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   mikiem2
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   neowin[.]net/news/microsoft-is-giving-windows-11-major-performance-upgrade-by-making-cpus-work-harder/

   windowscentral[.]com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-working-on-major-performance-boost-for-windows-11-that-will-speed-up-app-launches-and-common-actions-by-automatically-maxing-out-cpu-in-short-bursts

   This is one to maybe keep an eye out for, though it may make things better, worse, or make no difference at all. When I'm using one of our lower power devices, e.g., the laptop with an Intel i3 CPU, when I click the icon to start an app, let's say Firefox, it takes a moment before the browser loads, and then there's a wait as it downloads the data & displays the home page. It's not horrible, but there is a noticeable difference between that laptop and this PC. Microsoft would like to reduce that delay by pushing the CPU to max power for 1-3 seconds. Back to that laptop, according to Task Mgr. the CPU is already close to max when I open Firefox, so I'm a bit skeptical that that will make any difference at all. And while it *might* make apps open faster on this PC, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to tell the difference [us mere humans generally can't tell faster/slower when talking about milliseconds]. But this IS Microsoft, so I'm prepared for something funky to happen beyond brief temperature spikes.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   neowin[.]net/news/watch-how-windows-11s-new-performance-feature-makes-start-outlook-file-explorer-faster/

   Someone over at Windows Central got the new "Low Latency Profile" working and posted some comparisons on X [Twitter].

   If you have a PC with the latest Windows 11 preview build, you can try enabling Low Latency Profile using the ViVeTool. Download it from GitHub here, then run the vivetool /enable /id:60716524,61391826 command as Administrator.

   I like the opinion in another article on Neowin concerning the attempted speed-up.

   The crux of the matter is that temporary CPU bursts are just a hack to mask poorly optimized software. If your OS needs to boost processor speeds just to feel usable, perhaps the problem is the software, not the compute power of the hardware running it.

   This pratice simply encourages developers to keep writing bad code and incentivizing users to shell out more money to purchase the latest and greatest in CPU, just so that they can get those few extra clock cycles to make Windows 11 feel fast.

   neowin[.]net/opinions/windows-11-is-getting-faster-the-lazy-way/

   Posted 4 weeks ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   Opinions like the one I quoted from Neowin got some folks at Microsoft teed off... Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman posted:

   "All modern operating systems do this, including macOS and Linux. It's not "cheating"; this is how modern systems make apps feel fast: they temporarily boost the CPU speed and prioritize interactive tasks to reduce latency."

   OK, so I did what I normally do when someone makes claims I'm not sure are accurate, I went to Google search. When I didn't get any relevant results, this is what I asked Google's Gemini AI:

   "does linux have something similar to windows 11 Low Latency Profile"

   Its response:

   The Windows 11 **Low Latency Profile (LLP)**—currently in testing as of 2026—is a feature that briefly spikes CPU clock speeds when it detects user interaction (like clicking the Start menu or opening an app) to make the UI feel snappier.

   Linux does not have a single "toggle" named exactly like this because it has handled latency and responsiveness differently for years. In Linux, this behavior is usually baked into the **CPU Frequency Governor** and the **Kernel Scheduler**...

   ### Summary

   Linux doesn't need a "Low Latency Profile" for its UI in the same way Windows does because Linux desktop environments (like XFCE, Sway, or even modern GNOME) are generally lighter and don't suffer from the same "web-app style" bloat that causes the Start menu lag LLP is designed to hide.

   However, if you feel your system is sluggish, switching to the **Performance governor** or using a **Zen-tuned kernel** will give you the same—if not better—result.

   Posted 3 weeks ago #
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   gergn
   Member

   My favourite for this is Process Lasso Pro. Is has been a giveaway a long time ago, but I bought a personal licence that allows me to use it on all my Windows machines. I also use it to block software I cannot remove. Such as phoneexpiriencehost.exe and onedrive.exe. Also, bluestacksappplayer.exe is blocked on this laptop.

   See https[:]//bitsum.com/processlasso-docs/#processmatch

   Posted 3 weeks ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   There is apparently a big enough backlash against apps like those you mention that there are now several apps that promise to remove at least some of that bloat. For new or fresh copies of Windows, the Rufus developer is starting to add options to remove some of those apps from Windows setup, along with removing Win11's hardware requirements.

   Otherwise Microsoft is starting to try and clean up some of the sloppy programming in Windows -- this month they claim to have improved File Explorer processes so that they actually stop when File Explorer is closed -- but I don't know whether it will ever be enough that apps like Process Lasso are no longer needed or useful.

   Posted 3 weeks ago #
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   mikiem2
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   support.microsoft[.]com/en-us/topic/may-26-2026-kb5089573-os-builds-26200-8524-and-26100-8524-preview-f378c8ae-0170-47c9-a1e9-dfef978c8e17#id0ebdl=gradual_rollout

   With May's optional patch, KB5089573, Microsoft has included the code for their new low latency profile, which will be turned on using their rolling release schedule, meaning you could see it months from now or tomorrow. I'm still skeptical... If as Microsoft claimed, it's a no-brainer used by Linux & Android for years, why hasn't Microsoft already added it in the 34 years since Win3.1 was released? The 2 obvious choices IMHO are 1) there was some underlying tech issue so Microsoft's developers stayed away from it, or 2) Microsoft's developers have long been incompetent idgits. Either way, this has a rushed feel to it that has me very cautious.

   Because of that, I installed the optional patch in a VM, then used the ViVeTool to activate the low latency profile, recording what changed, finding 2 new registry keys. It's Not guaranteed that Microsoft will use those same keys to turn the profile on, but that's all I could do for now, since it hasn't been turned on yet by Microsoft. Likewise there's no guarantee that deleting these keys or changing their values will turn the profile off. Maybe knowing what those keys are will be useful, maybe not, and maybe I'm worrying for nothing.

   neowin[.]net/news/microsoft-is-giving-windows-11-major-performance-upgrade-by-making-cpus-work-harder/

   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\8\2783555215]
"EnabledState"=dword:00000002
"EnabledStateOptions"=dword:00000000
"Variant"=dword:00000000
"VariantPayload"=dword:00000000
"VariantPayloadKind"=dword:00000000

   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\8\3632644751]
"EnabledState"=dword:00000002
"EnabledStateOptions"=dword:00000000
"Variant"=dword:00000000
"VariantPayload"=dword:00000000
"VariantPayloadKind"=dword:00000000

   Posted 1 week ago #

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