Windows Operating System ~ Notes:

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- Activate

- Disable: UAC, Hibernation (powercfg.exe /hibernate off)

- Windows Update Settings:  Never check for updates, Include Recommended updates, Use MS. Updates 

- Load Drivers, Service Packs, Run Windows Update, DirectX

- Disable Services:  Windows Search, Windows Defender, Remote Registry, Offline Files

- Set Service to manual:  Secondary Logon (Single user computer), Readyboost (If not running Readyboost),

- Folder View,  Select:  Show hidden files and folders, Remember each folder's view setting, Always show menus

Un-select:  Hide extensions of known file types

- Offline Files Settings: Disk usage limits to 0 bytes, Delete temporary files, Disable Offline Files

- Task Scheduler:

- Disable Task and Triggers: Customer Experience Improvement, Consolidator and OptinNotification

   Shell, CrawlStartPages

- Regedit

 

- Superfetch:   Allow Only Program Files to Preload 
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ PrefetchParameters  >  EnableSuperfetch > Set Value:  Hexadecimal Value Data = 1
 

- Prefetch:  Cache Boot Files Only

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\
PrefetchParameters > EnablePrefetcher > Set Value: Hexadecimal Value Data = 2

 

- Menu Delay:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop > MenuShowDelay > Set Value = 0 (default =400)

 

- Advanced System Settings, Advanced, Performance Options, Virtual Memory:

Custom Size, Recommended Size, Change both the Initial Size and Maximum Size to Recommended Size on C drive Only

- Device Manager, Drive Properties, Policies:  Enable write caching and Enable advanced performance

- Intel Matrix Storage Console: Enable Write-Back cache on RAID drive that host the operating system.

- Computer, Drive Properties, Remove Drives properties: Index this drive for faster searching

- zip hidden Search folder  C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search, then delete the Search folder

- Turn off Windows Feature: Remote Differential Compression

- Security Center Alerts: Don't notify me and don't Display icon

- Folder View Registry edit, Merge:  Reset_Folder_View.reg

- Autoruns and Process Explorer:  Remover unwanted Logon items, Remove UAC file luafv.sys, Review Scheduled

Tasks

- Clear Contents: C:\Windows\Prefetch .... Re-boot