Experience Edition Windows 2003' title='Experience Edition Windows 2003' />Security guidelines for system services in Windows Server 2. Applies to Windows Server 2. The Windows operating system includes many system services that provide important functionality. Screenshot of Windows XP, showing the start menu, taskbar and the My Computer window. Different services have different default startup policies some are started by default automatic, some when needed manual, and some are disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled before they can run. These defaults were chosen carefully for each service to balance performance, functionality, and security for typical customers. However, some enterprise customers may prefer a more security focused balance for their Windows PCs and servers, one that reduces their attack surface to the absolute minimum, and may therefore wish to fully disable all services that are not needed in their specific environments. For those customers, Microsoft is providing the accompanying guidance regarding which services can safely be disabled for this purpose. The guidance is for Windows Server 2. Desktop Experience unless used as a desktop replacement for end users. Each service on the system is categorized as follows Should Disable A security focused enterprise will most likely prefer to disable this service and forego its functionality see additional details below. OK to Disable This service provides functionality that is useful to some but not all enterprises, and security focused enterprises that dont use it can safely disable it. Do Not Disable Disabling this service will impact essential functionality or prevent specific roles or features from functioning correctly. Therefore it should not be disabled. No guidance The impact of disabling these services has not been fully evaluated. Therefore, the default configuration of these services should not be changed. Customers can configure their Windows PCs and servers to disable selected services using the Security Templates in their Group Policies or using Power. Shell automation. Experience Edition Windows 2003' title='Experience Edition Windows 2003' />We ran into a little issue where Windows Server Standard only supports 32 GB of memory, which is depressing to find out when your server was recently upgraded to 48. Experience Edition Windows 2003' title='Experience Edition Windows 2003' />In some cases, the guidance includes specific Group Policy settings that disable the services functionality directly, as an alternative to disabling the service itself. Microsoft recommends that customers disable the following services and their respective scheduled tasks on Windows Server 2. Desktop Experience Services Xbox Live Auth Manager. Xbox Live Game Save. Scheduled tasks MicrosoftXbl. Game. SaveXbl. Game. Save. TaskMicrosoftXbl. Game. SaveXbl. Game. Save. Task. LogonYou can also access the information on all services detailed in this article by viewing the attached Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Guidance on Disabling System Services on Windows Server 2. Desktop ExperienceDisabling services not installed by default. Microsoft recommends against applying policies to disable services that are not installed by default. The service is usually needed if the feature is installed. Installing the service or the feature requires administrative rights. Disallow the feature installation, not the service startup. Blocking the Microsoft Windows service doesnt stop an admin or non admin in some cases from installing a similar third party equivalent, perhaps one with a higher security risk. A baseline or benchmark that disables a non default Windows service for example, W3. SVC will give some auditors the mistaken impression that the technology for example, IIS is inherently insecure and should never be used. If the feature and service is never installed, this just adds unnecessary bulk to the baseline and to verification work. Batman Returns Ost Rar. For all system services listed in this document, the two tables that follow offer an explanation of columns and Microsoft recommendations for enabling and disabling system services in Windows Server 2. Desktop Experience Explanation of columns. Service description. The services description, from sc. Name. Key internal name of the service. Installation. Always installed Service is on Server Core and Server with Desktop Experience Only on Datacenter Edition Service is on Server 2. Desktop Experience, but is not on Server Core. Start. Type. Service start type on Windows Server 2. Recommendation. Microsoft recommendationadvice about disabling this service on Windows Server 2. Comments. Additional explanation. Explanation of Microsoft recommendations. Do not disable. This service should not be disabled. OK to disable. This service can be disabled if the feature it supports is not being used. Already disabled. This service is disabled by default no need to enforce with policy. Should be disabled. This service should never be enabled on a well managed enterprise system. The following tables offer Microsoft guidance on disabling system services on Windows Server 2. Desktop Experience Active. X Installer Ax. Inst. SVService description. Provides User Account Control validation for the installation of Active. X controls from the Internet and enables management of Active. X control installation based on Group Policy settings. This service is started on demand and if disabled the installation of Active. X controls will behave according to default browser settings. Service name. Ax. Inst. SVInstallation. Only on Datacenter Edition. Start. Type. Manual. Recommendation. OK to disable. Comments. OK to disable if feature not needed. All. Joyn Router Service. Service description. Routes All. Joyn messages for the local All. Counter Strike Xtreme V6 Hack on this page. Joyn clients. If this service is stopped the All. Joyn clients that do not have their own bundled routers will be unable to run. Service name. AJRouter. Installation. Only on Datacenter Edition. Start. Type. Manual. Recommendation. No guidance. Comments. App Readiness. Service description. Gets apps ready for use the first time a user signs in to this PC and when adding new apps. Service name. App. Readiness. Installation. Only on Datacenter Edition. Start. Type. Manual. Recommendation. Do not disable. Comments. Application Identity. Service description. Determines and verifies the identity of an application. Disabling this service will prevent App. Locker from being enforced. Service name. App. IDSvc. Installation. Always installed. Start. Type. Manual. Recommendation. No guidance. Comments. Application Information. Service description. Facilitates the running of interactive applications with additional administrative privileges. If this service is stopped, users will be unable to launch applications with the additional administrative privileges they may require to perform desired user tasks. Service name. Appinfo. Recommendation. No guidance. Comments. Supports UAC same desktop elevation. Application Layer Gateway Service. Service description. Provides support for third party protocol plug ins for Internet Connection Sharing. Service name. ALGInstallation. Only on Datacenter Edition. Disable Ip Helper Windows Xp. Start. Type. Manual. Recommendation. No guidance. Comments. Application Management. Service description. Processes installation, removal, and enumeration requests for software deployed through Group Policy. If the service is disabled, users will be unable to install, remove, or enumerate software deployed through Group Policy. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. Service name. App. Mgmt. Installation. Always installed. Start. Type. Manual. Recommendation. No guidance. Comments. App. X Deployment Service App. XSVCService description. Provides infrastructure support for deploying Store applications. The Ed Bott Report ZDNet. By registering you become a member of the CBS Interactive family of sites and you have read and agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Video Services Policy. You agree to receive updates, alerts and promotions from CBS and that CBS may share information about you with our marketing partners so that they may contact you by email or otherwise about their products or services. You will also receive a complimentary subscription to the ZDNets Tech Update Today and ZDNet Announcement newsletters. You may unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time.