Please remove the efficiency mode. I haven't been dissapointed with Windows for a couple of years - until now.
How to permanently disable Windows 11 "efficiency mode"?
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Anonymous
New system
"Efficiency Mode" to OFF
Settings to maximize performance.
Opened Edge with 9 tabs, used for 15 minutes (every tab)
19 tabs and processes in "Efficiency Mode"
Types question
30 tabs and processes in "Efficiency Mode"
Windows STOPPED
Unable to change tabs or programs
The (anti) efficiency mode is severely disrupting system performance.
WHY?
How do I STOP this?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
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Anonymous
2023-12-07T16:22:07+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-02-14T19:59:11+00:00 Why in the hell wouldn't yall let us disable this. I'm a network admin and you guys have completely screwed up my management world. My network devices that I manage over the internet, aren't responding half the time thanks to your stupid efficiency mode. Way to screw up windows even further.
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Anonymous
2024-01-28T22:02:44+00:00 This piece of **** keeps restarting on my VPN app, so i have to manually close it every 15 minutes. Problem is i work with a lot of money in time sensitive markets, and until now it´s been a matter of luck of not getting screwed whenever everything freezes for 5 or 6 seconds due to this PIECE OF EFFING **** being on.
Having to close it is bad enough, but RESTARTING AFTER MANUALLY CLOSING IT? It´s got to be the worst joke in programming history. Really, F everyone that worked or even suggested this ****!
The nerve to force this on people that pay for this pile of dong.
FIX THIS MOTHER EFFING **** YOU INCOMPETENT BASTARDS!
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Anonymous
2023-12-24T05:01:44+00:00 I have never regretted upgrading Windows as much as I do right now. Now, all my programs and apps do nothing but freeze and lock up. I have tried so many things to disable this so that I can actually work and not have to restart due to my computer freezing up every 10-15min... and absolutely NOTHING works. On top of my laptop now being in expensive paperweight mode, I cannot revert to Windows 10 for some reason.
This is even worse than Cortana.
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Anonymous
2023-11-22T23:03:49+00:00 Hi Carr Taliaferro,
We are swimming in the sand, this problem occurs with all applications in Windows 11, not just browsers, I appreciate your attention to this issue but the problem is chronic, with the energy saving objective created by Microsoft we are being harmed with the performance of applications in general, it is not enough to create shortcuts, after all, if a new installation is necessary we will have to do it all over again, this is a disregard for the user by not allowing this deactivation permanently in Windows, I hope that was clear, there is no point in paleative solutions ...