Make Windows 7 faster by stopping processes and services from running that you do not use regularly.

This article is to let you know of the specific programs I have stopped on my computer without having any problems.

See this article for technical details on how to stop processes and services using services.msc and Powershell.

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I stop every program I can that is in my system tray in the lower right.

Services that I have stopped are:

1. All the Apple programs, including iTunes, iPod and Bonjour. Have not had one problem. I have an iPod. I use iTunes. Everything works fine.
   
2. Everything to do with Dell Datasafe and Dell printers, including dlba_device, DLBAmon, SoftThinks, STService
   
3. All Intuit programs, including Intuit Update, QBCFMonitorService
   
4. HomeGroup, since I do not have a home group
   
5. Java - jusched
   
6. Cyberlink DVD and Roxio CD - since I do not watch DVDs or burn CDs often

Have tried to turn off most of these through the programs start up options, but for some have had to use this Powershell script because I have not yet found the start up option.

# ------------------------------------
# Stop proceses and services that automatically
# start on my Dell Windows 7 computer
# ------------------------------------
Stop-Process -Name DLBAmon                    # Dell printer
Stop-Process -Name iTunesHelper               # iTunes
Stop-Process -Name jusched                    # Java scheduler
Stop-Process -Name PDVDDXSrv                  # Cyberlink DVD
Stop-Process -Name RoxioBurnLauncher          # Roxio CD
Stop-Process -Name STService                  # Dell localsafe
Stop-Service "Bonjour Service"                # Apple networking
Stop-Service dlba_device                      # Dell printer
Stop-Service HomeGroupProvider                # Windows Home Grop
Stop-Service IntuitUpdateService              # Quicken
Stop-Service "iPod Service"                   # iPod
Stop-Service QBCFMonitorService               # Quickbooks
Stop-Service SDRSVC                           # Windows Backup

It may only be my imagination, but I feel like my computer runs faster.