Exposing the seven unscrupulous services in Windows

The use of computers often encounters a variety of problems, such as: not seeing a neighbor on the network neighborhood, not being able to dial up the Internet, slowing down the computer, etc. When the method has not been solved, you may wish to check it in “Control Panel→Administrative Tools→Services”. The root cause of the fault is here.

1.Computer Browser

This service is mainly used to maintain the latest list of computers in the network neighborhood, including Windows-based domains, workgroup computers, and other networks using the NetBiOS protocol.
Equipment. The content displayed by "My Network Places" is derived from this, and the Computer Browser service will notify the requested program of this list. If you can't see other computers in My Network Places, it's likely that the service is not turned on.

Recommended setting: Single-user users can be set to “disabled”, and LAN users (including users who access the Internet through LAN), such as: residential broadband, etc. should be set to “Auto”.

2.Event Log

This service logs the error messages sent by the program and the system to the log, which will contain information to help diagnose the problem. Under normal circumstances, there is no problem in disabling this service, but it is sometimes possible that several network-related services cannot be started and there is a phenomenon that dial-up cannot be dialed.

Recommended setting: If you want to go online or on a LAN, it is recommended to set it to "Auto".

3.IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service

Windows XP burning service, which allows you to CD burning
by dragging and dropping files. At the same time, some software related to burning will also use this service, such as: Windows Media Player. However, if you use Nero as the default burning software, Nero will be affected when the service is turned on.

Recommended settings: If you use Nero, you can set it to "Disabled", which will increase the speed of Nero.

4.Shell Hardware Detection

is used to support automatic playback
of flash memory, various memory cards, optical drives, etc., if your laptop is using this service Some problems occur, or you can't see the DVD drive in the "My Computer", the CD-ROM drive has problems running automatically, you can set it to "Automatic" to see if it can be solved.

Recommended setting: "Automatic".

5.ATI Hot Key Poller

This is the ATI graphics driver service used to manage the hotkey functions that come with the ATI driver, but most users don't need it. At the same time, some users report that this service will not only take up a lot of CPU resources, but also cause the shutdown speed to slow down.

Recommended setting: "Disabled".

Tip: ATI Smart Service This service will only run after upgrading the ATI graphics driver (so it will not burden the system), mainly used to test the compatibility of the upgraded driver and Stability and automatic adjustment of the best AGP bus settings, such as fast write settings. It is recommended to keep "automatic".

6.NVIDIA Driver Helper Service

This service is a service generated after installing the NVIDIA graphics driver. Although we are not sure what it is, at least we know that some shutdown A slow fault is caused by it, and it also takes up a lot of memory resources.

Recommended setting: "Disabled".

7.O&ODefrag

This is the instant detection service of the famous defragmenting software O&ODefrag, which can automatically monitor the disk usage, and need to defragment the disk, and the system is idle. It starts automatically. Many friends may encounter an error message when starting O&ODefrag and cannot run the software. In fact, just enter the "Services" window, select the "O& ODefrag" service, then click the Start Service button in the toolbar to start it up, and then run the software.

From this case, you can get inspiration. If you encounter a certain software that cannot run, in addition to checking the software itself, it is best to check it in the "service".

Recommended setting: "Automatic".