尽管大多数人从不更改计算机上的设置，但在某些情况下，能够关闭或禁用Windows 7或Windows 8 中的某个程序、服务或设置非常有用。例如，在过去的几个作为一名IT 专业人士(IT Professional)，在很多情况下，禁用Windows中的防火墙、禁用IE 中的弹出窗口阻止程序或禁用(popup blocker)CD/DVD drive的autorun/autoplay feature已被证明非常有用。
仅当有其他人使用您的计算机并且您希望阻止他们访问系统设置时，才应禁用注册表编辑器、任务管理器、硬件设备、cookie 等项目。(task manager)禁用系统还原(System Restore)、MSN Messenger和启动程序等项目有助于节省计算机资源。但是，在不知道其用途且没有其他备份的情况下禁用系统还原并不是一个好主意。(System Restore)因此，仅当您确定要禁用它们时才禁用它们！
禁用 Windows 防火墙
您可以通过导航到控制面板(Control Panel)并打开Windows 防火墙(Windows Firewall)对话框来关闭Windows (Windows Firewall)Windows 7/8.1在Windows 8中，您需要右键单击虚假的开始按钮(Start button)，然后选择控制面板(Control Panel)。现在您将在左侧看到一个链接，上面写着Turn Windows Firewall On or Off。
您会立即注意到，有一些设置可以为公共网络和专用网络打开和关闭防火墙。这非常有用，因为您可以关闭私有安全网络(secure network)（如家庭网络(home network)）上的防火墙，但请确保每当您连接到公共网络（如机场的免费Wi-Fi ）时，防火墙将保持开启并保护您的计算机.
同样，您应该始终为两个网络打开防火墙，但这是假设您知道自己在做什么并且出于特定原因想要将其关闭。
在 IE 中禁用弹出窗口阻止程序
有时 IE 会阻止合法的弹出窗口，或者您可能想要使用另一个第三方弹出窗口阻止程序(popup blocker application)来代替 IE，因此您可以通过单击右上角看起来像一个小齿轮的“设置”图标来禁用它。(Settings)
单击“隐私(Privacy)”选项卡并取消选中“打开弹出窗口阻止程序(Turn on Pop-up Blocker)”框。
如果您只想允许一些您知道是安全的网站，但仍阻止其余网站，您可以单击“ 设置”(Settings) 按钮并添加您希望始终允许弹出窗口的网站。
在 IE 中禁用 Cookie
Cookie 是由雅虎(Yahoo)、谷歌(Google)、亚马逊(Amazon)等网站存储在您计算机上的小文件，用于存储您对可个性化服务的偏好，例如颜色主题或(color theme or items)主页上(home page)的项目。一些网站将 cookie 用于统计、人口统计和识别目的。您可以通过再次转到 Internet 选项(Internet Options)和隐私(Privacy)选项卡来禁用 cookie，如上所示。
这次您将单击顶部设置(Settings)标题下的高级(Advanced)按钮。
最后，选中覆盖自动 cookie 处理(Override automatic cookie handling )选项，并为第一方(First-party)cookie 和第三方 cookie选择Accept、Block或Prompt 。第一方(First-party)cookie 由您当前访问的网站(web site)创建，第三方 cookie 由与您正在访问的网站不同的网站设置。
禁用休眠
在我运行 Windows 8(running Windows 8)的笔记本电脑上，我什至没有使用过休眠功能(hibernate function)，所以我很高兴禁用该功能并恢复一些宝贵的硬盘空间(disk space)。要在Windows 7(Windows 7)和Windows 8中禁用休眠，您可以在命令提示符(command prompt)处运行命令来删除休眠文件(hibernation file)。
查看我之前关于在 Windows 中禁用休眠的帖子以获取完整指南。
禁用系统还原
系统还原是(System Restore)Windows的一项内置功能，可让您在特定时间拍摄操作系统快照，例如在安装新(operating system)驱动程序或应用程序(driver or application)之前。如果出现问题并且计算机蓝屏(computer blue)等，您可以转到系统还原(System Restore)并将操作系统(operating system)还原到它仍在工作的前一个点。如果要禁用它，首先单击“开始”按钮(Start button)，输入“系统还原”(System Restore)，然后单击“创建还原点(Create a restore point)” 。
接下来，单击要禁用系统还原(System Restore)的磁盘，然后单击配置(Configure)按钮。. 就个人而言，最好的方法是为您的C 驱动器(C drive)（或任何安装了Windows的驱动器）打开(Windows)系统还原(System Restore)，并为所有其他驱动器或分区关闭它。
在恢复设置部分(Restore Settings section)，您可以选择关闭系统保护(Turn off system protection) 单选按钮(radio button)来禁用系统恢复(system restore)。
您还可以调整驱动器上用于系统还原(system restore)的空间量，并根据需要删除系统上的所有还原点。
禁用CD/DVD驱动器的Autorun/Autoplay
我通常喜欢关闭自动运行功能，因为当它自动弹出询问我想对一张我可能只想通过不同程序访问的 CD 做什么时，我觉得很烦人，等等。而且，你永远不知道有人刻录的 CD(CD someone)上可能有什么样的病毒，然后在自动运行打开后将自动执行。
