It's funny how you went from trolling type tech videos to actual tech videos.. I remember watching you as a kid and actually tried downloading more ram
@@bedrockcoder5169 Even though average home users usually don’t care about legal stuff, businesses have to if they want to be on the legal side of things or at least keep that reputation. A company will find a license for all the software their employees use. In this case, of course, not all companies play by the book but a great number of them buy licenses in order to avoid potential lawsuits or prosecution. Companies who do this are the greatest source of revenue for WINRAR.
With VLC never getting it's skins fixed (they have been buggy for a decade), PotPlayer looks so much nicer if you want dark themes. And PotPlayer does handle files a little better too.
MPC-HC is not deprecated, along with mpv its one of the best thanks to plugins like madvr, xysub filters and lav filters. MPC-HC last release was on 08 Jul 2022
I don't know if you ever covered it, but one thing I've been finding increasingly essential for helping out other people is Quick Assist. It's built into Windows 10 and it's so freaking easy when someone calls and says "I need your help. My computer's not working right." I start up Quick Assist and log into my MS account, and I just tell them: "Click Start, type 'Quick', and choose Quick Assist from the listing." They type in the 6-digit code I give them (they don't need to log into an account or anything) and I can connect to them, see what they're doing, take control (with their permission), and fix their problem or help them out. The best part is that you don't have to guide them through downloading or running software from one of the other remote-control services. Those are great when you want to regularly connect to certain computers, but when a family member or friend calls with a problem for the first time, you can have them running Quick Assist within a minute and be connected to them and helping.
if this still works it might be a life saver for me. I use chrome remote and while it works properly my FiL keeps deleting it somehow, and due to his mental decline it takes 2 to 3 hours....just to reinstall that, once im in, i can usually fix his computer in minutes. so if QA lives and works, I'm all over it. thx for posting
@@shadow-wulf It's still part of Windows (it's an app). There was an update though and the last time I tried to have someone run it, they needed to update it (I had to walk them through that process, it was done through the Windows Store). But it still works like I said. It's VERY useful.
Regarding cloud storage. I believe many users have (irks me to no end) Microsoft Office 'the rental'! As those who use this are aware, it comes with 1Tb+ free storage. Makes the 'rental' a bit more bearable. Office costs $69 annually that's a lot cheaper than your Dropbox @ $10 a month.
Terrible, non-sensical, unfunny, over-used meme. Just repeating stuff from children and people who can't speak english? Tell me, where is the joke here?
Cool tip, if u press 'D' inside media player classic u can download subtitles directly from the player, if the subtitles u need aren't there, they probably don't exist xD
My personal additions to this list would be Classic Shell/Open Shell and Winaero Tweaker. Classic Shell's main feature is the Classic Start Menu, which I like because it's very customizable and works great. Winaero Tweaker lets you change a lot of useful Windows settings that would otherwise require a registry edit or some other complicated way to access. The very first programs I'll install on a new Windows installation are the two I mentioned above, 7-Zip, and Firefox.
It may be because Onedrive's free service only allows 5G now, which isn't anywhere near large enough for any decent backups. A DVD-R can hold about that much.
I find Dropbox to be snappier, onedrive seems to be using a more cpu heavy compression algorithm, which when you want every drop of performance, isn't ideal,
@@syth-1 ok that's actually a valid point for some people. My pc is fast enough that I don't really care about that, but if yours runs better without onedrive then yeah, use Dropbox
Good list as usual - I use or am familiar with about 90% of them. One thing about your security section though - I advocate a tiered security approach, which most computer security experts suggest. Relying on only one anti-virus program is not enough in my view, even a single paid option. You should recommend additional programs such as MalwareBytes to supplement your machines.
You forgot Microsoft Teams for professional use! For unprofessional use Discord is the obvious choice, but we started using Teams in the Marine Corps and it's great!
I would like to add: Foldersize: a simple program to see which files take up more space quickly EqualizerAPO: an extremely versatile and lightweight audio driver? Effects, equalization, noise reduction and infinitely expandable with plug-ins for your speakers and microphone
@@adminadmin8992 Also WTF are you talking about an OS by f.lux, they don't own any OS. And f.lux programmers don't make any Hardware so they are no manufacturers you idiot. Buy a brain first, then talk.
@@Secondarian To symplify for you. F.lux is independent company from Microsoft, Google. Because F.lux is so popular Microsoft implemented blie filter in Windows, Google implemented night mode in Android. Both implementations are weaker than F.lux program.
As for Media Players, MPC-HC is no longer supported. It's successor is MPC-BE and should be gotten instead. It has built in codecs that MPC-HC does not have internally.
I think Tixati is the "new best option" even though it's not new. I like Windows' built in "night light" better because I can set my own sun up and sun down times, and it doesn't smooth the transition. I want to be hit by that red like a firetruck. I was installing ShutUp10 before the video was done playing.
