Speed up Windows - Blaine (the monkey)
Disclaimer
Use at your own risk, this is just a tweaking blueprint and you need to know your way around windows. This isn’t a step to step guide the point is just to send you on your way to squeeze the most out of your system but just cutting down on unneeded junk. Only thing that may differ between people using this on their pc is just programming tools that might need some dependencies and people using specific server protocols, etc (That being said most of these changes aren’t destructive) 1st make a system restore point for each of the big changes here just in case it breaks something or you don’t like the change for some reason so you can always roll back to a previews state of your system. This is a personal list, what works for me on my system so you may have to tweak some things further. I’m also skipping some things that are common like don’t run a bunch of extensions in your browser.
Start Here
- Disable fast boot on BIOS.
- ShupUpW10, enable all, but let apps use microphone.
- Remove Programs using CCleaner/RevoUninstaller/etc / disable/uninstall unused plugins on Max and Maya Photoshop etc whatever software you use the most should be as lite as possible while keeping functionality. Disable unneeded autostart programs. Disable unneeded schedules.
- Defrag HDD harddrives(optional) - Don’t defrag SSD
- Disable unused devices to cut down on latency (Device Manager)
- On restart W10 will reinstall basic drivers.
- Disable visual effects on windows / only thumbnails and smooth system fonts(optional)
- Restart in safe mode and run DDU to to remove automatic Nvidia drivers.(you just need the driver itself so uninstall for now)
- Extract Nvidia drivers exe and remove all but NVII, driver and experience. Install and opt out of experience (you can extract some exe files using 7zip and delete the folders specified) - depending on what you play, some good stable versions are: 442.74 - 451.48 - 475.30(latest) if you’re using older games maybe try benchmarking with fraps using the older versions first.
- Set Nvidia control panel settings to performance // use my settings unless you know better.
- Disable Ansel on Nvidia using https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector
- Use Avast and MalwareBytes(both lite-ish) / or just BitDefender cause it's lighter. https://www.bitdefender.com/
- install Intel Ethernet driver for Ethernet connections (in case you're using ethernet) (skip this if you’re using wifi) https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25016/Ethernet-Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10
- Run “TCP optimizer” with 50mib speed // test either my config here for wifi connections or set optimized, alternately just read the instructions to see what each option does.
- Install Simplewall and enable shields and autostartup // unlock file so UAC(UAC set to low) doesn't bug // extract to c//programs so it doesn't trigger antivirus or anything. (disable any windows connections that’s automatic, you just need to reenable those whenever you want to update) btw don’t ever update optional features. https://www.henrypp.org/product/simplewall
- Some services still need to be disabled manually // msconfig > services.(expand)
- Image Visualizer set to JPGview // also install on c:/programs for convinience. https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpegview/
- %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall- Windows Updates https://christitus.com/windows-update-security-only/
- Group Policies gpedit.msc - all users: Allow Cortana: Disabled
- Turn off cloud search on windows start menu.(search for something and click on cog for settings)
- Disable Windows Features: Disable SMB 1.0 sharing service (huge write-read drive boost!)
- Disable Windows Features: Disable TCP Port and NTS Framework // only things ON are .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 => WCF Services -> Print and Document Services enabled.(in case you use printers)
- WindowsAeroTweaker unzip/portable mode // Lots of things here, most are up to preference but I'll expand on this later. https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/
- Windows10Debloater (git) // run all, they are all useful scripts, use in admin mode. https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater
- Uninstall windows edge ".\setup.exe --uninstall --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall" (shell cmd in install folder)
- Set google DNS ipv4 “8.8.8.8″ - “8.8.4.4″ and ipv6 “2001:4860:4860::6464 - 2001:4860:4860::64″// Preferably use openVPN or any vpn service.
- Configure Msi Afterburner (my settings in geforce 1050ti):
power limit full, temp limit full, +50memory(not pictured) ------------------------- To Fix: perpetually disable OneNote and Sync from windows services. Disable cache from services. -----------------------------------
Results From 6mib to 55mib wifi speed. From slow system boot to fast booting and fast programs(didn’t benchmark anything) Reducing device latency and disabling SMB 1.0 windows feature was the biggest detractor but there’s lots to do.
Some Research Links(to expand):
The Fastest Windows 10 Setup - Chris Titus Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfd7BXCo9Xk
Disable Spectre Mitigation for Performance Gain - Chris Titus Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYxMC1Vzkw Improving graphics quality with NVIDIA DSR - forthenext (in case you’re beefy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmzGrHw6hyI ---
17 Reasons Why I Do Not Use Windows 10 - Chris Titus Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMeeryVlGAY
https://christitus.com/windows-update-security-only/ -------------------------
Download Prerequisites(optional):
https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/
https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater
https://www.henrypp.org/product/simplewall
https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php (TCP)
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25016/Ethernet-Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html (DDU)
https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector (Ansel Disable)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpegview/
https://www.bitdefender.com/