您可以通过转到控制面板(Control Panel)并单击自动播放(AutoPlay)图标来禁用自动运行。
您将在这里看到一系列可以调整的设置。您有两个选择：要么通过取消选中顶部的对所有媒体和设备使用自动播放框来完全关闭(Use AutoPlay for all media and devices)自动(AutoPlay)播放，要么调整要关闭它的特定设备或媒体的设置。(device or media)
禁用无线连接
如果您使用笔记本电脑工作并插入有线网络，有时禁用无线连接会很有用。如果您已经连接并且您的无线网络(wireless network)也一直尝试连接，则可能会导致问题并且令人讨厌。
您可以通过转到控制面板(Control Panel)并单击网络和共享中心( Network and Sharing Center)来禁用 Windows 中的无线连接。然后单击左侧菜单中的更改适配器设置(Change adapter settings)链接。
您会看到几个可能称为Wireless Network Connection或Local Area Connection的连接。只需右键单击适配器并选择Disable。
禁用用户帐户控制
在Windows中，用户帐户控制(User Account Control)是一项内置安全功能(security feature)，可帮助防止未经授权或恶意程序在未经您许可的情况下在您的系统上运行。如果您想在Windows 7中禁用(Windows 7)UAC，您只需打开控制面板(Control Panel)，单击用户帐户(User Accounts)，然后单击更改用户帐户控制设置(Change User Account Control Settings)。
将滑块向下移动到从不通知( Never Notify)，一切顺利。
在Windows 8中，情况有些不同。将UAC设置为从不(Never)通知实际上并不会完全禁用UAC。阅读我关于UAC如何在Windows 8中工作的文章，了解如何正确禁用它。
禁用 Aero 主题
您可以通过右键单击桌面并选择(desktop and choosing)Personalize来轻松禁用Windows 7和Windows 8中的Aero 主题(Aero theme)。在这里您将看到Aero主题，然后在底部您将看到基本主题，甚至是经典的Windows 主题(Windows theme)，这将使您的计算机再次看起来像Windows 2000。
因此，这些只是您可以在Windows中禁用的Windows的一些主要功能。您可以禁用更多的东西，但以上是我的客户要求我在他们的计算机上最常禁用的功能。如果您需要在Windows中禁用其他功能，请发表评论并告诉我。享受！
How to Disable Settings, Services, and Programs in Windows 7/8.1
Even though most people never chаnge the settings on their computers, there are some situations where it’s very usеful to be able to turn off оr disable a cеrtain program, service, or setting іn Windows 7 or Windows 8. For example, over the last few years working as an IT Profеssional, there have been many occasions where it has been proven very useful tо dіsable the firewаll in Windows, to disable the popup blocker in IE or to disable the autorun/autoplay feature for thе CD/DVD drive.
Disabling items such as regedit, task manager, hardware devices, cookies, etc should only be performed if there are other people who use your computer and you want to prevent them from accessing system settings. Disabling items such as System Restore, MSN Messenger, and startup programs can help save computer resources. However, disabling System Restore without knowing what it is used for and not having another backup, would not be a good idea. So only disable items if you are sure you want to disable them!
Disable Windows Firewall
You can turn off the Windows Firewall in Windows 7/8.1 by navigating to the Control Panel and opening the Windows Firewall dialog. In Windows 8, you need to right-click on the fake Start button and then choose Control Panel. Now you will see a link on the left that says Turn Windows Firewall On or Off.
