Manage Windows Services

Tired of manually shutting down all the running Services on your Windows Box to get more Performance for your Gaming Sessions ?

Thanks to good old .bat files and the net Command you can switch your system to Gaming Mode and back with a single click. Here´s how:

Check your running Services and see their Names:

1. Open a DOS Command Prompt (start -> run -> cmd )
2. type in "net start"
This will give you a list of all the Services currently running.

Create a .bat file

Create a empty text file on your desktop and insert the services you want to be stopped in the following form

net stop "Automatic Updates" /y

net stop "Printer Spooler" /y

and so on..
Use the names you got from the "net start" command and put them in quotes behind "net stop"
Save this file as stop_services.bat or whatever you like.

And another

You can also create another .bat file to start all the services again after you played by using "net start":

net start "Automatic Updates"

net start "Printer Spooler"

Get rid of the window

If all runs well you can create a Shortcut to your .bat file and choose run as minimized in its properties. If you then start the shortcut instead of directly starting the .bat file, the window