Some tips&tricks to speed up windows 10

windows10_speed_up.md

Network

Disable Windows Update delivery

Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Advanced Options:

• Turn off the p2p file transfer [Recommend]
• Limit the p2p transfer to PCs on the local network

Turn off background apps

• Settings > Privacy > Backgroud apps
• Toggle off for apps you don't want to run.

Limit reservable bandwidth

1. Win + R
2. gpedit.msc
3. Group Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > QoS Packet Scheduler > Limit reservable bandwidth
4. Check Enable.
5. Change the value to 0.
6. Apply and OK.

Wifi randomly drops or could not connect to Wifi (other OS and devices can)

1. Use different versions of the driver.

   • Computers > Device Manger > Right Click on the Driver, select Property > Driver Tab > Update Driver
   • Browse my computer for driver software.
   • Let me pick from a list of available drivers ...

2. Change Advanced Settings in the driver

   • Device Manager > Right Click -> Property > Advanced
     • HT Mode = HT Mode.
     • Roaming Aggressiveness = 1. Lowest.

3. Turn off automatically turn off the device when using battery

   • Device Manager > Driver Properties > Power Management
   • Uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device to power save

4. Reset the service

   • Use Command Line (as admin)

   netsh winsock reset
   ipconfig /release
   ipconfig /flushdns
   netsh int ip reset netshlog.txt
   

5. More solutions

6. For Intel Dual-Band AC 8286

   1. Open Device Manager, select the driver and right click, select Update Drive
   2. Select Browse my computer to select driver
   3. Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
   4. Select version 19.1.04 (7/14/2016), then click Next.

Software

Opera

• VPN
• ads blocking
• currency convertor
• Builtin RSS
• Battery Saving mode.
• Raindrop + Opera: the best bookmark combination (type r + keywords on the address bar -> search bookmarks in Raindrop)

Ninite

Install a bunch of software after Windows setup.

Synergy

Synchronize the mouse and keyboard cross desktops/laptops. Free version

Chocolatey

The package managemer for Windows

MobaXterm

Manage SSH sessions.

Misc

Convert CapsLock to Control

Create a reg file and run the script. Afterwards, reboot.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

Disable Windows 10 Tracking

• DisableWinTracking

Subsystem for Linux

Paths

• Install from Store: C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_<CrazyStuff>\LocalState\rootfs
• Otherwise: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Lxss

Terminals

• wsltty
• cmder