Here is a list of Windows Services that can be safely disabled without any adverse effect on your computer.
You might be asking “Should you disable Windows services?”
Here at How-To Geek we’re not big fans of disabling Windows Services – at least, we don’t think that disabling Microsoft services that are built into Windows is a terribly great idea most of the time.
Is it safe to disable the Windows 7 Update service?
It can be safely disabled . Provides the ability to detect and download new updates for your copy of Windows 7. Disabling this service will stop both automatic updates and the ability to manually update Windows. Because security patches and automatic updates have been so critical to Windows in the past, I suggest keeping this service started.
Click the Advanced options button. Under the “Pause updates” section, use the drop-down menu and select how long to disable updates. Once you complete the steps, updates will no longer download until the day you specified.
If you’re looking to block every single Windows 10 update completely, here is an exhaustive list of the updates you need to block on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. If you haven’t blocked some of these updates, files for updating Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 might already be on your system.
However, you can avoid any update for a few days but not a forever. In starting of 2019 Microsoft had announced that they are closing Windows 7 development because of that, you’ll not get any future update on Windows 7. If you’re still Windows 7 user, don’t worry you’ll get any update.
If you haven’t blocked some of these updates, files for updating Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 might already be on your system. You can uninstall these updates and if you want to avoid accidentally downloading them again with the essential updates, you might want to hide them as well.
What happens if I disable Windows 7 providers?
Provides an interface for scripts and other applications to control various components of Windows 7. Disabling this service will result in the Internet Connection Sharing, IP Helper, and Security Center services stopping, too. If you do not use these services, feel free to safely disable it.
Is there any Windows 10 upgrade I should avoid?
If you want to avoid upgrading to Windows 10. Otherwise, I would agree with, who wrote, “You shouldn’t avoid any. Especially no security updates. I haven’t had any update that slowed my pc down or something like that. So for security and fixing reasons, just install every update.