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  • Microsoft Windows 11

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Updates

YYYY-MM Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB#######)

Settings

Disable Clipboard History

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v "AllowClipboardHistory" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" /v "AllowCortana" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Disable CPU Mitigations

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "FeatureSettingsOverride" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "3" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "FeatureSettingsOverrideMask" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "3" /f

Disable Game DVR

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR" /v "AllowgameDVR" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Disable Hibernation and Fast Start

powercfg /H off

Disable Last Access Time File Updates

fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1

Disable Online Speech Recognition

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\InputPersonalization" /v "AllowInputPersonalization" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Open Pictures With Windows Photo Viewer

reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.jpg" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.jpeg" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.gif" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.png" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.bmp" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.tiff" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.ico" /ve /t "REG_SZ" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f

Disable Remote Desktop

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services" /v "fDenyTSConnections" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f

Disable Shared Experiences

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v "EnableCdp" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Disable SmartScreen

  • General
  • Windows Store Apps
  • Microsoft EDGE
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v "SmartScreenEnabled" /t "REG_SZ" /d "Off" /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppHost" /v "EnableWebContentEvaluation" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter" /v "EnabledV9" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Disable Startup Delay

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize" /v "StartupDelayInMSec" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Disable System Restore

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore" /v "DisableSR " /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

Disable Telemetry Features

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Disable User Account Control

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v "EnableLUA" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Disable Windows Defender

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v "DisableAntiSpyware" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

Remove Quick Access

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v "HubMode" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

Dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:"SearchEngine-Client-Package" /Remove

Show All Folders in File Explorer Pane

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "NavPaneShowAllFolders" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

Verbose Shutdown

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v "VerboseStatus" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f

Other

ScriptTiger Hosts File

  • Powershell Script *.ps1
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = "tls12, tls11, tls"
Invoke-WebRequest "https://scripttiger.github.io/alts/compressed/blacklist-fg.txt" -OutFile "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"
ipconfig /flushdns

NetFX3 From Install Media

  • Change D:\ to install media drive if necessary
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:"NetFX3" /All /Source:"D:\sources\sxs" /LimitAccess

Remove Most Modern UI Apps

  • Powershell Script *.ps1
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Remove-AppxPackage

Remove OneDrive

taskkill /IM "OneDrive.exe" /F
%windir%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall
rmdir "%UserProfile%\OneDrive" "%ProgramData%\Microsoft OneDrive" "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\OneDrive" "C:\OneDriveTemp" /S /Q
reg delete "HKCR\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f
reg delete "HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /f

Maintenance

  • Last updated: 2020/10/02
:: .NET Framework 4
"%windir%\microsoft.net\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe" update /force /queue
"%windir%\microsoft.net\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe" update /force /queue
"%windir%\microsoft.net\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe" executequeueditems
"%windir%\microsoft.net\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe" executequeueditems

:: System File Check, Cleanup, and Repair
"%windir%\system32\Dism.exe" /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase /RestoreHealth
"%windir%\system32\sfc.exe" /scannow

:: Classic Disk Cleanup
"%windir%\system32\cleanmgr.exe" /sageset:65535
"%windir%\system32\cleanmgr.exe" /sagerun:65535

:: Defrag/Trim
"%windir%\system32\dfrgui.exe"

Information

Auto Login

control userpasswords2

Add Hardware Wizard

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\hdwwiz.exe

GodMode Folder

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Lock screen Background

  • Hero
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg

Prevent Driver Changes

Notes

  • To be done after a proper driver is manually installed
  • This ensures Windows Update nor anything else can replace installed drivers for specific devices unattended
  • Additional entries need to add a new number (the value after /v)
  • The device ID can be acquired from Device Manager and should be pasted as-is (no extra slashes)

Base Policies

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions" /v "DenyDeviceIDs" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions" /v "DenyDeviceIDsRetroactive" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Format

  • Do not copy/paste these as-is; only here for reference
  • Adjust to specific devices as-needed

Add Prevent Policy

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs" /v "#" /t "REG_SZ" /d "PCI\VEN_XXXX&DEV_XXXX&SUBSYS_XXXXXXXX&REV_XX" /f

