Windows: Difference between revisions

 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 30: Line 30:
* Change to ACHI in UEFI. On newer boards, it may be known as Intel VMD.
* Change to ACHI in UEFI. On newer boards, it may be known as Intel VMD.
* Run <code>bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot</code>
* Run <code>bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot</code>
;Drawbacks of Intel RAID (also known as Intel VMD)
* It is a proprietary software raid by the Intel driver which does not work with Linux.
* You may run into problems when changing motherboards, and sometimes even just after updating the bios.


==Application Management==
==Application Management==
Line 63: Line 59:
==Windows Update==
==Windows Update==
===Prevent Auto-restarts===
===Prevent Auto-restarts===
Auto-restarts are easily the worst part about windows. They happen even if you're doing something such as training a model or other data processing. 
https://superuser.com/questions/1843873/windows-11-seems-to-have-disabled-all-ways-to-get-around-auto-update-restarts-i
See the long complaint thread at [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disable-windows-10-automatic-restart-after-updates/16f1826d-a796-4de8-ac99-1d625420d265?auth=1 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disable-windows-10-automatic-restart-after-updates/16f1826d-a796-4de8-ac99-1d625420d265?auth=1].
 
# Run <code>gpedit.msc</code>
# In the Local Group Policy Editor, go to
#:<pre>Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates-> Windows Components-> Windows Update</pre>
# Double-click on “No auto-restart with automatic installations of scheduled updates”.
# Select "Enabled", and then click "OK".
 
;Notes
* I'm not 100% sure if this works.
* Group policies are only available on Windows 10 Pro.