Caution
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, or maybe it'll end up that way, who knows.
Some changes outlined below WILL negatively impact security an you WILL lose out on a lot of functionality if not careful. If I ever get around to actually listing out all the stuff I do.
That being said, continue on your never ending journey of maxing performance. I'll be soft on your heels king ♚
Tip
Don't go an just start copy-pasting into your fuckin powershell either dickhead. I'm fine with reinstalling my OS for the 50th time from scratch, are you? It's been a long journey, you'd think I'd learn to stop stripping my OS down so far that its unrestorable after the 49th time I break it. The things an autist will do in the name of performance
I digress. The reason I've even started this project is because I finally pushed my luck too far an managed to wipe both my drives, killing one of them, long time coming to be fair. This means all my tools/scripts/guides I had went up in flames, getting me to stop being lazy an compile everything into something digestable for not only myself, but for you tweakers too.
Drivers, Tools, Programs
| Driver | Link | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia GPU Driver | Download | v576.12 | 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 > Battle-Eye, nProtect, Easy-Anti-Cheat, XignCode
-- Safe for Anti-Cheats --
| BCDEDIT | KEY | VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| bcdedit /set | debug | No |
| bcdedit /set | disabledynamictick | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | disableelamdrivers | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | extendedinput | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | forcefipscrypto | No |
| bcdedit /set | highestmode | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | nointegritychecks | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | nolowmem | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | noumex | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | novga | Yes |
| bcdedit /set | bootdebug | No |
| bcdedit /set | bootlog | No |
| bcdedit /set | ems | No |
| bcdedit /set | event | No |
| bcdedit /set | forcelegacyplatform | No |
| bcdedit /set | halbreakpoint | No |
| bcdedit /set | hypervisordebug | No |
| bcdedit /set | isolatedcontext | No |
| bcdedit /set | recoveryenabled | No |
| bcdedit /set | usefirmwarepcisettings | No |
| bcdedit /set | uselegacyapicmode | No |
| bcdedit /set | usephysicaldestination | No |
| bcdedit /set | useplatformclock | No |
| bcdedit /set | vga | No |
| bcdedit /set | vm | No |
| bcdedit /set | configaccesspolicy | Default |
| bcdedit /set | msi | Default |
| bcdedit /set | x2apicpolicy | Enable |
| bcdedit /set | linearaddress57 | optout |
| bcdedit /set | bootux | Disabled |
| bcdedit /set | tpmbootentropy | ForceDisable |
| bcdedit /set | nx | AlwaysOff/optout |
| 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 testsigning Yes
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype Off
bcdedit /set vsmlaunchtype No
bcdedit /set pae ForceDisable
bcdedit /set loadoptions DISABLE-LSA-ISO,DISABLE-VBS
-- Works with Anti-Cheat. Unsure on Results (Performance), Testing --
bcdedit /set tscsyncpolicy Enhanced
bcdedit /set tscsyncpolicy Legacy
bcdedit /set useplatformtick Yes
-- Need to Test Still --
bcdedit /set bootems No
bcdedit /set integrityservices disable
Note
A second round of testing~ now on MitigationOptions & MitigationAuditOptions set to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel]
MitigationAuditOptions
MitigationOptions
Using the mask 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 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 -Force On to set the override value when doing Get-ProcessMitigation -System
You can disable mitigations with either of the options below, they do literally the same thing.
Disabling Mitigations w/ Powershell (Run as Admin)
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, DisableFsctlSystemCallsDisabling Mitigations w/ CMD
:: Disabling mitigations with correct mask
REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel" /v "MitigationAuditOptions" /t REG_BINARY /d "200000202020222200000000000000200000000000000000" /f >NUL 2>&1
REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel" /v "MitigationOptions" /t REG_BINARY /d "222222222222222220020000002000200000002000000000" /f >NUL 2>&1Just dropping these here for now
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