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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- STOP Doing This to Your PC
For many years I have seen buzz words like pc performance boost and speed up your pc used in a lot of articles and videos. A lot of this information is old hat and not even worth doing in 2021. things like registry cleaners, defrag, registry tweaks, virtual memory and loads more are not really needed in 2021 and people need to stop.
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What sort of tweaks you using and what gains you getting? Let me know below.
Hey, I learned my lesson using Ccleaner years ago. I still use Smart defrag (IOBit) though as I still have a couple of spinning disk in my system.
Hi do you have any thoughts on procces lasso? I have set my own page file size but this is generally done when certain games are performing badly and is suggested on forums as a "fix"for badly optimised games.
I'm using common sense tweaks lol
Britec09. what's wrong with you? The driver updater helps find latest drivers in single window and updates with single click, it backs up drivers before update. I don't let crappy windows do stupid things. You are pretending to know the thing but you are overthinking and showing yourself like a "all known" person, but you are not. Boostspeed , driver updater , bit replica are life saver. Saving us from the windows illuminati nightmare.
I used to use a pagefile for cemu and yuzu but I have 16gb of ram now
I'm glad someone made a video about this, bring some awareness to people
You're welcome
the best part for me was learning the "systempropertiesperformance" shortcut ;)
A lot of clickbait videos here on youtube are like this. They tell you to change something like the virtual memory to "gain more performance" especially on games. What most of them don't know is that it will only make everything worse. great video man, hope that a lot of people see this video.
Virtual memory tweaks haven't been relevant since Windows XP ..... Plus back then you had much smaller hard drives so you tried to save every MB you could ..... I see a lot of people have problems with AAA games because they try to set virtual memory to too small of a fixed size and then wonder why the game crashes after an hour or so of playing ..... Windows memory management has been really pretty good since Windows 7 or even Vista after the 1st Service Pack (Remember those?)
I was a tweaking Junkie in the early days, nudging this, and faffing with that, deep diving into the registery and services Now my PC can crush Planets and all i do is watch youtube.....
true lol
Yep..😂
But you can get to UA-cam about 5 minutes faster than if you didn't :) .
i do the same and then use it to play super nintendo games, lol.
Disabling unnecessary startup apps is still a good thing, so is clearing out %Temp% folder and running disk cleanup every now and then.
I do the %Temp% thing every now and then to get rid of all the porn.....Err I mean unwanted files ;) Agree with you it is actually a good thing to do.
And clearing the temp folder (both %temp% & temp) and prefetch folder.
Im CONSTANTLY messing with stuff and tweaking little things down in the deepest darkest folders of windows. i love it
i can definitely say i am not guilty of any of these things, not since i got an ssd and started using windows 10, its just not necessary to do and all it can end up doing is breaking your pc, especially messing with the registry, why do people still continue to mess with that, if the computer is working, just leave it alone.
using ccleaner for ages for registry and temporary data cleaning. never had a problem and PC runs like on first day ^^
Good video! I can recall using boost speed some years ago but as I get older and know my way around windows alot more I realized that these sorts of software don't really do any good and can potentially cause you to run into alot more problems that you maybe didn't have before running the piece of software.
Thanks for sharing!
@@Britec09 you're very much welcome!
That virtual memory tweak only really was necessary on mechanical hard drives to lessen fragmentation and the inevitable slow down of operations due to increase seek times. On slower processors it also sped Windows up a little due to the fact that the CPU didn't need to calculate and recalculate the size of the paging file.
SSDs don't suffer in the same way and even larger mechanical hard drives should be less prone to fragmentation due to greater free space and memory compression algorithms.
The only tip I'd offer is to keep an SSD operating more quickly do not fill it to near capacity with data. I'd suggest no more than 3/4 of the drive space should be in use and certainly no more than 80%. SSDs do tend to slow down the more full they get.
What do you think of Revo uninstaller?
It remove registry enteries and files left behind by uninstaller
I think it's really good and it has the added benefit of being free.
I still see some people using CC Cleaner to clean up the registry and boost performance. I used it once and I messed up the registry so bad I had to reinstall Windows. I am very well versed in computers and for that I do not recommend any registry "booster" or whatever they want to call their programs, they can cause more harm than good.
Great advice. I've tried a lot of registry cleaners just for giggles. Best case, they do almost nothing. Worst case, they brick Windows and/or your apps.
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@@Britec09 what's wrong with you? The driver updater helps find latest drivers in single window and updates with single click, it backs up drivers before update. I don't let crappy windows do stupid things. You are pretending to know the thing but you are overthinking and showing yourself like a "all known" person, but you are not. Boostspeed , driver updater , bit replica are life saver. Saving us from the windows illuminati nightmare.
