Windows hides these settings for some reason...reveal them (windows 10/11)
🔧 Windows is hiding CPU settings from you — here's how to unlock them.
Deep inside Windows Power Options there are processor settings that Microsoft keeps hidden by default. These let you control things like CPU boost behavior, core parking, frequency limits, and idle settings that you normally can't touch. In this video I show you exactly how to unhide them with a few simple commands — no third party software, no sketchy downloads, just built-in Windows tools.
Great for gamers, overclockers, or anyone trying to squeeze more performance (or battery life) out of their machine. As always, create a restore point before changing anything — just to be safe.
⚠️ Create a restore point before making changes!
Search "Create a restore point" in the Windows Start Menu.
▶ TO UNHIDE THE HIDDEN PROCESSOR SETTINGS:
Open CMD or PowerShell as Administrator and paste:
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTPOL -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTMODE -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PROCFREQMAX -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR CPMINCORES -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR CPMAXCORES -ATTRIB_HIDE
↩️ TO UNDO IT (hide them back):
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTPOL +ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTMODE +ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PROCFREQMAX +ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR IDLEDISABLE +ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR CPMINCORES +ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR CPMAXCORES +ATTRIB_HIDE
What each setting does:🥺
PERFBOOSTPOL — Controls CPU boost aggressiveness policy
PERFBOOSTMODE — Sets how/when CPU boost kicks in
PROCFREQMAX — Sets max processor frequency
IDLEDISABLE — Disables/enables CPU idle states
CPMINCORES — Minimum number of active CPU cores
CPMAXCORES — Maximum number of active CPU cores