MaxTweaks

Windows Tweaks Reference

Every optimization MaxTweaks can apply, explained in plain English. 343 free tweaks across 16 categories — each one reversible and sourced.

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CPU & Power · 32

Activate the High Performance plan Switches to the built-in High Performance power plan, which keeps the CPU at higher clocks and stops aggressiv…Add kernel worker threads for delayed work items Sets AdditionalDelayedWorkerThreads = 8 under Session Manager\Executive. Companion to the critical-workers twe…Add kernel worker threads for I/O completions Sets AdditionalCriticalWorkerThreads = 8 under Session Manager\Executive. The critical worker pool processes E…Allow interrupts on every logical CPU (vs CPU 0 only) Sets InterruptSteeringDisabled = 0 under Session Manager\kernel, explicitly enabling Interrupt Steering. Moder…Bias the CPU toward performance (EPP = 0) Runs powercfg on the active plan's AC profile to set the Energy Performance Preference (EPP, GUID 36687f9e-…) …Boost thread priority on I/O completion Sets IoPriorityBoostEnable = 1 under Session Manager\Executive. When a thread blocks waiting for disk or netwo…Disable CPU idle states (lowest latency, runs hot) Runs `powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE 1` on the active plan's AC profile. S…Disable Fast Startup (hybrid shutdown) Sets HiberbootEnabled = 0 under Session Manager\Power. Fast Startup makes 'Shut down' actually hibernate the k…Disable hybrid sleep (faster sleep on desktops) Runs powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_SLEEP 94ac6d29-… 0 to turn off Hybrid Sleep on AC power. Hyb…Disable kernel work-item completion tracking Sets WorkitemCompletionTracking = 0 under Session Manager\kernel. By default the kernel records detailed compl…Disable L1TF first-level data cache flush Disables the L1 Terminal Fault hyperthreading mitigation, which costs ~10-15% in HT-heavy workloads on affecte…Disable Meltdown/Spectre CPU mitigations (Intel) Sets FeatureSettingsOverride to disable kernel-level mitigations for Spectre v1/v2 and Meltdown. Affects older…Disable Meltdown/Spectre mitigation mask Companion to the FeatureSettingsOverride tweak. Sets FeatureSettingsOverrideMask = 3 so Windows honours the ov…Disable Power Throttling globally Power Throttling lets Windows park background apps' CPU usage to save battery. On desktops on AC power this of…Disable Spectre/Meltdown CPU mitigations Sets FeatureSettingsOverride = 3 (and writes the matching mask) under Memory Management, turning off the Spect…Disable wake timers (stop background wake-ups) Runs powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_SLEEP RTCWAKE 0 to disable wake timers on AC power. Wake tim…Distribute timer DPCs across all CPU cores Sets DistributeTimers = 1 under Session Manager\kernel. By default Windows queues most periodic timer DPCs on …Enable AMD HPC core-grouping hint Sets the Windows AMD CPU CCX/CCD enumeration to provide topology hints to the scheduler. Helps NUMA-aware work…Enable autonomous P-states (Intel Speed Shift / AMD CPPC) Runs `powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR 8baa4a8a-14c6-4451-8e8b-14bdbd197537 1`, enabling…Enable threaded DPCs (move DPC work off interrupt context) Sets ThreadDpcEnable = 1 under Session Manager\kernel. Lets the kernel promote eligible DPCs out of the high-p…Enable Win32 long path support (> 260 chars) Allows Win32 APIs to accept paths longer than MAX_PATH (260 chars). Microsoft-documented; required for many mo…Pin minimum processor state to 100% (AC / desktop) Runs `powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR PROCTHROTTLEMIN 100` on the active power plan's A…Reduce HungAppTimeout to 1 second Lowers the time before Windows declares a non-responsive app 'hung' from the default 5000 ms to 1000 ms. The '…Reduce WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 2 seconds Lowers the time Windows waits for unresponsive services during shutdown from 5000 ms to 2000 ms. Faster shutdo…Restore global high-resolution timer requests Sets GlobalTimerResolutionRequests = 1. Since Windows 10 2004, a high-resolution timer requested by one proces…Serialize kernel timer expiration Sets SerializeTimerExpiration = 1 in the kernel. Windows then processes expired timers sequentially on a singl…Set 'Games' MMCSS scheduling category to High Sets Scheduling Category = High on the built-in 'Games' Multimedia Class Scheduler task. Threads that join the…Set 'Games' MMCSS storage-I/O priority to High Sets SFIO Priority = High on the 'Games' MMCSS task. SFIO (Scheduled File I/O) priority governs how aggressive…Spectre/Meltdown mitigation override mask Companion to the mitigations tweak above — sets FeatureSettingsOverrideMask = 3 so the override actually appli…Uncap maximum processor state to 100% (AC) Runs powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR PROCTHROTTLEMAX 100 on the active plan. Some OEM a…Unlock & activate the Ultimate Performance plan Duplicates the hidden 'Ultimate Performance' power scheme into your plan list and sets it active. It removes m…Use active cooling (cool before throttling) Runs `powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR SYSCOOLPOL 0` to set the system cooling policy to…

