Cheatsheet by install and set up Windows

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Windows cheatsheet

Disable fast startup

1. Win + R
2. powercfg.cpl
3. In left side "Choose what the power buttons do";

Perceive time information as UTC (as Linux), not local (timezone)

Add reg record:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation" /v RealTimeIsUniversal /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f

Install Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes

There is an all-in-one installer here or here.

Activation

massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

Set virtual memory paging file

1. Win + R
2. sysdm.cpl ,3
3. Perfomance -> Settings...;
4. Tab Advanced;
5. Virtual memory -> Change...;
6. Uncheck "Automaticly manage paging file size for all drives";
7. Select "C:";
8. Set to "Custom size";
9. Set initial and maximum size to 8192 MB (8 GB);
10. Click "Set";
11. Click "OK";
12. Confirm alert that changes will apply only after reboot;
13. Click "OK";
14. Click "OK";
15. Restart.

Programs

• Firefox + fixes
• VLC or mpv
• Telegram
• LibreOffice
• GIMP
• OBS
• CapsLang (switch layout languages by CapsLock)
  • C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (current user)
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp (all users)
• ffmpeg

Development

• Node or nvm-windows
• Python
• WSL2
• VSCode
• JetBrains Mono Font

Network

• Goodbye DPI

Legacy

Disable Photos app, enable legacy Photo viewer

Add reg records:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations" /v ".tif" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations" /v ".tiff" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations" /v ".jpg" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations" /v ".png" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations" /v ".bmp" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Capabilities\FileAssociations" /v ".jpeg" /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f