Windows Services, which are necessary, which can die?

[Megarock91]

Okay my situation.
-I like Aero, so themes are on.
-I like having internet and networking capabilities

There may be more, but thats the jist. But I'm sure there are some services I can shut down, I just can't think of which. SVCHost is eating up some RAM, not much but enough to get on my nerves.

My List

Image Name                  PID Services
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svchost.exe                    812 DcomLaunch, PlugPlay, Power
svchost.exe                    928 RpcEptMapper, RpcSs
svchost.exe                    364 AudioSrv, Dhcp, eventlog, lmhosts, wscsvc
svchost.exe                    512 AudioEndpointBuilder, CscService, hidserv,
                                       Netman, PcaSvc, SysMain, TrkWks, UxSms,
                                       Wlansvc, WPDBusEnum, wudfsvc
svchost.exe                    572 AeLookupSvc, Appinfo, BITS, EapHost, gpsvc,
                                       iphlpsvc, LanmanServer, MMCSS, ProfSvc,
                                       Schedule, SENS, ShellHWDetection, Themes,
                                       Winmgmt, wuauserv
svchost.exe                   1100 EventSystem, netprofm, nsi, WdiServiceHost
svchost.exe                   1324 CryptSvc, Dnscache, LanmanWorkstation,
                                       NlaSvc
svchost.exe                   1036 BFE, DPS, MpsSvc
svchost.exe                   2196 FDResPub, FontCache, SSDPSRV, upnphost
svchost.exe                   2596 stisvc
svchost.exe                   2456 WinDefend
svchost.exe                   2732 PolicyAgent
svchost.exe                   6072 p2pimsvc, PNRPsvc

 

[LookinAround]

Checkout BlackViper's site about services and configurations for tips

I also find Serviwin a helpful tool. It provides a very nice and complete view of your services which you can save to a text file so you can remember your config before and as you start tweaking things too. (a backup is also good before you start)

 

[Megarock91]

Yeah, I've seen Blackviper's but most of the stuff on that list disables important things...and isn't very explantory about most of the services...

In fact that article is the reason I mentioned I want to keep most of my basic functionality in the OP.

I will try out the ServiWin though, thanks!