Graphics · 18

Cap DWM present queue at 1 frame (minimum latency) Sets MaxQueuedPresents = 1 under SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm. By default the desktop compositor allows up t…Clear Fullscreen-Optimizations feature flags Sets GameDVR_EFSEFeatureFlags = 0, the final member of the Fullscreen-Optimizations override group. With all f…Disable Game Bar audio capture Sets AudioCaptureEnabled = 0 under the per-user GameDVR key. Stops the Game Bar from hooking the audio render …Disable Game Bar background app capture Sets AppCaptureEnabled = 0 under the per-user GameDVR key. Stops the Xbox Game Bar's capture pipeline from hoo…Disable Game Bar background recording (ring buffer) Sets HistoricalCaptureEnabled = 0, turning off the Game Bar's 'record the last X minutes' background ring buff…Enable Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) Sets HwSchMode = 2 under Control\GraphicsDrivers, turning on Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling. This hands f…Enable MSI mode for the GPU Enables Message Signaled Interrupts (MSISupported = 1) on display adapters, which lets the GPU raise interrupt…Enable windowed-game optimizations (flip-model + auto VRR) Writes DirectXUserGlobalSettings = 'SwapEffectUpgradeEnable=1;VRROptimizeEnable=1;'. This is the registry back…Ensure GPU TDR recovery is enabled Sets TdrLevel = 3 (recover on timeout). This is the Windows default but some tweak scripts set it to 0 (disabl…Honor the Fullscreen-Optimizations override Sets GameDVR_HonorUserFSEBehaviorMode = 1. Companion to the built-in 'Disable Fullscreen Optimizations globall…Increase GPU timeout (TDR delay) to 10s Sets GraphicsDrivers\TdrDelay = 10 (seconds, default 2). TDR resets the GPU driver if it stops responding; rai…Lengthen GPU scheduler quantum (longer, fewer context switches) Sets PlatformSupportMiracast = 0 — keeping the GPU scheduler from yielding the GPU to Miracast/wireless-displa…Move NVIDIA shader cache to a larger size (10 GB) Sets the global shader cache size to 10 GB via the NVIDIA Display.NvContainer service registry. Larger caches …NVIDIA: force Prefer Maximum Performance (no downclocking) Writes the PowerMizer registry quartet (PerfLevelSrc = 0x2222, PowerMizerEnable = 1, PowerMizerLevel = 1, Powe…Pin GPU interrupts to the last CPU cores (interrupt affinity) Steers the GPU's interrupts/DPCs onto the two highest-numbered logical CPUs and off core 0, where Windows funn…Prevent GPU from idling down between frames Sets DisableIdleTimeout = 1 under SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers. The Windows Display Driver…Route DWM input through I/O completion ports (lower latency) Sets DwmInputUsesIoCompletionPort = 1 under SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm. Switches the desktop compositor's …Use DXGI fullscreen-compatible present path Sets GameDVR_DXGIHonorFSEWindowsCompatible = 1, the third member of the Fullscreen-Optimizations override trio…

