How to remove dxagent service from Windows Services panel

Products

• CA Directory

Issue/Introduction

Dxagent is not required to run on dedicated Management UI. How to remove dxagent service from Windows Services panel?

Environment

Release : 14.1

Component : CA Directory on Windows

Resolution

To remove the dxagent service from Windows Services we need to remove from Windows registry. Please do the following steps.

0. Go to Windows Services and stop dxagent service if it is running

1. Open Registry Editor

2. Right click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DxagentService and select Export and save this for backup.

3. Right click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DxagentService and select Delete

4. Reboot Windows