Everything you want to know.

ORION Tweaks is a Windows tuning app for gamers. It helps you look at settings that can affect scheduling, memory, graphics, and networking, then explains the change before you choose to apply it. It is not a driver, a cheat, or a random cleanup script.

Once tweaks are applied, they persist in Windows - ORION doesn't need to stay open or run in the background. The only optional background component is drift detection, which watches for Windows Update reverting your tweaks and alerts you. You can disable even that if you prefer.

Primarily competitive and enthusiast gamers on Windows 10/11 who want more from their existing hardware without buying upgrades. It's especially valuable if you're playing latency-sensitive games (FPS, battle royale, fighting games) where frame timing consistency matters as much as raw FPS.

Yes. ORION supports Windows 10 build 19041 (version 2004) or newer, and all Windows 11 releases. Some tweaks are version-specific - the Health Scanner identifies which tweaks are relevant for your exact build and flags anything that doesn't apply.

YouTube guides can be outdated, miss important context, or stack settings that fight each other. ORION shows the change, its tradeoff, and a way to undo supported changes, so you are not left trying to remember what a guide changed weeks later.

It depends heavily on your hardware, drivers, Windows build, game, and current baseline. ORION does not promise a fixed FPS or latency gain. Use Benchmark Mode to capture your own before/after frame data with PresentMon and judge the result from measured evidence, not marketing numbers.

If your GPU bottleneck is genuine (GPU maxed, CPU has headroom), then CPU and memory tweaks won't add FPS - you're GPU-limited and need a faster GPU or lower settings. ORION's Smart Advisor will flag this from your hardware readings and tell you exactly which tweaks are worth applying vs. which won't move the needle for your setup.

Your average FPS tells you the average frame rate. Your 1% low is the performance floor - the worst 1% of frames. A game can average 144 FPS but still feel stuttery if the 1% low is 60 FPS, because your eye perceives those dips as hitches. ORION's tweaks specifically target frame time consistency, which shows up as a higher 1% low and a smoother experience even when average FPS stays similar.

Benchmark Mode uses PresentMon (Microsoft's frame capture tool) to record your actual FPS and frame times during gameplay. You run a benchmark session before applying tweaks, then again after - ORION shows you the comparison side by side: average FPS, 1% lows, 0.1% lows, and frame time graphs. It's objective data, not subjective feel.

The Health Scanner checks 15 parts of your Windows setup, including power, networking, CPU scheduling, background services, and memory. It points out what may be worth looking at, what ORION can help with, and what needs your attention outside the app, such as a BIOS setting.

Some tweaks take effect immediately. Others (particularly low-level system settings) require a reboot to activate. ORION will tell you which tweaks need a restart and lets you batch-apply everything before rebooting once, rather than restarting multiple times.

ORION modifies Windows system settings only - it never touches game files, injects into game processes, or hooks into memory. Every tweak is tagged with its known anti-cheat compatibility status (Vanguard, EAC, BattlEye, VAC), and dangerous patterns are blocked or warned before apply. You are still responsible for following the rules of the games you play.

Defender or SmartScreen can warn on new optimization tools because they request elevation to change system settings. Before continuing, verify the installer SHA-256 from the release metadata and check the Windows signature details: right-click the .exe → Properties → Digital Signatures. If anything looks wrong, contact support instead of running it.

Yes. ORION automatically creates a snapshot before every apply operation. You can revert individual tweaks, restore to any snapshot, or use Settings → Advanced → "Reset all ORION tweaks" to return your entire Windows configuration to the state it was in before ORION touched it. Every change is tracked. Nothing is permanent.

Never. ORION does not touch game files, game configs, or per-game settings. It only modifies Windows-level settings. Your in-game settings, keybinds, and configs are completely untouched.

Yes. ORION's tweaks are targeted at gaming performance - they don't remove features Windows needs for productivity or degrade general system stability. If you want to be cautious, use the "Balanced" profile/preset which applies only low-risk, broadly-safe tweaks. You can always use the worker-verified revert flow if you notice anything you don't like.

