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Fix virtualbox big.LITTLE performance problems (tested on Dell)
# first set the My Dell app to use Ultra Performance mode
# enable high performance power plan
powercfg /s SCHEME_MIN
# disable throttling for vbox
powercfg /powerthrottling disable /path "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxHeadless.exe"
powercfg /powerthrottling disable /path "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBoxVM.exe"
powercfg /powerthrottling disable /path "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe"
powercfg /powerthrottling list
# run vbox as admin
# set cores of VM to number of logical processors (not physical cores)
# restart vms
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