Utility category: Total Commander Two pane file utility that can integrate with 7zip and WinRAR for compression / extraction (can even open. MSI, .cab, .iso, etc files. Has built in ftp, bulk rename (can use Reyes to do amazingly complex renames). This is the first program I install when I build a PC, on my work PC, and I carry it on a thumb drive to use on other machines I work on. Multimedia: Irfanview Incredible image viewer, editor, resizer, renamer, plays music through integration, plays video through integration... This is hands down one of the greatest multimedia programs ever. I even used it at a company I worked for to operate as a digital sign board driver through irfanview's ability to use command line input to do a slide show presentation. (NOTE: free for personal use, the company has to pay a very small license fee to use commercially.)
Missed a few essentials that are free and you'll never know when you'll need, but have a high learning curve ;-; - blender - davinci resolve - visual studio code
Snip and Sketch is also very good program. You can activate it by clicking: Right Click on Windows Taskbar and then tick, click Show Windows Ink Workspace button and then the small pencil button icon and then click Fullscreen Snip, or by search in Windows Programs.
Functions allready implemented in Windows 10 make the programs bellow unnecesary: - 2:06 Backblaze, Dropbox (just use OneDrive); 3:28 f.lux (inbuild "Night lights" setting); 7:50 - ShareX (just press Win+Shift+S and share via OneDrive). 😏
Instead of Steam, I would recommend GOG Galaxy. It groups all of your gaming clients in one place, having support for many of them, like Steam, Epic Games, Uplay, Origin and so on.
Hope it's not anything private you store on there. You always pay, with Google, you pay with your personal and private information. That agreement you clicked on to use it probably gives them full access to whatever is stored on there.
Difference between flux and windows 10's built in night mode? By the way, I couldn't get used to night mode, the shift in tint really makes drawing stuff and enjoying gaming hard. It wasn't an issue for reading texts though.
@@arnavodkaa Not the case with many games even in exclusive fullscreen mode. Games like warface, fifa 18 doesn't switch night mode off. It does switch off for some games.
I use Google backup and sync to Google drive as my backup software, and I have over 40gb of photos and videos and I'm still using the free version because you can select an option called "high quality" and it compresses your photos and videos, however, I haven't really noticed any reduction in quality, so I really recommend it to anyone who wants to backup their stuff for free. Also windows has a built in blue light filter in the display settings.
0:42 Check, and Check. I use VLC for everything, and MPC when I wanna watch something quickly. 1:24 Check. I have a lot of files associated with it, including .rb, .ini, among others. 2:02 Ehhh...not a fan. 3:02 I don't recall this one...don't have that kind of money to just throw around either. 3:40 Yeah. I believe it's exclusive to Windows 10. 4:20 Yeah; I dumped uTorrent a while ago. Good riddance, really. 4:42 Check, and Check. Both are useful. 5:30 Well, yeah, I'm on your Discord (I asked if you knew about Iridium for RUclips). 6:00 Check. I have a lot of software and games through Steam. 6:30 If I had a more powerful computer I'd consider it. 7:16 When I do upgrade to a better computer and to Windows 10, I'll DEFINITELY GRAB THIS. 7:50 Is this Windows 10 exclusive? 9:40 Brave doesn't run for me, at least, it just runs super laggy... I'm not an expert, just decently experienced. I'm not quite sure what qualifies as being an expert though...
TreeSizeFree and voidtools Everything for searching files and keeping up to disk usage. MediaMonkey for keeping my non-streaming self in touch with my music. Vivaldi for web browsing, Firefox for RUclips. XnView for quick color manipulation, cropping and general enhancement/adjusting of pictures. HWMonitor for checking temps and such. K-Lite Codec Pack and MPC-HC for videos. To name a few must haves.
I use everything you've mentioned except for MPC (I use VLC), Backblaze (I use FreeFileSync), WinRAR (I use 7-Zip), and ShareX. I also use Classic Shell to get the old-school Windows Start Menu back.
@@Secondarian You're kidding right 🤔 potplayer has an easy to use interface, pretty lightweight too I've used a lot of players, km player used to be my favourite back in the days! But Pot player has replaced its place
I don't watch videos on my computer (other than RUclips) so that doesn't bother me. But I do play audio files (wav or CD). What I like most about VLC is the built-in graphic equaliser.
Great list Thio, replaced some on your list a while ago, but cool video, I am not a computer expert so I might got some crap stuff :( Might as well as share it: 1 - Pot Player (light years ahead of MPC and VLC) 2 - Sublime Text, along with OnlyOffice (ditched Notepad++ and MS Office) 3 - Jottacloud (free 5 GB, Unlimited €7.50/month) 4 - F.lux (no change) 5 - Qbitorrent (no change) 6 - Winrar (no change, nothing against 7Zip, personal choice) 7 - Discord (no change, great to replace FB messenger) 8 - Steam (no change) 9 - Debut by NCH for screen recording, OBS for streaming 10 - Gyazo (your recommendation looked a bit bloated, to be honest) 11 - Comodo antivirus & firewall personal edition 12 - Opera GX browser 13 - MusicBee (music player and library, bye WMP) 14 - ImageGlass (to replace the awful Win10 photo viewer) 15 - Wondershare AllMyTube (to piss off RUclips, nice downloader and converter) 16 - Mixxx (DJ & Playlist Software) 17 - Format Factory (converts anything to everything)
@Steven Cromwell do it on the go. Cryptomator is the best thing I've come across. Works wonderfully both on desktop and mobile and it works with every cloud provider.
