For anti-virus... the built in windows defender is actually pretty good. just remember to keep it updated. also the task scheduler can run things like the disk cleanup utility on certain intervals, without you having to do anything (and thus you dont have to remember, to do so!) it can be pretty handy, and you can have it do all sorts of things
@@benox1 As a person who develops EXE's which sometimes move files around and such... yes it does, it often detects too much and it has detected every single actually unsafe file I've downloaded
Personally, I recommend the free version of Malwarebytes, plus Windows Defender. Unless you're willfully ignorant with what you install, you should be completely fine.
People don't seem to understand just how powerful power plans are when it comes to battery life. I'm getting 30-40% more battery time after I created my own plan with some really aggressive battery saving options, but will give me the best performance when I'm plugged in. It really goes a long way. EDIT: Make sure you know what you're doing. Do some research before you dive into this. Most options there have no explanation given by windows.
@@CenturyPHirstCorporationIncyep, Windows Defender pretty much takes care of everything McAfee does and much more. Also it’s an inbuilt software, pretty light on system resources, so doesn’t affect your performance at all.
Windows Powertoys for me is the biggest upgrade to the windows experience. Things like fancy zones and always on top is a great feature for productivity work
Awesome! Even if I prefer a clean install myself and always have a usb-stick with w10pro, these tips are always welcome. Every bit of performance gain is good.
That gaming section was actually good. just bought an Asus Vivobook 15 A1504Z and things like compact view, disabling notification, Disabling memory integrity was really helpful for me
What i do when setting up a new laptop is to see if there is an available ICC profile for the built in LCD. This helps in color accuracy and making sure it looks really nice. I use this on old computers and you'd be suprised once the lcd is calibrated its a joy to use and easier on the eyes. Also, I make the swap file a fixed size so it doesn't spend cpu time resizing the swap file.
When I replaced my Dell Inspiron 5559 to a newer HP with ryzen 5 and and redeon the difference in LCD color and contrast is so awful now I'm stuck. And yes mg old Dell has ICC thank you for sharing what it meant. I have no idea that ICC maters in display quality. (saw it setting up and installing printer)
I really would not recommend turning windows sounds off entirely. Sometimes critical things that didn't pop up will still play the windows error sound, or if a device suddenly disconnected and you cant figure out why its not present, the sound will play. The windows sounds play a very important role in the system. If the sounds too obnoxious, just open the audio Volume Mixer and turn down System Sounds a little bit.
This kind of content is great. Thanks, a lot of useful tips here. Some of it is stuff I know but would completely forget since they're set and forget. Really appreciate these tips to optimize things.
I don't use laptops but I watched the video to see what I could optimize on my PC and certainly I like that I can get the previous context menu, thanks a lot.
Bro this is awesome info, I literally just spent the last half an hour watching this video and implementing all of these tips. My laptop is now looking and behaving exactly like I want it to. Thank you! ❤
@@fatlumbehrami230 yo me also dual boot guy 😉 First i tried pop os but it messed up so bad that i couldn't even access bios then after 1 whole day sitting to fix it i finally could access the bios and then i installed windows and Ubuntu and tho i had got my lesson and did it properly this time but one thing that bugs me the most is that Ubuntu is very slow ( snap package manager + the gnome + my old weak i3 didnt go well) . But Ya battery was better for me too
I always love these types of videos. They help me eek out more performance from my laptop. I really need this, because my laptop isn't all that powerful. And I still manage to game on it. And this time core isolation was a new thing for me. Thanks Eber. This video helped.
Thank you for the classic context menu restore. I love the look of the new context menu but I use 7zip for work multiple times a day and those extra clicks to the more options add up.
I'd recommend WizTree over WinDirStat, much faster since it doesn't have parse the whole drive. My C: Drive was 2 seconds with Wiztree vs WinDirStat that took 2 minutes 45 seconds on the same drive.
Nice video and really good tips. I'm actually working on an app that will offer you the possibility to do almost all the things you have said in the video and much more from one place so you don't have to remember all the apps where this settings are found. Maybe you'll take a look at it once it's ready. It will have the same look n feel like Windows 11 native apps.
Last year, I watched the video and it was super helpful. Watching the video and I gotta say, it was super helpful. Especially the "This PC" part is a huge time saver.
