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Michael Campagnaro 2020-11-10 12:45:17 -05:00
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# Windows Setup
* Turn off hibernation
* Desktop: turn off hibernation
* Open admin cmd prompt: `powercfg.exe /hibernate off`
* Disable power throttling:
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* Double-click the `Turn off Power Throttling` policy.
* Select Enabled.
* Optional: disable Windows Defender real-time protection:
* This can speed up compilation times since Defender will scan every file written to disk. I was
able to shave off ~2-5 seconds in a particular project.
* If you'd rather keep real-time protection active then you can add specific files or
folders to the Defender exclusion list in the Windows Security settings, however I did
some testing and didn't see any speedup when excluding a project folder.
* Go into the Windows security settings and disable `Tamper Protection`.
* Start menu, search for `gpedit.msc`.
* Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus -> Real-time Protection
* Double-click the `Turn off real-time protection` policy.
* Select Enabled (you may have to restart PC).
* If you want to re-enable then change the policy to `Not configured` and re-enable tamper protection.
* Disable `Enhance Pointer Precision`:
* Mouse Properties -> Pointer Options -> Motion section
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* Map caps to left-ctrl using sharpkeys
* Run photo_viewer.reg from this folder to restore access to the Windows Photo Viewer app.
The default Win10 photos app is fucking awful.
* Restore classic Windows Photo Viewer app (the default Win10 photos app is fucking awful):
* Run photo_viewer.reg from this folder.
* You'll need to change the default app for the various image extensions. Don't change gif types
though because photo viewer doesn't support animations.
* Now run disable-are-you-sure-you-want-to-open-with-the-default-program-dialog.reg to stop it