Poll Which services do you disable to reduce attack surface area of Windows and to enhance privacy?

[lokamoka820]

Stopped disabling sysmain and search, as there is no considerable gain.
I prefer not using software; I do my services and registry sabotage manually.

Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility will convert services to manual instead of disabling them, and it shows you exactly what it does:

Services - Set to Manual

config/tweaks.json146 "WPFTweaksServices": { 147 "Content": "Services - Set to Manual", 148 "Description": "Sets some services to Manual startup and adjusts the SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB registry value to better match system memory, which can significantly reduce the number of svchost.exe...

winutil.christitus.com

 

[Parkinsond]

Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility will convert services to manual instead of disabling them, and it shows you exactly what it does:

Services - Set to Manual

config/tweaks.json146 "WPFTweaksServices": { 147 "Content": "Services - Set to Manual", 148 "Description": "Sets some services to Manual startup and adjusts the SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB registry value to better match system memory, which can significantly reduce the number of svchost.exe...

winutil.christitus.com

I prefer the manual approach; the experience should be indvidualized.

 

[Victor M]

For preserving privacy you might want to try simplewall, This firewall has a long list of ip address denies which it says deals with telemetry. But it's GUI takes a bit of getting used to. GitHub - henrypp/simplewall: Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer. Focusing on disabling services may not be the way forward