@@drumpf4all I'm glad you found it useful. The Android app is not free but it is really good and we only need to pay it once. I can't believe I gave all those companies access to my unencrypted personal files. It was so normal and now it seems so crazy haha
Just ignore the shilling of cloud services, both by thio and everyone else who promotes them. They're all terrible and you'd be better off in every way using external offline storage.
@@AIexandre i=1 is always true. Plus i cycles between 1 and 2, resulting in an infinite loop. Try it out and see how fun it is to lock up your program due to an infinite loop.
I am surprised you didn't mention Vivaldi as one of the better browsers. I have been using it since forever now after trying Chrome, Fox and Brave. I just love finding new features in Vivaldi randomly. I'd prefer to stay away from actual Chrome browser though.
@@estebanod So what's not mid according to you? Always whenever wherever you do, leave constructive criticism. It's a good trait to have 👍 You don't like something, then let them know what better alternative you have and what makes it better. Cuz just saying ahh this is bad doesn't do anyone any good and is like spreading negativity for the sake of it. 🌞 The intention of a negative remark is never clear. Are they saying it cuz maybe they are getting paid to do so, without any real reason? Who knows...
I for one love having different backgrounds, specially since it also changes accent colors, so I suggest - Dynamic themes for spotlight and Bing pictures -and John's background switcher, the best program I never knew of until recently.
Dude, you lost me with Dropbox! XD It used to be great back in its day but that was mainly because of a lack of alternatives. Dropbox free is limited to 2GB (Microsoft OneDrive offers 5GB and Google Drive offers 15GB) but you neglected to mention that as of March 2019 it has a 3-device limit as well (which is not the case with other services).
TJ - I almost lost my PC last night. I know it was due to I THINK..Was ShutUP10, when I installed and ran it, I bombed - the first time, I should have stopped there - also, it downloaded itself onto my PC without me getting a notification. That's only happened ONE time (Segurazo - finally got rid of that crap software) - Anyway. I thought I'd let you know MY experience. I was able to recover from the windows menu - I was really close to doing a total recovery, it just ran so slow when it first started up after it crashed. I've been watching your channel, and I know you know what you are doing - that's why I am giving you this feedback. I've checked everything (anti-virus scans - CMD scrips (SFC/SCANNOW - CHKDSK /f C: - and DSIM.exe). Checked my Hardware through the HP diagnostic tools. All seems fine now.
O&O shutup 10 corrupted my PC when i installed Valorant. i got stuck at "choose your keyboard layout" i couldn't use any restore point. my only option was to format my PC. be aware
@@angrynerd2103 External or portable hard drives are not that expensive. I'm from latin america and they are expensive in this third world shithole, but in north America and Europe, they're cheap. And even if you don't like that option, then you have cloud backup, also better in north America and Europe, you have way faster internet connections than here. So we all have options, just need to dedicate time to set up our backup. Regards.
If you have Windows 10 and reading this, can I suggest a few alternatives to some of this programs? Instead of Dropbox, Windows 10 has OneDrive integrated on the system, and the free tier is 5GB instead of 2GB. Instead of f.lux, Windows 10 has also a Night Light integrated on the system, on Settings > System > Display. In the Chromium browsers section, please, download and test the new Edge browser, is sooooooo faster and lighter compared with Chrome. Firefox is really good too.
I have ALL of these except backblaze and dropbox. I use Google Drive tho, and I have a few HDDs for backup. I'd also recommend Audacity for basic audio editing and FreeFileSync. Another for productivity I'd highly recommend for mass renaming files is Better File Rename. Epic, GOG and others sometimes give away free games, so keep them all in mind (as well as humble bundle) For antivirus, I use VirusTotal (it uses many AVs) alongside Windows Defender and Malwarebytes. ZoneAlarm has a pretty good firewall which is extremely customizable in comparison to Windows Firewall.
if you are just screen recording games, xbox game bar is a really good option! all you have to do is press win+g while in a game and it will appear. just go to capture section and press start record! as a bonus they also show your cpu usage and fps etc.
I need a hex editor, a compare utility, and a disk prober... I tend to work with close to the metal... so Ultra-Edit, Beyond Compare, and WinHex are where I live.
1:01 How to fix it? Go to nvidia control panel>video>adjust video color settings>press With the nvidia settings>advanced>Full (0-255). And thank me later. And sorry AMD users, if you how to fix on AMD control panel, tell me, i'll add it on this comment.
