Frequently asked questions

A personal notebook. One person writes up what they do to their own Windows machines — what was removed, what was measured, what broke, and how it was put back. There is no company behind it, no product for sale, and no software distributed from it.

It is safe if it is reversible and you go slowly. The risk is not in any single setting — it is in applying many changes at once with no way back, so that when something misbehaves you cannot say which change caused it. Create a restore point and a configuration export first, change one category at a time, and restart between categories.

Usually a little, occasionally a lot, sometimes not at all. On an older machine with limited RAM the difference in boot time and responsiveness is real. On a modern machine, average frame rates barely move; what improves is consistency and the absence of background interruptions. Anyone promising dramatic speed gains is guessing.

Most of them, yes. Registry-based settings can be flipped back or restored by re-importing an earlier configuration file. Some Windows apps, capabilities and features cannot be reinstalled after removal without a repair install — those are flagged in the interface, and they are the ones to think twice about.

Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11. Some settings differ between versions and between feature updates, which is why the notes here show registry paths rather than only screenshots.

No, but you should be willing to read before you click. The interface is approachable; the consequences are still real. If a page here tells you to check something before proceeding, that check exists because skipping it caused a problem for somebody.

No. The notes describe what I used and what happened, which is not the same as a recommendation. Most of what is written here can be done by hand with the registry, Group Policy and PowerShell, and several articles show exactly that. This site does not host, distribute or point you toward any software — decide for yourself, and get anything you run from its own developer.

No. No payment, product or consideration has been received for anything published here. If that ever changes, the disclosure will appear at the top of the affected page.

Please do not, unless you administer it yourself and are permitted to. Managed machines have policies and agents that can conflict with these changes, and a broken work laptop is a bad Tuesday for you and your IT team.