How to remove defunct entries from Win XP Services list ?

[VexByte]

Some programs leave their presence in the Win XP Services list even after their removal. So is there any method/registry hacks to remove the old defunct entries of the un-installed applications ?

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Now under this key, u'll get several other keys for each service. Here u can delete the desired key.

 

[sumeetindia]

Click start -> run -> type "services.msc"
Stop the unwanted services
Here's a guide
*www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

 

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ He doesnt want to enable/disable services, he wants to remove service entries from the list.
And for disabling unwanted services, I also wrote a tut here:

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15827