# Frozen Tweaks - complete optimization catalogue

> Every one of the 127 optimizations Frozen Tweaks can apply, with what each one does. 24 are available in the free tier. Every tweak is individually reversible, and none of them modify game files or inject into game processes.

Source of truth: https://frozentweaks.com/tweaks

Note on the Security group: those optimizations trade real protection for performance. They are opt-in and never part of a default profile.

## Windows (17)

- Disable Cortana [Free, Standard]: Removes Cortana background hooks to save CPU & disk.
- Disable Game DVR & Game Bar (Force Real Fullscreen) [Free, Standard]: Stops background recording/UI hooks and disables Fullscreen Optimizations globally for lower latency.
- Reduce Visual Effects [Free, Standard]: Disables transparency/animations to free GPU/CPU time.
- Windows Update: Notify Only [Free, Standard]: Prevents surprise downloads/restarts; set updates to Notify.
- Disable Automatic Maintenance [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents background maintenance/defrag/diagnostics from starting during play.
- Disable Mouse Acceleration (EPP) [Free, Standard]: Forces EPP off for consistent raw pointer path.
- Disable Notifications (Quiet OS) [Free, Standard]: Turns off toast notifications to prevent UI wakeups.
- Purge FSE Shims [Pro, Advanced]: Removes appcompat flags that break true exclusive fullscreen.
- Disable FOD Auto-Install [Pro, Advanced]: Blocks Features-on-Demand background capability installs.
- Disable Explorer Thumbnails [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents thumbnail/preview generation spikes during gaming sessions.
- Disable Windows Update Medic [Pro, Advanced]: Disables WaaSMedicSvc to stop self-healing of Windows Update.
- Disable Update Orchestrator [Pro, Advanced]: Stops UsoSvc to prevent aggressive scan/schedule/installs.
- Disable Windows Game Mode [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off OS Game Mode to avoid scheduler bias and frame pacing anomalies.
- Disable Windows Copilot [Pro, Standard]: Hides/blocks Copilot via policy and taskbar flag (Win10/11 latest).
- Disable Teams (Chat + AutoStart) [Pro, Standard]: Hides Chat icon, removes Teams consumer app for all users, and kills auto-start.
- Purge User AutoStart (Run + Startup) [Pro, Advanced]: Clears HKCU Run/RunOnce values and Startup folder entries for a clean boot.
- Disable Startup Delay [Free, Standard]: Removes the hidden 10-second delay Windows adds before launching startup apps.

## GPU (7)

- Optimize Message Signal Interrupts (MSI) [Pro, Advanced]: Forces MSI where safe to reduce DPC latency.
- Enable HAGS [Pro, Advanced]: Enables hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling to lower driver overhead.
- Disable DWM MPO [Pro, Advanced]: Disables Multi-Plane Overlay to prevent stutter/flicker and stabilize frametimes.
- Force MSI for USB & NVMe [Pro, Advanced]: Enables MSI on storage/USB controllers (where supported) to cut ISR/DPC latency (reboot).
- GPU TDR Relax [Pro, Advanced]: Increases driver timeout to avoid recovery spikes during load.
- NVIDIA Low-Latency Profile [Pro, Advanced]: Sets Low Latency Ultra, prerendered frames=1, prefer max performance via NVAPI (no-op if NVAPI missing).
- AMD Latency Policy [Pro, Advanced]: Enables Anti-Lag and disables Chill/Boost/overlay capture via ADL (no-op if ADL missing).

## CPU (8)

- Disable Power Throttling [Free, Standard]: Prevents automatic app throttling under load.
- Tune MMCSS for Games [Pro, Advanced]: Reduces SystemResponsiveness and boosts game task priority to cut scheduling jitter.
- Disable Dynamic Tick & favor TSC [Pro, Advanced]: Disables dynamic tick, avoids HPET forcing, and sets TSC sync to reduce input jitter (reboot).
- Lock Timer Resolution (0.5 ms) [Pro, Advanced]: Forces 0.5 ms timer resolution to lower input latency (session-only).
- Disable CPU Core Parking [Pro, Advanced]: Unparks all cores via OS power policy to avoid wake latencies under load.
- Force MSI for HD Audio [Pro, Advanced]: Enables MSI for audio devices where supported to cut DPC latency.
- GPU IRQ Affinity (Isolate) [Pro, Advanced]: Pins GPU interrupts away from CPU0/1 to reduce contention (advanced, per-device).
- Disable HPET Device [Pro, Advanced]: Disables HPET driver to favor TSC/HPET-free timing path (reboot).

