Disable Vista Server Service?

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Stan Kasper

Greetings,

Is there any perfomance loss if I disable the server service in Vista?
It may be this service does some type of useful file caching which
can improve performance. However, from a security stand point
I would like to disable it if it does not impact performance.


Thanks,

Stan
 
the only thing the server service does it provide network file and print
sharing services. you can turn it off if you like.

keep in mind this will also disable the defualt C$ and ADMIN$ shares
 
Stan

The best practice for optimizing services is that if you are not sure
whether to disable or run the service, set it to Manual mode. If the service
is needed, it should start when called by the system and if not needed, it
will not start.

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Stan

The best practice for optimizing services is that if you are not sure
whether to disable or run the service, set it to Manual mode. If the service
is needed, it should start when called by the system and if not needed, it
will not start.
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There is a difference between "needed" and "beneficial to the user"
though.
 
Troy McClure said:
the only thing the server service does it provide network file and print
sharing services. you can turn it off if you like.

keep in mind this will also disable the defualt C$ and ADMIN$ shares
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The Computer Browser service is dependent on the Server service so disabling
Server will also prevent Computer Browser from running.
 
Tom said:
The Computer Browser service is dependent on the Server service so disabling
Server will also prevent Computer Browser from running.
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Yes, but how hard do you need it?

http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=89&threadID=176954&messageID=1805146

As long as there's one computer in the network that has the browser
service running the others don't need it, or at least that's how I
thought it used to be.



PS: I thought the browser service was disabled by default in XP, or
was that only for AD domain members?
 
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