![Blox Fruits Dragon Rework Update [Full Stream]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EqDAp8udhm0/mqdefault.jpg)
![25 FREE PC Programs Every Gamer Should Have [2021]](/img/1.gif)
Even I don't know what's going on in the thumbnail tbh
lmao
It's funny how you went from trolling type tech videos to actual tech videos.. I remember watching you as a kid and actually tried downloading more ram
ok
uhh the video is from 4 minutes ago but it says this comment is from 14 hours ago...?
nice
0:40 VLC + MPC (Media Players)
1:22 Notepad++ (Better Notepad)
2:00 DropBox (File Sharing Service)
2:50 BackBlaze (Backup Service)
3:25 f.lux (Screen Warmer)
4:02 qBittorrent (Torrent)
4:40 WinRAR / 7Zip (Archive Programs)
5:24 Discord (Social Media For Gamers)
5:58 Steam (Gaming Platform)
6:25 OBS (Livestreaming + Recording)
7:10 ShutUp10 (Lets You Change Windows 10's Annoying Features)
7:50 ShareX (Screenshots + Other Stuff)
8:50 Windows Defender (Default Windows 10 Antivirus)
9:10 AV-Test (Find Best Antivirus)
9:30 Chromium Browser or Mozilla Firefox (Web Browsers)
you just saved me 10 min thx bro
A real safe browser would be a better choice, together with a good VPN service.
0:37 media player classic (video player)
1:20 notepad plus plus (notepad, texteditor, codeeditor)
4:36 7zip
6:24 Obs(screen recorder)
Thank you
7zip? U mean winrar
ShadowWolfPlayZ you can use winrar but i use 7zip. Both have there pro and cons
@@indian_crocodile 7zip es better my friend :)
Santiago how lol
You were already legend but after paying for WinRAR you have become legend among legends
What does paying for WinRAR even do?
Bedrock Coder they get money
@@bedrockcoder5169 Even though average home users usually don’t care about legal stuff, businesses have to if they want to be on the legal side of things or at least keep that reputation. A company will find a license for all the software their employees use. In this case, of course, not all companies play by the book but a great number of them buy licenses in order to avoid potential lawsuits or prosecution. Companies who do this are the greatest source of revenue for WINRAR.
@@bedrockcoder5169 it lets you join r/PaidForWinRAR
@@bedrockcoder5169 Gets rid of the nag popup to buy it.
I keep unsubscribing when this dude makes troll videos and resubscribing when actually useful videos drop lol
0:35 - Media players - VLC, MPC-HC (VLC is mediocre, MPC-HC is deprecated, I would suggest PotPlayer)
1:13 - Productivity - Notepad++
1:58 - File storage - Dropbox, Backblaze
3:27 - Miscellaniuos - f.lux
4:04 - File sharing - qBittorrent
4:37 - File compression - 7-zip, WinRar
5:22 - Gaming - Discord, Steam, OBS
7:13 - Utilities - O&O ShutUp10, ShareX
8:41 - Antivirus - Windows Defender
9:25 - Web browser - Chromium based browsers, Firefox
but no b*tc.... oh sry links
With VLC never getting it's skins fixed (they have been buggy for a decade), PotPlayer looks so much nicer if you want dark themes. And PotPlayer does handle files a little better too.
MPC-HC is not deprecated, along with mpv its one of the best thanks to plugins like madvr, xysub filters and lav filters.
MPC-HC last release was on 08 Jul 2022
I don't know if you ever covered it, but one thing I've been finding increasingly essential for helping out other people is Quick Assist. It's built into Windows 10 and it's so freaking easy when someone calls and says "I need your help. My computer's not working right." I start up Quick Assist and log into my MS account, and I just tell them: "Click Start, type 'Quick', and choose Quick Assist from the listing." They type in the 6-digit code I give them (they don't need to log into an account or anything) and I can connect to them, see what they're doing, take control (with their permission), and fix their problem or help them out. The best part is that you don't have to guide them through downloading or running software from one of the other remote-control services. Those are great when you want to regularly connect to certain computers, but when a family member or friend calls with a problem for the first time, you can have them running Quick Assist within a minute and be connected to them and helping.
if this still works it might be a life saver for me. I use chrome remote and while it works properly my FiL keeps deleting it somehow, and due to his mental decline it takes 2 to 3 hours....just to reinstall that, once im in, i can usually fix his computer in minutes. so if QA lives and works, I'm all over it. thx for posting
@@shadow-wulf It's still part of Windows (it's an app). There was an update though and the last time I tried to have someone run it, they needed to update it (I had to walk them through that process, it was done through the Windows Store). But it still works like I said. It's VERY useful.
Editing Team: What is joe doing in today's thumbnail?
ThioJoe: Yes
A
Goose goose dick oops
Diavolo last momment
Regarding cloud storage. I believe many users have (irks me to no end) Microsoft Office 'the rental'! As those who use this are aware, it comes with 1Tb+ free storage. Makes the 'rental' a bit more bearable. Office costs $69 annually that's a lot cheaper than your Dropbox @ $10 a month.
Me: how many thiojoes are in the thumbnail?
Thiojoe: Yes
One type, four tokens.
Terrible, non-sensical, unfunny, over-used meme.
Just repeating stuff from children and people who can't speak english?
Tell me, where is the joke here?
4
@@Freakazoid12345 It doesn't exist.
@@Secondarian thanks for saving me the time looking for it.
Where did this lame joke come from?
A "crap baskets" Team 4 Star movie?
