I'm seeking the lowest "handle count" and "idle ram usage" possible with nothing else running.
Applications I use:
"w3champions.exe" (www.w3champions.com - uses "Bonjour Service" or "mDNSResponder.exe", as well as "flo-worker.exe")
"Warcraft III.exe" (Networked Directx 11 game uses both TCP and UDP, launched with -launch option.)
"chrome.exe" for video playing on http://www.twitch.tv, and www.discord.com.
On my current setup, I set "Taskmgr.exe" as the default GUI shell for minimum handle count. I notice in this mode, Windows trims handle count measurably, as opposed to its behavior in the explorer.exe shell where handle count steadily rises.
My graphics is Intel, and requires Intel Graphic Command Center for graphics calibration. This is only available as an APPX or MSU. This should be integrated to avoid needing windows firewall, update, and store.
I am experimenting with not installing any drivers besides graphics and Wifi for lowest handle count and input lag for gaming.
I thought I would post here and see if someone seasoned and bored wanted to try this. I'm attempting it myself. USB (for mouse and keyboard) is needed.
One thing that bothers me about my current setup is that I can tell there is a lot of background EXEs magically running and sending and receiving data to MSFT / Intel. I really want a stripped out system32.
Machine is a laptop that connects to Wifi.
I would be eternally grateful if someone could do this.
For reference, my current setup with Chrome, Warcraft III, and w3champions running is 39,000 Handles and 7.5 Gigabytes of RAM committed. Despite all of my configurations, disablements, and tweaks (disabling services and drivers, renaming system32 EXEs, killing processes), I still notice random EXEs running that are attached to no service or task in task scheduler, and most devastatingly, cause network spikes from background .exe network activities.
All network protocols should be gutted except what's explicitly needed by the "3 applications".
I know Windows 10 is bad for gaming but I'm on modern hardware.
I'm currently awaiting a USB stick in the mail and when it arrives I will start experimenting. My goal is 4 Gigs of ram committed to eliminate the pagefile, and 25,000 handles. Warcraft III alone is 9,000 handles.
I'm researching MDT and Autopilot: or Is NTLite more geared for what I want? (Low Handle Count, Ram and no background EXE activity)
I understand I can tweak further eliminating intel mitigations, but the focus is handle count.
Thank you for your time.
My biggest concern is UNDOCUMENTED EXEs in system32 running amok at random intervals causing network spikes. Stuff that is impossible to monitor even with sysinternals suite.
I would like a system so stripped that you could leave it on for 30 days straight and the handle count would stay the exact same #.
Windows should be uncompressed for best memory performance.
Applications I use:
"w3champions.exe" (www.w3champions.com - uses "Bonjour Service" or "mDNSResponder.exe", as well as "flo-worker.exe")
"Warcraft III.exe" (Networked Directx 11 game uses both TCP and UDP, launched with -launch option.)
"chrome.exe" for video playing on http://www.twitch.tv, and www.discord.com.
On my current setup, I set "Taskmgr.exe" as the default GUI shell for minimum handle count. I notice in this mode, Windows trims handle count measurably, as opposed to its behavior in the explorer.exe shell where handle count steadily rises.
My graphics is Intel, and requires Intel Graphic Command Center for graphics calibration. This is only available as an APPX or MSU. This should be integrated to avoid needing windows firewall, update, and store.
I am experimenting with not installing any drivers besides graphics and Wifi for lowest handle count and input lag for gaming.
I thought I would post here and see if someone seasoned and bored wanted to try this. I'm attempting it myself. USB (for mouse and keyboard) is needed.
One thing that bothers me about my current setup is that I can tell there is a lot of background EXEs magically running and sending and receiving data to MSFT / Intel. I really want a stripped out system32.
Machine is a laptop that connects to Wifi.
I would be eternally grateful if someone could do this.
For reference, my current setup with Chrome, Warcraft III, and w3champions running is 39,000 Handles and 7.5 Gigabytes of RAM committed. Despite all of my configurations, disablements, and tweaks (disabling services and drivers, renaming system32 EXEs, killing processes), I still notice random EXEs running that are attached to no service or task in task scheduler, and most devastatingly, cause network spikes from background .exe network activities.
All network protocols should be gutted except what's explicitly needed by the "3 applications".
I know Windows 10 is bad for gaming but I'm on modern hardware.
I'm currently awaiting a USB stick in the mail and when it arrives I will start experimenting. My goal is 4 Gigs of ram committed to eliminate the pagefile, and 25,000 handles. Warcraft III alone is 9,000 handles.
I'm researching MDT and Autopilot: or Is NTLite more geared for what I want? (Low Handle Count, Ram and no background EXE activity)
I understand I can tweak further eliminating intel mitigations, but the focus is handle count.
Thank you for your time.
My biggest concern is UNDOCUMENTED EXEs in system32 running amok at random intervals causing network spikes. Stuff that is impossible to monitor even with sysinternals suite.
I would like a system so stripped that you could leave it on for 30 days straight and the handle count would stay the exact same #.
Windows should be uncompressed for best memory performance.
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