Warning
A place for me to log my thoughts an explore the universe of tweaks, skizo shit and all. This isn't your end-all be-all for tweaks, nothing here is coherent an there will most likely be conflicting settings among files
🔒 Some changes outlined in the table below may negatively impact security. Users should assess the security risk involved with modifying the mentioned setting.
Continue at your own risk.
Drivers, Tools, Programs
(Driver may not link to most up to date stuff, check)
Nvidia GPU Driver - > Download - v572.16 - 1/30/2025
Realtek Ethernet Driver - > Download - v1125.021 - 12/24/2024
XL2546K Driver - > Download - v001 - 1/3/2022
Samsung G7 Driver - > Download - v1.0
Firmware (Only if needed)
Samsung G7 Firmware File - > Download - v1012.0
Nvidia GPU Firmware Update Software - > Download - v1.2 - 11/18/2022
(Tools may not link to most up to date stuff, check)
All folders have a # Use/Install Explanation, read them for help
ProcessExplorer - > Download - 5/28/2024
NVCleanstall - > Download - v1.80.0 - 1/25/2025
NvidiaProfileInspector - > Download - v2.4.0.8 - 1/26/2025
Optional
DiscordFixer - > Download - 1/22/2024
NoSteamWebHelper - > Download - v5.0.1 - 12/1/2024
Custom Resolution Utility - > Download - v1.5.2 - 7/5/2024
Scaled Resolution Editor - > Download - v1.0 - 1/15/2024
SwitchPowerScheme - > Download - v1.3 - 6/11/2021
(Programs may not link to most up to date stuff, check)
7zip - > Download
Battle.net - > Download
BlackDesert - > Download
Deluge - > Download
Discord - > Download
Firefox - > Download
Notepad++ - > Download
Powershell 7 - > Download
System Informer - > Download
Steam - > Download
Thunderstore Mod Manager - > Download
Vencord - > Download
Wootility - > Download
Important
These are tested on MY system, a specific configuration of hardware/software. What I did may not produce the results you may get. I cannot gureentee anything other then the stuff I test on my own system, these are just my findings.
Warning
Messing with your bcdedit options can make it so a majority of anti-cheats won't work, causing games to be unplayable, heres my safe tested list
- Anti-Cheats tested on > nProtect, Easy-Anti-Cheat, XignCode
-- Safe for Anti-Cheats --
bcdedit /set disabledynamictick Yes
bcdedit /set nointegritychecks Yes
bcdedit /set nolowmem Yes
bcdedit /set novga Yes
bcdedit /set useplatformtick Yes
bcdedit /set bootdebug No
bcdedit /set bootlog No
bcdedit /set event No
bcdedit /set forcelegacyplatform No
bcdedit /set halbreakpoint No
bcdedit /set hypervisordebug No
bcdedit /set isolatedcontext No
bcdedit /set usefirmwarepcisettings No
bcdedit /set uselegacyapicmode No
bcdedit /set usephysicaldestination No
bcdedit /set vga No
bcdedit /set vm No
bcdedit /set configaccesspolicy Default
bcdedit /set msi Default
bcdedit /set x2apicpolicy Enabled
bcdedit /set linearaddress57 optout
bcdedit /set bootux Disabled
bcdedit /set tpmbootentropy ForceDisable
bcdedit /set nx AlwaysOff
bcdedit /set bootmenupolicy Legacy
bcdedit /set firstmegabytepolicy UseAll
bcdedit /set allowedinmemorysettings 0x0
bcdedit /set avoidlowmemory 0x8000000
bcdedit /set increaseuserva 268435328
-- Not Safe for Anti-Cheats --
bcdedit /set disableelamdrivers Yes
bcdedit /set testsigning Yes
bcdedit /set debug No
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype No
bcdedit /set vsmlaunchtype No
bcdedit /set pae ForceDisable
bcdedit /set loadoptions DISABLE-LSA-ISO,DISABLE-VBS
-- Works with Anti-Cheat. Unsure on Results, Testing Between the Two --
bcdedit /set tscsyncpolicy Enhanced
Or
bcdedit /set tscsyncpolicy Legacy
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\kernel
- MitigationOptions
- MitigationAuditOptions
Using the mask 222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 for MitigationOptions might not actually disable them, using (powershell) Get-ProcessMitigation -Name discord.exe -RunningProcess returned that both CFG and ASLR high/bottom was enabled, with process explorer also confirming this. Instead I took a look at what mask is set when using Set-ProcessMitigation -System -Disable <big block of values from microsoft website> an it returned 222222222222222220020000002000200000002000000000. After a restart, running the Get-ProcessMitigation command for discord now shows that ASLR and CFG is disabled, with process explorer also confirming. This isn't limited to just discord, I checked steam an a couple games with the same results
Another discovery is that if I used -Force On at the end of Set-ProcessMitigation -System -Disable <values> it instead set the mask as 666666666666666660060000006000600000006000000000, which overrides mitigations completely at a system level but made some apps loop opening an closing child processes causing high cpu usage (discord, steam) The reason I can find for this is because apps override some mitigations for its children, for example a value of 2 signals that it should be disabled, but itll allow it if necessary. A value of 6 completely disallows this, causing those child processes to break. Use the -Force On syntax to set the override value when doing Get-ProcessMitigation -System
Set-ProcessMitigation -System -Disable DEP, EmulateAtlThunks, SEHOP, ForceRelocateImages, RequireInfo, BottomUp, HighEntropy, StrictHandle, DisableWin32kSystemCalls, AuditSystemCall, DisableExtensionPoints, BlockDynamicCode, AllowThreadsToOptOut, AuditDynamicCode, CFG, SuppressExports, StrictCFG, MicrosoftSignedOnly, AllowStoreSignedBinaries, AuditMicrosoftSigned, AuditStoreSigned, EnforceModuleDependencySigning, DisableNonSystemFonts, AuditFont, BlockRemoteImageLoads, BlockLowLabelImageLoads, PreferSystem32, AuditRemoteImageLoads, AuditLowLabelImageLoads, AuditPreferSystem32, EnableExportAddressFilter, AuditEnableExportAddressFilter, EnableExportAddressFilterPlus, AuditEnableExportAddressFilterPlus, EnableImportAddressFilter, AuditEnableImportAddressFilter, EnableRopStackPivot, AuditEnableRopStackPivot, EnableRopCallerCheck, AuditEnableRopCallerCheck, EnableRopSimExec, AuditEnableRopSimExec, SEHOP, AuditSEHOP, SEHOPTelemetry, TerminateOnError, DisallowChildProcessCreation, AuditChildProcess, UserShadowStack, AuditUserShadowStack, DisableFsctlSystemCalls