Very long postinstall guide

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PatheticBot
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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by PatheticBot » 12 Dec 2024, 00:46

dermodemon wrote:
17 Oct 2024, 04:53
Well. Shit. Now my pc won't start. After login in windows i have an error
sihost.exe - system failure.
Sorry for my english:
Sihost.exe – System error – The system detected an overrun of a stack based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of the application.


Okay i fixed it. I pressed alt+ctrl+del, ran a task manager and run regedit
The problem was a regedit tweak:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\StateRepository
DO NOT CHANGE IT. Leave it at 2
default setting 2, shitty "tweaked" setting is 4
Yea it did the same for me, file explorer just wont load

Hyote
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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by Hyote » 15 Dec 2024, 05:51

PatheticBot wrote:
12 Dec 2024, 00:46
dermodemon wrote:
17 Oct 2024, 04:53
Well. Shit. Now my pc won't start. After login in windows i have an error
sihost.exe - system failure.
Sorry for my english:
Sihost.exe – System error – The system detected an overrun of a stack based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of the application.


Okay i fixed it. I pressed alt+ctrl+del, ran a task manager and run regedit
The problem was a regedit tweak:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\StateRepository
DO NOT CHANGE IT. Leave it at 2
default setting 2, shitty "tweaked" setting is 4
Yea it did the same for me, file explorer just wont load
Maybe this is connected to the newer versions. I remember being able to do all of these on the lastest Windows 10 without any issues but I'm not 100% certain.

PatheticBot
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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by PatheticBot » 29 Jan 2025, 18:31

Hyote wrote:
15 Dec 2024, 05:51
PatheticBot wrote:
12 Dec 2024, 00:46
dermodemon wrote:
17 Oct 2024, 04:53
Well. Shit. Now my pc won't start. After login in windows i have an error
sihost.exe - system failure.
Sorry for my english:
Sihost.exe – System error – The system detected an overrun of a stack based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of the application.


Okay i fixed it. I pressed alt+ctrl+del, ran a task manager and run regedit
The problem was a regedit tweak:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\StateRepository
DO NOT CHANGE IT. Leave it at 2
default setting 2, shitty "tweaked" setting is 4
Yea it did the same for me, file explorer just wont load
Maybe this is connected to the newer versions. I remember being able to do all of these on the lastest Windows 10 without any issues but I'm not 100% certain.
Yeaa Win11 24h2 so definitely a newer windows issue apologies.

Still a great guide

Hyote
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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by Hyote » 30 Jan 2025, 09:09

PatheticBot wrote:
29 Jan 2025, 18:31
Hyote wrote:
15 Dec 2024, 05:51
PatheticBot wrote:
12 Dec 2024, 00:46
dermodemon wrote:
17 Oct 2024, 04:53
Well. Shit. Now my pc won't start. After login in windows i have an error
sihost.exe - system failure.
Sorry for my english:
Sihost.exe – System error – The system detected an overrun of a stack based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of the application.


Okay i fixed it. I pressed alt+ctrl+del, ran a task manager and run regedit
The problem was a regedit tweak:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\StateRepository
DO NOT CHANGE IT. Leave it at 2
default setting 2, shitty "tweaked" setting is 4
Yea it did the same for me, file explorer just wont load
Maybe this is connected to the newer versions. I remember being able to do all of these on the lastest Windows 10 without any issues but I'm not 100% certain.
Yeaa Win11 24h2 so definitely a newer windows issue apologies.

Still a great guide
I should have put a disclaimer there earlier but still, thank you.

Hyote
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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by Hyote » 06 Feb 2025, 23:08

I made a tweaks.bat file with every tweak that can be found here and much more else with explanations.


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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by steamidwudichao » 05 Jun 2025, 01:21

Hyote wrote:
04 Jun 2025, 23:12
I made a slightly more normal guide on GitHub
@Hyote thanks very much sir ! it's time for a all in one guide to reduce latency :)

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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by AJ 47 » 14 Sep 2025, 13:38

Hyote, in your guide, how do you kill something like sihost.exe without it automatically restarting? I only managed to end explorer.exe.

Hyote
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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by Hyote » 17 Sep 2025, 07:05

Kill the svchost above it and then sihost. I don't recommend it now because there aren't actual gains by doing it. Having a minimal service count (30-40) is enough, but even that doesn't make a difference, I just like not having many things running in the background.

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Re: Very long postinstall guide

Post by dude03 » 17 Sep 2025, 13:21

Personally, I'm curious. What value are you using for the win32priorityseparation?

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