Network · 31

Disable Computer Browser (SMB1 / NetBIOS network browsing) Disables the Computer Browser service, which only does anything on networks that still use NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP…Disable Energy-Efficient Ethernet (*EEE) Writes *EEE = 0 into every network adapter instance. Energy-Efficient Ethernet (802.3az) drops the PHY into a …Disable IPv6 (set DisabledComponents = 0xFF) Disables all IPv6 components except the loopback interface, per Microsoft KB929852. Microsoft DOES NOT recomme…Disable LLMNR (Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution) Disables LLMNR, an obsolete name-resolution protocol that's been a known credential-leak vector for over a dec…Disable LMHOSTS name lookup Sets EnableLMHOSTS = 0 under NetBT. LMHOSTS is a legacy local-file method for resolving NetBIOS names to IPs; …Disable MMCSS network throttling (NetworkThrottlingIndex) Sets NetworkThrottlingIndex = 0xFFFFFFFF under Multimedia\SystemProfile (Windows default is 10). By default, w…Disable NIC flow control (802.3x pause frames) Writes *FlowControl = 0 into every network adapter instance. Ethernet flow control lets a congested link send …Disable NIC interrupt moderation (lowest network latency) Writes *InterruptModeration = 0 into every network adapter's driver instance. Interrupt moderation batches inc…Disable TCP window-scaling heuristics Runs `netsh interface tcp set heuristics disabled`. Windows ships a 'scaling heuristics' layer that can silent…Disable Teredo IPv6 tunneling Runs `netsh interface teredo set state disabled`. Teredo tunnels IPv6 over IPv4 NAT; on most home networks it …Disable update P2P sharing (Delivery Optimization) Sets DODownloadMode = 0 under Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeliveryOptimization. By default Windows can upload y…Don't cache failed DNS lookups Sets MaxNegativeCacheTtl = 0 under Dnscache\Parameters. By default Windows remembers a failed DNS lookup for ~…Enable MSI mode for network adapters (MSISupported = 1) Enables Message Signaled Interrupts on every OK network device by writing MSISupported = 1 under each NIC's Pn…Force-enable Receive Side Scaling (*RSS) Writes *RSS = 1 into every network adapter instance. RSS spreads inbound network processing across multiple CP…Ignore ICMP redirects (route hardening) Sets EnableICMPRedirect = 0 under Tcpip\Parameters. By default Windows lets inbound ICMP redirect packets alte…Maximize NIC receive buffers (*ReceiveBuffers = 2048) Writes *ReceiveBuffers = 2048 into every network adapter instance. Larger receive-descriptor rings let the NIC…Maximize NIC transmit buffers (*TransmitBuffers = 2048) Writes *TransmitBuffers = 2048 into every network adapter instance. A deeper transmit ring lets the NIC queue …Move network RSS off CPU core 0 Sets every RSS-capable network adapter's base processor to core 2, steering NIC interrupt/receive processing a…Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 (set DisabledComponents = 0x20) Keeps IPv6 enabled but tells Windows to prefer IPv4 for name resolution. Microsoft's recommended middle-ground…Raise the fast-send UDP datagram threshold Sets FastSendDatagramThreshold = 1500 under AFD (the kernel sockets driver). UDP datagrams at or below this si…Remove SMB client bandwidth throttling (LAN transfers) Sets DisableBandwidthThrottling = 1 under LanmanWorkstation\Parameters. The SMB client self-throttles to avoid…Reset DNS to automatic (DHCP) Clears any manually-set DNS servers on all active adapters so Windows goes back to the DNS handed out by your …Reuse closed TCP ports faster (TcpTimedWaitDelay) Sets TcpTimedWaitDelay = 30 (seconds, default 120/240). Shortens how long a closed connection sits in TIME_WAI…Set default TTL to 64 Sets DefaultTTL = 64, the modern standard hop limit used by Linux/macOS (Windows defaults to 128). Mostly cosm…Stop USB devices powering off (global) Sets DisableSelectiveSuspend = 1 under the USB service so Windows stops cutting power to idle USB devices. Fix…Stop Windows powering down the NIC (PnPCapabilities = 24) Writes PnPCapabilities = 24 into every network adapter instance, which clears both 'Allow the computer to turn…Use Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1) Points all active network adapters at Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1 resolvers — one of the fastest public res…Use Cloudflare DNS with malware blocking (1.1.1.2) Points all active adapters at Cloudflare's 1.1.1.2 / 1.0.0.2 'for Families' resolvers, which block known malwa…Use Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) Points all active adapters at Google's 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 resolvers — globally distributed and consistently fas…Use Quad9 DNS (9.9.9.9) Points all active adapters at Quad9's 9.9.9.9 / 149.112.112.112 resolvers. Quad9 is a Swiss non-profit that bl…Widen the ephemeral port range (MaxUserPort) Sets MaxUserPort = 65534 so Windows can hand out far more outbound (ephemeral) ports. Prevents 'port exhaustio…