## Power (7)

- Optimize Windows Power Plan [Free, Standard]: Switches to a tuned High Performance plan with USB/link power fixes.
- USB/HID Low-Latency Power Settings [Pro, Advanced]: Disables USB selective suspend to prevent mouse/keyboard sleep-induced lag.
- Disable Modern Standby (S0) [Pro, Advanced]: Disables S0 connected standby to prevent background wake/network during sessions (reboot).
- Disable Connected Standby Network [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents any network activity during Modern Standby.
- Disable AHCI Link Power Management [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents HIPM/DIPM sleep on SATA SSDs to avoid IO latency spikes.
- Disable PCIe ASPM [Pro, Advanced]: Sets Link State Power Management=Off to avoid PCIe L1/L1.2 latency spikes.
- NVMe Idle Power Off [Pro, Advanced]: Disables NVMe idle power state transitions to prevent latency spikes.

## Memory (3)

- Disable Memory Compression [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off RAM compression to reduce CPU spikes during paging (reboot recommended).
- NVMe IRQ Spread [Pro, Advanced]: Spreads NVMe MSI-X across CPUs to reduce ISR contention.
- Enable Large System Cache [Pro, Advanced]: Allocates more RAM for file-system caching to speed up game asset loading (16 GB+ recommended, reboot).

## Network (19)

- Disable NDU [Pro, Advanced]: Disables Network Data Usage service to reduce network stack overhead.
- Disable Delivery Optimization [Free, Standard]: Stops peer-to-peer/DO background downloads and disables DoSvc.
- Disable Network Throttling [Pro, Advanced]: Removes MMCSS network cap (pairs with your MMCSS tuning).
- NIC Low-Latency Mode [Pro, Advanced]: Disables Nagle/ECN/RSC and enables RSS to reduce input lag in online games (reboot may be needed).
- Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 [Pro, Advanced]: Reduces odd route/latency edge-cases by preferring IPv4 without breaking IPv6-only features (reboot).
- Disable BITS [Pro, Advanced]: Stops Background Intelligent Transfer Service to avoid stealth downloads.
- Disable ETW Autologgers [Pro, Advanced]: Stops verbose network/diag autologgers that add CPU jitter.
- Disable WLAN AutoConfig [Pro, Advanced]: Eliminates periodic Wi-Fi scans/ETW when you play on Ethernet.
- Disable UPnP/SSDP [Pro, Advanced]: Stops discovery chatter & multicast traffic (SSDP/UPnP).
- Disable Offline Files [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off CSC to remove SMB sync filters and background scans.
- Disable Media Network Sharing [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off WMPNetworkSvc to stop UPnP media scans.
- Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP [Pro, Advanced]: Removes legacy NetBIOS broadcasts to reduce LAN noise/latency.
- TCP: Disable Autotuning/Heuristics [Pro, Advanced]: Flattens congestion window behavior to reduce jitter on some ISPs.
- Disable IPv6 Transition Tunnels [Pro, Advanced]: Disables Teredo/ISATAP/6to4 which can add background routing noise.
- Disable Windows Connect Now [Pro, Advanced]: Stops WPS provisioning scans that can wake the NIC stack.
- Disable Wi-Fi Direct Services [Pro, Advanced]: Shuts down P2P device discovery channel (WFDSConMgrSvc).
- Disable Peer Services (PNRP/P2P) [Pro, Advanced]: Eliminates peer name resolution and P2P services chatter.
- Disable IP Helper (Advanced) [Pro, Advanced]: Shuts down tunnel/QoS helpers; lowers background route churn (may affect VPNs).
- NIC Driver Low-Latency [Pro, Advanced]: Disables driver Interrupt Moderation & Energy Efficient Ethernet (per-adapter).