That laptop costs $3150 in Australia, and while I love Lenovo laptops and recommend them, you can’t customise the storage on Lenovos site to go up to 2TB of storage or increase the RAM (not in my country anyway)
Having an antivirus is the exact opposite of essential; getting malware on your PC is pretty damn difficult as long as you don't go downloading random crap from sketchy sites, and most AV software is basically a virus itself.
@@davidyang9902 that's why I thought as well, but not so long ago they somehow stole my CC info and used it on sketchy bet website and had to quickly change all my passwords. Now using Bitwarden and installed a Kaspersky anti-virus.
@@callofdookiemaster87131 I'd rather use a all in one online scanner like virus total, the only time I need it is if I'm doing things I shouldn't because I'm not rich and don't plan to make money from the things I wanted. I do get the things if it's for work though.
I love the new edges on the lenovo. Can you also make a video for AMD laptops and how to cicumvent thundferbolt 3 / 4 and use of USB 4 Also please include any backup tool / recovery
Dear hardware canucks, I've seen that you can use some samsung tablets as a second screen for your windows pc and laptop. Could you do a video on which devices actually support his feature and what you can do with it?
You said an antivirus software is essential. I just moved back to windows after 10 years on Mac and in my research everything said windows defender is perfectly fine and not to instal an antivirus software as it’ll mostly just be bloatware and slow your pc down. What are your thoughts?
If you only download from official sites and use an ad blocker with fanboy lists you shouldn't need anything, if you're pirating I'd rather something like virus total and use trusted uploaders as much as possible than have antivirus. Windows defender takes the least resources though but if all you care about is getting the most performance and you're cautious you could get away without one.
disabling from startup alone isn't enough anymore. some ahole companies like google like to add task schedulers to start their apps and background processes. disable them in task scheduler too
About Everything, it is a must for me, but i recommend ticking the following option under Tools>Options>General>Results>Hide Results when the search is empty
@@mikhailkirton8072 plugged in i want it to use all the juice, why care when its straight from the wall, but gaming laptops are legendary for their battery life even with 99.99wh
@@bradhaines3142 because it creates more heat, you can leave it at 99% which only limits the CPU, you can control the GPU with other software like afterburner. I'm using an MSI laptop, so I use MSI dragon centre and afterburner with an overclock and custom fan curve.
@@bradhaines3142 Plus the performance didn't drop by a lot, was getting about 124fps in beamng, getting around 98. But the temps dropped by a whole 20°C.
@@mikhailkirton8072 i have no interest in gutting 30% of my performance for temps at this point. ive done everything i reasonably can for temps, i didnt buy the performance i did so i can use less of it.
As a SysAdmin in the device management space, every single one of my personal PCs gets setup with Autopilot. If I get a new PC, I boot it, enroll it in Intune, then reset it. Then I log in with AAD creds and let it set itself up. All my apps, configs, etc. All hands off. Pretty much everything shown here is automated. Also: Centered taskbar is objectively better.
You'd think the "Xbox Game Mode" would automatically launch when gaming and disable those security features, then disable/revert upon not playing a game.
I would not recommend turning off sounds and notifications altogether. Just disable individual apps notifications that annoy you. You might miss some critical notifications, like, what's the point for recommending a third-party antivirus but blocking all the notifications, you won't get any warning about potential risky/harmful apps can you?
You got everything detailed and explained for the most part but it would have been nice if you have mentioned and shown the Ninite app/browser search and install so all the applications you mentioned in the video can be downloaded at the same time rather than searching for all applications one at a time on the internet browser.
For the love of god, please tell me how to wrest control of my laptop from Microsoft's OneDrive! I was saving my documents to my Documents folder and tons of pictures to my Pictures folder. Then I started getting messages that my OneDrive is full and I have buy more space! What? Turns out that this computer links Documents to OneDrive/Document and puts stuff on line! It doesn't even show you this in the path at the top of Windows Explorer. Super freaking frustrating!
disable sounds?! wtf also, i thought this was about optimizing for MAXIMUM performance, not personalizing windows to your liking... change taskbar position, disable notifications, use old context menu - none of those are "performance" related, they're just personalization and preference.
One of the graphic designers at my work said they were getting error in after effects because I installed the studio drivers. So I replaced the studio drivers wit the gaming drivers and the error went away.
