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Tweaks
The features of this group are designed to increase the speed of loading, running, shutting down operating system and other software by changing the standard system settings. Also, these features help to increase security, convenience, and energy efficiency of system.
The full list of possible benefits from using tweaks:
- Improves overall performance
- Boost startup speed
- Boost shutdown speed
- Increases security and privacy
- Improves convenience
A system reboot is required to apply some of the tweaks.
All features in this section can be returned to initial state by means of Red Button.
When you are opening the Features window, ticks on the Tweaks tab corresponds to current system settings.
In this section following features are accessible.
Automatically Close Applications at Shutdown
Disable Activity History (Timeline)
OS: 10
System Reboot: required
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Advertisements via Bluetooth
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Animations in the Taskbar
OS: 11/10/8/Vista/XP
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Animations in the Taskbar and Start Menu
OS: 7
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable App Launch Tracking
OS: 10
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Automatic Search for Shared Network Folders and Printers
Disable AutoRun of Windows Messenger
Disable Backup of Text Messages into the Cloud
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Biometrical Features
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Camera in Logon Screen
OS: 11/10/8
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service
OS: 11/10/8
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Core Isolation Memory Integrity
Disable Creation of Last Known Good Configuration
Disable Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Disable Diagnostic Policy Service
OS: 11/10/8
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Distributed Link Tracking Client Service
OS: 11/10/8
Risk Level: RED
Disable Fast User Switching Compatibility Service
Disable File Association Web Service
Disable Game Bar Tips
OS: 10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Microsoft's Settings Experiments
Disable Mouse Hover Popup Delay
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable NTFS File Compression
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable NTFS Short Name Creation
Disable OneDrive
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Program Compatibility Assistant
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Recent Document History
Recent Document History contains links to files you’re opened for quick access to recently opened files.
OS: Vista/XP
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Recent Shares in Network Places
Disables visited network shares being added to Network Places.
OS: XP
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Remote Registry Service
Remote Registry Service allows remote users to change register parametres on your computer.
OS: Vista/XP
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Search Assistant
Disable animated search companion.
OS: XP
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Search Indexer
Indexing the contents and properties of files designed to increase the speed of finding files on the disk or text within a file using the standard Windows search program.
In Windows Vista, when you turn off the indexing of files Windows Explorer will not display virtual folders elements.
If you use the search function a little, turn off it to improve system performance.
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Secondary Logon Service
Disable Sharing of Handwriting Data
Disable Sharing of Handwriting Error Reports
Disable SSDP Discovery Service
Disable Start Menu Suggestions
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Suggested Content in the Settings App
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable System Restore
System Restore monitors changes to your system allowing you to roll-back to previous configurations.
OS: XP
Risk Level: RED
Disable Tablet PC Input Service
Disable Thumbnails
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Timeline Suggestions
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Tips
OS: 10
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service
Disable Visual Effects
Disables: combobox animation, mouse/cursor shadow, listbox animation, menu animation, menu fading, menu selection fading, mouse hot tracking effects, tooltip animation, tooltip fading, gradient taskbar captions, menu shadows, windows animation, other common control animation.
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP
Risk Level: GREEN
Disable Windows Defender
OS: 10/8/7/Vista
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable WMI
WMI is intended for collection of every possible reports on the fulfilled operations and about the occurred errors.
OS: XP
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Windows Media Player Automatic Codec Downloads
Disable Windows Media Player Automatic Updates
Disable Windows Media Player CD and DVD Media Information Retrieval
Disable Windows Media Player DRM for Imported Music
Disable Windows Media DRM Internet Access
Disable Windows Media Player Music File Media Information Retrieval
Disable Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Disable Windows Media Player Recent Files List
Disable Windows Security Center
Disable Windows Startup Delay
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: YELLOW
Disable Wireless Zero Configuration Service
Disable "Let's finish setting up your device"
OS: 11/10
Risk Level: GREEN
Enable High Performance Power Plan
OS: 11/10/8/7/Vista
Risk Level: GREEN
Enable Optimizations for Windowed Games
Enable Verbose Startup/Shutdown Messages
Increase NTFS MFT Reserved Zone
Speed Up Closing Running Applications at Shutdown