What are all these services?!

Hi all

Im trying to clean up my laptop, but I'm not sure which of the services below I should remove/disable/set to manual/etc.

Also, are any of them viruses/malware/etc?? Dont think they are but best to be sure

Many Thanks

Application Experience
Application Information
avast! Antivirus
avast! Mail Scanner
avast! Web Scanner
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Base Filtering Engine
CNG Key Isolation
COM+ Event System
Cryptographic Services
DCOM Server Process Launcher
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
DHCP Client
Diagnostic Policy Service
Diagnostic System Host
Distributed Link Tracking Client
DNS Client
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Function Discovery Resource Publication
Group Policy Client
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
IPsec Policy Agent
IS360service
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Multimedia Class Scheduler
Network Connections
Network List Service
Network Location Awareness
Network Store Interface Service
NSUService
Plug and Play
Portable Device Enumerator Service
Print Spooler
Program Compatibility Assistant Service
ReadyBoost
Remote Access Connection Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service
Security Accounts Manager
Security Center
Server
Shell Hardware Detection
Software Licensing
SSDP Discovery
Superfetch
System Event Notification Service
Task Scheduler
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telephony
Terminal Services
Themes
User Profile Service
VAIO Event Service
WebClient
Windows Audio
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
Windows Defender
Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework
Windows Error Reporting Service
Windows Event Log
Windows Firewall
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Time
Windows Update
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service
WLAN AutoConfig
Workstation
XAudioService
VAIO Entertainment UPnP Client Adapter
VAIO Entertainment Database Service
VAIO Content Folder Watcher
Application Layer Gateway Service
Certificate Propagation
COM+ System Application
Computer Browser
DFS Replication
Diagnostic Service Host
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Function Discovery Provider Host
Health Key and Certificate Management
Human Interface Device Access
InstallDriver Table Manager
Interactive Services Detection
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
IP Helper
IviRegMgr
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X86
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
Microsoft Office Diagnostics Service
Microsoft Office Groove Audit Service
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider
MSCSPTISRV
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
Netlogon
Network Access Protection Agent
Office Source Engine
Parental Controls
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
Peer Networking Grouping
Peer Networking Identity Manager
Performance Logs & Alerts
PnP-X IP Bus Enumerator
PNRP Machine Name Publication Service
Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support
Protected Storage
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Remote Registry
Routing and Remote Access
Secondary Logon
SL UI Notification Service
Smart Card
Smart Card Removal Policy
SNMP Trap
Sony SPTI Service
SQL Server VSS Writer
Tablet PC Input Service
Terminal Services Configuration
Thread Ordering Server
TPM Base Services
UPnP Device Host
VAIO Content Metadata XML Interface
VAIO Entertainment TV Device Arbitration Service
Virtual Disk
Volume Shadow Copy
VUAgent
Windows Backup
Windows CardSpace
Windows Color System
Windows Connect Now - Config Registrar
Windows Event Collector
Windows Font Cache Service
Windows Installer
Windows Media Center Extender Service
Windows Media Center Receiver Service
Windows Media Center Scheduler Service
Windows Media Center Service Launcher
Windows Modules Installer
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0
Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)
Windows Search
Wired AutoConfig
WMI Performance Adapter

 

Good luck finding someone to do your work. The whole list of Services can be found just merely Googling each one or perhaps finding yourself a Windows XP/7 Service tweak site that would more than likely explain what each service does.

Here, http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm explain each service.

How can you study when someone is reading for you?

 

Yep, good luck! The link provided will tell you everything you need to know, but before you go tinkering, make a System Restore Point first!!

 

No need for that! I thought this site / forum was meant to help, not ridicule

I have been searching google for days now and yes I have found what some of them do, but Im no expert so have no idea what an event server, DCOM launcher, KTMRM, etc actually do or why they are needed.

Its all well and good reading that they are required, but why are they required and for which programs?

After I posted I did find some helpful info and removed a lot of the stuff (VIAO mainly), but I don’t think the info on the net is completely trustworthy - for example, I've read on one site that terminal services is needed, but then read on another that it isn’t and can lead to people hijacking my pc

Anyways, thank you for the link. I’ll check it out......and hopefully learn something

 

Without being mean, people want you to look at the list and learn what the services are before you turn them off.
FYIW, i will be going to do the same for the services and startup programs.

 

You haven't been ridiculed! You provided a massive list of services and I guess assumed someone was going to go through it explaining them all for you, even though some of them are self explanatory.

 

You have to admit dude, that WAS a pretty overwhelming list. 147 entries.

Plus, you gave us "Many Thanks" in advance. What possible incentive is there after that?

 

If you don't know what they are, then leave them alone. There are a multitude of programs out there (Spybot, Hijack This) that will tell you if you have malicious software installed.

 

Wow, I haven't seen that one before. The NBR Janitor has made an appearance.