Cool tip, if u press 'D' inside media player classic u can download subtitles directly from the player, if the subtitles u need aren't there, they probably don't exist xD
My personal additions to this list would be Classic Shell/Open Shell and Winaero Tweaker. Classic Shell's main feature is the Classic Start Menu, which I like because it's very customizable and works great. Winaero Tweaker lets you change a lot of useful Windows settings that would otherwise require a registry edit or some other complicated way to access.
The very first programs I'll install on a new Windows installation are the two I mentioned above, 7-Zip, and Firefox.
My first programs usually include WinDirStat and Everything. And flux
@@casedistortedEverything is great! Can't live without
I personally love Total Commander as file manager. It has a ton of options!
What about Minecraft
@@igorpomidor no... just no
@@SutGard fortnite bad Minecraft good, give thumbs up
Pomi Fortnite is trash
Amy Purrington see you in hell
@@iceangelx22 minecraft is cool i like minging in survival and messing around in creative
I wish everyone can just have their own personal thio Joe to give them tips and cool applications when needed
@Presunto Culpable yeah but I want like a dude named thio Joe to like follow me around and give me computer tips lol
Whyisn't search " everything " on the list?
Agree.. im still using that app for searching on my junk files haha
Was just about to post that. Seriously, that program saves so much time it's ridiculous
Everything is one of the first things I install on a new system thanks to Ninite. Can never recommend it enough.
@Presunto Culpable You need a dog for that. Although I can't guarantee your pillows will remain top shape. Neither your remote, for that matter.
"And yes I actually paid for it. I know, you thought doing that was just a myth." 😂
Please explain to me why are you recommending Dropbox over onedrive on Windows computers especially for free tier
It may be because Onedrive's free service only allows 5G now, which isn't anywhere near large enough for any decent backups. A DVD-R can hold about that much.
@@writerpatrick Dropbox is even less than that.
@@writerpatrick I said over Dropbox free tier he was promoting that had only 2GB of backup space
I find Dropbox to be snappier, onedrive seems to be using a more cpu heavy compression algorithm, which when you want every drop of performance, isn't ideal,
@@syth-1 ok that's actually a valid point for some people. My pc is fast enough that I don't really care about that, but if yours runs better without onedrive then yeah, use Dropbox
Good list as usual - I use or am familiar with about 90% of them. One thing about your security section though - I advocate a tiered security approach, which most computer security experts suggest. Relying on only one anti-virus program is not enough in my view, even a single paid option. You should recommend additional programs such as MalwareBytes to supplement your machines.
You forgot Microsoft Teams for professional use! For unprofessional use Discord is the obvious choice, but we started using Teams in the Marine Corps and it's great!
I would like to add:
Foldersize: a simple program to see which files take up more space quickly
EqualizerAPO: an extremely versatile and lightweight audio driver? Effects, equalization, noise reduction and infinitely expandable with plug-ins for your speakers and microphone
Foldersize isn't open source :(
WinDirStat is also a really good program for organizing and visualizing what's taking up storage space
Best Media Player: Kylin for Linux and POt Player for windows!
How does f.lux compare to the default windows night light feature?
It actually just toggles Windows Night Light.
It's basically like a Shortcut for idiots.
@@Secondarian It isn't. Don't lie. Because of F.lux manufacturers included blue filter into their OS. OS blue filter is weaker than F.lux
@@adminadmin8992 Also WTF are you talking about an OS by f.lux, they don't own any OS. And f.lux programmers don't make any Hardware so they are no manufacturers you idiot. Buy a brain first, then talk.
@@Secondarian To symplify for you. F.lux is independent company from Microsoft, Google. Because F.lux is so popular Microsoft implemented blie filter in Windows, Google implemented night mode in Android. Both implementations are weaker than F.lux program.
As for Media Players, MPC-HC is no longer supported. It's successor is MPC-BE and should be gotten instead. It has built in codecs that MPC-HC does not have internally.
1. VLC media player
2. Media Player Classic
3. Notepad++
4. Dropbox
5. Backblaze
6. f.lux
7.
qBittorent
8.
7-Zip/WinRAR
9.
Discord
10.
Steam
11.
OBS
12. O&O ShutUp10
13. ShareX
14. Windows Defender
15. Chromium/Mozilla Firefox based browser
Pushbullet is essential too
When will you be sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends?
Who knows also congrats on 3rd 🥉
@@mxdanger That's true, but I don't even consider that shit a game.
never, they love begging youtubers to sponsor their game
@CODE GEEK they love begging RUclipsrs to have their game sponsor them. Why would a RUclipsr even consider sponsoring that “game”
@@ThioJoe don't accept it
Provide links in the description, thank you.
I think Tixati is the "new best option" even though it's not new.
I like Windows' built in "night light" better because I can set my own sun up and sun down times, and it doesn't smooth the transition. I want to be hit by that red like a firetruck.
I was installing ShutUp10 before the video was done playing.
ThioJoe: **starts talking about Discord**
Me: Is this a way to promote your Discord?
LMAO, true 😂
yea for sure
I'm a computer expert now
Utility category:
Total Commander
Two pane file utility that can integrate with 7zip and WinRAR for compression / extraction (can even open. MSI, .cab, .iso, etc files. Has built in ftp, bulk rename (can use Reyes to do amazingly complex renames). This is the first program I install when I build a PC, on my work PC, and I carry it on a thumb drive to use on other machines I work on.
