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Disable Unneeded Windows Services

You have the option to disable services that are not needed by CA ADA. Removing unneeded services helps secure your servers, but is not required. If the following services are needed for another reason, do not disable them.

Follow these steps:

  1. Log in as a user who has administrator privileges for the server.
  2. Open the Services window: Select Start, Administrative Tools, Services.

    The Services window opens.

  3. Right-click the following services and select Manual or Disabled.

    Do not select Stop or the services will restart when the server is rebooted.

Windows Server Services That You Can Disable
  • Application Layer Gateway Service
  • Application Management
  • Certificate Propagation
  • Distributed Link Tracking Client
  • Distributed Transaction Coordinator
  • DNS Client
  • Function Discovery Resource Publication
  • Human Interface Device Access
  • IP Helper
  • Link-Layer Topology Discovery Manager
  • Microsoft Iscsi Initiator Service
  • Multimedia Class Scheduler
  • Netlogon
  • Network List Service
  • Network Location Awareness
  • Portable Device Enumerator Service
  • Print Spooler
  • Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
  • Remote Access Connection Manager
  • Remote Registry
  • Resultant Set of Policy Provider
  • Secondary Logon
  • Smart Card
  • Smart Card Removal Policy
  • Special Administration Console Helper
  • SSDP Discovery
  • Tablet PC Input Service
  • Telephony
  • Volume Shadow Copy
  • Windows Audio
  • Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
  • Windows CardSpace
  • Windows Color System
  • WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service
  • WMI Performance Adapter