Windows10 Tips

Windows 10 Tips

• Bypass Windows 10 lock screen and go directly to login screen
• Open registry editor (regedit)
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft
• Right-click Windows and select New / Key
• Enter Personalization and hit Enter
• Right-click on the right pane and select New / DWORD (32-bit) Value
• Rename the new DWORD value to NoLockScreen
• Double click NoLockScreen and assign the value 1 to it

Alternatively, copy the following text to a file with a .reg extension:

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsPersonalization]
  "NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001
    

Right-click on this file and select Merge

• Disable Hiberboot

More than one Acer Aspire laptop has had problems with screen blacking out or flickering
after boot. To resolve this issue, you can disable Windows 10 Hybrid Boot or
Fast boot function. By doing so, you may also increase the life of a solid state
or M.2 drive, because the O/S RAM will not be dumped to the drive every time you shut
the computer down.

• Open registry editor (regedit)
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control / Session Manager / Power
• Double click HiberbootEnabled and assign the value 0 to it

Alternatively, copy the following text to a file with a .reg extension:

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerPower]
  "HiberbootEnabled"=dword:00000000
    

Right-click on this file and select Merge

• Hide OneDrive in explorer
• Open registry editor (regedit)
• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / CLSID / {018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
• Right-click System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree and select Modify
• Change value to 0 and hit Enter
• For changed to take effect, you have to close all instances of Explorer and open it again.

Alternatively, copy the following text to a file with a .reg extension:

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}]
  "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"=dword:00000000
    

Right-click on this file and select Merge

• Optimization tips:

Please assess the risk or behaviour that these steps will have on your device first – please see the disclaimer.
If performance is a real issue for you, then may I suggest that you investigate using a Linux distribution
to get more performance out of your hardware.

• To reduce processor usage, disable these services:

(Open Services app to make these changes)

• Superfetch
• Windows Remediation Service
• Windows Modules Installer (it does not seem possible to stop this service)
• Antivirus: (see disclaimer)

Open “Window Defender Settings” and press “Open Windows Defender Security Centre”
Go to “Virus & threat protection” and click on “Virus & threat protection settings”
Disable all options

• Microsoft Store:
• Open “Microsoft Store” and click on menu (“…” – right top) and select “Settings”
• Disable all options
• Windows Module Installer

For using internet via WiFi connection, follow these steps:

• Go to Start/Settings/Network/Internet/Wi-FI.
• Click “Advanced options”
• Switch on “Set as metered connection”

For using internet via Ethernet connection, follow these steps:

• Open regedit and navigate to:
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/NetworkList/DefaultMediaCost
• Right-click and select “Permissions”
• Click “Advanced” and change Owner to your user account (press OK when done)
• Back in “Permissions” dialog, press “Add”, type your user name and press “Check Names”.
• Give yourself “Full Control” permission.
• Now change the setting “Ethernet” to 2 (metered connection)

If metered connection option fails, set the startup type of “Windows Module Installer” service to manual using the Services app.

References:

• https://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-take-ownership-permission-of-a-registry-key-in-window