Windows 10 Tweaks and Fixes (Index post #1)

What comments? Here is the latest hosts file:

Download Phoenix Custom Hosts File

 

Ok perfect thank you!

 

I know this is slightly off-topic, but I am not sure where else to ask. I have re-installed Windows 8.1, installed .net framework 3.5 using Phoenix's offline method, worked perfect, WSUS offline for all my updates, I have all updates to march 2018. There is however a April 2018 update I downloaded from Microsoft Catalog for win 8.1 x64, is there anyway to install it without turning on automatic updates? (I have it set to never check for updates so I don't get the DRM error for having a CPU that is no longer supported on the old OS's)

@Papusan @Vasudev Answer me before the firebird gets mad at me for off-topic posting, and I will edit it to say Win 10 is great thanks for all the fixes mate! shhhh he will never know, hurry!

side note: my cinebench, Final Fantasy XV benchmark, time spy, and firestrike scores all gained about 5-8% in scores going form win 10 to win 8.1, my m.2 is scoring faster as well. Win 10 is a mess, I am never going back.

 

I always turn on Windows Update service in services.msc before updating.
After cleanup I disable BITS and WU.

 

How do I disable the white single pixel which is a part of the hidden moron task-bar at bottom-right corner screen?
30 minutes Google says that it is permanent=no way. I have black background an it really looks like dead pixel which is not dead 'yet' (OLED)

 

What if we turned off Windows Firewall with Windows defender ..... I am trying out the recommended Eset security, which has a firewall ... Does this tweak still work or no? If no, how can I make it work lol Thank you for all your hard work.

 

Nope won’t work

 

Can u suggest an alternative method?


Or Looks like I can turn off ESET firewall and turn on windows firewall setting... but with defender off i cannot view the rules in windows firewall... hhmmm

ESET does say that it will Also evaluate rules from windows firewall when using ESET firewall... I wonder .....

 

I was confused too, I copied his post and made a .txt file and placed it in the etc folder, then, I slapped my forehead and was like nope... he meant, download the file, and replace the hosts file with his hosts file, lol

all good now.


can anyone confirm if ShutUpTen works ok still? or should we wait for them to update that program for 1803?

 

That's why I only use NOD32 Antivirus not the Internet Security. The Antivirus has an HTTP Scanner to block malicious downloads

A good alternative method would be, depending on your router model, you can add those addresses individually to your router's firewall that way your entire household is protected

see:

In the past, owners of higher licenses can install a lower product using the same license key.

Example, you have an ESET Internet Security License, you can install ESET NOD32 using your same license and it would work.

Don't know if this has changed but worth mentioning.

 

Sorry I should have thrown this in:

 

Try windows firewall control from binisoft or Sphynxsoft.

 

lol nah just slightly dyslexic, nothing you can do will help, except let me visit you in Abu Dhabi so I can flirt with the beach ladies

 

I don't think you will find them here afterwards

 

That's the last day phoenix will be sleeping in his villa since his wife will kick him and all his devices, routers, cats into his car.

 

Ok great! Yes this worked to go back down to antivirus only. Also I was able to keep Defender blocked and access firewall rules just fine, which all the added rules you posted were already added from before still (; Super right! Then I tried out Binisoft to control Windows firewall better and So far its worked awesome with some testing and learning.

 

How to Enable or Disable Timeline in Windows 10 @Phoenix

In Windows 10 Version 1803, there are more useless features like time line that need to be disabled.
Microsoft wants to keep track of your every mouse move and report it back to the cloud. They are truly disgusting. Endless updates so they can slide in more spyware to each new version of Windows. Disgusting!!

 

Timeline never works for me don't know why? Explorer crashes and restarts itself.

 

Appreciate for that post, and Your really hard work. This 'manual' is a life saver. Thanks !

 

I shudder to think what might happen when @Phoenix stops this thread like the other amazing one he had before.

 

This thread and tweaks won't stop, rest assured

 

Sure man, let me know if you get stuck somewhere and I'll be happy to help

 

This thread will be alive until Phoenix and his loved ones moves to MacBook Pro retina to go along with iphone X.

 

This used to work perfectly for me, and I remember to change the drive letter each time... however, here lately I get this error when i try to do this on a clean install. Any idea how to fix it? It saves me a lot of time since I do a lot of builds. (Says source files now found, but I tried a Windows 10 1607 USB drive mounted with rufus, and I tried a new windows 10 RS4 with creation tool media... just to help eliminate variables of why it says source can not be found) here is a screenshot of the sources on the F Drive...

 

Download the script from here https://winaero.com/blog/offline-install-of-net-framework-3-5-in-windows-10-using-dism/ and afterwards run it as admin with your Win 10 USB drive connected.

 

It keeps saying no installation media found, I tried it with both the rufus mounted one and the default one with usb mmade media creation tool. Hmm, I toggled USB Autoplay off and on and as well, still no luck, and I am running as Admin on batch file. Please advise, cheers.

and it is showing both drives under "this PC" so its reading it fine... I have no idea... haha

 

try an older ISO of win 10

 

I am, the RUFUS mounted one is 1607, 1607 used to work just fine. I'll try a few more variants see if it changes anything.

