Saturday, December 17, 2022

Windows 10 to Windows Vista Transformation Pack (with download link)

Since Windows 8.1 and 7 ESU ends on January 10th, 2023 and you might upgrade to Windows 10 and bring back the Vista functionally? Well, you can use the extracted .ZIP file to have the transformation pack...

Windows Vista look for Windows 10 (tested with build 1803)

Download link: Windows 10 to Windows Vista Transformation Pack

Note: It works completely on Windows 10 1607 (up until 1809/1903)

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Windows 8.1 to Windows Vista Transformation Pack (with download link - updated 2022)

If you have Windows 8.1 and if you want it to make it look like Windows Vista? So you can use the extracted .ZIP file to have the transformation pack...
Windows Vista look for Windows 8.1

Note: It also works on Windows 8.0 RTM*, Embedded 8.x and Server 2012 (including R2).

*If you are on Windows 8.0 RTM, Just download Glass8 v1.3. Download here.*

Friday, December 9, 2022

List of flags and command line switches to optimize Chrome (versions 88 and below)

Flags to apply:
  • NoScript Previews - Enabled
  • Parallel downloading - Enabled
  • Enable lazy image loading - Enabled (Automatically lazily load where safe even of not marked 'loading=lazy')
  • Enable lazy frame loading - Enabled (Automatically lazily load where safe even of not marked 'loading=lazy')
  • SameSite by default cookies - Disabled
  • Turn off caching of streaming media to disk. - Enabled
  • Enable improved cookie controls UI in incognito mode - Disabled (removed since version 86)
  • Enable improved UI for third-party cookie blocking - Disabled (removed since version 86)

Launch Parameters:
  • Paste these launch parameters after the quotations: --disable-hang-monitor --process-per-site --ssl-version-min=tls1.2

List of flags and command line switches to optimize Chrome (versions 72 and below)

 Flags to apply:

  • Fast tab/window close - ENABLED (Can cause issues, but it seems to work fine for me)
  • Hyperlink auditing - DISABLED
  • Smooth Scrolling - DISABLED (Leave it default if you keep smooth scrolling enabled)
  • Experimental QUIC protocol - ENABLED
  • Touch Events API - DISALBED (Only if you do not use touch screens, otherwise enable it)
  • Touch adjustment - DISABLED (Only if you do not use touch screens, otherwise enable it)
  • Offline Auto-Reload Mode - DISABLED
  • Only Auto-Reload Visible Tabs - ENABLED
  • Simple Cache for HTTP - ENABLED
  • Number of raster threads - 2/4 (Test between 2 and 4)
  • NoScript previews - ENABLED
  • Block scripts loaded via document.write - ENABLED
  • Automatic tab discarding - ENABLED
  • No-State Prefetch - ENABLED PRERENDER
  • Parallel downloading - ENABLED
  • V8 caching mode - Cache V8 compiler data
Note: Touch Events API, Touch Adjustments, Number of raster threads should not be touched on mobile since it could cause some issues involving battery and or performance.

Launch Parameters:
  • Paste these launch parameters after the quotations: --disable-hang-monitor --process-per-site --ssl-version-min=tls1.2