Solved Some Services are not listed (MSIO, EneIo, WD?)


hexaae

hexaae

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Today I noticed one strange thing... I have found some services I didn't know in the registry and didn't show up with a classic sc queryex type=service state=all :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EneIo (ImagePath="\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ene.sys"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSIO (ImagePath="\??\C:\Program Files\Galaxy\Aac_GALAX GAMER RGB\msio64.sys")
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\FirstBoot\Services\EneIo
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\FirstBoot\Services\MSIO

Q1: Why they don't appear in the list with other Services, not even using AutoRuns?
Q2: Am I right assuming that drivers under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\FirstBoot\... are loaded during Windows boot even before the user logs in?

I concluded they were installed by Aura Core or Aura Sync (I have an ASUS gaming laptop with RGB keys...), even if not used by my specific HW.
Browsing my Program Files I think I also found another unknown RGB (?) driver by the way:

Code: 
C:\PROGRAM FILES\WD
└───Aac_WD P40 Game Drive
    ├───x64
    │       AacHal_x64.dll
    │
    └───x86
            AacHal_x86.dll

How can I disable/remove these useless drivers/services safely?
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11 22H2 22621.1194

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG SCAR 18
    CPU
    Intel i9-13980HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 5600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GTX 4090 Laptop 256bit 16GB 175W
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC285 + Dolby Atmos
    Monitor(s) Displays
    G-Sync NE180QDM-NZ2 18" 16:10, FreeSync Premium XiaoMi Mi 34" 21:9
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1600@240Hz (internal), 3440x1440@144Hz (external)
    Hard Drives
    NVMe Lexar NM790 1TB 6GB/s, NVMe Lexar NM790 4TB 6GB/s
    PSU
    330W (laptop PSU)
    Mouse
    ROG Strix Carry Wireless-BT mouse
    Other Info
    4K UHD USB Archgon Star Blu-Ray 4K UHD,
    8BitDo Arcade Stick,
    Vader 4 Pro controller
Any driver with IO, (Input Ouput) and HAL (hardware abstract Layer) in their names are not loaded at user login but are when windows boots, as you correctly assumed. They are not user controlled. They can be removed at your own risk. Backup please.
WD is probably a portable Western Digital device. The others need further investigation.
I do have an RGB keyboard and don't see those on my Asus.
Why is it so important for you to remove them?
If you decide to do so, do it with this:

github.com

Releases · lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer

Driver Store Explorer [RAPR]. Contribute to lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com github.com
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
Ah, yeah, the good old rapr application to remove/backup/install (old) drivers, good idea...
Why? Well, no real reason but for example Win 11 complains some of them are "unsafe" after reboot if you enabled extra safety option "Core Isolation" (even though I also found this feature prevents undervolting through ThrottleStop which is undesirable on thin laptops!):

image.png
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG SCAR 18
    CPU
    Intel i9-13980HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 5600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GTX 4090 Laptop 256bit 16GB 175W
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC285 + Dolby Atmos
    Monitor(s) Displays
    G-Sync NE180QDM-NZ2 18" 16:10, FreeSync Premium XiaoMi Mi 34" 21:9
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1600@240Hz (internal), 3440x1440@144Hz (external)
    Hard Drives
    NVMe Lexar NM790 1TB 6GB/s, NVMe Lexar NM790 4TB 6GB/s
    PSU
    330W (laptop PSU)
    Mouse
    ROG Strix Carry Wireless-BT mouse
    Other Info
    4K UHD USB Archgon Star Blu-Ray 4K UHD,
    8BitDo Arcade Stick,
    Vader 4 Pro controller
It's Mslo64.sys right? not msio64.sys.
That one can be taken out, it is Aura Galaxy but is no longer necessary.
Aura is such a mess and was so poorly implemented.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
Exactly why I wanted to get rid of them anyway...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG SCAR 18
    CPU
    Intel i9-13980HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 5600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GTX 4090 Laptop 256bit 16GB 175W
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC285 + Dolby Atmos
    Monitor(s) Displays
    G-Sync NE180QDM-NZ2 18" 16:10, FreeSync Premium XiaoMi Mi 34" 21:9
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1600@240Hz (internal), 3440x1440@144Hz (external)
    Hard Drives
    NVMe Lexar NM790 1TB 6GB/s, NVMe Lexar NM790 4TB 6GB/s
    PSU
    330W (laptop PSU)
    Mouse
    ROG Strix Carry Wireless-BT mouse
    Other Info
    4K UHD USB Archgon Star Blu-Ray 4K UHD,
    8BitDo Arcade Stick,
    Vader 4 Pro controller
image.png


