MEGA Download folder has been updated with new files
Update: So I just noticed i am starting my DAY 1 without brave updates on My Win 8.1 and as Expected, the updates works on my VM Guest OS which i installed it on my Windows 8.1
See image for understanding, The image includes both brave browser running on Win 8.1 without updates and brave browser running on W11 with Chromium 110 updates being added/applied(See the Windows Processes count aswell both Win 8.1 task manager and Win11 task manager included)
NEW Updates!
Fixes for Better Performance.
Scrolling issue has been FIXED and Improved.
Follow this Guide(You’ll miss out on animations, But think about which is more worth sacrificing, Would it be the animations or your Favorite Windows 8.1/7 ?)
If you think Windows 8.1/7 is much more worth than Win 11 and animations, follow this guide, it will not only fix the scrolling issue on the Windows 11 running under VM Environment, but it will also Boost your System Performance and reduce the Stress on your CPU… You SHOULD take measures to take care of the CPU friend because GPU wont be Supported due to lack of drivers and tech support…
Here is the guide
Step 1
Go to Brave://flagson your OS Which is installed on VM
- Search for Smooth Scrolling and Disable it. Restart the Browser to see the effects
This will disable some animations and improve CPU performance. Make sure to not have too many extensions actively running aswell…
Also, Make sure to actively monitor the memory usage on your host computer…
I have chosen to add 10.5 GB of RAM for the OS installed on VM, but for this Reflection OS, during the setup, i think 6 GB is Still good, if you do not have more ram, try installing the OS with 6GB setting and while you’re using the OS, control opening too many tabs all at once…
Here is the memory usage on Win 11
Task Manager
This should be your idle use case after performing all of the tweaks on this guide.
Alright, Let’s Get back to the Guide.
Step 2
Search for(type in) Mouse in Start Menu
Now Click “Choose how many lines to Scroll with the mouse wheel”
Step 3
Change the Value to 10(these settings are recommended for VM Environment mostly)
Step 4
Now Search for “ScrollSpeed Chrome Extension”
Click on the very first link and Install this extension
Step 5
After Several testing, for the VM use case Environment, the recommended factor is 1.57
See the top right area on the above image
This will enhance the scrolling experience while the animations are being disabled and will provide more accuracy while you scroll through pages.
Step 6
The developer of the Custom OS has not FULLY tweaked the services running in the background, he sure does turned many services to manual and disabled many service but that CAN be improved a lot.
Search for Services.msc
Make Sure ONLY THESE Services are RUNNING, Click and Zoom the image for better view.
YOU MUST Disable all these Services shown in the next image to boost SYSTEM Performance and REDUCE CPU Stress for VM ENVIRONMENT
Double click on the Service, Stop it and choose “Startup type” to Disabled, Click Apply and Restart the W11.
If you NOTICE other services running, Make Sure to SET it to MANUAL, DO NOT disable it. AGAIN, i’ll repeat, follow the above suggestions only for VM Environment.
i have not noticed about the CLIPBOARD Support earlier, SO it seems like Once you set the option to bidirectional, you can easily transfer files between HOST Computer and OS Installed in your VM, JUST DRAG AND DROP
Also if you dont want to use the powershell method, you can use this method to install brave browser setup file by downloading the setup file to host computer first and dragging and dropping the setup file to your installed W11 OS in VM.
I Suggest downloading smaller files casually on your VM(drag and drop them to host computer after end of each session) and use your host computer to download larger files (by getting the url from the OS installed on VM).
I have notified both of the developers about the problems which i have right now, hopefully the situation improves…
Enjoy USING WIN 8.1/Win7 and Catch up with all of the updates for brave browser on the VM Environment, i know this is not the right way to use but consider the beauty of WIN 8.1/7, their performances and the boot time of this W11 reflection OS after you perform all these tweaks, its incredibly FAST.
Also, Win 8.1 is the undisputed KING to keep the computer cool most of the times even without any aggressive cooling setup, one of the main reason why i love Win 8.1
So, IT’S NOT that bad to use it this way… i JUST want to say that I’m absolutely hating the new file explorer on WIN 11, it’s Lack of customizations/grouping on the left navigation pane and the top panel brings android looks… im actively looking for ways to bring the looks of Win8.1/10 on explorer to the latest win 11 update but no success yet…
Another reason for not updating the Reflection OS Build is that, i lost motivation to update it because the new Win X-Lite Builds have this new file explorer…
Image Source : XDA developers
I think Old School is always Super…
i dont understand why Microsoft doesnt respect the classics and tainting these new android looks on PC’s file explorer, people should be given choice to restore old explorer… After knowing that i can get all of the Win 8.1/7 icons, performances of win 8.1 on these community builds of Windows 11, i think this modern FILE Explorer will be one of those main things which will hold me back from upgrading to Win 11 Fully. Nothing wrong in Microsoft doing and trying something new but it scraps away the older ones which people used to love it, a big tech with no emotions…
Currently, im also monitoring this, will wait for more updates to see if this software manages to get back the older looks fully