@@Almighty_Flat_Earth Get a Life will ya 👍
@@Almighty_Flat_Earth driver updater?? LOL. A professional never use a driver updater. It sometimes cause many troubles
Back in the early day's when hardware was the limiting factor I use to install all these software apps but they caused more problems than they solved. I no longer bother and keeping Windows 10 vanilla and clean.
Brian. You're a treasure. God bless.
You too!
I don't like Auto Defrag setting, slows things down a lot when it is running. I check manually and if under 7% I leave alone as this can easily be up to 5% rapidly
Yeah, what ever works for you.
I have no problems and don't even notice a difference
@@SupremeNerd I notice a big difference with updates
Usually registry cleaners are useful for some programs that causes all sorts of issues while reinstalling them or installing a newer versions. A side from that, most or these apps are just a simple interface to a multiple steps maintenance on windows. So yeah, still in 2021 and using them with ease.
I use a reg cleaner. I also turn off virtual memory. Don’t need it with 128gig. Never ever had an issue with either of those. Have had dead link issues with some installed and removed applications. Reg cleaner cleans them right up.
as a pc tech myself this makes sense. better than the other guy i watched who says to properly shutdown a pc you use restart.
I would pay good money for a "tweak" that allows Windows Updates to actually install. Feb 2021 update failed. Again.
backup and install windows.
@Jason Jx that's f' ed up. That happened on my potato pc but never ever in my beast laptop.
I have solution how we can fix this installed failed problem
@Jason Jx Look in To My Channel Playlet Of windows 10 you will get solution
One week ago I fixed my update problem by removing the incompatible old Wi-Fi card before updating. But that was my about 2 years old update problem. In Microsoft Support they did not have a clue when I talked to them few times during these 2 years and insisted either to fix their updates or to stop updating me. I found the solution on a forum. At the forum they said they actually made a lot of effort trying to report Microsoft about this widely spread problem, but Microsoft neither fixed nor even let know their support employees about reason for this particular update failure, with wide range of Asus 9-years old desktops affected.
What are your thoughts on Glary Utilities? Is it worth using or should i just uninstall it?
When I ran XP, I used to use an 'XP registry cleaner' which seemed to work, which never seemed to cause a problems back then.
I do have a registry cleaner built into WinOpt 18, but removed the cleaner from the options.
Fully agreed with this video. This is 2021; we don't need to personally tweak our PCs anymore. The good folks at "Microsoft Tech Support", based in New Delhi, after they've removed all of the nasty "wiruses" from our Google Chrome browsers, take care of all of our optimization, maintenance and security needs for just $400 worth of Amazon gift cards.
wrt the page file there is a reason to tweak it. if you have an ssd and a lot of ram and you dont want your ssds to get thrashed with a lot of high frequency reads/writes that wears down the memory cells. computers are always adding layers to storage/memory and the lines are really starting to blur, like optane for example. ive even seen ssds in a ddr package in datacenters.
whats funny is when people defrag their ssds. fragmented is how they operate (wear level always copying cells so even if windows moves them the ssd will just move them again).
On the virtual performance pop up unticking all the animate and fade options makes lower-end laptops pop more .
I am technical and for me it makes sense to do some twiks on old computers or low profile, I also usually clean temporary files and clean registry on computers that cannot be reinstalled, but I carry my portal tools
Twiks?
@@craigtonkin6343si, swiks o tweks, se entiende! Mi primera lengua es el español y entiendo el inglés hablado pero no lo escribo muy bien
The only case where messing with the page file is advisable, is when you have multiple physical hard drives, NOT partitions on the same drive. You may want to distribute it over the various drives. Also, with mechanical drives, increasing the minimum size of the page file can reduce it's fragmentation, but only because more of it is allocated but, most of the time, not used.
While you are right that the BIOS flashing has gotten better, I will highly recommend doing your research first. Everything needs to line up. That means:
1. The motherboard needs to be the right revision (I can attest to this one personally as I have an old revision 1 ASUS Sabertooth 990fx motherboard. There are other updates for later versions of that board PCB, but only a few for mine, so it's as up to date as I can get it. Still an excellent board though with my 8150 FX Black Edition, as it still runs a pile of new stuff just fine).
2. The update must be for your actual motherboard (obvious, but sometimes what is being claimed is not always the case).
3. Make sure your board will handle what you have now. This extremely important for some updates even now as there are some boards I have seen where you need an older CPU to allow the board to fire up long enough for you to get the new BIOS installed, then you can swap to the new one you want to use. Yes, there are some dual BIOS boards that can avoid this issue and some where you can flash the board without firing it up, but these are the more expensive boards. You do get what you pay for.
Pro Tip: Read your motherboard manual. It will tell you all kinds of things about your board and the various companies do update them often, so do go to the official manufacturer of your board for this information. It will save you a lot of issues.
P.S.: If you're one of those graphics card BIOS flashers out there these tips apply to you too, after all who wants to turn a several hundred dollar graphics card into a paperweight.
Thanks for sharing.