Hello. Very useful tips and tricks. One question though. I have the lenovo IP5 pro. Every time I open the lid of my laptop, it boots up. Without pressing the power button. How can I disable that? I searched everywhere and I can't find this option. Thank you in advance. Greetings from Athens, Greece. 🙂
Hi , I just wanted to precise , I found a lighter and faster alternative to Windirstat, it is called Wiztree , he's much faster for analyse big disks :D For the media player i suggest VLC , it also reads all formats and is also light for good performance. Also as an addition to Malwarebytes I suggest Adwcleaner who gets rid of adware (it's been sold to the creators of Malwarebytes).
Is there a way for the taskbar windows to not combine?.. like in windows 10, I have ultra wide screen, I like to see the label names when I click on it...
Some i felt was useless. 1) the right click option one i know we like the layout of windows 10 but we also have to embrace new xhanges and new chnages are not that bad. According to me. 2) turining animation nakes sense but animation isbalsobpart of a n experience. If you wnated lo ger battery life there are slim option too ( my option) 3) Turning windows spunds off. I know windows sound is annoying but it help people know that the device is running properly and if a error occured.
Knew some of these already but still it’s useful to find all these tips in one place. Really helpful for beginners and elders.
Yy
We all knew some of these already, it's the ones we don't know that matter
@@sateIIitepilotexactly!
And the ones we know don't necessarily mean that other people would also know already.
For anti-virus... the built in windows defender is actually pretty good.
just remember to keep it updated.
also the task scheduler can run things like the disk cleanup utility on certain intervals, without you having to do anything (and thus you dont have to remember, to do so!)
it can be pretty handy, and you can have it do all sorts of things
Windows Defender + F-Secure SAFE is a top tier antivirus combo👍🏻 Top tier Finnish quality antivirus software👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
no, its trash. it doesnt detect anything
@@benox1 As a person who develops EXE's which sometimes move files around and such... yes it does, it often detects too much and it has detected every single actually unsafe file I've downloaded
@@AL3X1KUSKaspersky or Bitdefender without Windows Defender is enough
Personally, I recommend the free version of Malwarebytes, plus Windows Defender. Unless you're willfully ignorant with what you install, you should be completely fine.
People don't seem to understand just how powerful power plans are when it comes to battery life. I'm getting 30-40% more battery time after I created my own plan with some really aggressive battery saving options, but will give me the best performance when I'm plugged in. It really goes a long way.
EDIT: Make sure you know what you're doing. Do some research before you dive into this. Most options there have no explanation given by windows.
could u make a google docs file just for us to copy that?
How did u do it?
Just hold shift before pressing right click... Boom you have classic context menu. I use it all the time and never felt any complaint.
🙏👍🙏
It’s not the classic menu but the “show more options” alternate/secondary menu
If it includes McAfee, then the Slim X Pro is no where near "clean" of bloatware lol
My laptop have mc afee. should I uninstall it? Is the windows defender alone is safe?
@@CenturyPHirstCorporationIncyep, Windows Defender pretty much takes care of everything McAfee does and much more. Also it’s an inbuilt software, pretty light on system resources, so doesn’t affect your performance at all.
Definitely should do these annually they're super helpful
Thanks for Classic Context Menu !
Windows Powertoys for me is the biggest upgrade to the windows experience. Things like fancy zones and always on top is a great feature for productivity work
I prefer my KDE Neon desktop
the search tool is also awesome
@@watynecc3309 lol, loved that.
@@knack6157 6.0 is gonna be great I just love how nice the Linux community is improving
@@mariosk.5173 Klmknkk
Awesome! Thanks Eber & Hardware Canucks :)
+9000 for Windirstat! Honestly I am horrible with organization in general so it is definitely a huge help.
WizTree is much faster, and has a better UI
@@pedrobravo322 +1 for wiztree, I used Windirstat without knowing about wiztree for a year… I want my year worth of sluggishness back
Disabling the quick access panel is a lifesaver for me. I needed it for the culture.
Man this was incredibly helpful even for cleaning up my desktop, thanks man
Awesome! Even if I prefer a clean install myself and always have a usb-stick with w10pro, these tips are always welcome. Every bit of performance gain is good.
