The Plug-and-Play service disable - in 3 steps
You can disable Plug and Play for your Computer completely, by deactivating the corresponding service. Note, however, that this can affect the stability of your system, negative.
- Open the Windows control panel. First, click on "administration" and then on "services" (Use the "by category" view , you must first click on "System and security").
- Find the service "Plug & Play" and open it with a double click.
- Change the startup type to "Disabled". Then click on the Button "Stop" to stop the service. Close the window with the "OK"Button.
Plug-and-Play-disable service
Plug and Play disable for a single device
You want to prevent only that one device will be activated when you Connect to the Computer automatically, you can also mute the device and its Plug-and-Play functionality:
- Open the control panel. Then click on "device Manager".
- Are you looking for the device that you want to disable and click on it with the right mouse button.
- After that, select "Disable". As of now, the device is not detected automatically when you connect it to the Computer.
A single disable device
This practical tip is based on Windows 8, in previous versions of the operating system, the procedure is similar. What are unnecessary services in Windows 8 safely off, we will explain in a further practical tip.