Multimedia:
Irfanview
Incredible image viewer, editor, resizer, renamer, plays music through integration, plays video through integration... This is hands down one of the greatest multimedia programs ever. I even used it at a company I worked for to operate as a digital sign board driver through irfanview's ability to use command line input to do a slide show presentation. (NOTE: free for personal use, the company has to pay a very small license fee to use commercially.)
Missed a few essentials that are free and you'll never know when you'll need, but have a high learning curve ;-;
- blender
- davinci resolve
- visual studio code
video is about *required* programs, most people dont need blender nor davinci
vs code is good tho
imagine having a gaming pc and being like “hmm, i think blender would be a good gaming tool”
Jai Mann I don't see a problem here,(mods -e.g texture maps etc ^^)
visual studio is def essential
VS Code is simply the best text editor period!
Snip and Sketch is also very good program. You can activate it by clicking: Right Click on Windows Taskbar and then tick, click Show Windows Ink Workspace button and then the small pencil button icon and then click Fullscreen Snip, or by search in Windows Programs.
Functions allready implemented in Windows 10 make the programs bellow unnecesary:
- 2:06 Backblaze, Dropbox (just use OneDrive); 3:28 f.lux (inbuild "Night lights" setting); 7:50 - ShareX (just press Win+Shift+S and share via OneDrive). 😏
I honestly also don't know, why did he mention these.
Instead of Steam, I would recommend GOG Galaxy. It groups all of your gaming clients in one place, having support for many of them, like Steam, Epic Games, Uplay, Origin and so on.
Facts
1:57 - Or "Google Backup & Sync", which gives you 15 GB free storage
It is so much better than Dropbox already
Is it available on windows store or the web?
This is my first time using a pc 👉👈
Never mind I just found it on the web and it's installing..
Anyway thanks
Hope it's not anything private you store on there. You always pay, with Google, you pay with your personal and private information. That agreement you clicked on to use it probably gives them full access to whatever is stored on there.
Rainmeter is a good one too. Really transforms your experience if you take the time to set it up
Difference between flux and windows 10's built in night mode?
By the way, I couldn't get used to night mode, the shift in tint really makes drawing stuff and enjoying gaming hard. It wasn't an issue for reading texts though.
Flux has more customisation than windows one. For your problem in my PC when I play any full screen game windows automatically switches night mode off
@@arnavodkaa Not the case with many games even in exclusive fullscreen mode.
Games like warface, fifa 18 doesn't switch night mode off. It does switch off for some games.
I use Google backup and sync to Google drive as my backup software, and I have over 40gb of photos and videos and I'm still using the free version because you can select an option called "high quality" and it compresses your photos and videos, however, I haven't really noticed any reduction in quality, so I really recommend it to anyone who wants to backup their stuff for free.
Also windows has a built in blue light filter in the display settings.
The best program: thiojoe's yt channel
9:10 Definatelly avoid Avast, unless you want your data sold. Go for malwarebytes adwcleaner for anti-virus program
Just download brain and you are good to go
0:42 Check, and Check. I use VLC for everything, and MPC when I wanna watch something quickly.
1:24 Check. I have a lot of files associated with it, including .rb, .ini, among others.
2:02 Ehhh...not a fan.
3:02 I don't recall this one...don't have that kind of money to just throw around either.
3:40 Yeah. I believe it's exclusive to Windows 10.
4:20 Yeah; I dumped uTorrent a while ago. Good riddance, really.
4:42 Check, and Check. Both are useful.
5:30 Well, yeah, I'm on your Discord (I asked if you knew about Iridium for RUclips).
6:00 Check. I have a lot of software and games through Steam.
6:30 If I had a more powerful computer I'd consider it.
7:16 When I do upgrade to a better computer and to Windows 10, I'll DEFINITELY GRAB THIS.
7:50 Is this Windows 10 exclusive?
9:40 Brave doesn't run for me, at least, it just runs super laggy...
I'm not an expert, just decently experienced. I'm not quite sure what qualifies as being an expert though...
TreeSizeFree and voidtools Everything for searching files and keeping up to disk usage. MediaMonkey for keeping my non-streaming self in touch with my music. Vivaldi for web browsing, Firefox for RUclips. XnView for quick color manipulation, cropping and general enhancement/adjusting of pictures. HWMonitor for checking temps and such. K-Lite Codec Pack and MPC-HC for videos. To name a few must haves.
Joe, thanks for the video. I already have most of the programs that you have mention. And that is thanks to you; keep up the good work
I use everything you've mentioned except for MPC (I use VLC), Backblaze (I use FreeFileSync), WinRAR (I use 7-Zip), and ShareX. I also use Classic Shell to get the old-school Windows Start Menu back.
"dont use it to download cracked things" me: *laughs in my dad using it to download cracked games*
You can use bandizip(compressed file handler) and free download manager(torrent client)
For Media player, I use Potplayer
best of all
@@rufusscull Even the Windows Default one is better than that.
