Re: Re-enabling unneeded services in Windows (until they are needed)

Marion wrote:

> I don't even know what most of the services do that are on in Windows.
> But one service I know what it does, is the print spooler.
> 
> a. I do not print much (maybe once every few months)

If your machine gets tight on virtual memory, the spooler process will 
soon get shoved out to your pagefile

> b. So why should I have printer services running all the time, right?

If the spooler isn't running, programs will believe you have no printer 
at all, that might upset e.g. word-processors trying to edit a document 
to fit paper margins, even if you never intend to print it, or never 
save it to PDF.

> c. My philosophy is I should run the spooler - only when I want to print
> 
> Is that logical to assume services should be off until needed?
> And then, is it logical to assume it should be easy to turn them on?

No harm for you as you're aware of what is/could be running, but the 
number of services has mushroomed in the last decade, there are plenty 
of services which I don't know what the ramification are of stopping 
them ...