Services · 44

Disable AllJoyn Router (AJRouter) Sets AJRouter (AllJoyn Router Service) to Disabled. AllJoyn is a legacy IoT/smart-home device-interop framewor…Disable AMD External Events Utility (if installed) Sets AMD External Events Utility (AMD External Events Client) to Manual. Used by Radeon ReLive screen recordin…Disable automatic Microsoft Store app updates Sets the WindowsStore AutoDownload policy to 2 (disabled) so Store apps stop updating themselves in the backgr…Disable Data Usage service (DusmSvc) Sets DusmSvc (Data Usage) to Disabled. This is the service-side companion to the Ndu driver tweak: it tracks p…Disable Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) DPS runs the built-in Windows troubleshooters. Disabling means the 'troubleshoot' buttons in Settings stop wor…Disable Distributed Link Tracking (TrkWks) Sets TrkWks (Distributed Link Tracking Client) to Disabled. This service maintains links between NTFS files th…Disable Downloaded Maps Manager (MapsBroker) Disables the offline-maps download service. The Maps app (if you use it) will download maps on demand instead.…Disable Edge background mode Companion to Startup Boost. Stops Edge from continuing to run after every window is closed (for notifications …Disable Edge Startup Boost Stops Microsoft Edge from keeping background processes alive between sessions for 'faster launch'. On systems …Disable Fax service (Fax) Sets the Fax service to Disabled. It exists to send/receive faxes through a fax modem or fax server — somethin…Disable Geolocation Service (lfsvc) Disables the system location-providers service. Apps requesting location will be denied. Pair with the 'Block …Disable Intel Graphics Command Center startup tasks Stops the Intel Graphics Command Center service from auto-starting. The CP itself still works when launched; t…Disable Payments and NFC/SE Manager (SEMgrSvc) Disables the service that supports tap-to-pay over NFC on tablets. Has no effect on desktop systems but consum…Disable Print Spooler (Spooler) — no printing Sets Spooler (Print Spooler) to Disabled and stops it now. THIS TURNS OFF ALL PRINTING, including 'Microsoft P…Disable Program Compatibility Assistant (PcaSvc) Sets PcaSvc (Program Compatibility Assistant Service) to Disabled. PcaSvc watches program launches to detect l…Disable Remote Registry (RemoteRegistry) — hardening Sets RemoteRegistry to Disabled. This service lets remote users modify this PC's registry over the network. On…Disable Retail Demo Service Disables RetailDemo, which exists for in-store kiosk Windows demos. Pure free RAM on any non-display-floor PC.Disable Sleep Study / power-efficiency tracing Disables the scheduled task that runs the Sleep Study power-efficiency analysis (\Microsoft\Windows\Power Effi…Disable SysMain (Superfetch / prefetcher) Disables SysMain (formerly Superfetch). Helps on SSDs where prefetching adds wear without real benefit. Micros…Disable Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel (if no touchscreen) Disables TabletInputService. On desktops without touch/pen input, this saves a small amount of RAM and removes…Disable Windows Error Reporting (WerSvc) Stops Windows from automatically uploading crash reports to Microsoft. If you want to keep Watson-style local …Disable Windows Search service Disables the indexer. Start-menu file search will still work but be slower; third-party tools (Everything, rip…Disable WLAN AutoConfig (WlanSvc) — Wi-Fi off Sets WlanSvc to Disabled. THIS