EliteBook very slow after driver installation

[nrhs05]

The Windows update in question was the one that patched Spectre/Meltdown, if you would like to have your machine patched (except the one mentioned above) without disabling windows update, you need to following regkeys to disable the update crippling this model,

I have had to push this out in our organization and we are sitting at about 50+ models of this laptop now. Its upsetting but i would rather that than the users have a paperweight

Two Keys:

Under Regkey Location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

You will need to create two subkeys here, and they are:

1:

DWORD - Name is "FeatureSettingsOverride" and value is "3"

2:

DWORD - Name is "FeatureSettingsOverrideMask" and value is "3"

after you reboot, this should fix the terrible uselessness of this model on 10.

[David_J_W]

The registry key override should not be needed any more as Microsoft fixed the slowdown issue with AMD processors in the August 2018 cumulative update for Windows 10.

I recommend installing the latest updates then experimenting with removing those two subkeys.

[nrhs05]

Thanks for the update, however the patch only applies to Windows 1803 and not 1703. We were not going to be upgrading for a few months yet so the regkeys will have to stay in place for now.

Thanks 

[Nkboy]

Hi!

  in 1 of your step, you mentioned:

Make sure Windows is Activated by going to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Activation

How am i going to get the activation code/key? in my existing Windows 10 (before format/clean installation). do i have to backup the activate/serial key somewhere? if yes, where to find it?

thank you.