I'd never use a registry cleaner and let it blindly 'fix' my system. I used to do that in the old days and always ended up making the computer slower or bricking it entirely. I manually remove obsolete registry entries or let CCleaner find them and then manually review them before deletion.
I have to say Revo uninstaller portable is really good at completely removing programs and removing programs which are corrupt which prevents removal.
It depends, if you use for example Lumion you will need to put up your virtual RAM as soon your projects are medium large and you have only 16gb
If you get enough dead reg entries you can in time start to get issues.
Eliminating the registry and moving settings to text files the way Unix-based operating systems do would wipe out the registry cleaner market overnight.
I agree 100% with everything you just said... The ONLY thing I do these days is remove bad or "Frozen" App settings from the Registry. Every now and then I get issues either with my PC or Clients PC's where Programs don't run properly or refuse to uninstall or reinstall freshly. Most Companies do the usual... "Did you switch it of and on again", "Try clearing your Cache", "Uninstall and reinstall", and my ultimate pet peeve which absolutely grinds my T!ts is... "You'll have to Backup and reinstall Windows"...
I haven't reinstalled windows since Windows 7. I lose instant respect when an IT company says this.
A quick recent story. I had a client call me about 2 weeks ago. I'm usually the person she calls (for the past 2 years) to sort her PC out or help with general advice etc. Anyway she had a problem with her network printer that refused to print from one of her home office PCs. This issue started about 3 months ago. For some reason she opted to call some other IT guy (not me) who was unable to help, she then called the ACTUAL Branded Printer company who tried to help her numerous times and eventually said that her drivers were corrupt and advised all the usual cr@p, with the final result being to reinstall windows as they could not help her. Well, one last chance, she decided to call me... I did the general peaking around and did the usual uninstall, reinstall, update, dated back. installed the original drivers, etc, etc... So I eventually resorted to my personal Last option before reinstalling windows. I Backed Up the Registry and removed every reference there was related to the Printer, It's Software and Drivers from the Registry. Rebooted, Reinstalled the Printer and Bingo... All this within about 2 hours, when another Computer company and the Official Printer company couldn't help for 3 months.
I had the same issue with my GOG Games app... It refused to log me in and they could help and advised the same... I did the same thing removed everything from the registry and all good.
I use to have regvack as a registry cleaner and you are right every registry cleaner I tested caused more problems then they fix now day windows does a pretty good job on it's own
Great informative video.
I agree with the Bios Flashing. I was seriously scared to flash my Bios, now that I have done it I will never think twice to flash it if it needs doing, so easy to do.
These "tweaks" people do are ridiculous.
Thanks for commenting
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Some great advice for the unwary mate and hopefully it will save a lot of folks who otherwise spend a lot of money unnecessarily.
If you run a registry cleaner, sometimes it ends up cleaning up maybe 50 invalid keys. When you compare it to the millions of remaining keys, it's actually a very tiny modification you made to the registry. Even if the registry would consume 100% cpu power, removing 50 keys out of say 1 million keys, that's only a 0.005% boost you'll get. You have a far better performance boost by disabling stuff in the startup that you don't really need. Defragging on an SSD is kinda useless as it can switch to a different address at the same speed as just keep reading address after address like normal reading. On a HDD it's a different story, but only when you have files that are fragmented into ALOT of pieces. Reading a 200Mb file which has only 2 or 3 fragments isn't a big deal, but if you have the same file that's split up over 3000 fragments, that's 3000 head-movements, which all take a few milliseconds to execute and can slow down reading that file. It all depends how many fragments there are and how far the head needs to move to find each fragment. Of course the biggest slowdown would be where the head needs to move from center of the disc to the outer edge of the disc for every fragment. Unless that's the case, you may not find big improvements for defragging.
Hi Brian! You and I know it's virtually pointless to fug around Windows 10, but a lot of people pushing these tweaks are the online gamer community. These folks will try anything to eek out the tiniest increase in their gaming experiences. Of course, when things inevitably go wrong with their PCs, you make money. So, uh...hmmmm...
In my experience lately disk fragmentation is still an issue with windows 10 on mechanical drives. On all of the installations I have done over the last year to mechanical drives, windows has been very sluggish until I defragmented the drive, which always has been extremely fragmented right from the get go. I defragment the drive, Windows wakes up and it's fine for a long time. I almost feel like Windows 10 is not optimised for mechanical drives.
Im glad you said "In My Experience" cuz that's exactly what that is..YOUR EXPERIENCE as I haven't had those problems SINCE Windows 7
@@SupremeNerd I have done about 6 win 10 installs in the last few weeks and every one on mechanical drives were heavily fragmented. That's using the standard windows usb install tool.
@@patthesoundguy that's weird considering i haven't had those problems with installs.
it took my mom 20 years to figure out you could turn off the computer with the power button. she still follows the old windows 95 shutdown procedure. thing is she didnt even start using computers until after they added that power management feature.
