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Windows Features

Disable Unused Network Services

Remove rarely-used network service features

Benefit

Reduces attack surface and frees up resources by disabling obsolete protocols

Impact

low

Commands (1)

$ErrorActionPreference='Continue'; $features = @('TelnetClient','TFTP','SNMP','SimpleTCP'); foreach ($f in $features) { $w = Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $f -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if (-not $w) { Write-Host "[SKIP] $f - not available on this system"; continue } if ($w.State -eq 'Disabled' -or $w.State -eq 'DisabledWithPayloadRemoved') { Write-Host "[OK] $f - already disabled"; continue } try { Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $f -NoRestart -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null; Write-Host "[OK] Disabled $f" } catch { Write-Host "[ERR] $f - $($_.Exception.Message)" } }