TURNS OFF Wi-Fi entirely — only apply on desktops that use wired Ethernet. If y…Disable WMP Network Sharing (WMPNetworkSvc) Sets WMPNetworkSvc (Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service) to Disabled and stops it. It streams Windows…Disable Xbox Live Auth Manager (if you don't game on Xbox app) Disables XblAuthManager. Required by the Xbox app, Microsoft Store games, and Game Pass titles. Leave enabled …Disable Xbox Live Game Save (if you don't use cloud saves) Disables XblGameSave. Same caveat as Xbox Live Auth Manager — required for Microsoft Store games' cloud sync.Don't install drivers through Windows Update Sets ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate = 1 so Windows Update stops delivering hardware drivers as part of qualit…Don't reopen apps after restart Disables the 'Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in' setting. Quieter po…Eliminate startup-app delay (StartupDelayInMSec=0) Removes the artificial delay Windows applies before launching apps in shell:startup at login. Per-user setting…Hide auto-restart reminder notifications Sets SetAutoRestartNotificationDisable = 1 so Windows stops showing the recurring 'your device will restart to…Never auto-restart while you're signed in Sets NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers = 1 so Windows Update will not automatically reboot the machine to finish i…Set BITS to manual start (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) BITS is used by Windows Update and Microsoft Store for throttled background downloads. Setting to Manual lets …Set Bluetooth Support Service to manual (bthserv) Sets bthserv to Manual. Only affects Bluetooth — wired and USB-dongle mice/keyboards are unaffected. Set to ma…Set Delivery Optimization to manual (DoSvc) Sets DoSvc (Delivery Optimization) to Manual instead of Automatic. DoSvc runs a peer-to-peer cache that shares…Set Google Update to manual (gupdate) Sets the Google Update service to Manual so Chrome's background updater stops idling. Chrome still updates on …Set Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to Manual Sets SharedAccess to Manual and stops it now. ICS lets this PC share its internet connection out to other devi…Set Microsoft Edge Update to manual (edgeupdate) Sets the Microsoft Edge Update service to Manual so it stops running an always-on background updater. Edge sti…Set NVIDIA Display Container to manual Sets NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem to Manual instead of Automatic. The container starts on demand when the Co…Set Offline Files to Manual Sets CscService (Offline Files) to Manual and stops it now. Offline Files caches network-share files for offli…Set Phone Service to Manual Sets PhoneSvc to Manual and stops it now. It manages phone-call state/telephony for the rarely-used Your Phone…Set Smart Card service to manual (SCardSvr) Sets SCardSvr (Smart Card) to Manual instead of Automatic. If you don't use a smart card reader or a CAC/PIV c…Set Xbox Accessory Management to manual (XboxGipSvc) Sets XboxGipSvc to Manual. It manages Xbox controller accessories/firmware. Manual keeps controllers working (…Set Xbox Live Networking to manual (XboxNetApiSvc) Sets XboxNetApiSvc (Xbox Live Networking Service) to Manual. Used by the Xbox app / Game Pass multiplayer netw…Skip 'wait for idle' before launching startup apps Companion to the StartupDelayInMSec tweak. Stops Windows from waiting for the CPU to be idle before running st…

