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List of system changes

What is difference between ReviOS and original Windows?​

  • Bypasses Windows 11 requirements, such as TPM and Secure Boot
  • Removes UWP/Appx packages
    • Photos, Camera, WebExperience (Widgets), Alarms, Maps, Sticky Notes, Windows Mail, People, Bing News and Weather, Solitaire Collection, Office Hub, Feedback Hub, Get Help, Get Started, Todos, PowerAutomateDesktop, Cortana, QuickAssist, MicrosoftFamily, ZuneMusic, ZuneVideo, Sound Recorder, Clipchamp, Whiteboard, OneDrive, MicrosoftTeamsforSurfaceHub, MailforSurfaceHub, Power BI, Skype, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, 3DViewer, Paint 3D, Teams, PeopleExperienceHost, SecureAssessmentBrowser, Spotify UWP, Disney, Edge Chromium, Edge Legacy, MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient, AdvertisingXAML, MixedReality.Portal, Outlook, DevHome, Xbox Console Companion, MSTeams, Flipgrid, BingSearch, Recall/Client.AIX
  • Deploys a custom Windows packages to remove unwanted system components via Revision Tool
    • Privacy: Telemetry Client, CEIP (SQM), Error Reporting and Targeted Content Service - 32 bit
    • Windows Insider Program, First-logon animation, UNP, Windows To Go, Retail Demo Content, Photo Viewer - 32 bit, Intel Indeo Codecs, and more
    • Defender related components, full list here
    • The ReviOS Windows packages are uninstallable
    • Windows Update cannot reinstall the removed components
  • Activates a customized version of Ultimate Performance powerplan - Revision - Ultra Performance
    • Increase and decrease thresholds are set to 10 and 8
    • Disables Core Parking for E and P cores
    • For a full list of changes, see here
  • Completely disables ReadyBoost/Superfetch for SSDs to reduce system latency and usage
  • Disables Memory Compression
  • Tweaks BCD settings
    • Disables dynamic timer tick
    • Disables HPET if enabled
    • Forces legacy boot policy
    • Enables Last Known Good mode
  • NTFS optimizations for performance and security:
  • Disables last access time
  • Disables 3.8
  • Disables unnecessary background drivers and services
    • dam, NetBT, PcaSvc, DPS, WdiServiceHost, WdiSystemHost, tcpipreg, UCPD (UserChoice Protection Driver)
    • Privacy/Telemetry: Telemetry, diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service, WerSvc, DiagTrack, wisvc
  • Modifies security features for improved performance (Can be enabled via Revision Tool)
    • Defender and its security components
    • Disables SmartScreen
    • Disables Smart App Control
    • Intel TSX is enabled for supported systems
    • Virtualization-based Security
  • Modifies Windows Update policies
    • Automatic Updates are disabled
    • Updates are paused until 2038/January/19
    • Install Updates and Shut Down dialog box is hidden
    • Drivers updating via Windows Updates are disabled (Can be enabled via Revision Tool)
    • Disables Windows Update Power Management to automatically wake up the system to install scheduled updates
    • Notifications for Windows Updates are disabled
    • Prevents MSR Tool from installing
    • Disables Insider program
    • Reserved Storage for updates are disabled
  • Explorer tweaks (The list remains unfinished)
    • Performance improvements #88:
      • Disable automatic folder type discovery
      • Disable Group By in the Downloads folder
      • Force explorer to use high performance GPU
      • (OneDrive) Disable "Include account-based insights, recent, favorite and recommended"
    • Take Ownership via context menu
    • Hide Update and OneDrive banners amd the 'Home' page in Settings
    • Enables:
      • Display the full path in title bar
      • Always show more details in a file copy dialog
      • Show Task View button in taskbar
      • Do not track Shell shortcuts during roaming
      • 'End task' on the taskbar
    • Disables:
      • Wallpaper JPEG Compression
      • System beeps
      • - Shortcut text on shortcut creation
      • AutoPlay
      • Windows low disk space checking
      • The new Weather and News widgets
      • Autorun
      • Spotlight icon on Desktop
  • Disables Fast Startup and Hibernation (Can be enabled via Revision Tool)
  • Disables Sleep Study
  • Privacy improvements
    • Allow Telemetry policy set to 0
    • Allows Microsoft accounts to be optional
    • Prevents communication to Windows Spotlight, Content Delivery Manager, WebServices, WindowsMovieMaker, OnlineAssistance components
    • Removes Windows Error Reporting, CEIP and Telemetry Client components and prevents connections if they are reinstalled by Windows Updates
    • Disables Online Tips
    • Disables Application Compatibility Telemetry
    • Disables Web Search
    • Blocks a minimal list of Windows telemetry
    • Prevents sending KMS client activation data
    • Prevents sending handwriting recognition data and error reporting
  • Win32PrioritySeparation to 26/38 - Short Quantum, variable, 3x foreground boost
  • Disables Disk Check on boot
  • Alternative method to group services to reduce memory usage
    • No longer modification of SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB, see reasoning here
  • Restores the legacy Windows Photo Viewer
  • Disables Search Indexing when unplugged on laptops to save battery
  • Search Indexing automatically throttles under the following conditions:
    • PC is in Battery Saver, Best Power Efficiency, or Game Mode
    • Process usage exceeds 80%
    • Disk usage goes up above 70%
  • Enables following security mitigations:
    • CFG for Vanguard
    • ASLR for osu!
  • Disables automatic BitLocker encryption
  • Disables WPBT
  • Enables Sudo - Inline

Custom Features​

  • Option to select a privacy focused browser
    • Brave (default), Tweaked:
      • Disabled VPN, Wallet, Brave Rewards and Side Panel buttons on the toolbar
      • Disabled widgets on the new tab page
      • Disabled WebTorrent
      • Enabled Sidebar
    • Firefox
  • Defender toggle (default: Disable Defender)
  • Option to include or exclude some components:
    • Remove Microsoft Edge and Copilot (default: ON)
    • Remove OneDrive (default: ON)
    • Remove Recall AI (24H2) (default: ON)
    • UWP
      • Remove Photos (default: ON)
      • Remove DevHome (default: ON)
      • Remove Xbox (default: OFF)
      • Remove 'Your Phone' (default: OFF)
    • General configuration:
      • Apply Revision wallpaper (default: ON)
      • Enable Dark Mode (default: ON)
      • Enable legacy context menu (default: ON)
      • Enable legacy Photo Viewer (default: ON)
      • Custom Explorer View (default: OFF)
        • Customizes folder view, only relevant information( Name / Size / Date modified / Date created)
      • Remove pinned items in Start Menu (default: ON)
      • Fixes for previous ReviOS setup (default: ON)
        • Recommended to keep it on for users who have installed ReviOS before
      • Disable Automatic Maintenance (default: OFF)

Untouched​

  • Fullscreen optimization
  • Windows Update support
  • UAC
  • Printing
  • Windows Mail
  • Hyper-V
  • Xbox
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux and Android
  • etc.

Broken​

  • Data Usage (Can be enabled via Revision Tool)
  • Spotlight
  • Xbox Achievement notifications
    • Requires Telemetry services, therefore won't be fixed
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