How-to optimize Windows for gaming with WINT-patch
Improve your gaming performance, such as FPS and Latency (Ping), with the WINT-Patch (Windows-Internet-Network-Tweak) by unloading OS Windows and optimizing your network connection.
System requirements: Windows Vista/7/8 (Best Windows 7).
Download the WINT-patch:
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Disabling feature for Windows performance:
Manufacturer bootscreen
Last Access Time Stamps
Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
Auto System Sounds Leveling
Login screen text shadows
Desktop icon shadows
Windows Media Player autoupdate
Paging Executive
Clearing Pagefile at shutdown
Start menu delay
Auto-rebooting due to Windows updates
Automatic network shortcut resolution
Searching for invalid shortcuts
Web-checking for unknown files
Recent documents in the start menu
Recent documents history
Low-disk-space notifications
Encyrpting File System (EFS)
Windows file compression
Mailicious Software Removal Tool-reports
Aero Shake
WMI logging
User Account Control (UAC)
Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA)
Macrovision security driver
Reflector Display Driver
Redirected Drive Buffering SubSystem
PCMCIA
LUA File Virtualization Driver
LLTD Mapper I/O
File Information FS MiniFilter
Client-side Caching
TrustedInstaller
Virtual Storage Filter Driver
Application Experience
Windows Themes
Diagnostics Policy Service
Secondary Logon
Windows Security Center
Windows Error Reporting
Windows Time Service
Application Information
and so on
Modified features for Windows performance:
OS selection timeout 0 seconds
Power plan: maximum performance
Disk timeout (AC and DC): 0 seconds
Windows Folder run in separate process
Multimedia Class Scheduler optimized for games
Virtual adress space for the paged pool is maximized
System cache expanded
End hung applications automatically
App timeout reduced
Time for ending user processes reduced
Time to kill services reduced
8.3 naming convention for long file names turned off
File system memory cache increased
Pagefile encyprtion disabled
Switched to asynchonous buffer commits
Effects adjusted for best performance
Optimization for SSD:
Disk Defragmenter, Superfetch disabled. DNS cache enabled.
Optimization for HDD:
Disk Defragmenter, Superfetch enabled. DNS cache disabled.
Tuning network connection (IPv4) for gaming:
Teredo tunneling deactivated
6to4 tunneling deactivated
IPv6 protocol disabled
ISATAP deactivated
TCP Timestamps disabled
Windows scaling heuristics disabled
TCP Chimney offload enabled
TCP/IP auto-tuning disabled
Compound TCP set to ctcp
Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) disabled
Direct Cache Access (DCA) enabled
NetDMA State enabled
Remote Differential Compression (DCA) disabled
Dynamic DNS updates disabled (DisableDynamicUpdate)
TCP connections limit removed (EnableConnectionRateLimiting)
Checksum Offloading enabled (DisableTaskOffload)
Time to Live (Default TTL) reduced
TCP Acceleration (TCPA) enabled
TCPMaxDataRetransmissions
Protect Against SYN Flood Attacks enabled
Direct Cache Access (DCA) enabled
Host resolution priority modified
Bandwidth Reserve (Qos) disabled
"NetworkThrottlingIndex" disabled
TCPNoDelay enabled
srvnet, rspndr, RasAgileVpn deactivated
IP Helper and Application Layer Gateway disabled
and so on
Disabling Windows features:
Internet explorer, Applets (Desktop-Apps), Media Player, Media Center, Tablet-PC components,DVD-Maker, Mini-Games, Disabling Printer/Fax/Scanner features, Hibernation, Disabling Windows system sounds, Disabling startup programs, Uninstall not used programs, system restore function, search function or just Indexing, VSS, SDRSVC, wbengine, "Restore previous versions" - menu, tssecsrv, TDTCP, srv2, srv, RDPWD, RDPENCDD, RDPCDD, rdpbus,RasPppoe, RasSstp, RasMan, RasAuto, Rasl2tp, RasAcd,IPMIDRV, Wanarpv6, FDResPub , Netlogon, CscService, RemoteRegistry, RemoteAccess, SSDPSRV, WMPNetworkSvc, HomeGroupListener, HomeGroupProvider,UmRdpService, LanmanWorkstation, Browser, MSDTC,fdPHost, FDResPub, SessionEnv, KtmRm, napagent, TermService,LanmanServer, SNMPTRAP, lmhosts, TrkWks, upnphost, WebClient, WinRM, IKEEXT, PolicyAgent, MSiSCSI, Remote Access IPv6 ARP Driver, Function Discovery Resource Publication, HomeGroup from Windows Explorer and lock icon, "Map Network Drive" menu, Automatically search for network folders and printers
"Customize Windows" alterations:
"Run As..."-feature turned off (HideRunAsVerb)
Show full path in the explorer address bar
Show hidden files
Show files extensions
No compatibility wizard in contextmenu
No windows pop-ups in the taskbar
No highlighting of new programs
No "favorites" in the explorer
Show all icons in the taskbar
Modified contextmenu "New..."
and so on...