enable-or-disable-windows-HPET.bat

:: ENABLE OR DISABLE WINDOWS TIMER (HPET)
:: SCRIPT WILL ASK IF THE USER WANTS TO RESTART >>
:: THE PC AFTER ENABLING IF NOT ALREADY ENABLED
:: TO ONLY ENABLE HPET SEE THE BELOW LINK:
:: https://pastebin.com/vEePwj8i

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@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
COLOR 0A
TITLE ENABLE OR DISABLE HPET IN WINDOWS

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REM CREATE TEMP TXT FILE TO CHECK IF HPET IS ENABLED
BCDEDIT /enum > "%AppData%\temp.txt"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ERROR
    FINDSTR /C:"useplatformclock        Yes" "%AppData%\temp.txt" >NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO CURRENTLY_ENABLED
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO CURRENTLY_DISABLED

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:CURRENTLY_ENABLED
CLS & ECHO=
ECHO HPET IS ALREADY ENABLED & ECHO=
ECHO DO YOU WANT TO DISABLE IT? & ECHO=
ECHO [1] DISABLE HPET
ECHO [2] KEEP HPET ENABLED AND EXIT & ECHO=

CHOICE /C 12 /N /M "Choose a number: "

IF ERRORLEVEL 2 (
    CLS & ECHO=
    ECHO HPET WILL REMAIN ENABLED & ECHO=
    PAUSE
    GOTO :END
)

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
    BCDEDIT /deletevalue useplatformclock >NUL 2>&1
    GOTO :END
)

:CURRENTLY_DISABLED
CLS & ECHO=
ECHO HPET IS NOT CURRENTLY ENABLED & ECHO=
ECHO DO YOU WANT TO ENABLE IT? & ECHO=
ECHO [1] ENABLE HPET
ECHO [2] KEEP HPET DISABLED AND EXIT & ECHO=

CHOICE /C 12 /N /M "Choose a number: "

IF ERRORLEVEL 2 (
    CLS & ECHO=
    ECHO HPET WILL REMAIN DISABLED & ECHO=
    PAUSE
    GOTO :END
)

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 BCDEDIT /set useplatformclock true >NUL 2>&1

CLS & ECHO=
ECHO HPET HAS BEEN ENABLED & ECHO=
ECHO YOU MUST RESTART YOUR PC FOR CHANGES TO TAKE AFFECT & ECHO=
PAUSE

CLS & ECHO=
ECHO VERY IMPORTANT: & ECHO=
ECHO IF YOUR MOTHERBOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO ENABLE OR DISABLE HPET YOU MUST
ECHO ALSO CHANGE IT'S SETTING AS WELL IN THE BIOS MENU TO MATCH THE WINDOWS SETTINGS THIS SCRIPT HELPED YOU WITH
ECHO THIS SCRIPT ONLY AFFECTS WINDOWS AND IF YOUR MOTHERBOARD IS NOT CHANGED ^(IF IT HAS THE OPTION... ^)
ECHO IT WILL MAKE THIS POINTLESS AS THE BIOS WILL OVERRIDE WINDOWS & ECHO=
PAUSE

ECHO=
ECHO RESTART PC NOW? & ECHO=
ECHO [1] YES
ECHO [2] YES AND ENTER BIOS MENU
ECHO [3] NO AND EXIT & ECHO=

CHOICE /C 123 /N /M "Select a number: "

IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO END

IF ERRORLEVEL 2 (
    SHUTDOWN /R /FW /T 0
    GOTO END
)

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
    SHUTDOWN /R /T 0
    GOTO END
)

:ERROR
CLS & ECHO=
ECHO ERROR SCRIPT LINE 10: & ECHO=
ECHO UNABLE TO CREATE TEMP FILE: "%AppData%\temp.txt" & ECHO=
ECHO MAKE SURE TO RUN THE SCRIPT AS ADMINISTRATOR & ECHO=
PAUSE

:END
DEL /Q "%AppData%\temp.txt" >NUL 2>&1
GOTO :EOF