[SunlitCat]

I’m generally skeptical of Windows optimization tools because they tend to change a lot of low-level settings and make troubleshooting harder later on. When someone already has a broken system, it’s often difficult to figure out what’s wrong once a tool like this has touched everything.

This one looks more like a PowerShell automation and debloating script for power users than a classic one-click optimizer, but it still requires knowing exactly what each tweak does. Used without that understanding, tools like this can easily create confusing problems.

[wiseowise]

With Windows you don't troubleshoot issues. You nuke the system, and run the optimizations again.

[sweBers]

Don't forget to test the drive and memory before you really get started.

[yread]

Oh am I doing it wrong by having an 8yr old w10 install that ive moved over 3 computers?

[drekipus]

This is what I learnt back in like 2004.

Glad to see it's still in use.

[fa3556]

Tweaks are divided into essential and advanced. The essential ones shouldn't have any negative impact on the system. They also document the changes each tweak makes (so you can undo them): https://winutil.christitus.com/dev/.

[keyringlight]

I think the issue is a bit out of the author's control, where tools like this are word of mouth advertised as 'one simple trick' by geeks to a broad audience to fix what they see as wrong with windows. People love convenience and adding "oh by the way, make sure you read/understand the docs first" rarely happens. I think it's part of the move for computing to being appliances that ongoing maintenance isn't seen as needed

[Doches]

> When someone already has a broken system...

To be fair, this tool doesn't claim to fix a broken system; as near as I can tell it doesn't actually remove the underlying Windows installation, so the core problem will remain.

[6510]

Sounds like a fun fan fiction crowd sourcing project. Have some coding agent rewrite windows from scratch. We can all throw some money/tokens at it periodically to keep it going. It should have a live video stream where it narrates and visualizes the state of affairs. Like a soap opera for nerds. In the end a single exe comes out.

[fuzzfactor]

You really hit the nail on the head.

in conclusion:

>still requires knowing exactly what each tweak does. Used without that understanding, tools like this can easily create confusing problems.

Which I have always taken as extreme encouragement to use performance-improving setting configuations, and therefore gain the understanding to do so effectively.

If I can do it, anybody can, I'm no engineer.

With this approach in mind it makes the Titus offerings show a remarkable amount of superiority.

As another commenter has noted, 2022 is just when his Utility was beginning to get noticed.

It is being kept up-to-date with Windows 11 as it evolves.

[II2II]

Even though he is sending mixed messages, it is clearly stated that misuse may break the system. The other nice thing about going the PowerShell automation route is the ability to see what was done and reverse particular changes (assuming you can track down which change broke things). That's in start contrast to the binary-only utilities I've seen in the past, where you're pretty much stuck trusting the vendor's claims.

[phoronixrly]

> troubleshooting

I tried that. The advice was to reinstall. Then I remembered that this is the convention with Windows -- when it stops working, reinstall...

[alimbada]

I guess I'm in the minority. I haven't reinstalled on my desktop machine since 2014 according to the install dates of some of my apps. According to the Windows Registry I've gone from 7 Pro -> 8.1 Pro -> 10 Pro. Both upgrades happened in 2015 and since then I've just stayed up to date with the latest 10 Pro build.

I will be switching to Linux before the ESU program expires though. I use my desktop mostly for gaming and have been planning to evaluate a few distros and desktop environments. I have my own Proxmox/TrueNAS/Debian homelab and use macOS daily for work so I'm fine with the CLI and tinkering but I'd rather everything Just Works™ for my gaming machine. I did a lot of dual booting back in the Fedora[ Core] 6-12 days but ultimately it got too tedious.

[hu3]

To bem fair I do the same with Linux.