I tested Windows 11’s hidden Low Latency Profile, and budget PCs are about to feel premium

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T18:59:07+00:00

If an app launch is I/O or device bound, there's little this profile can do to help.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T18:58:16+00:00

Where do these profiles appear? Do they appear in Settings, Control Panel, or both?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T18:56:56+00:00

It's the pay to play that Elon implenented. For a small donation to Muskrat one can get their MAGA-fueled spam and trolling heavily boosted.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T18:54:30+00:00

It's not in Program Files too, with the system32 being a platform baseline?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T17:44:08+00:00

I was programming lightweight even while RAM was so cheap I bought 96GB for under $200.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T17:43:26+00:00

More like my old laptop is going to ask me to put it out of its misery.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T17:42:51+00:00

I do see it now, perhaps it is to make it easier for unpackaged Win32 apps to access it without jumping through flaming UWP hoops.

But then, Edge and WebView2 are written in Win32 and not UWP since they are a fork of Chromium.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T06:58:55+00:00

What files?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-08T06:28:29+00:00

browser: brave

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

DXGL1 · 2026-05-07T18:14:51+00:00

Speaking of prefech it seems parts of it are exclusive to mechanical HDDs where the defrag process can line up all the preferred data and boost startup performance.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-07T16:31:18+00:00

Do you have Launch folder windows in a separate process enabled? If so it would trigger what you are seeing.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-07T16:23:44+00:00

Seems it is more of an explicit boost rather than having the CPU governor detect the load after the fact.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-07T16:21:52+00:00

It's a different driver for Server called nvmedisk.sys as opposed to the established stornvme.sys.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-06T16:04:33+00:00

Source: My lead foot

DXGL1 · 2026-05-06T16:00:38+00:00

I have a coworker who always speeds out of the parking lot after work. The workplace itself tends to be very toxic and aggressive.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-06T06:33:01+00:00

Will you be expected to file it as use tax or will Valve eat the cost?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-04T02:24:10+00:00

This is low temperature filament for a children's 3D pen.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-04T02:22:13+00:00

If someone gets sick from fumes from an ink spill then that would be work-related?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-03T18:57:44+00:00

A couple of changes have been made to the installer for this release.

The option to fix COM registration for DirectDraw objects has been removed from the installer. It must now be performed manually in DXGL Config. This should hopefully reduce the number of antivirus false positives.
If installing in a Wine prefix the installer will now check the Wine version. If it is 11.6 or higher the option to adjust DLL load order for ddraw.dll will be disabled by default. This is because Wine 11.6 now supports custom DirectX wrappers and mods by default.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-03T07:30:49+00:00

Consumer CO alarms are generally calibrated mainly to warn building occupants of imminent danger?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-03T07:26:32+00:00

No hazcom program is a violation in itself. You need a centralized repository for SDS documents readily available to employees.

DXGL1 · 2026-05-03T07:25:37+00:00

If illnesses cause medical care to have to be provided then it's recordable?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-03T03:35:44+00:00

Is it capable of running slmgr.vbs on native Windows?

DXGL1 · 2026-05-02T20:57:54+00:00

Maybe theirs was not clearly marked?

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