extension to .bak).
    7. To get rid of the Security Center service from services.msc drop to a command prompt and type the following:
      • "REG DELETE HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\WSCSVC /F", hit enter and reboot.
    8. Enjoy no more nagging or icon in your system tray!

    Last edited by Bytesback; 12 Mar 2007 at 03:27 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Moir View Post
    "PhilWardstill" <PhilWardstill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:5CE65884-76BF-46D4-A775-16805DDEE9E0@microsoft.com...

    Can't comment on Security Centre (not sure why you would want this turned
    off?).
    l.

    Because its to much like having a wife

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    PhilWardstill Guest

    Re: services in vista

    Thank you for the suggestions. could not run the takeown commands. Took
    ownership via the properties option. Used msconfig to turn off Defender-it
    still seems to want to start. No more SC though.

    Thank you again.
    Phil

    "Bytesback" wrote:

    >
    > Once you have disabled the security centre you can then disbale all the
    > others.
    >
    > Heres how to finally rid yourself of the security centre
    >
    >
    > - Go to Start --> Run and type "cmd" without the quotes.
    > - Type "cd\" followed by "cd windows\system32".
    > - Now run the following commands:
    > - takeown /f wscapi.dll
    > - takeown /f wscsvc.dll
    > - takeown /f wscui.cpl
    > - Now you have ownership of the files. Go into the system32
    > directory in explorer and right click each file, go to the
    > security tab and add an entry for everyone and give them full
    > access permissions.
    > - Disable the Security Center Service via services.msc if you
    > have not already done so.
    > - In the system32 folder rename the three mentioned dll's
    > (change their file extension to .bak).
    > - To get rid of the Security Center service from services.msc
    > drop to a command prompt and type the following:
    > - "REG DELETE HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\WSCSVC
    > /F", hit enter and reboot.
    > - Enjoy no more nagging or icon in your system tray!
    >
    >
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    Jesper Guest

    Re: services in vista

    Do I need to point out that you just voided Microsoft's support on your
    system?

    "PhilWardstill" wrote:

    > Thank you for the suggestions. could not run the takeown commands. Took
    > ownership via the properties option. Used msconfig to turn off Defender-it
    > still seems to want to start. No more SC though.
    >
    > Thank you again.
    > Phil
    >
    > "Bytesback" wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > Once you have disabled the security centre you can then disbale all the
    > > others.
    > >
    > > Heres how to finally rid yourself of the security centre
    > >
    > >
    > > - Go to Start --> Run and type "cmd" without the quotes.
    > > - Type "cd\" followed by "cd windows\system32".
    > > - Now run the following commands:
    > > - takeown /f wscapi.dll
    > > - takeown /f wscsvc.dll
    > > - takeown /f wscui.cpl
    > > - Now you have ownership of the files. Go into the system32
    > > directory in explorer and right click each file, go to the
    > > security tab and add an entry for everyone and give them full
    > > access permissions.
    > > - Disable the Security Center Service via services.msc if you
    > > have not already done so.
    > > - In the system32 folder rename the three mentioned dll's
    > > (change their file extension to .bak).
    > > - To get rid of the Security Center service from services.msc
    > > drop to a command prompt and type the following:
    > > - "REG DELETE HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\WSCSVC
    > > /F", hit enter and reboot.
    > > - Enjoy no more nagging or icon in your system tray!
    > >
    > >
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    > > Bytesback
    > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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    > > View this thread: http://www.vista64.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47418
    > >
    > >


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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilWardstill View Post
    Thank you for the suggestions. could not run the takeown commands. Took
    ownership via the properties option. Used msconfig to turn off Defender-it
    still seems to want to start. No more SC though.

    Thank you again.
    Phil


    >
    My apologies, I Messed up in the instructions, nothing that will cause any problems, but just makes it easeier.Have amended the instructions now

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jesper View Post
    Do I need to point out that you just voided Microsoft's support on your
    system?

    "PhilWardstill" wrote:

    Do I need to point out that anyone going to the levels we have to de-Microsoft vista probably doesn't really care

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  10. #10


    Jesper Guest

    Re: services in vista

    > And......................................

    You've disabled crucial features of the operating system. It is now anyone's
    guess whether the system will work properly, whether you can install any new
    programs, updates or service packs, whether the system is still considered
    genuine for purposes of downloading add-ons from Microsoft, or whether the
    system will even continue to run properly over the longer term.

    The OS was designed around these features being there and available. It has
    not been tested without them.

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