Great Video! Agree 100% tweaks are meaningless today in modern computers except for RGB Registry Cleaners.
And actually defragging SSDs is an absolute NO. It actually shortens its lifespan.
I've used Windows without swap file for many years. I believe that were Win 7 and Win 10, but maybe Win XP as well. No issue with that. So, when making a suggestion, at least give some reason why that suggestion is worth listening to.
Yes, you can run out of memory if your total memory size (real + virtual) is overflown by programs. If you're not ready to deal with that, then let system expand that swap file whenever needed. Other than that, no real problem to live without swap, despite many scary stories over internets.
Why would you want to disable or set your swap size manually? Here are my reasons:
1. Even if your system has 128 Gigs of ram, Windows will still write some data to the swap. That means (a) slowing down if that swap happens to be on HDD, or (b) killing SSD resources unneccesary.
2. Suppose you have a program that may occasionally demand large amounts of RAM. Say, if you try to resize big image in Photoshop, and instead of 200% you type 2000%, you'll get huge memory demand. What will happen? Windows will try to satisfy that demand by allocating huge swap file. Be that on HDD, you'll get an unresponsive system, that for minutes tries to do something untill fails. If you're on SSD, you'll get Gigabytes of unneccesary writes. And remember. SSD can get really slow if you write to it too much in very short time. So unresponsive system for minutes is still an option. And if you don't have a swap at all? Photoshop just gets denied to allocate that amount of ram and shows you error message about insufficient ram.
In any case, you'd better set swap to a reasonable limited size or disable at all.
3. Windows may be not so smart. It may increase swap up to the size that it takes the whole disk size. If that disk is a system one, you could get an unstable system. If that is another drive, other bad things may happen. Imagine you're working on a big image in Photoshop (yes, again!). After many operations and a half an hour of work, you notice that windows happens to occupy all drive space that you expected to save your file to. Now, you have your work done, but you can not save it, because that "convenient" windows feature of automatic swap growth.
4. If you have more than one drive, you probably have an HDD that is used for storage. If you use it rarely, It may even sleep most of the time, thus reducing noise, power usage, and mechanical wear. But if Windows desides to put Swap on it, that HDD will be doomed to spit all the time.
There are reasons why you'd want to have swap, but who cares?
Another thing you shouldn't update every month is your graphics drivers ..... You should only update if it has a bug fix for a game you have or you bought a newly released game that needs new drivers ..... For instance I haven't upgraded my Nvidia 2080 Super's drivers since the Game Ready drivers for Cyberpunk 2077 came out .... and once every 6-12 months, depending on how often you upgrade them, you should run a programs like DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in the Safe Mode .... Also it helps to run DDU if you have to downgrade because the latest driver version breaks one of your games .... There is a case where cleaning out the registry actual is necessary because if you update the graphics drivers every month sooner or later you are going to have conflicting Registry entries and CTD problems in many games .....
I mostly agree with this video BUT:
1. Windows defrag will not defrag the operating system files if they are installed on a traditional HDD while in use (i.e. while Windows is running). That means if Windows fragments them (moves pieces of them around over time) eventually those files will slow things down, like if you installed on an older system. Therefore the inbuilt defrag is junk. You need a defrag that can run on startup BEFORE Windows loads to address the above mentioned issues. I run such a program on an older laptop that has only a HDD ( because there is no SSD available for that model).
2. Some registry cleaners also have their place when used correctly. Some programs leave junk behind when you use their provided uninstallers. Also, I have found that even the "wonderful" Windows 10 leaves junk in the registry from big things all the way to as simple as things like deleted shortcuts. These all add up and will eventually bog down a system if left to fester unchecked. Wait, Maybe that's why Microsoft once stated that it's best to "back-up everything regularly and do a FULL re-install every 6-12 months." It was probably because they knew how troubled their stuff was back then and CHOSE TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM.
These are just the Ideas that come to mind right away.
This is all common sense, Brian; something Microsoft seems to be lacking lately. I ask you this, Brian: Are you considering these things or just skipping over them? Are you assuming that if people can afford a computer then they should automatically have a top end computer with no issues? It just seems like some of these things are being glossed over or completely ignored. Maybe I'm just ranting but I hope I've made my point.
Wow no SSD in 2021, SSD is a game changer and registry cleaners are snake oil
@@Britec09 You clearly didn't read my entire comment. It's that or else your comprehension is lacking.
I have no idea on how to update my BIOS, but I heard it helps fix issues like more ram installed being recognized. Although I don't know how to update BIOS at all, so I never dared to do it even though it doesn't use all my ram yet. My BIOS litterally doesn't have the option to use more ram, but it shows that it knows it's there.
Interesting & informative. Makes me glad to be a linux user, safe in a world where people aren't trying to get me by pay for useless unnecessary software, and defragging drives was never a thing.
