diff --git a/common/_global.el b/common/_global.el
index e5d3663..88a2293 100644
--- a/common/_global.el
+++ b/common/_global.el
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+; windows performance tweaks, add to top of init.el as well
+(when (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2012-10/msg00274.html
+; https://gioorgi.com/2013/solving-emacs-freeze-andor-slowdown-on-windows7/
+(setq w32-get-true-file-attributes nil)
+
+; https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/c9ef5i/comment/esx5ndr/
+(setq inhibit-compacting-font-caches t)
+
+; https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/c9ef5i/comment/esx5snw/
+(when (boundp 'w32-pipe-read-delay)
+(setq w32-pipe-read-delay 0)) 
+)
+
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ; Packages related
 (require 'package)