Solved Unable to disable a service (greyed out)

delicate · Jul 15, 2013

A service which is safe to disable (information found on a website)
is actually greyed out

In the properties of "software protection" in the services console,
startup type is "greyed out".

is there another way to disable it ?

Brink · Jul 15, 2013

Hello delicate,

What service is this for?

In the mean time, you might see if you are able to use one of the other options to stop the service to then disable it.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/12411-services-start-stop-disable-windows-8-a.html

delicate · Jul 15, 2013

I runned cmd with admins rights:
sc config "sppsvc" start=disabled

& got:

[SC] Open Service FAILED 5:

Access is Denied.

delicate · Jul 15, 2013

[Resolved]

I found the solution to disable protected services outside the service console brink,
maybe you should add it as a 4th option
for protected services:

Open regedit,
go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
find your service name (folder)
Open it & modify
Start from "anything" to 4
to disable the service .. .

Brink · Jul 17, 2013

Nice find Delicate. I added it as OPTION FOUR.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/12411-services-start-stop-disable-windows-8-a.html

Here's more info I found on this.

CurrentControlSet\Services Subkey Entries

Start REG_DWORD Start constant
Specifies the starting values for the service as follows:

START TYPE LOADER MEANING

0 Kernel Represents a part of the
(Boot) driver stack for the boot
(startup) volume and must
therefore be loaded by the
Boot Loader.

1 I/O Represents a driver to be loaded
(System) subsystem at Kernel initialization.

2 Service To be loaded or started
(Auto load) Control automatically for all startups,
Manager regardless of service type.

3 Service Available, regardless of type,
(Load on Control but will not be started until
demand) Manager the user starts it (for example,
by using the Devices icon in
Control Panel).

4 Service NOT TO BE STARTED UNDER ANY
(disabled) Control CONDITIONS.
Manager

The Start value is ignored for adapters. If Type is a Win32 Service value
(as described below), the Start value must specify an Auto, Demand, or
Disabled value.

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