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Skip 'wait for idle' before launching startup apps

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Companion to the StartupDelayInMSec tweak. Stops Windows from waiting for the CPU to be idle before running startup apps. On modern systems this is the bigger contributor to the post-login wait.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4059183/startup-apps-artificially-delayed-on-windows-11

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