That gaming section was actually good. just bought an Asus Vivobook 15 A1504Z and things like compact view, disabling notification, Disabling memory integrity was really helpful for me
What i do when setting up a new laptop is to see if there is an available ICC profile for the built in LCD. This helps in color accuracy and making sure it looks really nice. I use this on old computers and you'd be suprised once the lcd is calibrated its a joy to use and easier on the eyes.
Also, I make the swap file a fixed size so it doesn't spend cpu time resizing the swap file.
how do i calibrate the LCD?
When I replaced my Dell Inspiron 5559 to a newer HP with ryzen 5 and and redeon the difference in LCD color and contrast is so awful now I'm stuck. And yes mg old Dell has ICC thank you for sharing what it meant. I have no idea that ICC maters in display quality. (saw it setting up and installing printer)
@@aa19nn Lynx Tom Cat solved the riddle of ICC profile in display.
I really would not recommend turning windows sounds off entirely. Sometimes critical things that didn't pop up will still play the windows error sound, or if a device suddenly disconnected and you cant figure out why its not present, the sound will play. The windows sounds play a very important role in the system.
If the sounds too obnoxious, just open the audio Volume Mixer and turn down System Sounds a little bit.
Turning down system sounds is exactly what I do.
This kind of content is great. Thanks, a lot of useful tips here. Some of it is stuff I know but would completely forget since they're set and forget. Really appreciate these tips to optimize things.
I don't use laptops but I watched the video to see what I could optimize on my PC and certainly I like that I can get the previous context menu, thanks a lot.
I tried it on my windows 11 but menu is still the sa,e with (other options) I don't see any advantage with that new menu.
Bro this is awesome info, I literally just spent the last half an hour watching this video and implementing all of these tips. My laptop is now looking and behaving exactly like I want it to. Thank you! ❤
Step 1. Uninstall Windows
yep, no Windows on my Legion
@@techster1689 exactly
@@fatlumbehrami230 yo me also dual boot guy 😉
First i tried pop os but it messed up so bad that i couldn't even access bios then after 1 whole day sitting to fix it i finally could access the bios and then i installed windows and Ubuntu and tho i had got my lesson and did it properly this time but one thing that bugs me the most is that Ubuntu is very slow ( snap package manager + the gnome + my old weak i3 didnt go well) . But Ya battery was better for me too
@@AyaWetts what did you install instead for gaming? (If you have a legion you are probably a gamer)
@@jjcoolaus I've run a few different Linux distros on this one... currently have been running Fedora for a long time now, and it runs great.
Always love these type of optimizing videos. 💛
I always love these types of videos. They help me eek out more performance from my laptop. I really need this, because my laptop isn't all that powerful. And I still manage to game on it.
And this time core isolation was a new thing for me.
Thanks Eber. This video helped.
What are ur laptop specs and what games are u able to play on it?
Thank you for the classic context menu restore. I love the look of the new context menu but I use 7zip for work multiple times a day and those extra clicks to the more options add up.
Such a handy video, for both desktop and laptops!
Eber you are a Godsend!! I hope you guys were compensated for advertising those software apps
Thanks Eber. Everything is pretty useful.
The "Windows 11 Setup" part literally is just a preference.
I'd recommend WizTree over WinDirStat, much faster since it doesn't have parse the whole drive. My C: Drive was 2 seconds with Wiztree vs WinDirStat that took 2 minutes 45 seconds on the same drive.
Nice video and really good tips. I'm actually working on an app that will offer you the possibility to do almost all the things you have said in the video and much more from one place so you don't have to remember all the apps where this settings are found. Maybe you'll take a look at it once it's ready. It will have the same look n feel like Windows 11 native apps.
Good luck
All the best in your endeavor. Reply to this message when you are done so we can also try it
Nice
Awesome
@@bogdan.p Thanks, I'm downloading it now
Probably the best video I’ve watched considering every other one is a copy of the previous ones
Eber telling us the real important things in life....good stuff man.
Yeah man, that was so satisfying to see the right click menu is back
I especially liked the "No Sound" option. Forgot to mention ShutUp10++.
Found the Windows hater who uses MacOS.
Thank You from Sweden. 🖖
Lovely advert for Lenovo 🎉
thanks for showing how to restore the context menu.
A truly awesome video, all of this advices are spot on :) goes straight to my favourites!
Thanks!