Fun fact: "In 2021" was said 13 times in this video.
Same, i wasted so much time just trying to hunt down drivers and wondering why most of my shortcut keys don't work, and needing to keep uninstalling candy crush after windows keeps re-installing it.
Everything just works in linux, my screenshot button actually takes screenshots, got much better battery life, far better security and privacy, the speakers are louder and the terminal is awsome.
I can actually control my computer now, unlike windows that just gives you the illusion of choice
@@archygrey9093 Absolutely! With windows, it sort of feels like your machine belongs to microsoft, although you've bought it. With linux, it's all yours. No-one controls it but you.
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Came here from a ubisoft forum. Thanks for the tips deleted some programs applied what you showed in the video :)
I apparently inadvertently turned on rapid shutdown mode. Disabling it was necessary to be able to actually shut my computer down.
Hi Brian,
I anticipated this but you confirmed it for me, thanks for the heads-up :-)
Any time!
So you do not use CCleaner anymore? Thanks for sharing and have a nice safe day.
not used ccleaner for a long time.
Yes Britec you are right to many reg tweaks for Gaming and stuff like that is Placebo or worse perfomance!!!!good job
Thanks Panos, hope you and your family are well and safe
@@Britec09 You too my friend
Glary Utilities and Ccleaner are the only two cleaner programs I've been using for years with good results, and file ninja is also decent. Ccleaner might be on the way out though since AVG purchased it as It's started running in the background and during startup even after being disabled.
yep ccleaner is now a virus you need an old ver but it wont run on w10 so glary v5 i use now and revo uninstaller plus Wipe 2021 which is rather good
@@hannahtimson2526 Just googled Wipe 2021 and got pages about EscapeFromTarkov and baby wipes. Who's the publisher of that one Hannah?
@@Cyba_IT Try typing download wipe privacy root this should get you to the latest version- enjoy but be carefull and go through everything it deletes as it can delete a lot
@@hannahtimson2526 Awesome, thanks Hannah, I'll give it a go. :)
So, you're saying I can just let every single program that I install run at startup without any negative impact to my boot speed or memory performance? Wow. Makes you wonder why computers need 16gb of ram and stuff. And I don't need to clean my registry now and then - leftover files won't eventually clutter up my machine and potentially hamper my boot speed, or overall operation of things?
Incredible. I feel like a fool. I've been doing things wrong all these years. I guess my 23 second boot-up speed has nothing to do with eliminating the garbage that I thought was bunging up my system.
I agree with all but I have set my pc's with Windows to no page file for many many years and I'm good with that. Let the memory do the work and less on the SSD or HDD if you still have one. Is what it is in my book, zero issues with the setting. The SSD is going to last longer and the HDD won't be bottle necked is the way I look at it.
Basically all the nonsense things that you needed to do with HDD is completely unnecessary for SSD. Like fragmentation.
extensive tuneup is unneccesary with today's improved software.
I've just finished setting up best PC tools for less frequent troubleshooting🙂.
After seeing some of these videos, I have uninstalled the so-called performance improvement software. It seemed to cut in during boot up - much to my annoyance - and it's running in the background a lot of the time which, of course, SLOWS DOWN my laptop rather than speeding it up!
How would you clean up the registry using just Windows? Because in my experience cleaning up the registry does help with older computers?
I do it manually, but you have to know what to look for and where to look.
I haven't disabled paging since Windows XP. There are still programs today that won't run correctly unless they have a paging file to access, better to leave it alone.
Great Video, like always.
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Hello Britec09! I have watched a lot of your videos and use them to keep my pc running nice :) Thank you very much.
But i wanted to share my experience with the benefits of turning my PC on ''High performance'' in the power options...
For producing music its a crazy boost in performance, using audio software (for me) at least 50% more power to use more virtual synthesizers and plugins etc... (i3-8100 3.6Ghz)
As someone still running XP (cos I do not trust anythign newer, not do I like that dumbed-down garbage) :
- Virtual memory settings keep my machine more stable than when it's off or set to Auto.
- I only clean my Registry with RegXP, or remove things manually if I know exactly what I'm getting rid of.
- Ceasing defrags only apply to SSDs (they'll wear out faster). I still prefer platter HDDs and will never stop doing (MANUAL) defragging if it is needed.
Windows gotten way better in maintenance and stuff like that. The functions used to be hidden for a novice user and that is what probably made people buy these third party cleaners.
The functions were in windows, but too hard to find. Third parties just made programs to basically access windows hidden functions
think you got that backwards. it was a lot easier to find stuff back then. some of that stuff now if you don't know it's there and what to type to get there you'd never see it.
Back in the day I used to add a hard drive and plop the page file on it just to free up space on the main 200mb drive... ah 3.11 those were the days.
I used system mechanic back in the days. It was useful for the older operating systems.
All I use now is Revo Uninstaller Pro and I don’t use the built-in registry and junk file cleaner.