Because you can audit every one. Each ORION tweak is itemized with its exact registry/service target in the app, its risk level, whether it's reversible, and a source citation. A privacy-safe manifest of the public catalog is published on this site, so the shape of the catalog can be checked without opening the app. We don't pad the number with fake memory-cleaner claims, duplicate entries, or settings Windows silently ignores. When a tweak is advanced or its effect is debated, we label it honestly rather than overselling it. That's the difference between us and tools that brag about a tweak count they can't actually show you.

Most optimizers ship as a one-shot script and tell you to "make a System Restore Point first" - if something breaks, you're on your own. ORION backs up the exact registry key, service state, or task before it changes anything, and stores a per-tweak revert. That is why we can include aggressive, advanced tweaks: where a change has a restore target, it carries its own per-tweak revert. "Advanced" still means advanced - those tweaks trade some security hardening or stability margin for performance, are labelled that way, and revert is designed to work rather than guaranteed to in every scenario.

Yes, and it is worth knowing exactly what that buys. ORION Tweaks has not been publicly released, so there is no installer to download today. Buying a paid plan reserves that plan on your account and enrols you in the beta testing program: we email you the beta build at your account address as soon as it is ready to distribute, and your plan carries over to the public release unchanged - you do not pay again. Nothing you pay for starts running out before you can use it. Your subscription term and the 7-day money-back guarantee both start on delivery - the day we email you a usable build - not the day you paid, so you can cancel for a full refund at any time while you are waiting, with no deadline to beat. EU/EEA/UK consumers keep the 14-day right of withdrawal on top, also counted from delivery. See the Refund Policy and the download status page.

There is no key to find. Your plan is attached to the email address you paid with, so open the app or the account portal and sign in with that address. Download links are separate: while public installer downloads are paused, your plan stays active on your account until the installer is available again, or contact support if you already have an official installer.

We offer a 7-day money-back guarantee, counted from delivery: full refund within 7 days of the day a usable build is made available to you, as long as you have not yet registered a PC to your account by signing in to the app. While ORION is pre-release nothing has been delivered, so a purchase is refundable in full on request at any time until delivery - the window cannot expire while you wait. Contact support with your purchase email and order/session ID. Once a PC is registered the purchase is treated as delivered, except for verified technical faults and mandatory statutory rights. See our Refund Policy for details.

Free is a genuinely useful free tier: 244 certified executable tweaks covering the core Optimize and Cleanup wins, safe one-click apply, basic Hardware Monitor, and Revert All from Recovery - on 1 device, no card required. Pro unlocks 488 certified executable tweaks plus the full feature set - Smart Advisor, Health Scanner, Benchmark Mode, Network Analyzer, Driver Advisor, and 42 preset profiles - on 1 device. Elite unlocks every certified tweak (all 795 today) and adds beta channel access, cloud profile sync, Custom Pack Builder, Health Report exports, Tweak Scheduler, priority Discord support, and covers 3 devices.

When your subscription ends, Stripe webhook processing deactivates the paid license after the paid period ends. ORION does not automatically change Windows settings just because billing ended or you uninstall. While you have access, use the in-app revert controls to undo individual tweaks or a saved session; contact support if you need help before moving or cancelling.

No - uninstalling does not revert anything. Removing ORION removes the application and leaves your Windows settings exactly as they were, because silently rewriting a machine at the moment someone decides to stop using a product would be the most destructive thing an uninstaller could do. If you want Windows put back, open ORION first and use Revert All in the Recovery Center - each change is undone through its recorded backup, not by writing an assumed default. Your backups and change history stay on the PC, so reinstalling ORION gives you back the same recovery options you had before. The uninstaller says all of this before it starts.

Free and Pro plans cover 1 device. Elite covers 3 devices. If you get a new PC, sign in to the account portal and use the device reset action on the old machine, then sign in on the new PC. If the portal cannot help, contact support.

There's no time-limited trial today. ORION is built around measurable results - Benchmark Mode shows you exact before/after FPS, 1% lows, and frame times so you can see the difference on your own hardware. If downloads are paused or ORION cannot run on your system for a technical reason, contact support and we'll help.

No. All payments are processed by Stripe. We never see or store your card number. Stripe is PCI DSS Level 1 certified - the same infrastructure used by Amazon, Shopify, and thousands of other companies. We only receive a transaction confirmation and your email address, which is what your plan is attached to.