You gave him money and he hasn’t even liked your comment 😑
Thanks for the tips, used ones and it make a lot of diferrence for me! Thank you!
Thats some good quality video .Great job.
Oh bloody awesome video! Ebor is a legend
Everything is the most practical tool ive ever used, especially compared to absolutely garbage windows search
4:22 YOU LEGEND!
Last year, I watched the video and it was super helpful. Watching the video and I gotta say, it was super helpful. Especially the "This PC" part is a huge time saver.
Please make a video on best apps to have on your new laptop.
Great video man , and yes, we want more tips like this
Maximium Performacium 🤘
thanks bro good information well delivered!!!!!!
These are very useful, especially for those of us who are just starting the usually costly and involving tech journey. Thanks!
nice tips bro, thanks!
really good video mate
That laptop costs $3150 in Australia, and while I love Lenovo laptops and recommend them, you can’t customise the storage on Lenovos site to go up to 2TB of storage or increase the RAM (not in my country anyway)
I applied most of them
Thank You
Having an antivirus is the exact opposite of essential; getting malware on your PC is pretty damn difficult as long as you don't go downloading random crap from sketchy sites, and most AV software is basically a virus itself.
and windows built-in anti virus already good enough for most users
@@davidyang9902 yeah windows defender is actually a very useful and efficient program. does a very good job.
@@davidyang9902 that's why I thought as well, but not so long ago they somehow stole my CC info and used it on sketchy bet website and had to quickly change all my passwords. Now using Bitwarden and installed a Kaspersky anti-virus.
Agreed, I haven't used a third party anti virus since 2016
@@callofdookiemaster87131 I'd rather use a all in one online scanner like virus total, the only time I need it is if I'm doing things I shouldn't because I'm not rich and don't plan to make money from the things I wanted. I do get the things if it's for work though.
Got a new laptop and the video was helpful.
Keep it up
This was very useful!
I love the new edges on the lenovo.
Can you also make a video for AMD laptops and how to cicumvent thundferbolt 3 / 4 and use of USB 4
Also please include any backup tool / recovery
Dear hardware canucks, I've seen that you can use some samsung tablets as a second screen for your windows pc and laptop. Could you do a video on which devices actually support his feature and what you can do with it?
Wow, opening file explorer and seeing this PC is a lifesaver :)
You said an antivirus software is essential. I just moved back to windows after 10 years on Mac and in my research everything said windows defender is perfectly fine and not to instal an antivirus software as it’ll mostly just be bloatware and slow your pc down. What are your thoughts?
You are absolutely right. Defender has 4.5/5 stars in malware detection.
Antivirus= Bloat
win defender is already sucking up kike 200mb of memory
If you only download from official sites and use an ad blocker with fanboy lists you shouldn't need anything, if you're pirating I'd rather something like virus total and use trusted uploaders as much as possible than have antivirus. Windows defender takes the least resources though but if all you care about is getting the most performance and you're cautious you could get away without one.
Good vid, would have been nice to at least mention afterburner, xtu, and amd apu tuning utility
disabling from startup alone isn't enough anymore. some ahole companies like google like to add task schedulers to start their apps and background processes. disable them in task scheduler too
About Everything, it is a must for me, but i recommend ticking the following option under Tools>Options>General>Results>Hide Results when the search is empty
Video Quality man 🫶🫶🏻
windows power management is your friend. i capped my 8750H at 1ghz in battery, it browses great and saves over an hour of battery life with just that
Facts love that, but in most cases you could just put the max performance @ 99% plugged in or on battery. It won't go above the base clock speed.
@@mikhailkirton8072 plugged in i want it to use all the juice, why care when its straight from the wall, but gaming laptops are legendary for their battery life even with 99.99wh
@@bradhaines3142 because it creates more heat, you can leave it at 99% which only limits the CPU, you can control the GPU with other software like afterburner. I'm using an MSI laptop, so I use MSI dragon centre and afterburner with an overclock and custom fan curve.
@@bradhaines3142 Plus the performance didn't drop by a lot, was getting about 124fps in beamng, getting around 98. But the temps dropped by a whole 20°C.
@@mikhailkirton8072 i have no interest in gutting 30% of my performance for temps at this point. ive done everything i reasonably can for temps, i didnt buy the performance i did so i can use less of it.