MSIO service stuff (DDR RGBs indeed, I don't have on this laptop of course):

Viper RGB DDR4 Performance Memory DRAM | Viper Gaming

Patriot’s Viper RGB Series memory modules were designed and built for extreme performance. They have full compatibility with the latest Intel and AMD platforms to deliver a seamless connection to your build.
viper.patriotmemory.com viper.patriotmemory.com

GALAX GAMER III DDR4-3000 16GB RGB - GAMER RAM - RAM

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www.galax.com www.galax.com
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG SCAR 18
    CPU
    Intel i9-13980HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 5600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GTX 4090 Laptop 256bit 16GB 175W
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC285 + Dolby Atmos
    Monitor(s) Displays
    G-Sync NE180QDM-NZ2 18" 16:10, FreeSync Premium XiaoMi Mi 34" 21:9
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1600@240Hz (internal), 3440x1440@144Hz (external)
    Hard Drives
    NVMe Lexar NM790 1TB 6GB/s, NVMe Lexar NM790 4TB 6GB/s
    PSU
    330W (laptop PSU)
    Mouse
    ROG Strix Carry Wireless-BT mouse
    Other Info
    4K UHD USB Archgon Star Blu-Ray 4K UHD,
    8BitDo Arcade Stick,
    Vader 4 Pro controller
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HINT:
just found that with Autoruns from the Everything tab you can actually safely disable/enable also EneIo and MSIO "Firstboot services" deselecting Hide Windows Entries from menu, since "ene.sys" for example was signed by Microsoft, hence hidden.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG SCAR 18
    CPU
    Intel i9-13980HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 5600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GTX 4090 Laptop 256bit 16GB 175W
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC285 + Dolby Atmos
    Monitor(s) Displays
    G-Sync NE180QDM-NZ2 18" 16:10, FreeSync Premium XiaoMi Mi 34" 21:9
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1600@240Hz (internal), 3440x1440@144Hz (external)
    Hard Drives
    NVMe Lexar NM790 1TB 6GB/s, NVMe Lexar NM790 4TB 6GB/s
    PSU
    330W (laptop PSU)
    Mouse
    ROG Strix Carry Wireless-BT mouse
    Other Info
    4K UHD USB Archgon Star Blu-Ray 4K UHD,
    8BitDo Arcade Stick,
    Vader 4 Pro controller
hexaae said:
HINT:
just found that with Autoruns from the Everything tab you can actually safely disable/enable also EneIo and MSIO "Firstboot services" disabling Hide Windows Entries from menu, since "ene.sys" for example was signed by Microsoft, hence hidden.
Click to expand...
It can even be run from the command line with autorunsc.
I strongly recommend WSCC if you are into nerdy things like most of us in this forum.

KLS SOFT - WSCC - Windows System Control Center

www.kls-soft.com www.kls-soft.com
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
OAT said:
It can even be run from the command line with autorunsc.
Click to expand...
Right, could be useful for sys admins on remote machines upgraded to Win 11.
Didn't know WSCC, thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG SCAR 18
    CPU
    Intel i9-13980HX
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 5600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GTX 4090 Laptop 256bit 16GB 175W
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC285 + Dolby Atmos
    Monitor(s) Displays
    G-Sync NE180QDM-NZ2 18" 16:10, FreeSync Premium XiaoMi Mi 34" 21:9
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1600@240Hz (internal), 3440x1440@144Hz (external)
    Hard Drives
    NVMe Lexar NM790 1TB 6GB/s, NVMe Lexar NM790 4TB 6GB/s
    PSU
    330W (laptop PSU)
    Mouse
    ROG Strix Carry Wireless-BT mouse
    Other Info
    4K UHD USB Archgon Star Blu-Ray 4K UHD,
    8BitDo Arcade Stick,
    Vader 4 Pro controller
  • Like
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