ServiceTweaker

ServiceTweaker is a feather-light tool that lists all currently running services on your computer and gives you control over their behavior. It requires administrative privileges and includes approachable options which cater to all types of users.

The application is offered in two versions, since it's wrapped in both a setup and portable package. The advantage of the portable model is that it can be stored on a USB flash drive to carry it with you and gain control over Windows services on all your machines.

As far as the interface is concerned, the utility opts for a normal window with a clear-cut layout, which makes it easy to determine how ServiceTweaker works.

All available services are listed at startup automatically, so you can check out their name, startup type (manual, automatic, disabled) and status (stopped, running). The items can be sorted by any of these three criteria.

Meanwhile, the status bar reveals the number of automatic, manual, disabled, and total services. For any selected entry in the list, you can change the service's startup type, as well as start or stop it with one click from the right-click menu. There aren't any other notable options provided by the program.

It didn't put a strain on the computer's performance in our tests, as it needed low CPU and RAM to work properly. It worked smoothly, without triggering the operating system to hang, crash or prompt error messages. The startup type was quickly modified. We haven't encountered any compatibility issues, although no recent updates have been made.

ServiceTweaker is worth having around every time you want to seamlessly examine and manage services. On the other hand, it doesn't offer richer configuration settings for expert users.