Hi, thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, there is nothing to worry I am here to help, for us to disable unnecessary services running in the background and speed up the PC, kindly follow the steps below:

Do clean boot:

A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program.

• In the search box on the taskbar, type msconfig and select System Configuration from the results.
• On the Services tab of System Configuration, select Hide all Microsoft services, and then select Disable all.
• On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select Open Task Manager.
• Under Startup in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then select Disable.
• Close Task Manager.
• On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select OK. When you restart the computer, it's in a clean boot environment.

Troubleshooting reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

Hi, good day! I'm Jerico T., I understand that you're having some issues right now, I'll do my best to help you with your concern.

The Clean Boot is the best way to close or disable applications/programs that are less needed for your computer to startup. Rest assured that it's safe and you don't have to reset your device, you just have to restart it.

Closing or disabling programs one by one might be risky because you might disable important background processes. You may refer to the link below for the complete definition of Clean Boot and for the step-by-step instructions on how to perform Clean Boot.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

Please do let me know if you need any further assistance.

Hope this help. Have a good day.

Thank you,

Jerico T.

Hello Mike,

Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

**Perform a Clean Boot

I just recommend disabling unnecessary services. Deleting these services may cause your system to become unstable.

Go to the search box > type msconfig

Select System Configuration > go to the Services tab.

Select and put a check mark on "Hide all Microsoft services" > Click Disable all.

Go to Startup tab > Open Task Manager > Disable all the unnecessary services running there. Restart your computer.

Kindly check the support article below for more details

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Dear Kevy Kev

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft community.

It sounds like you are understandably very frustrated with the startup performance of Windows 11 or 10 and the various processes running in the background of your system. Modern operating systems do run many services and applications in the background, and these can affect startup speed and system performance. Here's a step-by-step guide to fixing the problem and helping you take back control of your system and optimize performance.

1. Viewing and managing startup items

Windows loads many background services and applications at startup, many of which you may not need.

Steps to do this:

1. Open Task Manager:

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, or right-click on the taskbar and select Task Manager.

2. Check the startup items:

Click on the Startup tab and you will see all the programs that run at system startup.

For programs you don't need (e.g. OneDrive, Spotify, Teams, etc.), right-click and select Disable.

3. Disable unnecessary startup items:

Disabling unnecessary startup items can dramatically improve your system startup speed.

If you are not sure whether a particular startup item is necessary or not, you can search for its function online or tell me the name of the specific program and I can analyze it for you

2. Stop unnecessary background services

Windows runs many services by default, some of which may not be necessary for you.

Steps to do this:

Open the Service Manager:

Press Win + R, type services.msc, and press Enter.

View the list of services:

In the list of services, look for services that you don't need. Example:

Windows Search (you can disable it if you don't need to search for files quickly).

Xbox Services (you can disable it if you don't play games).

Remote Desktop Services (you can disable it if you don't connect to other devices remotely).

Disable the service:

Right-click on an unwanted service and select Properties.

Set Startup Type to Disabled and click Stop.

3. Check for hidden processes with high resource consumption

Sometimes the task manager will hide some background processes with high resource consumption.

Steps to do this:

1. Switch to Detailed View:

In Task Manager, click the Details tab to view all running processes. Sort by CPU or Memory column to find out the processes that consume the most resources.

Sort the processes by CPU or memory column to find out the processes that consume the most resources.

2. Analyze unknown processes:

If you see the name of an unfamiliar process, you can right-click on it and select Search Online to find out what it does.

For unnecessary processes, you can try right-clicking on them and selecting End Task.

4.Disabling AI and recommendation features

Windows 11 introduces some AI and recommendation features (e.g. Widgets, Dynamic Recommended Content) that may increase system resource usage.

Steps to do this:

1. Disable Widgets:

Right-click on the taskbar and select Taskbar Settings.

Disable Widgets.

2. Disable Dynamic Recommendations:

Open Settings → Personalization → Start menu.

Disable Show Recently Added Apps and Show Recently Opened Items.

5. Optimize power settings

Windows' power plan can limit performance, especially on devices such as the Surface Pro.

Steps to take:

1. Adjust the power plan:

Open Control Panel → Power Options.

Select High Performance or Best Performance (if not visible, click Show Other Plans).

(This will provide overall performance and power consumption speed)

2. Disable Fast Startup:

Fast Startup may cause the system to load unnecessary services at startup.

Open Control Panel → Power Options → Select the function of the power button.

Click Change settings that are currently unavailable, then uncheck Enable fast startup

The above options can help you optimize the performance of your Surface Pro as much as possible.

Best Wish

Shawn.Z-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist