Welcome to my (sort of) little project on figuring out what services are needed for booting Windows 10 using the absolute bare minimum, and what services are required for each component.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM to get to the desktop
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
Background Tasks Infrastructure Service
BrokerInfrastructure
Automatic
????
CoreMessaging
CoreMessagingRegistrar
Automatic
????
DCOM Server Process Launcher
DcomLaunch
Automatic
Every service depends on this.
Local Session Manager
LSM
Automatic
????
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
RpcSs
Automatic
Same as DcomLaunch.
RPC Endpoint Mapper
RpcEptMapper
Automatic
Same as DcomLaunch.
User Manager
UserManager
Automatic
????
User Profile Service
ProfSvc
Automatic
Needed to load the user profile.
Audio
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
Windows Audio
Audiosrv
Automatic
????
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
AudioEndpointBuilder
Manual
????
Display
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
Display Enhancement Service
DisplayEnhancementService
Manual
Used for controlling the brightness.
Sensors Service
SensorService
Manual
????
Sensor Monitoring Service
SensrSvc
Manual
Used for autobrightness.
HID
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
Human Interface Device Service
hidserv
Manual
Makes the power button and volume buttons work.
UAC
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
Application Information
Appinfo
Manual
Needed for running taskmgr.exe and other admin apps.
UWP
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC)
AppXSvc
Manual
Required to run downloaded UWP apps.
Capability Access Manager Service
camsvc
Manual
Fixes the missing name in settings app and probably fixes some other stuff.
Client License Service (ClipSVC)
ClipSvc
Manual
Same as AppXSvc.
State Repository Service
StateRepository
Manual
I highly recommend that you enable this. Without it, windows is pretty much unusable.
Microsoft Store
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
Microsoft Store Install Service
InstallService
Manual
Required or else the MS Store crashes.
WLAN
Visible Service Name
Service Name
Start Type
Description
DHCP Client
Dhcp
Automatic
Used for establishing an IP Address automatically.
DNS Client
Dnscache
Automatic
Used for establishing the DNS address automatically.
Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup
NcdAutoSetup
Manual
Depends on WlanSvc.
Network List Service
netprofm
Manual
????
Network Location Awareness
NlaSvc
Automatic
Same as EventLog.
Network Store Interface Service
nsi
Automatic
????
Windows Connection Manager
Wcmsvc
Automatic
Doesn't detect any networks if this isn't enabled.
Windows Event Log
EventLog
Automatic
This apparently makes the WIFI logo appear on the taskbar.
WLAN AutoConfig
WlanSvc
Automatic
Without this service, you can't view the networks available.