@@Secondarian You're kidding right 🤔 potplayer has an easy to use interface, pretty lightweight too
I've used a lot of players, km player used to be my favourite back in the days! But Pot player has replaced its place
@@rufusscull Better then VLC ?
I don't watch videos on my computer (other than RUclips) so that doesn't bother me. But I do play audio files (wav or CD). What I like most about VLC is the built-in graphic equaliser.
Great list Thio, replaced some on your list a while ago, but cool video, I am not a computer expert so I might got some crap stuff :(
Might as well as share it:
1 - Pot Player (light years ahead of MPC and VLC)
2 - Sublime Text, along with OnlyOffice (ditched Notepad++ and MS Office)
3 - Jottacloud (free 5 GB, Unlimited €7.50/month)
4 - F.lux (no change)
5 - Qbitorrent (no change)
6 - Winrar (no change, nothing against 7Zip, personal choice)
7 - Discord (no change, great to replace FB messenger)
8 - Steam (no change)
9 - Debut by NCH for screen recording, OBS for streaming
10 - Gyazo (your recommendation looked a bit bloated, to be honest)
11 - Comodo antivirus & firewall personal edition
12 - Opera GX browser
13 - MusicBee (music player and library, bye WMP)
14 - ImageGlass (to replace the awful Win10 photo viewer)
15 - Wondershare AllMyTube (to piss off RUclips, nice downloader and converter)
16 - Mixxx (DJ & Playlist Software)
17 - Format Factory (converts anything to everything)
Thiojoe: 15 programs that are essential
Me: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you
OK Donald we get it
Bran : Thank you Thio, ………you are a good man 😄
Fun fact: Brave Browser has a built in torrent downloader!
0:28 i just watched the video installed them then rewatched it
does this mean im a computer expert?
It would be nice if would add the links to make it easier to find what you are talking about
I already have some of these but nice video anyway, really useful!
When your Editor has the power to use Gold Experience Requiem on ThioJoe in the thumbnail.
I can't figure out how to connect this to Great Days but it has the same effect in the intro :P
Bro, I'm not sure I'd be putting my tax docs onto Dropbox. I question your thinking on that one for sure.
@Steven Cromwell do it on the go. Cryptomator is the best thing I've come across. Works wonderfully both on desktop and mobile and it works with every cloud provider.
@@filipebet Awesome suggestion! Thank you for the recommendation.
@@drumpf4all I'm glad you found it useful. The Android app is not free but it is really good and we only need to pay it once. I can't believe I gave all those companies access to my unencrypted personal files. It was so normal and now it seems so crazy haha
@@filipebet I know. I feel the same way.
Just ignore the shilling of cloud services, both by thio and everyone else who promotes them. They're all terrible and you'd be better off in every way using external offline storage.
Backup in a cloud is an absolute no go for me!
Even ifyou encrypt... every encryption is cheap to break after some time.
Lol that loop Theo made (int i =0; i=1; i++)
Also replace winrar with 7zip
Why?
@@AIexandre i=1 is always true. Plus i cycles between 1 and 2, resulting in an infinite loop. Try it out and see how fun it is to lock up your program due to an infinite loop.
@@SimGunther the "why" was for the WinRAR 7zip thing xDD
But thanks for the explanation!!
@@AIexandre They're besically the same program, but one is open source and (automatically) free and the other one is closed source and paid.
@@Secondarian paid....
Check SMPlayer as an alternative to VLC, it uses MPV as a backend which is better than MPC.
8:18 good thing you blurred that link or we would be able to see that screenshot of an empty desktop lol
Tribes : Ascend in recently played. You sir, are a man of culture.
I am surprised you didn't mention Vivaldi as one of the better browsers. I have been using it since forever now after trying Chrome, Fox and Brave. I just love finding new features in Vivaldi randomly. I'd prefer to stay away from actual Chrome browser though.
Just use Opera
Its mid
@@estebanod So what's not mid according to you? Always whenever wherever you do, leave constructive criticism. It's a good trait to have 👍
You don't like something, then let them know what better alternative you have and what makes it better. Cuz just saying ahh this is bad doesn't do anyone any good and is like spreading negativity for the sake of it. 🌞 The intention of a negative remark is never clear. Are they saying it cuz maybe they are getting paid to do so, without any real reason? Who knows...
Hello, Can I please ask a question? Is ShareX a copy of Greenshot or is Greenshot a copy of ShareX.
You should put an activate windows watermark on all your videos
I for one love having different backgrounds, specially since it also changes accent colors, so I suggest
- Dynamic themes for spotlight and Bing pictures
-and John's background switcher, the best program I never knew of until recently.
No mention of Vivaldi Browser??? 0.0
Great list. I would add Calibre as the best free software to read any type of digital books.
Good choice
Dude, you lost me with Dropbox! XD It used to be great back in its day but that was mainly because of a lack of alternatives. Dropbox free is limited to 2GB (Microsoft OneDrive offers 5GB and Google Drive offers 15GB) but you neglected to mention that as of March 2019 it has a 3-device limit as well (which is not the case with other services).
