Windows 10 Tweaks and Fixes (Index post #1)

delete the plan and try again, are you sure you followed the instructions to the dot?

 

Did that, same issue, and clearly I'm not the only one who has this problem. See the post immediately above the one I'm quoting here.

 

Strange, then delete it and create the plan yourself with the settings I highlighted. I am formatting again soon and will re-test the importing of the plan to see what's up

 

Mr. Phoenix Did you try running the bat file I linked to you yesterday. Yoo will get added control over CPU/SSD and others on W10.

 

@saturnotaku

Just did a clean install and imported the profile, works like a charm

Make sure you right click on the power plan profile, go to properties, then look at the bottom right if it has a BLOCKED status because it was a downloaded file from the internet, if it was blocked, then tick the box which says UNBLOCK and hit Apply then OK

Also make sure you are launching command prompt as admin, after placing the file in the root of C:, copy/paste this command:

powercfg -import C:\UltimatePerformance.pow

 

Yep, I did all of these, but it still had the same problem. Yes, it was unblocked (we had that tweaked, thanks ), and the CMD was in Admin. I did manually create the power plan, but I just can't wrap around my head how that "error" is happening.

 

I need to login to your laptop

 

PM sent.

 

You can't PM me unless I do first, Your PM was probably lost in the clouds.

I just woke up bro, now I have to go to work (which is GYM 3 hours + Tanning 1 hour) then meet my friend for around 4:30 PM then I'll probably PM j00 at 9 PM Dubai Time.

Now it's 09:42 AM Dubai time so do the maths.

 

Oh. LOL. Sorry, I was busy reading. Let's just do it some other time. I'm pretty busy myself for the next two days. Have fun!

 

@Phoenix is there anyway you could PM at your leisure - I just got a brand new GL702-WB74 and would love for you to tweak it. Would love to tip you - I can't handle windows 10 after using windows 7 for so long. Thanks!

 

If you purchased from Hidevolution he can do the tweaking for you. Otherwise refer his Win 10 Clean install guide, Tweaks and fixes etc..

 

Will PM you in 3 hours

 

@Phoenix Due people seems to have problem/struggle to install the "Amazing" new Ultimate Performance Power Plan. Maybe this will work better (if it work easier - put it in OP) Enable Ultimate Performance Power Plan in Windows 10 (Any Edition)

To enable Ultimate Performance in any Windows 10 edition, do the following.

1. Open an elevated command prompt.
2. Type or copy-paste the following command: powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61.
3. Now, open the Power Options applet and choose the new plan, Ultimate Performance.

You are done!

 

Oh, so you have to wait for the Spring Creators Update first. Right?

 

Correct.

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-get-windows-10-spring-creators-update-final-release-anyone-else


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What's bad with the Insider Program, and how can I disable/prevent it?

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-unenroll-windows-insider-program-pc-and-mobile?amp


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That's pretty sweet!

On the WinAero page it states that "As the power scheme is geared towards reducing micro-latencies it may directly impact hardware"

Anybody have a guess, or better yet actually know, whether this could negatively effect battery life or performance in the long run?

 

Your’re welcome!

Ultimate Performance Power plan is equal the High performance plan.
Change advanced power settings in the Power plan to your own liking. As you know some prefer Balanced Power/Power saver plan due weak, flimsy and not adequate cooling. You have to try out what’s best for your setup.

 

Add this tweak to your collections to get fine grained control of your hardware and SW.
https://gist.github.com/Nt-gm79sp/1f8ea2c2869b988e88b4fbc183731693

 

Have what I need. Just look at my posted benchmarks vs. clock speed. Same for the storage(NVMe)

 

There is a tweak to enable the turbo boost to last as long as possible at OS level. I think you get Rocket, Ideal and Aggressive.

 

Found a tweak to get good performance on PCs with HDD only and for those who can't afford SSD due to heavy import duty and other things.
Disabling System Restore actually gave me a boost in performance and OS was super snappy like Win 10 TH2.