Privacy · 61

Visual · 18

Disable Aero Peek (desktop preview) Sets EnableAeroPeek = 0 under Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM. Turns off the desktop-preview effect where hover…Disable desktop icon label shadows Sets ListviewShadow = 0 under Explorer\Advanced. Turns off the drop-shadow rendered behind desktop icon text. …Disable taskbar animations Sets TaskbarAnimations = 0 under Explorer\Advanced. Removes the slide/fade animations when taskbar buttons app…Disable the translucent selection rectangle Sets ListviewAlphaSelect = 0 under Explorer\Advanced. Replaces the semi-transparent 'rubber-band' selection bo…Disable UI transparency effects Turns off the Acrylic/Mica transparency on Start, Action Center, and taskbar. Frees ~3-5% GPU on integrated gr…Don't show 'Recently added' in Start menu Hides the 'Recently added' group at the top of the Start menu. Cosmetic. Per-machine policy.Hide Taskbar search box Removes the search box from the taskbar. Win key still opens Start search.Hide Widgets from taskbar Removes the Widgets button from the Windows 11 taskbar.Maximise keyboard repeat speed Sets KeyboardSpeed to 31 (maximum, ~30 chars/sec) and KeyboardDelay to 0 (250 ms before repeat starts). Revert…Minimise keyboard repeat delay Sets KeyboardDelay to 0 (the shortest delay before repeat begins, ~250 ms). Pairs with the repeat-speed tweak …Reduce icon and thumbnail cache flicker Sets the Explorer 'Max Cached Icons' value to a higher cap (8192). Reduces re-rendering of icons in folders wi…Reduce mouse hover time to 10 ms Lowers MouseHoverTime from the default 400 ms. Affects how quickly tooltips and hover effects trigger througho…Remove Teams Chat icon from taskbar Sets ChatIcon = 3 (policy) to remove the built-in Microsoft Teams 'Chat' icon from the taskbar and stop its ba…Restore classic right-click menu (Windows 10 style) Brings back the full Windows 10 context menu in File Explorer on Windows 11, skipping the 'Show more options' …Show file extensions in Explorer Stops Explorer from hiding extensions on 'known file types', which is the well-known phishing vector (innocent…Show hidden files in Explorer Reveals files marked hidden. Does NOT show system-protected files; that's a separate flag (ShowSuperHidden) we…Show only an outline when dragging windows Sets DragFullWindows = 0 under HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop. Instead of re-rendering a window's full contents ev…Skip the lock screen Sets NoLockScreen = 1 (policy) so Windows goes straight to the sign-in prompt instead of showing the lock-scre…

Gaming · 19

Disable Core Isolation — Memory Integrity (HVCI) Sets HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity\Enabled = 0. Memory Integrity (HVCI) runs driver code-integrity checks in…Disable Filter Keys (sticky/slow keys) Disables the Filter Keys accessibility shortcut that briefly slows the system if Shift is held down. The short…Disable Fullscreen Optimizations globally Stops Windows from intercepting exclusive fullscreen and rendering games in a borderless-window composition pa…Disable Game DVR (HKCU side) Per-user mirror of the GameDVR Group Policy disable. Some Windows builds honour only one of the two — applying…Disable HPET as OS platform clock Runs `bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformclock`, which removes any Windows-side override forcing HPET as the plat…Disable Memory Integrity (HVCI) Sets HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity\Enabled=0. This is the 'Memory Integrity' toggle in Windows Security → De…Disable mouse acceleration (Enhance Pointer Precision) Sets MouseSpeed=0. Equivalent to unchecking 'Enhance pointer precision' in the Mouse control panel. Every comp…Disable the Windows hypervisor (max gaming FPS) Runs `bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off`. This stops Windows from launching its Hyper-V hypervisor at boot…Disable Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Sets EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity=0 under DeviceGuard. Microsoft and benchmark sites (Tom's Hardware, PC …Disable Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Sets EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity = 0 under DeviceGuard. VBS isolates parts of Windows in a hypervisor fo…Disable Xbox Game Bar Disables the Xbox Game Bar overlay (Win+G). Some games show input lag improvements with this off.Enable per-app GPU preference Ensures DirectX runtime allows per-app GPU selection. Already on by default on most Win11 systems; tweak ensur…Enable Windows Game Mode Forces Game Mode to auto-engage for detected games. Improves frame-pacing on most modern Windows builds.Mouse acceleration threshold 1 = 0 Companion to the no-acceleration tweak above. Sets the lower threshold of the XP-era acceleration curve to 0. …Mouse acceleration threshold 2 = 0 Companion to the no-acceleration tweak. Sets the upper threshold of the acceleration curve to 0.Reduce MMCSS reserved CPU for background (SystemResponsiveness = 10) Sets SystemResponsiveness = 10 under Multimedia\SystemProfile (Windows default is 20). This value is the perce…Remove useplatformtick override Runs `bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformtick`. If a previous tweak script set useplatformtick=Yes (forcing RTC f…Restore default dynamic-tick behaviour Runs `bcdedit /deletevalue disabledynamictick`. Many old guides told users to set this Yes; on Windows 11 24H2…Restore default TSC sync policy Runs `bcdedit /deletevalue tscsyncpolicy`. Use this if a previous tweak script set tscsyncpolicy to Enhanced o…

