Disabling unneeded Windows 11 Services (for gaming)

This is a second part to my Optimizing Windows 11 for Gaming small guide.

Windows comes with +100 services, and while I must say that things have improved from the past, and many have manual activation and/or "delayed start", there are still a few that either activate by default, or should be totally disabled.

Note that the following list is for a Windows PC exclusively for gaming: No printers, no network sharing, no camera or geo-localization... And similarly, I do use a Bluetooth headset and XBox Live games and gamepads, so I've left those services active, but if you don't, you can disable a few more services by turning those off.

Without further ado, this is the list of services to first Stop (if running) and then set to status Disabled, from the Services app (just search for "Services" in the Start Menu). Right click on each service and then on Properties.

• ActiveX Installer
• BitLocker Drive Encryption Service
• Cellular Time
• Certificate Propagation
• Cloud Backup and Restore Service
• Connected Devices Platform Service
• Connected User Experiences and Telemetry
• Contact Data
• Downloaded Maps Manager
• Geolocation Service
• Microsoft Windows SMS Router Service
• Netlogon
• Parental Controls
• Payments and NFC/SE Manager
• Phone Service
• Print Device Configuration Service
• Print Spooler
• PrintNotify
• PrintScanBrokerService
• Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
• Radio Management Service
• Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
• Remote Access Connection Manager
• Remote Desktop Configuration
• Remote Desktop Services
• Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector
• Remote Registry
• Retail Demo Service
• Secondary Logon
• Sensor Data Service
• Sensor Monitoring Service
• Sensor Service
• Server
• Shared PC Account Manager
• Smart Card
• Smart Card Device Enumeration Service
• Smart Card Removal Policy
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
• Telephony
• Virtual Disk [1]
• Volume Shadow Copy
• WalletService
• Windows Backup
• Windows Biometric Service
• Windows Camera Frame Server
• Windows Camera Frame Server Monitor
• Windows Connect Now - Config Registar
• Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
• Windows Insider Service
• Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
• Windows Mobile Hotspot Service
• Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)
• Windows Search
• Work Folders
• WWAN AutoConfig

There are more services that I wish I could fully remove, but some can't be modified, and even if you stop them, they will re-run next time again, so not bothering at all.

[1] You might want this "Manual" in case you mount images. I haven't tried it, so I don't know how good or bad it is.