 

Fresh from a tweaking session with @Phoenix, I noticed we'd forgotten to change the OEM Info on my machine.
For those of us who aren't keen on modifying reg files directly, or just want a one stop solution (yes dude I know the reg files are in your SW Pack, you may want to add this)

https://github.com/thesourabh/OEM-Info-Editor

Allows simple type and go altering of the OEM Info.

 

How to disable Web Search in Windows 10 Spring Creators Update

In Windows 10 versions prior to Spring Creators Update 1803, it was relatively easy to get rid of the web search feature. Depending on the OS version, there was an option in Cortana, a Registry tweak, or something like that. Regardless of the version, you could enforce the Group Policy option to disable web search.

This has changed in Windows 10 version 1803. Intentionally or not, Microsoft has broken the Group Policy tweaks, which makes disabling the web search feature a nightmare for advanced users and system administrators. While Enterprise or Education versions of Windows 10 version 1803 are not affected, consumer editions (Home and Pro) can't have the web search disabled.​

The polices which do not work any more are the following:

• Do not allow web search
• Don't search the web or display web results in Search
• Don't search the web or display web results in Search over metered connections

 

HI Mr. Fox are these tweaks working for WIn 10 now? I thought I followed the directions and I got errors for all of them. Do you know of another way? Thank you for you help!!

 

They should be fine, unless the latest version of Windows 10 has something different that I am not aware of. Works on my Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB (RS2) and RS3 Pro for WS just fine. You have to run the scripts with admin rights or you will get an access denied sort of message. Even if your account is setup us as a member of the Administrators group, you still have to right-click and run as Admin or type the commands from a command prompt with Admin rights.

 

I tried both ways, says the path does not exist...or cannot find this path or syntax in not correct, I copy and pasted into CMD run as admin, I even created reg file with notepad and ran it and gives the errors... strange... This version of win 10 is 1803.

 

That's really weird, Sister. Is it one particular tweak that does not work, or all of them quoted on the previous page where you asked do not work?

The only thing I can think of is that maybe the slobs from the Redmond Mafia made so many changes to 1803 it does not even resemble prior versions of Windoze OS X, or they have made permissions so restrictive the commands do not work with normal admin rights.

You can try using NSudo with all privileges, including Trusted Installer selected, to see if the scripts work. If it is a permissions issue of some kind that will give you unlimited godlike sledge hammer authority.

 

Ok so far I search by hand for the pathways, just for those tweaks u listed, no finding them here under regedit or gpedit... I think they have been changed... strange lol
Anyhelp of course is appreciated!

Maybe if anyone else reads this ... they can test them out too.. on the 1803 version of win 10.

 

I'm not sure what else to suggest because I do not have 1803 installed on anything. It's very possible they have changed directory paths, or they may be hidden. Did you already try NSudo?

 

I sure can try that next here Thank you Mr. Fox! I will update you shortly here.

 

How to uninstall Microsoft Edge:

1) Download the Microsoft Edge Uninstaller

2) Right click on the ZIP file, go to properties, then hit UNBLOCK from the bottom right since this file was downloaded from the internet

3) Right click on Uninstall Edge.cmd and select Run as Administrator

4) Wait for the process to finish then reboot when it's complete.

5) Unpin the Edge icon which should now be blank from the taskbar if you had Edge pinned before.

 

Awesome, but what's with the UNBLOCK thing?
I'm a big fan of glossing over directions and blindly double clicking <kidding of course> and I've never had an issue. I just ran this uninstaller without doing the UNBLOCK and it ran fine.

 

well, sometimes, if you don't unblock files, you may have issues or at least an annoyance asking you are you sure you wanna run this file or not

If you have Windows 10 Pro, you can disable this from happening via the Group Policy Editor > User Configuration > Windows Components > Attachment Manager > Do not preserve zone information in attachments (set that to enabled, apply, then reboot)

 

Just a heads up for the non-pro users:

The "disable downloads blocking" feature of Winaero Tweaker will do the same thing
https://winaero.com/blog/disable-downloaded-files-from-being-blocked-in-windows-10/

I'm surprised that I only found out about this whole blocking thing recently (or maybe I just need to pay closer attention)

 

How to Enable the Ultimate Power Plan on Windows 10 Pro or Home (+ as well Windows 10 version 1709 or earlier)

Spoiler: How to enable The Ultimate Performance power scheme

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/13/enable-the-ultimate-power-plan-on-windows-10-pro-or-home/

The Ultimate Performance power scheme
The Ultimate Performance power scheme is a new power plan that is only available in Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. Designed to reduce micro-latencies to boost performance, the power plan changes settings that Microsoft collected over time that "allow the OS to quickly tune the behavior based on user preference, policy, underlying hardware or workload".