Storage · 10

Disable hibernation (free up disk space) Turns hibernation off and deletes the hidden hiberfil.sys file, which is sized at a large fraction of your RAM…Disable NTFS Last-Access updates Stops NTFS from writing a 'last accessed' timestamp every time a file is read. Reduces wear on SSDs and shaves…Disable Storage Sense automatic cleanup Sets AllowStorageSenseGlobal = 0 (policy). Storage Sense periodically wakes to scan and delete temp files, rec…Disable Windows Reserved Storage (~7 GB) Sets ShippedWithReserves=0 in the ReserveManager key. Reclaims the ~7 GB Windows holds back for feature update…Disable write-cache buffer flushing (DATA-LOSS RISK) [DATA-LOSS RISK] Sets CacheIsPowerProtected = 1 on disk devices, turning off Windows write-cache buffer flushi…Let NTFS use more RAM for metadata caching Runs `fsutil behavior set memoryusage 2`. Raises the amount of memory NTFS reserves for its paged-pool metadat…Never spin down the disk (HDD latency) Runs `powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_DISK DISKIDLE 0` so Windows never powers the disk down afte…Reserve more space for the NTFS MFT Sets NtfsMftZoneReservation = 2 (of 1-4). The Master File Table holds one record per file; on volumes with ver…Stop creating legacy 8.3 short filenames Sets FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation = 1 so NTFS no longer generates MS-DOS-style 8.3 short names for …Stop creating legacy 8.3 short filenames Runs `fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1`. For every long filename, NTFS also generates an MS-DOS-era 8.3 shor…

Memory · 8

Disable memory page combining (high-memory systems) Runs `Disable-MMAgent -PageCombining`. Windows periodically scans physical RAM for byte-identical pages and me…Disable Network Data Usage driver (Ndu) Sets the Ndu (Windows Network Data Usage Monitoring) driver Start type to Disabled (4). Ndu allocates non-page…Disable RAM compression (high-memory systems) Runs `Disable-MMAgent -MemoryCompression`. Windows compresses cold pages in RAM to avoid disk paging; the cost…Disable the Prefetcher (SSD/NVMe systems) Sets EnablePrefetcher = 0. The Prefetcher pre-loads boot and app pages based on past usage — a meaningful win …Enlarge the NTFS metadata RAM cache Sets NtfsMemoryUsage = 2, telling the NTFS driver to use a larger paged-pool cache for file-system metadata (t…Group service host processes (lower idle RAM + process count) Sets SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB to 64 GB. On systems with more than 3.5 GB RAM, Windows splits every service in…Keep kernel & drivers resident in RAM (DisablePagingExecutive) Sets DisablePagingExecutive = 1 under Session Manager\Memory Management. This stops Windows from paging kernel…Stop UWP apps running in the background Sets GlobalUserDisabled = 1 so packaged (Store/UWP) apps cannot keep themselves alive in the background. Frees…

Network QoS · 8

Disable Receive Segment Coalescing (lower latency) Runs `netsh int tcp set global rsc=disabled`. RSC batches multiple inbound TCP segments together before handin…QoS priority: Apex Legends Creates a QoS policy tagging Apex Legends (r5apex.exe) traffic with DSCP 46. Reversible.QoS priority: Battlefield 6 Creates a QoS policy tagging Battlefield 6 (bf6.exe) traffic with DSCP 46. If your build uses a different exec…QoS priority: Call of Duty / Warzone Creates a QoS policy tagging Call of Duty / Warzone (cod.exe) traffic with DSCP 46. Reversible.QoS priority: Counter-Strike 2 Creates a QoS policy tagging Counter-Strike 2 (cs2.exe) traffic with DSCP 46. Reversible.QoS priority: Fortnite Creates a QoS policy tagging Fortnite (FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe) traffic with DSCP 46 for priority ha…QoS priority: Rainbow Six Siege Creates a QoS policy tagging Rainbow Six Siege (RainbowSix.exe) traffic with DSCP 46. Reversible.QoS priority: Valorant Creates a QoS policy tagging Valorant (VALORANT-Win64-Shipping.exe) traffic with DSCP 46. Reversible.

