diff --git a/pnpm-install/README.md b/pnpm-install/README.md
index 35ed6c7..97fd3c4 100644
--- a/pnpm-install/README.md
+++ b/pnpm-install/README.md
@@ -29,3 +29,14 @@ steps:
     with:
       github-registry-token: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
 ```
+
+## Windows runners
+
+On Windows the action also points `TMP` and `TEMP` at `RUNNER_TEMP` for the rest of the job. The default temp dir lives on a network-backed disk that is several times slower at small-file writes than the runner's local SSD, which matters for anything that unpacks a project or a `node_modules` tree into the temp dir.
+
+If the job installs Playwright browsers, gate `--with-deps` on Linux. On Windows the flag enables the Media Foundation feature, which takes about three minutes and only adds video codecs:
+
+```yaml
+  - name: Install Playwright browsers
+    run: pnpm exec playwright install chromium ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && '--with-deps' || '' }}
+```
diff --git a/pnpm-install/action.yaml b/pnpm-install/action.yaml
index 0310b27..789f490 100644
--- a/pnpm-install/action.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-install/action.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ runs:
       with:
         swap-size-gb: 10
 
+    # The default Windows temp dir is a network disk, ~5x slower at small files than RUNNER_TEMP (apify/actor-templates#907).
+    - name: Use the runner's local disk for temp files
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "TMP=$RUNNER_TEMP" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "TEMP=$RUNNER_TEMP" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
     - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6.0.8
       name: Install pnpm
       with: