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    This document provides instructions for using the Autoruns program to optimize system performance for gaming. It recommends unchecking unnecessary startup programs and services to free up resources. It also suggests using Process Hacker or Process Lasso to set game processes and csrss.exe to high or real-time priority for improved input response and performance. The document warns that some priority or driver changes could cause system instability and should be tested first.

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    8 - Autoruns, Process & Priority Tweaks

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    This document provides instructions for using the Autoruns program to optimize system performance for gaming. It recommends unchecking unnecessary startup programs and services to free up resources. It also suggests using Process Hacker or Process Lasso to set game processes and csrss.exe to high or real-time priority for improved input response and performance. The document warns that some priority or driver changes could cause system instability and should be tested first.

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    This document provides instructions for using the Autoruns program to optimize system performance for gaming. It recommends unchecking unnecessary startup programs and services to free up resources. It also suggests using Process Hacker or Process Lasso to set game processes and csrss.exe to high or real-time priority for improved input response and performance. The document warns that some priority or driver changes could cause system instability and should be tested first.

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    8 - Autoruns, Process & Priority Tweaks

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    This document provides instructions for using the Autoruns program to optimize system performance for gaming. It recommends unchecking unnecessary startup programs and services to free up resources. It also suggests using Process Hacker or Process Lasso to set game processes and csrss.exe to high or real-time priority for improved input response and performance. The document warns that some priority or driver changes could cause system instability and should be tested first.

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    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

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