All the registry/malware cleaners give false results just to scare you into using a pointless piece of software. All of its pointless if you know what they are up to.
Brian I'd like to hear your opinion on cpu unparking please thanks
Hi,
So what do you recommend people do when their systems start to slow down, and crawl along?
I have been using Auslogic’s Boostspeed for years now, and it definitely makes a difference to the speed of my PCs. My main machine is a 10th gen core i7, with 32 GB, running Windows 10. I use it for a variety of things, but mainly gaming, 3D printing design, and internet.
I do notice the machine running slow when gaming online, or when using programs which push the GPU when designing 3D models. When I use registry cleaner, and disk defrag, my system performance is restored to best performance, so there is no argument from me that these programs do work.
I also use the internet optimiser on first run, and whenever I update my modem/ router. This always boosts the upload and download speeds achieved. I would not have a clue as to how to go about tweaking this, without this program.
And finally, I run the free, full version of Auslogics backup program. I decided to install this as, for the life of me, I could not figure out how to backup my hard drives with Win 10 software. Without it, I would have no fast way to backup my files. I have had several hard drive failures over the years, so make sure my drives are always backed up with recent changes.
Cheers,
I'm trying to stay away from optimizers, but some do help, especially those for SSD. I regularly use Diskmax, CCleaner, Privazer (small every day and deep once a week) and Glary.
Another thing to be wary of is that some apps may even break Windows update and you would have to reinstall every time a cumulative update comes out.
some programs are useful, but registry cleaner are not.
@@Britec09 Definitely not. Glary at least doesn't pick up a lot of errors, so it may or not be optimized to pick up actual errors and not like the other programs like Wise Cleaner.
CCleaner is legit and rly rly good,totally worth it,been using it since 2008
Thank you for clearing up misconceptions!
Hi Britec09 I put this on one of your youtube videos but got no answer. I watched a tube video of yours that showed how to install Power Menu for win 10 but i'm having a hard time finding it so i can uninstall it as when i right click on my desktop and go to power menu then go to sleep or hibernate it shuts the computer down and not to sleep.
1:42 turn it off because it often stores your encryption keys.
Flashed the wrong bios on my Gigabyte MB back in 2001......RMAd. Couldn't play CS for a 3 weeks waiting for a new MB to arrive.
You are the voice of reason. Just downloaded one of these free versions. Its gone. Thanks. Has the windows 10 continually defragging drives issue been resolved. I've been manually doing it when i think of it. Thanks ;)
I only just began adjusting virtual memory again. My adjustment is simply to move it off my SSD to my HDDs. The purpose is obviously not for performance boost as it will actually slow down virtual memory access. My purpose is to increase the lifespan of the SSD. Same goes with redirecting user profile folders to one of the mechanical drives.
Your computer will not outlive the ssd.
@@StanjaraIt might. I usually continue to use my PCs for a lot longer than most people. On average, it is about 10 years plus with only some components being replaced/upgraded. Rarely do I replace/upgrade everything at once. There is always something carried over from a previous build. Usually the disk drive. On the rare instance that I do replace the entire PC, I continue to use the older one for other purposes. When I replace drives, I continue to use the old one as an auxiliary drive until it dies. I also tend to a lot of writing to the disk on a regular basis including regular wipes and clean installs every 6 months to a year. I have killed many HDDs, SD cards, and thumb drives just from excessive use. So eventually I will see it die. And the farther out in time that is the better.
@@johnr9816 I used to worry when I got my Samsung ssd...but after 7 years I just don't care anymore.
The amount of writing you have to do to see some wear on it is server stuff backups...like every hour backup...and even then it would take decades.
It's not that serious for nand flash.
Your ssd board with chips and power could die sooner.
@@Stanjara yeah I don’t know. I do have a cheaper SSD without a ram cache. Furthermore, I have seen data center drives die with light use in a POS system within less than a year at work.
Also like I said I do a lot of regular writing activities. For example downloading different OS ISOs, creating and deleting virtual machines, and installing and removing beta applications.
Not to mention that I tend to have bad luck when it comes to the lifespan of drives. Most tend to die on me just as the warrantee expires.
@@johnr9816 Ok...kick that ssd that you have as hard as you can...and kill it.
Then buy a ssd with ram cache.
Yes it's that of a difference.
No need to baby that thing.
Don't worry about it...don't do virtual memory here...than data there...cache for ...what was it...Chrome..yes...cache for it in RAM, dude.
7 years heavy stuff...and I can't kill it...its 120gb Samsung evo drive. I erased and wrote on it heavy because it was small.
It's still green.
I am looking at 1tb now...but I'm waiting for this one to die.
I agree on all you said. Used to do some of these settings many years ago. This was back in the day of Xp. Never used anything like C cleaner. I still believe in if it's not broken, don't fix it.
Yeah, dead on.
