How to remove defunct entries from Win XP Services list ?

[VexByte]

Some programs leave their presence in the Win XP Services list even after their removal. So is there any method/registry hacks to remove the old defunct entries of the un-installed applications ?

[Vishal Gupta]

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Now under this key, u'll get several other keys for each service. Here u can delete the desired key.

[sumeetindia]

Click start -> run -> type "services.msc"
Stop the unwanted services
Here's a guide
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ He doesnt want to enable/disable services, he wants to remove service entries from the list.
And for disabling unwanted services, I also wrote a tut here:

TUTORIAL: Windows XP Services that can be Safely set to MANUAL!!!