You’ll notice immediately that there are settings to turn the firewall on and off for both public and private networks. This is really useful because you can turn off the firewall on a private secure network like your home network, but make sure that whenever you connect to a public network like free Wi-Fi at the airport, the firewall will remain on and protect your computer.
Again, you should always keep the firewall on for both networks, but this is assuming you know what you are doing and you want to turn it off for a specific reason.
Disable Popup Blocker in IE
Sometimes IE will block a legitimate popup or you might have another third-party popup blocker application that you want to use instead of IE, so you can disable it by clicking on the Settings icon at the top right that looks like a small gear.
Click on the Privacy tab and uncheck the Turn on Pop-up Blocker box.
If you simply want to allow a few sites that you know are safe, but still block the rest, you can click on the Settings button and add in the websites that you want to always allow popups from.
Disable Cookies in IE
Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by web sites such as Yahoo, Google, Amazon, etc that store your preferences for services that you can personalize, such as color theme or items on your home page. Some sites will use cookies for statistics, demographics and identifying purposes. You can disable cookies by going to Internet Options and the Privacy tab again like shown above.
This time you will click on the Advanced button under the Settings header at the top.
Finally, check the Override automatic cookie handling option and choose either Accept, Block, or Prompt for First-party cookies and Third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created by the web site you are currently visiting and third-party cookies are set by a different site than the one you are visiting.
Disable Hibernation
On my laptop running Windows 8, I haven’t used the hibernate function even once, so I was happy to disable the feature and recover some precious hard disk space. To disable hibernation in Windows 7 and Windows 8, you can run a command at the command prompt to delete the hibernation file.
Check out my previous post on disabling hibernation in Windows for the full guide.
Disable System Restore
System Restore is a built-in feature of Windows that allows you to take snapshots of the operating system at specific moments in time, such as before you install a new driver or application. If something goes wrong and the computer blue screens, etc, you can go to System Restore and restore the operating system to a previous point when it was still working. If you want to disable it, first click on the Start button, type in System Restore and then click on Create a restore point.
Next, click on the disk you want to disable System Restore on and then click the Configure button. . Personally, the best way is to keep System Restore turned on for your C drive (or whichever drive has Windows installed on it) and to turn it off for all of the other drives or partitions.
In the Restore Settings section, you can choose the Turn off system protection radio button to disable system restore.
You can also adjust the amount of space used on the drive for system restore and delete all the restore points on the system if you like.
Disable Autorun/Autoplay for CD/DVD drives
I usually like to keep the autorun feature turned off because I find it very annoying when it automatically pops up asking me what I want to do with a CD that I might just want to access via a different program, etc. Also, you never know what kind of virus could be on a CD someone burned, which will then be executed automatically since autorun is turned on.
You can disable autorun by going to the Control Panel and clicking on the AutoPlay icon.
You will see a whole slew of settings here that you can adjust. You have two options: either turn of AutoPlay completely by unchecking the Use AutoPlay for all media and devices box at the top or adjust the settings for the particular device or media you want to turn it off for.
Disable Wireless connection
Sometimes disabling your wireless connection can be useful if you’re at work with a laptop and are plugged into a wired network. If you’re already connected and your wireless network keeps trying to connect too, it can cause problems and be annoying.
You can disable your wireless connection in Windows by going to the Control Panel and clicking on Network and Sharing Center. Then click on the Change adapter settings link in the left menu.
You’ll see several connections possibly called Wireless Network Connection or Local Area Connection. Just right-click on the adapter and choose Disable.
Disable User Account Control
In Windows, User Account Control is a built-in security feature that helps prevent unauthorized or rogue programs from running on your system without your permission. If you want to disable UAC in Windows 7, you just open Control Panel, click on User Accounts and then click on Change User Account Control Settings.
Move the slider bar down to Never Notify and you’re good to go.
In Windows 8, things are a bit different. Setting UAC to Never notify doesn’t actually disable UAC completely. Read my post on how UAC works in Windows 8 to learn how to disable it properly.
Disable Aero Theme
You can disable the Aero theme in Windows 7 and Windows 8 very easily by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing Personalize. Here you will see the Aero themes and then towards the bottom you will see the basic themes, even the classic Windows theme, which will make your computer look like Windows 2000 again.
So those are just some of the major features of Windows that you can disable in Windows. There are a lot more things you can disable, but the ones above are the features my clients ask me to disable the most often on their computers. If you need to disable something else in Windows, post a comment and let me know. Enjoy!
