This is Microsoft’s recommendation, instead of trying to disable v6. One adds a DWORD here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\
named DisabledComponents. Hex value 20, binary 32. Then reboot.
A quick way to do the registry add, in administrative CMD:
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 32
Still you’ll need to reboot to get it to take effect.
The info is from this reference.
Several fixes, some of them most interesting:
https://www.guidingtech.com/fixes-for-chrome-not-opening-on-windows/
Number 4 on that page, is most surprising, and often functional with new build upgrades.
Recommended by the amazing Yvonne Wynkoop.
Spotted these recently. All of these are to be run in administrative Powershell. On one Server 2019 machine, these boosted overall throughput from 7-25M to 600-700M.
File server ( Microsoft docs here )
Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableMultiChannel $true -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableOplocks $true -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -ServerHidden $true -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -IrpStackSize 20 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -MaxMpxCount 4096 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -MaxWorkItems 16384 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -MaxSessionPerConnection 16384 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -TreatHostAsStableStorage $true -force
Clients ( Microsoft docs here )
Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableBandwidthThrottling $false -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableLargeMtu $true -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableLoadBalanceScaleOut $true -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableMultiChannel $true -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableSecuritySignature $false -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -MaxCmds 16384 -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -MaximumConnectionCountPerServer 32 -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -OplocksDisabled $false -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -UseOpportunisticLocking $true -force Set-SmbClientConfiguration -WindowSizeThreshold 2 -force
-WindowSizeThreshold may be good to set to 4 or 8.
To set server back to default:Set-SmbServerConfiguration -IrpStackSize 15 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -MaxMpxCount 50 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -MaxWorkItems 1 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -TreatAsStableStorage $false -forceTo set client back to default:
Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableBandwidthThrottling $true -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -MaxCmds 50 -force Set-SmbServerConfiguration -WindowSizeThreshold 1 -force
This is a third-party page which initiates downloads from Microsoft:
Something relatively new. Very interesting changes from some Microsoft documentation, searchable here. Performance improvements have been visible in general behavior of all machines tested for this so far. On some, reported CPU speed does still change over time. BIOS changes are likely to assist as well.
The lines below work in administrative Powershell. They report the current power scheme and create a new one for the new settings. To revert, just go into Power in the Control Panel and reselect your original power scheme.
$oldpower = powercfg -getactivescheme $oldname = $oldpower[58..100] -join "" $oldname = $oldname.Substring(0,$oldname.Length-1) "Current power scheme name: $oldname" "Creating power scheme: CPU Special" $newpower = powercfg -duplicatescheme scheme_current $newpower = ($newpower[19..54] -join "") powercfg -changename $newpower "CPU Special" powercfg -setactive $newpower # Makes maximum CPU speeds available, by default they're not powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTHRESHOLD 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTHRESHOLD1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTIME 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTIME1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFDECTHRESHOLD 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFDECTHRESHOLD1 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTPERF 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTPERF1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFAUTONOMOUS 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFDUTYCYCLING 0 # Sets overall throttles to maximum powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMAX 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMAX1 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMIN 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMIN1 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor HETEROCLASS1INITIALPERF 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor HETEROCLASS0FLOORPERF 100 # Turns off CPU core controls, tells OS to just use them all. powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPMAXCORES 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPMINCORES 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor DISTRIBUTEUTIL 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPDISTRIBUTION 0 # Minimizes CPU spinup time, and maximizes spindown time, just in case powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPINCREASETIME 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPDECREASETIME 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPHEADROOM 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPCONCURRENCY 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTUNPARK 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTUNPARK1 0 # Sets energy savings preference to zero powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFEPP 0 # Commits all above changes to current power plan powercfg -setactive scheme_current
Some detail can be had here and here.
These changes are disrecommended for cooling-poor laptops. And one might want to watch the temperatures of poorly built desktops and even some poorly built servers, too.
A version of the above which alters the original power scheme, and runs in administrative CMD, is below. The below is not very easily reversible.
REM Makes maximum CPU speeds available, by default they're not powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTHRESHOLD 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTHRESHOLD1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTIME 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFINCTIME1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFDECTHRESHOLD 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFDECTHRESHOLD1 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTPERF 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTPERF1 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFAUTONOMOUS 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFDUTYCYCLING 0 REM Sets overall throttles to maximum powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMAX 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMAX1 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMIN 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCTHROTTLEMIN1 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor HETEROCLASS1INITIALPERF 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor HETEROCLASS0FLOORPERF 100 REM Turns off CPU core controls, tells OS to just use them all. powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPMAXCORES 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPMINCORES 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor DISTRIBUTEUTIL 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPDISTRIBUTION 0 REM Minimizes CPU spinup time, and maximizes spindown time, just in case powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPINCREASETIME 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPDECREASETIME 100 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPHEADROOM 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor CPCONCURRENCY 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTUNPARK 0 powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor LATENCYHINTUNPARK1 0 REM Sets energy savings preference to zero powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PERFEPP 0 REM Commits all above changes to current power plan powercfg -setactive scheme_current
For certain tasks, it can be helpful to run CMD as SYSTEM. This can be done with paexec:
paexec -i -s cmd.exe
or psexec:
psexec -i -s cmd.exe
After a cleared positive from a major tool, this seems like a good suspenders-and-belt second scan:
Our lawnmower finally wouldn’t start this year. I suspect it needs electrical cleanup or something, but it’s an extremely heavy Menard’s special which was a gift from a friend of Sweet Lori’s, and I just didn’t want to put money or time into it. So I put money into a new Toro 21” battery-operated mower. And I am flatly amazed.
It is lighter than anything I know of comparable in gas, even though its construction is nice steel; its maintenance is hose it off and charge the batteries; it folds vertical for storage (it’s set up well for this, and no liquids, no hot parts…); there’s absolutely no lack of power; and it mows our whole yard in half a battery. It’s a Toro 60V (same as my very happy leaf blower bought last year), so I have two more batteries if I need them. We have wonderful neighbors who have mowed our yard before, so I’m going to have that kind of fun soon.
But the most intriguing part for me, was what happened when the mower pulled us to denser growth. Immediately that thing knew it and increased the power output. The first and second time it happened I thought something might be wrong, but no, it knows, and it drives that power up and down according to need of the moment, immediately, no hesitation at all. (This is why well-implemented brushless motors are a very good idea.) For ages, some gas mowers have had “regulators” that are claimed to do the same thing, and I’ve used a number of them, but they’re nothing like this. It was “vroom!!!” and then wonder and look to see what was going on, and only then, “Oh, now isn’t that nice!” The only slight “gotcha” is that overall result tends to pull the walker occasionally, but for me that’s almost more of a plus than anything, it keeps me going at a good pace; I tend to be a slacker at mowing!
It was also interesting to see the result. I do the mulching thing, and not bagging or shooting, because I flatly don’t want the bother and the bags. Every other mulching mower I have ever seen work, leaves some larger bits as it addresses denser growth. Not this one. I walked around the whole yard after I was done, I had had the mower set on quite short, and I saw absolutely zero sign of cuttings. Zero. Amazing.
100 Kbps is more than enough.