I hate windows, but then most programs that I use are windows only :(
After applying any or all of these, you may need to sign out and in or restart in order to apply the changes. ONLY APPLY THESE IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
Anyways here's what each file does:
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BSODVerbose.reg:
Makes BSODs verbose by showing additional info. Courtesy of Enderman. (Watch related video here for detailed explanation.) -
Disable-atime-NTFS.reg:
Disables writinglast access timeto files in Windows. It reduces wear in SSDs, and also sometimes increases HDD speed since atime is always written whenever a file is accessed. -
DisableWinodwsOSAutoUpgrade.reg:
Disables automatic Windows Updates. Everyone hates that thing, right? This tweak does not destroy Windows Update as a whole, windows still can be updated manually, and Windows Store apps and Windows Features can still be installed. Why did I have to mention this? Well because I used to disable Windows Update by denying every permissions to theSYSTEMuser and similar in theStartDWORD after setting it to 4 (disabled) inHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv. That method apparently kills Windows Update entirely.
You may need to update"TargetReleaseVersionInfo"and"ProductVersion"for your specific version of Windows. -
ExplorerDisableAutoOptimization.reg:
Disables Automatic Optimization for every folder. Windows usually tries to detect the types of files in a folder, then sets the default view for that folder based on the type of the files, regardless of what view you may prefer. When its done, it then may also generates thumbnails for the files if they are photos, videos or music, reading the files one more time. This all costs IOPS and severely slows down any hard drive. For more info, watch this. This file is essentially just a shortcut of what Enderman did in the video. -
ProtectionPolicyFix.reg:
I don't exactly remember what it did for me. I think it fixed an issue with Google Chrome for me. Chrome used to flush Google account login session everytime it was closed, and I had to login everytime I opened google Chrome. Luckily that got fixed randomly after trying various tweaks and shit. -
WindowsHideUser.reg: ?
Hides Windows User from the login screen. This is just a reference. DON'T use it as is. Either replace the "<User Account to hide>" with the user account you wish to hide, or just follow the file to do your thing, should be straightforword, no? -
WindowsUTC.reg:
Sets the BIOS timestamp as UTC, i.e., system time is set to UTC, and any time shown by windows is relative to the system time. The BIOS time will not change when changing time zones. It is useful when you're dualbooting Windows and Linux, where Linux always uses UTCin BIOS. Though BIOS timestamp can be set to local in Linux, it is not recommended, besides, it is always good to use universal time as reference.