Indeed if it ain't broke don't fix it. Which is why I still use XP for some things.
@@FlyboyHelosim Exactly!! I have 2 desktops (upgraded to win10) 3 older laptops 1 wit 10 one with 8 and one with XP I use the XP to sometimes test out a suspicious program before adding to my desktop. I do have Norton on it bur unfortunately Nortom will stop supporting XP soon.
@@shsechas I run XP natively on an older laptop plus as virtual machines on my newer, more powerful ones.
your advice is usually pretty solid, but for myself I always prefer to use an adequately sized fixed size swapfile, to do this I use several perfmon counters to discover this over a period of time I pick the highest determined values and allow an extra 40% headroom for increased memory demands due to future patches or changes in the software or working patterns - I must be doing something right because this machine is over 6 years old (z97/ i7 4790k, ) and I havent had to do a bare metal install in 4 years on it, and its still nippy enough to run 3 1080p screens to play Elite Dangerous in surround on it smoothly despite the pcie m2 'system' drive pinching lanes - and so this means I can pretty much forget about it and not touch it again as in my experience leaving it set to auto will end up with the swapfile in a non contiguous state, with its performance issues - as I use a strict separation of data rule, keeping the OS , Apps & Data & %userprofile% on separate spindles as much as I can or on separate partitions on my laptops (apps that sneak into the Appdata folder are a particular hate of mine) I've never had to use a disk defragmenter or have the need of housekeeping Daemons, services or TSR's running in the background since windows NT 4.0 came out - being an old timer that believes that 'form follows function' should be first I dont like the shiney bells and whistles that annoy and get in the way of everything - for me old habits die hard -
You hit the nail on the head, old habits die hard. That is part of the problem, people still believe its all relevant in 2021
I hate people that install software by going NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, Finish. completely ignoring what's being installed. Also I don't think i really need tweaks with the beast PC I have.
Hi Brian. Are you able to provide any advice on the need for antivirus for IOS mobile phones. Do I need it and what would you recommend?
Good video Brian. I use your How to Clear Temporary Files Automatically in Windows 10 Britec09 and that works fine for Win10 in VirtualBox on top of Ubuntu Mate
I have been using a lot of different tweak, fix, repair, clean programs and the ones that have worked the best have been the 100% free ones that help you do things from the program instead of you doin it manually.
C cleaner was one of them in the beginning but the product was sold to a new owner and the rumour was it got.. eh.. corrupt.
I have been playing around in the registry sins the 90's to get rid of old things from bad uninstallers and of course testing tweaks or turning off things I couldn’t find in windows own gui. But I truly recommend people to NOT fiddle around in the registry if you don’t know what you do!.
I have tested Glary Utilities and it seems pretty harmless, but as always, DON'T over do things as it can remove things that windows put ex empty keys etc in the registry as a solution to prevent programs from writing data into the wrong place in the registry and corrupt things.
Sometimes a spoon is just a spoon laying there until windows needs it. 😉
Finally uncovering the truth...
I never actually followed any of these methods just because I knew they were (and are) ineffective. Cleaners, such as CCleaner or Avast Cleanup Premium just do things that you can also do, but automatically. There's a built-in program in Windows, the Disk Cleaner, which, you guessed it, cleans your disk. So why installing an external program? Also, if you guys didn't know, you don't need any external antivirus anymore. Windows Defender's not how it was in Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8. It just works now; you can test it if you don't believe me. I go pretty often on... let's just say non-trustworthy sites, and download lots of potentially malicious files, but Windows Defender never failed me (of course I try to unzip and run the downloaded files in a Win 10 VM, but even there a message from Win Defender pops up). So STOP following how-to-speed-up-your-pc videos, as they're outdated and useless. Aside from disabling some startup programs or stopping some services, there's not much you can do. That's just how it is.
@TTgamer OP Uhhhh who said it harms your PC? I just said that it's useless. Yeah, maybe if you're not a power user it could be handy, but if you are then there's no point in installing it. You can just do what it does manually.
@TTgamer OP Good answer, but to that I respond that cleaning the registry does not affect your computer speed at all. And yes, you can clean it from all the unused keys and values of uninstalled programs manually pretty easily. As I said, it's up to you. If you want to have some extra programs on you PC then install it but I just prefer having less things possible, especially if they're 3rd-party.
@TTgamer OP This is starting to become interesting! Here's my reply, then:
The fact that you noticed some increase in performance is due to the fact that CCleaner actually does something, of course, I don't doubt that, but I meant that all what it does is easily doable without it. So, of course it increases the speed of your PC, but just because it does automatically what you can do manually. "So isn't it simpler to just let the program do all the work?", you'll ask. Well, yes it is, but the fact that it's third-party is alone one of the main problems with it: you can't exactly know what it does to your PC. Not saying that it's SURELY malicious, or that's malicious at all, of course (it's CCleaner, come on...), but you can't be 100% sure. The other main problem with it is that... it's a program. Another program to add to a presumably infinite list of others you already installed. Isn't it better to have less 3rd-party stuff as possible?
