killing services under svchost.exe

[ericbioul]

Hellowww,

I want to remove (not disable) the "smart card" service on a vista computer.

I read somewhere that you can make the service with this:

svchost.exe -k Localservice c:\windows\system32\scardsvr.dll

Is this correct?

does anyone know what the options are of svchost?

grtz,

Eric

[war59312]

To delete the service simply run:

sc delete SCardSvr

WARNING: No going back, so backup first if you change your mind. This completely deletes the service.

[MrCobra]

Just disable those that you don't use. There may come a day when you need certain functionality and can't use it.

[dirtwarrior]

What functionality do you loose when it is deleted?

[ericbioul]

Ellow War,

I tried the delete commando but I get:

[sC] OpenService FAILED 5:

Access is denied.

I am a admin. I Used the cmd command, run as an admin, I tried the Safe mode,...

[war59312]

Open regedit and check permissions on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSvr .

What functionality do you loose when it is deleted?

Not a clue!

Just disable those that you don't use. There may come a day when you need certain functionality and can't use it.

Thats what I would recommand, but that is not what the OP asked for... Edited November 16, 2007 by war59312

[MikeyHunt]

Gentlemen, there is an easier and safe way to accomplish this..

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb963902.aspx

Autoruns 9.0

shows all things running and what can be safely turned off or deleted.