Remove Prevent Policy

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\DenyDeviceIDs" /v "#" /f

Hardware Utilities

CPU-Z

winget install "CPUID.CPU-Z"

GPU-Z

winget install "TechPowerUp.GPU-Z"

prime95

HWiNFO

winget install "REALiX.HWiNFO"

poclmembench

Driver Store Explorer

AMD Cleanup Utility

AMD Ryzen Master

CrystalDiskInfo

MSI Afterburner

MSI Kombustor

winget install "Geeks3D.MSIKombustor"

memtestCL

Fooling Around

LatencyMon

OCCT

FurMark

Programs

7-Zip

winget install "7zip.7zip"

NanaZip

winget install "M2Team.NanaZip.Preview"
winget install "M2Team.NanaZip"

Android Tools

aria2

SETX /M path "%path%;C:\Program Files\aria2c"

BleachBit

Calculator

  • Only available on LTSB/LTSC
win32calc

DirectX End-User Runtime

Discord

winget install "Discord.Discord"

DXVK

FileZilla

winget install "TimKosse.FileZilla.Client"

Firefox

Download

winget install "Mozilla.Firefox"

Settings

  • See Firefox if old configuration is needed, otherwise use Firefox Sync
https://dns11.quad9.net/dns-query

GIMP

winget install "GIMP.GIMP"

Google Chrome

iTunes

KeePassXC

winget install "KeePassXCTeam.KeePassXC"

Keybase

KMS-VL-ALL

LibreOffice

winget install "TheDocumentFoundation.LibreOffice"

mpv

NiceHash QuickMiner

Notepad++

winget install "Notepad++.Notepad++"

OBS

qBittorrent

winget install "qBittorrent.qBittorrent"

Rufus

Thunderbird

winget install "Mozilla Thunderbird"
winget install "Mozilla Thunderbird Beta"

Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes

Vulkan Runtime

WireGuard

  • :!: If kill switch is enabled, all local network resources can't be accessed
winget install "WireGuard.WireGuard"

VPN.AC

Games

Battle.net App

Oculus

Disable SPUD

  • This lowers average Motion-to-photon latency by about 4ms for a Rift CV1 (19ms to 15ms)
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oculus" /v "UseSpud" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Logs

%localappdata%\Oculus

SideQuest

winget install "SideQuestVR.SideQuest"

ADB

  • :!: ADB drivers are automatically installed by Oculus
  • :!: For general .apk installs and adb shell commands, use SideQuest instead
  • :!: For sideloading firmware updates, SideQuest cannot be used, and thus will need the platform-tools package below

Backup/Restore

Installer

  • Let Oculus download its 5GB+ installer
  • While it is installing, backup the C:\OculusSetup-DownloadCache folder
  • :!: The backup must be done after the download, and while Oculus is installing
  • If restoring, transfer 5GB+ to C:\OculusSetup-DownloadCache and start the Oculus installer
  • :!: If an updated Oculus client is available, it will download instead of restoring

Client

  • Go to the Oculus\Support folder
  • If there's 15 folders, backup everything except oculus-dreamdeck-nux, oculus-touch-tutorial, and oculus-worlds
  • :!: 12 folders should be included in the backup and it should be around 605MB if archived
  • This has been true with versions pre-V12, V18-V30
  • For restoring, stop the Oculus service through command or Debug Tool, delete the existing 12 folders, restore the 12 folders from backup, and start the Oculus service
%OculusBase%\Support
Prevent Client Updates
  • This sets the update channel to something unknown, so the Oculus client can't compare its version to check for updates
  • :!: To revert this, it may be enough to toggle the Public Test Channel option from Oculus
  • LIVE Stable
  • PublicTest = Public Test Channel/PTC
  • NOUPD8 = Some nonsense value
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Oculus VR, LLC\Oculus\Config" /v "CoreChannel" /t "REG_SZ" /d "NOUPD8" /f

Origin

Steam

Drivers

Nightwane

Motherboard

Keyboard/Mouse

winget install "Corsair.iCUE.4"

Racing Wheel

winget install "Logitech.GHUB"

Audio

Chipset

Graphics

Clean Version

USB

  • :!: Do not install any special driver for the AMD USB controllers/hubs, ever

Ethernet

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