## Debloat (51)

- Disable SysMain (Superfetch) [Free, Standard]: Stops disk prefetcher that can hurt frametimes on SSD-heavy systems.
- Disable Windows Search Indexing [Free, Standard]: Turns off the indexer service to prevent random disk and CPU spikes.
- Disable Widgets/News/Copilot [Free, Standard]: Removes taskbar widgets, News, Copilot and consumer promos to free RAM/CPU.
- Disable OneDrive (Policy) [Free, Standard]: Blocks OneDrive sync to reduce background I/O and context menu hooks.
- Disable Tips & Content Delivery [Free, Standard]: Disables Windows tips/suggestions/promotions to cut background tasks.
- Disable Xbox Services [Free, Standard]: Stops Xbox Auth/GameSave/GIP services to cut background hooks.
- Disable Windows Error Reporting [Free, Standard]: Prevents WER uploads/popups and related CPU spikes.
- Disable Background Apps [Free, Standard]: Blocks UWP background activity globally via policy.
- Remove Microsoft Edge & Edge Update [Pro, Advanced]: Uninstalls Edge, disables EdgeUpdate services/tasks, and blocks reinstall.
- Disable Touch/Ink Services [Pro, Advanced]: Disables TextInput/Tablet services to avoid background input hooks.
- Disable Sensor & Location [Pro, Advanced]: Disables SensorService and Geolocation to eliminate polling.
- Disable Bluetooth (if unused) [Pro, Advanced]: Stops Bluetooth stack/services to remove periodic scans and IRQs.
- Disable Connected Devices Platform [Pro, Advanced]: Disables CDPSvc to stop cross-device sync overhead.
- Disable Shared Experiences [Pro, Advanced]: Disables CDPUserSvc (per-user) to cut device graph chatter.
- Disable Print Spooler [Pro, Advanced]: Disables printer spooler to remove driver hooks and background tasks.
- Disable Storage Service [Pro, Advanced]: Disables StorSvc to avoid Storage Sense & maintenance IO during play.
- Disable Windows Spotlight [Free, Standard]: Stops Spotlight/lockscreen content downloads and tasks.
- Disable Activity History [Free, Standard]: Blocks Timeline/activity logging to reduce background I/O.
- Disable Cloud Clipboard [Free, Standard]: Disables clipboard history/sync and clipSvc to remove background scans.
- Disable Edge WebView2 Auto-Update [Pro, Advanced]: Disables EdgeUpdate and policy to stop WebView2 runtime background updates.
- Disable Phone Link Broker [Pro, Advanced]: Disables DeviceAssociationBrokerSvc to stop cross-device relays.
- Disable Windows Mixed Reality [Free, Standard]: Prevents WMR/Holographic shell components from loading.
- Disable GameInput Service [Pro, Advanced]: Blocks GIP from injecting controller/mixed input hooks.
- Disable Program Compatibility Assistant [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off PcaSvc to stop shim monitoring & appcompat probes.
- Disable Time Broker [Pro, Advanced]: Stops UWP background tasks/timers (TimeBrokerSvc/BrokerInfrastructure).
- Disable AppX Deployment [Pro, Advanced]: Halts Store/UWP provisioning & background staging (AppXSvc).
- Disable Maps Broker [Pro, Advanced]: Stops map content downloads & indexing (MapsBroker).
- Disable Biometrics [Pro, Advanced]: Disables fingerprint/face stack (WbioSrvc) to cut polling/hooks.
- Disable Insider Service [Pro, Advanced]: Shuts down Windows Insider background checks (wisvc).
- Disable Spatial Data [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off SpatialDataService (AR/geo graph) to free CPU/RAM.
- Disable Camera Frame Server [Pro, Advanced]: Stops multi-client camera broker (FrameServer) to avoid polling.
- Disable CEIP/Telemetry Tasks [Pro, Advanced]: Disables CEIP/AE tasks (Consolidator, Appraiser, etc.) that cause periodic CPU spikes.
- Disable WNS Push (dmwappushsvc) [Pro, Advanced]: Stops push telemetry channel used by UWP notifications.
- Disable Diagnostics Hub Collector [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents verbose tracing by Diagnostics Hub collector service.
- Disable Device Association Service [Pro, Advanced]: Removes background pairing/broker overhead for new devices.
- Disable Parental Controls [Pro, Advanced]: Disables WpcMonSvc to remove background filtering hooks.
- Disable Retail Demo [Pro, Advanced]: Hard-disables RetailDemo mode and content pulls.
- Disable Sensor Monitoring [Pro, Advanced]: Removes ambient/rotation polling (SensrSvc).
- Disable Device Setup Manager [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents background device metadata fetch & installer activity.
- Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers [Pro, Advanced]: Stops NvContainer/NvTelemetry services and prevents their background tasks.
- Disable AMD Driver Side Services [Pro, Advanced]: Disables AMD External Events/Crash Defender background hooks (no effect if not present).
- Remove Xbox Apps [Pro, Standard]: Uninstalls Xbox app stack (Xbox, Game Bar, Identity) for all users.
- Remove Clipchamp [Pro, Standard]: Removes Microsoft Clipchamp video editor (Win11).
- Remove Solitaire Collection [Pro, Standard]: Removes Microsoft Solitaire Collection (ads/telemetry-heavy).
- Remove Phone Link (Your Phone) [Pro, Standard]: Removes Phone Link integration app.
- Remove Feedback Hub [Pro, Standard]: Removes Feedback Hub application.
- Remove Tips App [Pro, Standard]: Removes Microsoft Tips (content promos).
- Remove Mixed Reality Portal [Pro, Advanced]: Removes Mixed Reality Portal and provisioning.
- Remove Cortana (App) [Pro, Standard]: Removes legacy Cortana UWP package (if present).
- Remove News / Interests Apps [Pro, Standard]: Removes MSN News and related content apps (where present).
- Remove OneDrive (Consumer) [Pro, Advanced]: Uninstalls bundled OneDrive client (distinct from policy block at ID 1013).