Now for the updates. You said that updates really used to break Windows, and I can't argue on that - just thinking about version 2004 brings back so many bad memories - but you can't do anything about those. You just gotta install 'em, boi. With CCleaner, or any other program of course, the choice is yours, and my choice is not to install it. For me at least, it's not useful at all, for the reasons I gave you. If you don't know how to clean files manually, or you just don't want to do it every time manually, then it's the perfect program for you. Just know that it subtracts space from your hard drive, adds some processes in the background and it's not officially approved by Microsoft. If you have a powerful computer, it won't make any difference. It just adds himself to the list of programs you have.
This discussion is getting really interesting tho, hope to see another reply from you! Peace!
nice update to an old problem
britec9 have a question ,have a toshiba satilite had to replace the hard drive ,now i can only get 32 bit instead of theb64 bit it came with any ideals
I'll use Wise Disk Cleaner portable to clean out cache and run Defraggler every so often.
My biggest problem is when I am told to not listen to others advice but listen to my advice. Live and let live.
Hahahahahahaha! That's a good one. This guy has good points on this video but he is also giving not very good advice. Maybe he should try running his OS on a potato. An Atom z3735 on 2GB of RAM with a 32GB eMMC or an 80GB HDD maybe? That's just an exercise that is perhaps worth trying. IDK. Have fun.
@@peregrinesantos7483 Maybe you shouldn't run an OS that takes 3/4 of your system memory in the first place. Modern desktop operating systems use a lot of RAM. Windows 10 and Ubuntu take 1-1.5 gb of ram idling.
@@LuisCaneSec Thats a good point too. My main system over the past years has been a debian derivative. However, not all people likes that.
Something about this particular atom system I have was that it has a 32 bit uefi. That means I will have to reflash the board to run a 64 bit OS into it. As you might know, they already stopped support for 32 bit OS. The Linux that still do just doesn't have the right drivers and the chance that they and the apps that use them will get updated is remote. That brought me back to windows 32 bit for that system.
Again, my challenge was to try it out for yourself and its a fun exercise even for linux. There are still many possible solutions.
Also, I dont use Ubuntu anymore. Its very much bloated.
@@peregrinesantos7483 On my main systems I run PopOS, which isn't lean but is a pretty smooth experience. For a lean system, I either use Lubuntu or something similar. I've also found that if I install a bare bones Gnome on Ubuntu server, I can keep it under a gig (760mb) at idle.
Hi. I'm not good with PCs so I thought I'd watch this to avoid making any mistakes. 1 problem I've got which I hope you might be able to help with is that, I can no longer drag and drop files from my pc to my phone. Any idea why or how to fix it?👍🏼✌🏼
update your window, might fix that
@@johnnyandrew4515 thanks but it says I have the latest update
Well, I have been working on computers for over 20 years and I can say a good registry cleaner, makes a real difference to the performance of a PC that hasn't been cleaned for a while. People would say to me, my computer is so slow, I can make a cup of coffee faster than it can open a screen. Run a good cleaner like AVG or Avast and wow what a difference. The screen opens immediately, so no, I don't agree with you. However, some cleaners are treacherous and can do more damage than good. But it's like saying no one needs to defragment their drive, HDD, and that is sheer nonsense.
Request: How to run and work in free virtual machines for absolute beginners? Please?
Why not just search for this topic on UA-cam? There's plenty of channels that have covered this already.
Yo tysm when I get on my pc I'm disabling every unnecessary stuff
Great helpful video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Like the Vids Brian ( Thank You ) Paging file is only worth adding from say 2048 on Win 10 if running old machine with 4gb - 6gb of RAM and with HDD ....BUT if Using a SSD ( Variable capacity ) paging files do over work the SSD ( Scrubbing ) for No real reason .... The ratio on Calculation is 1.4 Page file Too RAM Size .. Let Windows Calculate .... Got to say Regarding the Windows 10 Optimize Vid ..You Didn't reply to my reply to about Taskbar Icons Going AWOL after Slapping and WAS it a VM You were Using ??? BUT all in All Great Vids which are Appreciated By Me .... ( Can only Speak for Myself ) Be Safe and Thanks For Great Content Sir
I did answer Noel, its my names rolling up the screen that blocked icons.
Need ~ 4GB or more, virtual memory per card on mining rigs. I have one set to 60GB virtual memory. Most rigs have 6 cards. I think it helps the DAG file too.
Yeah but I don't see in the title that this is mining related??
@@eol251 Just saying. :)
@@thisoldminer Oh just saying un-related things over here..
I never tweak anything these days
I think some people believe that gain so much from registry performance tweaks. Your notice a lot of these channels doing these videos, never show a before and after.