Settings
Apply tweaks, policies, and service configurations.
The Settings page groups configurable tweaks, policies, services, visual effects, and event tracing into separate tabs, each a list you can adjust before applying.
Change an option by double-clicking the row, picking a value from the drop-down on the right, or pressing the first letter of the value while the row is selected. Modified rows show a reset icon and a count appears next to the owning tab.
The search box filters the active tab as you type, and the Show drop-down narrows the list to All, Default (unchanged), Modified, or Preset (rows whose value comes from a loaded preset). Ribbon buttons reset, expand, or collapse the current tab.
Tweaks
The main tab lists registry tweaks and group policies sorted into expandable categories. Each row applies a known-good registry change to the image, and a value differing from the image default (or the loaded preset) is flagged so you can reset it individually or reset the whole tab at once.
Visuals
Appearance and rendering options, mirroring the Windows Performance Options dialog (sysdm.cpl). Grouped into:
- Visual Effects - System - animations, shadows, transparency and the other per-effect toggles.
- Pointer Options - cursor behavior such as pointer trails and snap-to.
- Theme - theme-related appearance settings.
- Other - additional graphics and rendering rows.
A template picker sets the whole Visual Effects group at once: Default, Appearance (best appearance), Performance (best performance), or Custom when you change individual effects.
Services
A list of services, the same as Computer Management → Services. The tied component for a selected service is shown in the service description at the bottom.
If a tied component is queued for removal, or a service is known to break installation if misconfigured, the given service row will be disabled. Quick presets in the ribbon uncheck common service groups in one click - Privacy, Gaming, and Lite.
Extra Services
A list of driver and hidden services - these are not normally listed in the Windows UI and should not be changed unless you know exactly what you're doing. It's here mostly for completion and a general overview of driver payloads.
Events
Controls early-boot and logging telemetry that the other pages don't cover:
- AutoLogger tracing - event tracing sessions that record events early in the boot process. Disabling a session also disables the dependent Event Viewer channel or functionality.
- Event Viewer channels - enable or disable collection of a specific Event Viewer channel.
Some sessions cannot be disabled while a component is still protecting them, such as DiagTrack and Defender.