I definitely prefer PeaZip as a compression tool, it supports lots of extensions WinRar or 7-zip can't work with and has a more practical interface
WinRAR completes me.
Edit: You can use bookmarks in VLC.
I can call myself a computer expert because I have watched all videos of ThioJoe since 2019
Well I guess I'm a certified computer expert :)
ThioJoe is rocking that "Recent Apps on your mom's phone" style
You forgot Winamp, its still the best music player.
MPC with SVP4 Pro is a glorious masterpiece!
OH! THANK YOU SO MUCH
LIKHITH GADDE see see Dr Dee Dee DS::/
r/ihadastroke
Daum Pot Player is better than VLC, IMO.
Heh, I'd NEVER put any sensitive files like my tax returns on a cloud platform, especially not Dropbox who is notorious for security breaches! 🤔
Just upload encrypted and pw protected archives, like with RAR. How much more security does the average person need?
Search for CryptSync, you can have your files in the cloud encrypted (not the platform encryption, your own)
TJ - I almost lost my PC last night. I know it was due to I THINK..Was ShutUP10, when I installed and ran it, I bombed - the first time, I should have stopped there - also, it downloaded itself onto my PC without me getting a notification. That's only happened ONE time (Segurazo - finally got rid of that crap software) - Anyway. I thought I'd let you know MY experience. I was able to recover from the windows menu - I was really close to doing a total recovery, it just ran so slow when it first started up after it crashed. I've been watching your channel, and I know you know what you are doing - that's why I am giving you this feedback. I've checked everything (anti-virus scans - CMD scrips (SFC/SCANNOW - CHKDSK /f C: - and DSIM.exe). Checked my Hardware through the HP diagnostic tools. All seems fine now.
4:34 of courseeeeee i wonttttt *cough* pirate *cough* stuff *cough * *cough*
Always encrypt your data before uploading to ANY cloud. Use VeraCrypt or Cryptonator.
Just don't upload to the cloud and use offline redundant storage. Every major encryption algorithm has been backdoored. Cheaper in long run too
4:26
linus would
ThioJoe: Top 15 REQUIRED Windows Programs Everyone Should Have
Me: okay *see's thumbnail*
Me: .... nevermind
Best video player: Potplayer
Best back up: Google sync
^
O&O shutup 10 corrupted my PC when i installed Valorant. i got stuck at "choose your keyboard layout" i couldn't use any restore point. my only option was to format my PC. be aware
Valorant uses a kernel level anti cheat solution that can cause these issues with lots of things because it has essentially top level access.
@@angrynerd2103 i know this already. when i formatted my computer I didn't install o&o and everything worked just fine with Valorant.
Don't rely on restore points ever. Use a third party software a keep a backup image of your entire drive. 👍
@@SeriesTube01 this is the best option but that requires alot of disk space that some people just cant dedicate.
@@angrynerd2103 External or portable hard drives are not that expensive. I'm from latin america and they are expensive in this third world shithole, but in north America and Europe, they're cheap. And even if you don't like that option, then you have cloud backup, also better in north America and Europe, you have way faster internet connections than here. So we all have options, just need to dedicate time to set up our backup. Regards.
If you have Windows 10 and reading this, can I suggest a few alternatives to some of this programs?
Instead of Dropbox, Windows 10 has OneDrive integrated on the system, and the free tier is 5GB instead of 2GB.
Instead of f.lux, Windows 10 has also a Night Light integrated on the system, on Settings > System > Display.
In the Chromium browsers section, please, download and test the new Edge browser, is sooooooo faster and lighter compared with Chrome. Firefox is really good too.
A Linux usb creator is the most essential thing you can have installed on Windows
Can i have a heart and a comment. Love the vids bro.
No
Ok
I have ALL of these except backblaze and dropbox. I use Google Drive tho, and I have a few HDDs for backup.
I'd also recommend Audacity for basic audio editing and FreeFileSync.
Another for productivity I'd highly recommend for mass renaming files is Better File Rename.
Epic, GOG and others sometimes give away free games, so keep them all in mind (as well as humble bundle)
For antivirus, I use VirusTotal (it uses many AVs) alongside Windows Defender and Malwarebytes.
ZoneAlarm has a pretty good firewall which is extremely customizable in comparison to Windows Firewall.
First
Yee 🥇
@@ThioJoe ZOMG
if you are just screen recording games, xbox game bar is a really good option! all you have to do is press win+g while in a game and it will appear. just go to capture section and press start record! as a bonus they also show your cpu usage and fps etc.
I need a hex editor, a compare utility, and a disk prober... I tend to work with close to the metal... so Ultra-Edit, Beyond Compare, and WinHex are where I live.
1:01 How to fix it? Go to nvidia control panel>video>adjust video color settings>press With the nvidia settings>advanced>Full (0-255). And thank me later. And sorry AMD users, if you how to fix on AMD control panel, tell me, i'll add it on this comment.
Windows 10 now includes a feature called Night Light that automatically changes the hue of the screen at night.
yay i didnt know anything about computers before this video but now im a certified computer expert
Thio: I paid for WinRAR
Everyone: *He's the messiah*