Services are nothing but application that runs in the background which typically provide features such as client/server applications, Web servers, database servers, and other server-based applications to users, both locally and across the network.
You can use Services to start, stop, pause, resume, or disable any windows service application on remote and local computers with appropriate admin privileges. You can also Set up recovery actions to take place if a service fails such as restarting the service automatically or restarting the computer etc.
From all the Windows Services, the “Secondary Logon” service is the one that enables starting processes under alternate credentials. This allows the members of the Users group or Power Users group to run programs (*.exe), saved Microsoft Management Consoles(*.msc), shortcuts to programs and saved MMC consoles, and Control Panel items as an administrator which is generally considered as a security risk for a single user (or) notebook PC user. So, to minimize security risks to your computer it is suggested that the “Secondary Logon” service is disabled.
Follow the steps below to – Disable the “Secondary Logon” Service
1. Click Start and choose Control Panel from the Start Menu items.
Note:
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2. If your Control Panel is showing items in Classic View, find the icon named Administrative Tools and double click on it.
Alternatively if you are under Category View, click Performance and Maintenance and then Click Administrative Tools
3. Now double-click on Services applet which is used to start, stop and configure windows services on your PC. This open the service window listing all the windows services.
4. From the right pane of the Services Window, find the service “Secondary Logon” listed in the Name column.
5. Double-click the “Secondary Logon” service which shows the Secondary Logon Properties for your Local Computer. By default, the “Secondary Logon” service starts automatically when the system starts and the “Startup Type” setting may be set to “Automatic” or “Manual”.
6. Now Stop the service by clicking Stop button and then set the “Startup Type” setting to “Disable” and Click Apply->OK.
7. Exit the “Services” window and restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
That’s it!! You have successfully disabled the “Secondary Logon” Service to minimize the security risks to your computer.
Caution: This applies only to single users (or) notebook PC users who are not connected to any other computers over the local network.