how do I disable all non-Microsoft services and startup items

Question

how do I disable all non-Microsoft services and startup items to allow me to upgrade to windows 11 25h2 from windows 11 23h2

Answer 1

Hi, I'm Bernard, a fellow Windows user. I'm happy to help!

To disable all non-Microsoft services and startup items, kindly follow the steps below:

Do ca lean boot:

A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program.

• In the search box on the taskbar, type msconfig and select System Configuration from the results.
• On the Services tab of System Configuration, select Hide all Microsoft services, and then select Disable all.
• On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select Open Task Manager.
• Under Startup in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then select Disable.
• Close Task Manager.
• On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select OK. When you restart the computer, it's in a clean boot environment.

Troubleshooting reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

Answer 2

This can be done in MSCONFIG utility.

You can do this by following the clean boot support article:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd