How to disable these services ?

Question

Hi ,

On Windows 10 machines I need to disable all the following services but can't find a way of doing it via GPO or registry:

Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRPsvc)
Peer Networking Grouping (p2psvc)
Peer Networking Identity Manager (p2pimsvc)
PNRP Machine Name Publication Service

Any help please?

Answer 1

Hello.

To disable the services via registry, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<SERVICE NAME>. Set Start registry DWORD to 4. Do these for all services you want to disable and reboot.

To disable the services using Command Prompt, execute sc stop “<SERVICE NAME>” & sc config “<SERVICE NAME>” start=disabled command.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Hi,
There are more methods you could consider to disable the services like from GUI, commands, registry and so on.
1.Take "Disable a Service using "Sc Config" Command in Command Prompt" as example:
Type the command below into the elevated command prompt
sc config "service name" start=disabled

*The Service name of a service is displayed in the service's properties.

After successfully run the command, it will return message like: [SC] ChangeServiceConfig Success.

Reference link:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4499-start-stop-disable-services-windows-10-a.html
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2.If you would like to modify service via GPO, it is required to process for policy as instructed below:
How To Configure Group Policies to Set Security for System Services
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/configure-group-policies-set-security

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Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.

Thanks,
Jenny