 

still works fine for me man. even on RS4

Are you on the official RS 4 now? how did you create your Windows 10 USB Flash Disk

 

@Lynx2017 Always use ISO instead of ESD, sometimes Dism refuses to use ESD format and sometime the data gets corrupted while reading on the fly eventhough ESD is read-only.

 

I was trying it on Win 8.1. It used to work fine, but oh well. I went back to RS4 and no issues, so I guess I will just stay Win 10, I am tired of fighting Microsoft. I know after this though I am done for a few years. I did the windows defender batch file, shut up ten taskl scheduler, lot of other tweaks. I am not wasting another minute of my life on this crap. All updates are off, no more updates for me, I am done. solid stable system, and I will re-do it all again in 2-3 years. time to game!

 

It's worth to add here about deleting OS update Remediation service in services.msc for those who have re-enabled Update Service.

 

Who can change this with a script in Windows 10 1803.

Customize start menu

User files Show as a menu
Documents Show as a menu
Pictures Show as a menu
Music Show as a menu

 

How to Restore Default Power Plans in Windows 10
A power plan in Windows is a set of hardware and system options that defines how your device uses and preserves power. There are three built-in power plans in the OS. Your PC can have additional power plans defined by its vendor. Also, you can create a custom power plan or even add in Micro$h4ft's Ulitimate Power Plan SCAM.

The classic Control Panel is losing its features and probably will be replaced by the Settings app. The Settings app has already got many settings which were exclusively available in the Control Panel. For example, the battery notification area icon in the Windows 10 system tray was also replaced with a new Modern UI . However, the Settings app doesn't include the ability to delete a power plan as of this writing. You still need to use the classic Control Panel.

 

This doesn't seem to be working in latest Windows update. I do it, reboot, and I use one click firewall from win aero as well, and when i right click block something in firewall, then i check allowed/blocked page of windows firewall, it doesn't show any of the add rules.cmd or any of the ones i right click block on. thoughts?

 

Some say...a picture is worth a thousand words...

 

I was looking in the wrong, place, found it and confirmed everything is working fine, thanks.

 

Did you gain any performance benefit, benchmark scores, or FPS in games increase when you disabled these?

edit: just disabled it and ran before and after benches. I actually lost points in Cinebench with meltdown and spectre disabled. heh. i'll pass and leave both on

 

When running CB r15 use Realtime priority and see the before/after results.

 

He talk about the differences in scores with the Intel fixes on/off. Not results from Realtime vs. Normal priority. The results will still be the same

"edit: just disabled it and ran before and after benches. I actually lost points in Cinebench with meltdown and spectre disabled. heh. i'll pass and leave both on"

 

Ok good. I never enabled spectre protection on w10.

 

thanks mate I will give this a shot now. Realtime priority is where i elevate the process tree to realtime right, under task manager and process?

edit, nm just read following post, so it won't matter.

 

How to prevent Microsoft Edge from running on startup in the background:

One of the most annoying new quirks of Windows 10 Redstone 4 is the fact that Microsoft Edge is loaded in the background every time you start your computer.

To stop this behaviour:

1) Press the Windows + R key to launch the run dialogue box

2) Type gpedit.msc then hit Enter

3) Navigate to: Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Edge

4) Set the " Allow Microsoft Edge to pre-launch at Windows startup, when the system is idle, and each time Microsoft Edge is closed" and " Allow Microsoft Edge to start and load the Start and New Tab page at Windows startup and each time Microsoft Edge is closed" to Disabled



If you do not have Windows 10 Pro (no access to the Group Policy Editor), then here's an alternative way to disable Microsoft Edge from loading automatically on startup:

1) Open Notepad

2) Copy paste the below text including the blank line at the end:

Code:

rem Prevent Microsoft Edge from starting and loading the Start and New Tab page at Windows startup and each time Microsoft Edge is closed
reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\TabPreloader" /v "PreventTabPreloading" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\TabPreloader" /v "PreventTabPreloading" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f

3) Save the file with the following name: Disable Microsoft Edge from running on startup.bat (Note the .bat extension, you don't want to save it as a TXT file but as a BAT file)

4) Right click on the file you just created and choose Run as Admin

5) Now reboot and after 3 minutes, launch task manager to verify Microsoft Edge is not running

Or you can download the batch file I made: Disable Microsoft Edge from running on startup.bat

 

Do we need to go a step further by disabling background app of MS edge under Settings -> Privacy > Background Apps?
EDIT: Looks like MS Edge is removed from list of BG apps under Privacy section.

 

Updated how to enable PUP Detection in Windows Defender: http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...xes-index-post-1.779394/page-15#post-10148826

Can someone test this please if it works, after enabling it, reboot, then try to install something which contains a PUP like uTorrent then see if it gives you a warning or blocks it

 

Too many FP's and it even flagged my program designed to kill CPUs. So I turned it off. The detection is aggressive. Flags DDU and other "useful" tools.

 

Thanks for confirming, just wanted to make sure that the tweak works.

Be paranoid...be like Phoenix...

 

Thanks for that, I will run it. it seems everytime I run CCleaner it says edge needs to be forced to close and I never even use it.

 

That will sort it for you

 

I applied it and edge process wasnt running but after a while it must somehow gets activated again because I ran ccleaner and again it asked to force close edge. I looked at the processes and there it was listed. go figure.

Edit: I believe it's tied to Internet Explorer somehow as I use it to connect to my DVR, just a guess.