AUTORUNS

Open 64 bit version of autoruns

This program is powerful be careful
DO NOT “show” hidden windows entries

This is a great program to use after you have installed something.

You can quickly check if any service/driver/scheduled task etc has been added on your pc.

Uncheck all in all tabs apart from

Explorer
You might want these in for your context menu, you decide

Services
These are linked to services.msc
Unchecking - disable service
Deleting - delete service (not recommended)

If a service is checked it could be auto or manual (in services.msc)

Some of these you will want left on, you decide

If a program/service that you unchecked wont run

You might want to set it to manual in services.msc instead
Which would show “on” in autoruns

NVdisplay.ContainerLocalSystem - leave on

Drivers
Do not play with this tab you WILL blue screen

Codecs
Leave them, you need these for some programs

KnownDLL’s
Right click and delete them all
Unselect the ones that it wont let you delete
Restart and they should disappear
Device remover
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/device_remover_543c.html

ADVANCED USERS ONLY

Leftover drivers drivers can be safely uninstalled with device remover, don't use autoruns
to delete them. This program will show leftover drivers even when you have uninstalled the
software or driver in device manager.

PRIORITY TWEAKS
Priority tweaks can be hit and miss for some systems or executables, do your own testing.
This isn't the be all and end all, try it out for yourself and use what feels best for you.
Some pro players love high/realtime, some do not. It’s system dependant and preference.
If windows default feels best, leave it at default.

Ideally you want to set unimportant processors to lower priorities and important processors
to higher priorities. Ideally just use this for gaming, although I recommend setting
csrss.exe permanently to realtime in regedit see below. Some games may stutter in real
time for certain PC’s, if so try high instead.

Below are two programs that are useful for setting priorities on the go.

Process hacker
https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/
Process lasso
https://bitsum.com/

Process lasso/Process hacker

Here we change all processes running to...
Priority class - idle
I/o priority - very low

Then change the game.exe/csrss.exe to...

Priority class - real time or high
I/o priority - high

I recommend leaving...
explorer.exe - as is = normal
Game anti cheat flagging process hacker?
Setting csrss.exe or a game to realtime in windows permanently
csrss.exe is responsible for mouse and keyboard input.
Setting this to realtime can help input response.

In regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File
Execution Options

New key
"csrss.exe"

New key
"PerfOptions"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File

Execution Options\csrss.exe\PerfOptions
New DWORD 32bit
"CpuPriorityClass" = 4 (realtime priority)

New DWORD 32bit

“IoPriority” = 3 (high i/o priority)

The same formula above can be applied for a game executable/any executable

CpuPriorityClass=X & IoPriority=X

4=Realtime
3=High
6=Above Normal
2=Normal (Runs at normal by default)
5=Below Normal
1=Low

Avoid using IoPriority=4/Realtime this will cause serious stuttering issues