Presets · 3

Preset: Competitive FPS (low latency) Applies a low-latency competitive bundle: foreground priority boost (Win32PrioritySeparation 0x26), MMCSS Syst…Preset: Quality / Eye-candy Restores a visually rich, balanced desktop: full visual effects (let Windows choose / best appearance), transp…Preset: Streamer Balanced A balanced bundle for play-and-stream: Game Mode on, hardware GPU scheduling on, MMCSS SystemResponsiveness ea…

Apps · 5

Chrome: set Google Update to manual Sets the Google Update service (gupdate) to Manual so Chrome's background updater stops idling. Chrome still u…Chrome: stop running in the background Sets the Chrome policy BackgroundModeEnabled = 0 so Chrome doesn't keep a process alive after you close all wi…Discord: disable hardware acceleration Edits Discord's settings.json to turn off GPU hardware acceleration (frees a chunk of GPU/VRAM while gaming). …Logitech G HUB: stop background updater Sets the Logitech G HUB updater service (LGHUBUpdaterService) to Manual so it stops running constantly in the …Steam: don't auto-start with Windows Removes Steam from the per-user startup run by clearing its autostart preference (SteamApp 'AutoStartup'). Ste…

Debloat · 24

Quality of Life · 42

Maintenance · 15

Clear Delivery Optimization cache Purges the peer-to-peer Delivery Optimization cache Windows uses to share update files across your network. Pu…Clear Prefetch data Empties C:\Windows\Prefetch. Windows rebuilds these launch-acceleration files automatically over the next few …Clear SRUM (System Resource Usage Monitor) data [ONE-SHOT — NOT REVERSIBLE] Stops the Diagnostic Policy Service, deletes the SRUM database (SRUDB.dat), and re…Clear temporary files Deletes the contents of your user TEMP folder and C:\Windows\Temp. These are scratch files apps leave behind; …Clear temporary files [ONE-SHOT — NOT REVERSIBLE] Deletes the contents of your user TEMP and C:\Windows\Temp folders. Frees disk spa…Clear thumbnail cache Deletes the Explorer thumbnail cache (thumbcache_*.db). Fixes wrong/blank thumbnails and frees space; Explorer…Clear Windows Update download cache Stops the Windows Update service, deletes the cached update downloads in SoftwareDistribution\Download, then r…Disable Disk Diagnostic data collector task Disables Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector — the task that gather…Disable the Fault Tolerant Heap Sets FTH\Enabled = 0. The Fault Tolerant Heap silently applies compatibility shims to apps it decides are cras…Disable WinSAT assessment task Disables Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\WinSAT, the Windows System Assessment Tool that periodically re-measure…Empty the Recycle Bin (all drives) Permanently empties the Recycle Bin on every drive. This cannot be undone — make sure nothing in there is need…Flush DNS resolver cache [ONE-SHOT] Runs ipconfig /flushdns to clear the local DNS cache — fixes stale/incorrect domain resolutions. Se…Flush the DNS resolver cache Clears the local DNS cache so name lookups are resolved fresh. Useful after changing DNS servers or when a sit…Repair system files (SFC + DISM) [ONE-SHOT — NOT REVERSIBLE] Runs DISM /RestoreHealth then sfc /scannow to scan for and repair corrupted Window…Reset Microsoft Store cache [ONE-SHOT] Runs wsreset.exe to clear the Microsoft Store cache without changing settings or removing apps. Fix…

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Bufferbloat profile: Balanced (recommended) Tunes the Windows TCP stack for a balance of speed and low latency under load: normal receive auto-tuning, ECN…Bufferbloat profile: Low-latency Favors low latency under load by restricting receive-window auto-tuning (smaller buffers = less queueing delay…Bufferbloat profile: Speed Favors raw throughput: normal auto-tuning with the more aggressive CTCP congestion provider and ECN off. Best …Disable audio auto-ducking Sets UserDuckingPreference = 3 ('Do nothing') so Windows stops automatically lowering game/media volume when c…Use the legacy (text) boot menu Runs `bcdedit /set bootmenupolicy legacy`. Switches from the modern graphical boot menu to the classic text-mo…

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