The Ultimate Performance plan is not available on Windows 10 Pro or Home systems by default. It is possible, however, to integrate the plan in the system. How that is done depends on the version of Windows 10:

Windows 10 version 1709 or earlier


You need to download the power plan to the local system as it can't be enabled directly on Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) and earlier versions of Windows 10.

You can download the plan from this web host.

Do the following once you have downloaded the new power plan:

1. Extract the archive to the local system.
2. Open a command prompt interface.
3. Navigate to the directory you extracted the plan to, e.g. cd c:\users\martin\downloads\ultimateplan
4. Run the following command to add the new power plan to the list of available schemes: powercfg -import c:\users\martin\downloads\ultimateplan\UltimatePlan.pow
   • Note: you may need to adjust the path accordingly as your username is probably not martin and if you placed the plan in a different directory.
5. You should get the "Imported Power Scheme Successfully" message right away.

Open the Power Options on the device. You can do so by tapping on the Windows-key, typing Power Options, and selecting the Control Panel result from the list of results.

You find the new plan after selecting "show additional plans". Select it to activate it on the device.



The method is easier if you run Windows 10 version 1803 or later. All you have to do then is the following:

1. Tap on the Windows-key to open the Start Menu.
2. Type Cmd.
3. Hold down the Shift-key and Ctrl-key, and select Cmd.exe from the list of results.
4. Select yes when the UAC prompt is displayed.
5. Run the command powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61.

You can delete the plan at any time by selecting "change plan settings" in the Power Options and then "Delete this plan". (via Deskmodder)

@Phoenix @Mr. Fox + all not mentioned here, but not forgotten. Enjoy Micro$h4ft's latest scam.

 

Ok tried Nsudo as well. The pathways do not exist on 1803 from what I can find. But I am not surprised at MS... .

 

Well, you gave it all the right effort. Good job trying to make it work.

I'm not drinking the 1803 Kool-Aid yet and probably never will. They're just looking for ways to be jerks with most of this stuff. Homey don't play dat.

 

I get the following error when attempting this:

Code:

Unable to create a new power scheme
The power scheme, subgroup or setting specified does not exist.

Any suggestions?

Win 10 Pro ver 1709.

 

you missed the main point

You're on the Fall Creators Update so wait a bit till the Springs Creators update is available publicly

 

Thank you! I love this ! I do wonder though if I can delete the entries for Edge I still see under system apps? Though I do not see the program installed under title apps.
I also wonder if I can delete any other entries I find on the C drive?

Thank you in advance!

 

Yes you surely can.

I'd rather use Netscape Navigator than use Edge.

 

Cool, never used it before, Ill check it out

Side note: When uninstalling this edge, I restarted and at boot I get an option to do a memory diag but its not required and when i run this test no errors found but it still pops up every restart, which is strange cus I did not initiate this and it did not pop up before hand .... any ideas? Did I break something? lol I ve never seen this before.. . It shows my OS Win 10 and Then Mem Diag test option... Thank you!

 

Never happened to me and I uninstalled Edge the first thing after installing Windows which was just yesterday

 

I love it!! THis totally worked!!

 

It is not causing me any issues and I know my mem is good. It boots the same except the first screen. So oh well I should count my blessings with this 1803 version lol

This did not happen on my Laptop Sager NP9876 (Clevo P870KM-G)! It worked perfect there!


Only on my ancient desktop which probably should not have win 10 lol but it works good and speed is excellent.

 

Question please Do we include the comments above it as well in the host file?