In File Explorer I always change the "Type" column for "File Extension" column, makes it easier to sort by extension. i.e.: exe vs "Application"
JAF thank you for sharing. Wow is amazing!
As a SysAdmin in the device management space, every single one of my personal PCs gets setup with Autopilot. If I get a new PC, I boot it, enroll it in Intune, then reset it. Then I log in with AAD creds and let it set itself up. All my apps, configs, etc. All hands off. Pretty much everything shown here is automated.
Also: Centered taskbar is objectively better.
found it very useful 👍👍
thnx man this tips helped
I really like opening to
"This PC."
Thanks a lot !
You'd think the "Xbox Game Mode" would automatically launch when gaming and disable those security features, then disable/revert upon not playing a game.
I would not recommend turning off sounds and notifications altogether. Just disable individual apps notifications that annoy you. You might miss some critical notifications, like, what's the point for recommending a third-party antivirus but blocking all the notifications, you won't get any warning about potential risky/harmful apps can you?
Superb 😊
A lot of these tips can be applied to lower end PCs as well 🤓
A guy that’s not smart also knows that
Thanks, this is helpful!
Excellent content
How do I ungroup windows in the taskbar for Win11?
great video
You got everything detailed and explained for the most part but it would have been nice if you have mentioned and shown the Ninite app/browser search and install so all the applications you mentioned in the video can be downloaded at the same time rather than searching for all applications one at a time on the internet browser.
For the love of god, please tell me how to wrest control of my laptop from Microsoft's OneDrive! I was saving my documents to my Documents folder and tons of pictures to my Pictures folder. Then I started getting messages that my OneDrive is full and I have buy more space! What? Turns out that this computer links Documents to OneDrive/Document and puts stuff on line! It doesn't even show you this in the path at the top of Windows Explorer. Super freaking frustrating!
Does disabling memory integrity improve video editing performance as well?
+100 points ... im upgrading to windows 11 now
oops i forgot i have a 4th gen cpu lol
12:50 using this for a very long time.
disable sounds?! wtf
also, i thought this was about optimizing for MAXIMUM performance, not personalizing windows to your liking...
change taskbar position, disable notifications, use old context menu - none of those are "performance" related, they're just personalization and preference.
Everything App is God , can't get enough of it
Hi! May I ask why you use Media Player Classic over VLC?
Yeah, the website clearly says to use something else since it is not in active development.
What are the performance differences between Nvidia gaming and studio drivers, for those of us who work and play on the same machines?
One of the graphic designers at my work said they were getting error in after effects because I installed the studio drivers. So I replaced the studio drivers wit the gaming drivers and the error went away.
I've also heard about gaming drivers being better for studio apps too, errors and glitches with the proper driver, it makes no sense.
@@Realism91 down load both drivers and swap back and forth no problems
Awesome video man it really helped me especially that quick access one 👌🏻🤝🏻🤩
For a better video player use mpv.
Hello. Very useful tips and tricks. One question though. I have the lenovo IP5 pro. Every time I open the lid of my laptop, it boots up. Without pressing the power button. How can I disable that? I searched everywhere and I can't find this option. Thank you in advance. Greetings from Athens, Greece. 🙂
Check the power botton setting. Your laptop might just be hibernating when you shut down.
You're the best
Hi , I just wanted to precise , I found a lighter and faster alternative to Windirstat, it is called Wiztree , he's much faster for analyse big disks :D
For the media player i suggest VLC , it also reads all formats and is also light for good performance. Also as an addition to Malwarebytes I suggest Adwcleaner who gets rid of adware (it's been sold to the creators of Malwarebytes).
Is there a way for the taskbar windows to not combine?.. like in windows 10, I have ultra wide screen, I like to see the label names when I click on it...
Is your main laptop a MacBook pro/air or a windows?
You don't need to discharge your battery, just keep it closer to ~55%
Some i felt was useless.
1) the right click option one i know we like the layout of windows 10 but we also have to embrace new xhanges and new chnages are not that bad. According to me.
2) turining animation nakes sense but animation isbalsobpart of a n experience. If you wnated lo ger battery life there are slim option too ( my option)
3) Turning windows spunds off. I know windows sound is annoying but it help people know that the device is running properly and if a error occured.
Loved it
4:20 Not working for me... Says Operation completed successfully but does not do anything.
Thank you