Features Overview

App & Component Removal

Default Removals (UWP/APPX)

ReviOS removes the following applications by default for a lightweight and privacy-friendly system:

Optional

Up to the user to remove these apps:

WinSxS

ReviOS deploys a custom Windows (Updates alike) 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 and its related components, full list here
• AI components: Recall (AIX), Click To Do (CoreAI) and Copilot.
• Windows Update cannot reinstall the removed components ✨

Performance Tweaks

• Activates "Revision - Ultra Performance" (customized Ultimate Performance):
  • Increase/decrease thresholds: 10/8, more information here
  • Core Parking disabled for both E-cores and P-cores
  • Full change list here
• Disables Memory Compression
• Intel TSX is enabled for supported systems
• Tweaks BCD settings
  • 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 Sleep Study
• Disables Disk Check on boot
• 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
• Win32PrioritySeparation to 26/38 - Short Quantum, variable, 3x foreground boost
• Alternative method to group services to reduce memory usage
  • No longer modification of SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB, see reasoning here

Explorer

#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"
• Disable transparency and animations
• Disable taskbar animations
• 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%

Security Changes

• Disables Defender and its security components
  • Disables SmartScreen
  • Disables Smart App Control
  • Disables Virtualization-based Security
• Enables following security mitigations:
  • CFG for Vanguard
  • ASLR for osu!
• Disables automatic BitLocker encryption
  • Note: Disabling auto encryption does not affect drives that are already encrypted
• Disables WPBT
• Disables WiFi Sense

Windows Update

• Automatic Updates are disabled
• Updates are paused until 2038-01-19
• Drivers updating via Windows Updates are disabled (Can be enabled via Revision Tool)
• Disables Windows Insider Program
• Disables Reserved Storage

Explorer Tweaks

• Take Ownership via context menu
• Hide 'Windows Update' and 'OneDrive' banners and the 'Home' page in Settings
• Performance improvements
• Increased context options time threshold
• WaitToKillServiceTimeout: Speed up shutdown time by lowering theamount of time it takes the OS to close/kill background Services
• Open File Explorer to "This PC" by Default
• MenuShowDelay(0): removing the delay before a menu appears
• ActiveWndTrkTimeout(10): reducing the delay before a window isactivated when hovering over it
• AutoEndTasks: Automatically close non-responsive programs
• HungAppTimeout(2000): reducing the time before Windows considers aprogram to be non-responsive
• WaitToKillAppTimeout(2000): reducing the time before Windows forces aprogram to close
• LowLevelHooksTimeout(1000): reducing the time before Windows considers a low-level hook to be non-responsive
• Enables:
  • Dark mode by default
  • Classic context menu
  • Always show more details in a file copy dialog
  • Do not track Shell shortcuts during roaming
  • Allow Windows Ink Workspace
  • 'End task' on the taskbar
  • Search specific tweaks:
    • Don't search the web or display web results in Search
    • Don't search the web or display web results in Search over metered connectionss
    • Do not allow web search
    • ConnectedSearchPrivacy - Anonymous info
  • Do not use the search-based method when resolving shell shortcuts
  • Pin items to the Start Menu: MS Store, Settings, Notepad, Paint, File Explorer, Calculator
  • Show Task View button in taskbar
  • Display the full path in title bar
• Disables:
  • Spotlight icon on Desktop
  • - Shortcut text on shortcut creation
  • AutoPlay
  • Autorun
  • Windows low disk space checking
  • Allow suggested apps in Windows Ink Workspace
  • Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more
  • Show account related notifications occasionally in Start
  • Show pop-up description
  • Wallpaper JPEG compression
  • Enhance Pointer Precision
  • Annoying Ease of Access features
  • Notifications specific tweaks:
    • Feature advertisement balloon notifications
    • Notification area cleanup
    • Notifications network usage
    • Update notifications
  • Search specific tweaks:
    • Display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box
    • Allow Cloud Search: User Selected
    • Allow Cortana above lock screen
    • Cortana on Lock Screen
    • Allow Cortana
    • Allow Cortana Page in OOBE on an AAD account
    • Allow search and Cortana to use location
    • Disable Bing Integration in the Start Menu
  • System beeps
  • Taskbar specific tweaks:
    • The new Weather and News widgets
    • People
    • Meet Now
    • Teams Chat
    • Hide app icons on the taskbar in tablet mode
    • Automatically hide the taskbar in tablet mode
  • Hide extensions for known file types
  • Show sync provider notifications
  • Hide Insider page in Settings
  • ContentDeliveryManager
    • System Pane Suggestions
    • Show suggestions occasionally in Start
  • Typing insights
  • Clipboard History
  • Maps auto updating
  • CrossDeviceResume
  • Sync your settings
  • Game Bar
  • Show me notifications in the Settings app
  • ValueBanners in Settings

Privacy

• 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
• Disable the following Privacy options in Settings:
  • Let apps use advertising ID
  • Let websites provide locally relevant content by accessing my language list
  • Send Microsoft info about how I write to help us improve typing and writing in the future
  • Online speech recognition
  • Inking & typing personalization
  • Diagnostics & feedback
  • Activity history
  • Let apps access my location
  • Motion data
  • Account info
  • Calendar
  • Tasks
  • Messaging
  • Radios
  • Other devices
  • App diagnostics
  • Document library
  • Pictures library
  • Videos library
  • File system
  • AI related permissions (Recall, Text and image generation)
• WiFi Sense Telemetry

Miscellaneous

• Bypasses Windows 11 requirements, such as TPM and Secure Boot
• Restores the legacy Windows Photo Viewer when removing Photos appx package
• Disables Fast Startup and Hibernation (Can be enabled via Revision Tool)
  • Pros: Real shutdown, Improved Linux/dual-boot compatibility, less memory issues, more storage space
  • Cons: Slower boot time, Overheat in sleep mode (make sure to enable it if you experience this)
• 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)
• Hibernate toggle (default: Disable Hibernate)
• Option to include or exclude some components:
  • Remove Microsoft Edge (default: ON)
  • Remove OneDrive (default: ON)
  • Remove AI (Recall & Copilot) (default: ON)
  • UWP
    • Remove Photos (default: ON)
    • Remove DevHome (default: ON)
    • Remove Xbox (default: OFF)
    • Remove 'Your Phone' (default: ON)
  • General configuration:
    • Apply Revision wallpaper (default: ON)
    • Enable Dark Mode (default: ON)
    • Enable Legacy Context Menu (default: ON)
    • Disable Transparency Effects (default: ON)
  • General configuration, page 2:
    • Remove pinned items in Start Menu (default: ON)
    • 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)
• Overheating in Sleep mode, see fix here
• Xbox Achievement notifications
  • Not supported due to the removal of Telemetry services.