## Security (11)

- Disable Telemetry [Pro, Advanced]: Sets AllowTelemetry=0 and disables DiagTrack service.
- Tame Defender Scans [Pro, Advanced]: Disables Defender scheduled scans and caps scan CPU load.
- Disable VBS / HVCI [Pro, Advanced]: Turns off Virtualization-Based Security/Memory Integrity to reduce kernel overhead (reboot).
- Disable Hypervisor (Hyper-V) [Pro, Advanced]: Sets hypervisorlaunchtype=Off to remove virtualization layer overhead (reboot).
- Disable SmartScreen (App/URL) [Pro, Advanced]: Disables SmartScreen checks to prevent launch-time stalls.
- Disable Remote Assistance/Registry [Pro, Advanced]: Removes remote hooks and background listeners.
- Disable Spectre/Meltdown Mitigations [Pro, Advanced]: Removes kernel mitigations for raw performance (security trade-off, reboot).
- Defender Performance Exclusions [Pro, Advanced]: Adds AV exclusions for common launchers/games to prevent scan stalls.
- Disable Remote Desktop Services [Pro, Advanced]: Removes RDP listeners/session brokering overhead (if unused).
- Disable Location Tracking [Free, Standard]: Blocks OS-wide location access to prevent geofence wakeups and background traffic.
- Disable Advertising ID [Free, Standard]: Disables Windows ad tracking ID, suggested content, and cross-app ad targeting.

## Clean (4)

- NTFS Lean FS [Pro, Advanced]: Disables LastAccess & 8.3 names to cut FS metadata overhead.
- Disable Prefetcher/Superfetch (Reg) [Pro, Advanced]: Stops prefetch traces even if SysMain is re-enabled.
- Disable Link Tracking Client [Pro, Advanced]: Stops TrkWks metadata updates for moved files across volumes.
- Disable Scheduled Defrag [Pro, Advanced]: Prevents Windows from auto-defragmenting/TRIM during gaming sessions.