diff --git a/wfvm/demo-image.nix b/wfvm/demo-image.nix
index 66040c0..183f65c 100644
--- a/wfvm/demo-image.nix
+++ b/wfvm/demo-image.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,17 @@ wfvm.makeWindowsImage {
   # administratorPassword = "12345";
 
   # Imperative installation commands, to be installed incrementally
-  installCommands = with wfvm.layers; [ anaconda3 msys2 msvc msvc-ide-unbreak ];
+  installCommands =
+    if impureMode
+    then []
+    else with wfvm.layers; [
+      (collapseLayers [
+        disable-autosleep
+        disable-autolock
+        disable-firewall
+      ])
+      anaconda3 msys2 msvc msvc-ide-unbreak
+    ];
 
   # services = {
   #   # Enable remote management
diff --git a/wfvm/layers/default.nix b/wfvm/layers/default.nix
index 5129632..8fb9958 100644
--- a/wfvm/layers/default.nix
+++ b/wfvm/layers/default.nix
@@ -122,4 +122,47 @@ in
       sleep 40
       '';
   };
+  # Disable the Windows firewall
+  disable-firewall = {
+    name = "disable-firewall";
+    script = ''
+      echo Disabling firewall
+      win-exec "netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off"
+    '';
+  };
+  # Disable automatic power management which causes the machine to go
+  # into standby after periods without mouse wiggling.
+  disable-autosleep = {
+    name = "disable-autosleep";
+    script = ''
+      echo Disabling autosleep
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -disk-timeout-ac 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -disk-timeout-dc 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -monitor-timeout-ac 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -monitor-timeout-dc 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -standby-timeout-ac 0"
+      win-exec "powercfg /x -standby-timeout-dc 0"
+    '';
+  };
+  # Turn off automatic locking of idle user sessions
+  disable-autolock = {
+    name = "disable-autolock";
+    script = ''
+      echo Disabling autolock
+      win-exec "reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization /v NoLockScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 1"
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # Chain together layers that are quick to run so that the VM does
+  # not have to be started/shutdown for each.
+  collapseLayers = scripts: {
+    name = pkgs.lib.concatMapStringsSep "-" ({ name, ... }: name) scripts;
+    script = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+      map ({ script, ... }: script) scripts
+    );
+    buildInputs =
+      builtins.concatMap ({ buildInputs ? [], ... }: buildInputs) scripts;
+  };
 }