disable windows features

Question

I want turn off or disable " Windows CardSpace", "Windows PowerShell" and "Windows Contacts" .

How I turn off that's windows features?

I don't work with my pc and don't share anything.

My pc is just an video game with dvd.

Answer 1

Hello Ghost,

Thank you for posting your question in Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist you.

You may try the following methods and check if this helps you to disable Windows features.

Method 1:

You may refer to the following article to turn Windows features on or off.

Turn Windows features on or off

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-windows-features-on-off#1TC=windows-7

Method 2:

Alternatively, if some of the features are not mentioned in Windows features list, you may try disabling the features by editing the registry. To disable Windows Powershell, you may refer to the steps mentioned below.

Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: KB 322756

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry

Step 1:

1. Click on Start and type Regedit.exe in the Start search box and press Enter.
2. Navigate to the following location.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Powershell\1\Install 3. Delete Install entry

Note: If you don’t have permissions to delete it from the registry then, try giving full permissions to the Powershell folder and then try to delete it.

Follow step 2 mentioned below to give permissions to the folder.

Step 2:

1. Right click on the Powershell folder and click on Permissions.
2. Click on full control check box and then click on Apply and OK.
3. Try to delete the folder and check.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Thank you.