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Power Plans and What They Actually Change
The Power page under Windows controls how aggressively your PC saves energy. On many systems, particularly laptops, this is where the largest easy gain is. The…
Customization: Taskbar, Theme and Visual Effects
Customization is under Windows and changes how Windows looks and behaves rather than how it performs. Nothing here affects your frame rate, and that is deliberate.…
The Specs Page and Expert Mode
Specs shows you what is actually in your PC. It is free, it changes nothing, and it is the right place to start when you are…
Cleanup: What It Removes and What It Leaves Alone
Cleanup is under Windows in the sidebar and frees disk space by clearing caches and temporary files. It is a Premium feature. Every item is listed…
The Games Page and Per Game Presets
The Games page finds the games installed on your PC and lets you launch and optimize them from one place. How detection worksThe app scans the…
RIP Mode: Temporary Gaming Mode Explained
RIP Mode is a temporary boost you switch on before playing and off afterwards. It is different from every other part of the app, because nothing…
Performance Fixes: Freezes, Overheating and Rendering Crashes
Three repairs on the Fixes page deal with a PC that has become unreliable rather than merely slow. Random Stutters and Hard FreezesIf your PC locks…
System Fixes: Disk Mounting, Virtual Machines, PIN Login and Search
Four repairs on the Fixes page deal with core Windows features that have stopped working. Disk MountingIf double clicking a disc image does nothing, or virtual…
Hardware Fixes: Bluetooth, Printing and Laptop Screen Behaviour
Three repairs on the Fixes page deal with hardware that has stopped responding properly, where the hardware itself is fine. Bluetooth ConnectivityIf Bluetooth devices will not…
Media Fixes: Streaming Black Screens, Snipping Tool and Notifications
Three repairs deal with things that quietly stop working and are hard to connect back to a cause. Streaming Black ScreensIf Netflix, Disney Plus or Hulu…
Gaming Fixes: Game Bar and Out of Memory Crashes
Two repairs on the Fixes page target problems that only show up while gaming. Xbox Game Bar MissingIf the Game Bar overlay no longer opens, or…
Network Fixes: Xbox Multiplayer, Casting and Slow Downloads
Three of the repairs on the Fixes page deal with networking. They are worth knowing about because the symptoms rarely look like a network problem. Xbox…
The Fixes Page: Repairing Common Windows Problems
Fixes is the wrench icon in the sidebar. It is separate from the tweaks, and it does the opposite job. Tweaks change Windows to make it…
The Apps Page: Installing Software and the Uninstaller
The Apps page lists common software you can install in a few taps, plus a tool for removing what you no longer want.…
Network Tweaks: Ping, Latency and What Cannot Be Fixed
The Network page targets latency rather than raw speed. Understanding that difference saves a lot of disappointment. Bandwidth is how much you can download. Latency is…
The Polling Rate Optimizer for Mice, Keyboards and Controllers
Polling rate is how many times per second your mouse, keyboard or controller reports its position to your PC. Higher means your movements reach the game…
Memory Tweaks and Why They Ask How Much RAM You Have
The RAM page under Hardware offers different tuning depending on how much memory you have. That is not a gimmick, it is the whole point. Why…
Drives: SSD Tuning, TRIM and Hard Drive Defragmentation
The Drives page under Hardware tunes storage. It treats solid state drives and mechanical hard drives completely differently, because what helps one harms the other. If…
CPU Tweaks: What They Change and Who They Suit
The CPU page under Hardware is the one worth visiting first, because processor tuning benefits almost every system regardless of what graphics card you have. Intel…
BIOS Tweaks and the Guided BIOS Walkthrough
There are two separate BIOS features under Hardware, and they do very different things. Both are Premium. BIOS TweaksThese are settings that live in your BIOS…
Fan Control: Profiles, Custom Curves and the Anti-Cheat Warning
Fan Control lives under Hardware and lets you decide how your fans behave rather than leaving it to Windows and your firmware. It is a Premium…
How to Fix Common Windows Problems: Bluetooth, Teredo and More
Open Fixes in the sidebar. This section is separate from the optimization tweaks. It repairs Windows features that have stopped working, rather than tuning performance. Each…
How to Reduce Input Lag and Set a 1000Hz Mouse Polling Rate
Open Input Lag in the sidebar. The tweaks are split into Peripherals and Drivers. What input lag is. It is the delay between moving your mouse…
How to Debloat Windows 10 and 11 and Speed Up Your PC
Open Windows in the sidebar. There are five sections. Windows. General Windows 10 and 11 optimizations, startup programs and system tweaks. The startup program list is…
CPU, GPU and RAM Tweaks: How to Optimize Your Hardware
Open Hardware in the sidebar. There are six sections. CPU. Core parking, scheduling and priority tuning for your specific processor. Core parking is the one most…
How to Update Your Drivers and Check Your PC Specs
Apps. Open Apps in the sidebar. This is a software installer and updater. Browse or search the app cards, press the plus on several to bundle…
How to Optimize Games for More FPS With Presets and RIP Mode
Open Games in the sidebar. RIP Tweaks scans your PC and shows the games you actually have installed, pulled from Steam, Epic, Riot, Ubisoft, EA and…
How to Lower Ping and Fix Lag: Network Tweaks Explained
Open Network in the sidebar. What these tweaks actually change. They tune how Windows handles network traffic: buffer sizes, acknowledgement behaviour, adapter power saving and throttling.…