Disable windows media centre vista

I don't want my pictures to open in Windows. Watching videos downloaded on your computer may be done without Windows Media Player as long as you have another app. Alternatively you could go into the default app setting.

Just type it in on the search bar on Windows and change the. Yes No. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 1. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.

Try to disable it when you have some free time, because it might take a while. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Do this when you're not typing something on Word, or have an important tab open on your internet browser.

Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. If you have any important stuff up and running, it will all be erased when the computer restarts, so be careful. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1. Ask permission if you are a kid. On Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows 7, you'll have no choice but to run through the User Account Control box when you get to getting rid of this default program.

On Windows 8 and 8. You Might Also Like How to. How to. There are some services that don't appear if you don't have the hardware for it, like infrared. I don't have that one either so one less thing for me to disable. I've safely disabled things like Fax, Print Spooler and anything Smart Card related but everything else I've left alone. Hmm, I didn't know that. I just assumed everything was installed just in case you would be making a hardware upgrade Yes, it's German.

I'd say that the Rtm is currently avaiable in English, German and Japanese, just like the RCs, and other languages will take a while to appear.

Translating an entire OS takes its time. Alright, I just did some quick cleaning up. I need more input on what you guys find, the list is getting there but I still think progress can be made!

Microsoft have actually done a great job on minimizing it down to only what is needed for a typical system, not much needs to be changed. Go to the Services control panel, right-click on the?

On the last tab you can see what services this one depends on. Check that they're not deactivated. Thanks for the list, Slimy. It's been really useful. I've turned off everything possible. I only have the necessary things to make my system work and connect to the internet. I didn't see much performance difference, but boot time is a lot shorter.

I want to post my settings here to discuss and to give people an idea what can be safely turned off, but I don't know how I can do it easily. How can I export my services settings as a list so I can copy and paste here? Search In. Windows Vista: Disabling Services.

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This patch fixed a man Subscribe via Email Scan or Click. I do not even use the windows media center but it insists on coming on automatically, usually when I am in the middle of something or when I start up the computer.

How do I stop this? I really hate then things come on by themselves!! This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse.