Advanced Windows Features You Should Know

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024

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  • @ThioJoe
    @ThioJoe  Год назад +187

    ⚠ Corrections: ⚠
    • At 1:38, the "convert" command in DISKPART actually is for converting MBR boot records to GPT. There is however a different "convert" command that can be run with regular command prompt (not part of DISKPART) that does convert FAT32 to NTFS. I mixed them up.

    • @WreeperXD
      @WreeperXD Год назад +5

      mistakes happen sometimes

    • @ados8064
      @ados8064 Год назад +2

      Hahaha Sonarr and Radarr 😉😂

    • @ados8064
      @ados8064 Год назад +4

      It's still interesting to watch these videos even though I work in network security and know 95% of the content. 👍

    • @flintfrommother3gaming
      @flintfrommother3gaming Год назад +1

      When Windows destroyed my GRUB these commands really helped me out more than anything else.

    • @privatechannel1272
      @privatechannel1272 Год назад +3

      💡Next you shoukld do a list of Top 10 actually good third party tools and programs for Windows that might be useful for Power users or anyone who just wants to know more about their computers!

  • @DaRealTriTi
    @DaRealTriTi Год назад +258

    0.01 million people should really subscribe honestly

  • @MooseKnuckleWarrior
    @MooseKnuckleWarrior Год назад +45

    This guy is the only content creator that seems to tick all the boxes (IMO) for "how to present a RUclips video. Starts with quick, concise intro, then cut's to the chase by starting each segment with a relatable scenario followed quickly, but effectively with a solution (also including the explanation for that solution), sometimes with a link to another video to dive deeper into particulars, then gracefully summarizes everything he just covered in the video also suggesting another interesting video to watch. My favorite part, about his video editing, is how he takes a suggestive approach, in regards to getting subscribers, briefly explaining the benefit and (most importantly) does this "at the end of the video", giving the viewer a taste of the goods before hinting a subscription. I'm definitely not a fan of folks who request a subscription, from the get-go, as it IMO comes of as desperate and seems more like begging as apposed to a service with beneficiary elements.

    • @TheRealStephenAllen
      @TheRealStephenAllen 10 месяцев назад +2

      homeboy used to be funny. that was like 2015 and earlier. but his method of washing your motherboard with warm water and dish soap is extremely effective.

  • @STCatchMeTRACjRo
    @STCatchMeTRACjRo Год назад +15

    Task Scheduler can be used for programs to skip UAC, CCleaner uses this trick. if you disable 'Run with highest privileges' for the CCleanerSkipUAC, it will be in a soft loop, relaunching itself in the background till you enable the option for the task.
    If you have services that is public to the internet, like web hosting and such, you can run it under a different user and not the system user; at least that's what i do.
    Event viewer can be used for more than just troubleshooting problems. it can be used to check for a performance degradation and remote access (smb, openssh) attempts.

  • @philippirrip9154
    @philippirrip9154 Год назад +10

    7:58 - Reliability monitor was something which I was unaware of, knew all the others. This adds one more tool to my knowledge. Thanks for the video.

  • @fildisco
    @fildisco Год назад +68

    Your channel has been super helpful over the years. Just wanted to say thank you ThioJoe!

    • @pingozingo
      @pingozingo Год назад +1

      I remember subscribing because of the funny fake tech tips but when he switched to legit stuff he did it in such a well produced and professional way. Love watching these too now

    • @НААТ
      @НААТ Год назад +2

      ​@@pingozingohis funny pranks where what early lil me ended up getting his first laptop bricked😂😂😂 ah well. Deff agree how his stuff has become super useful

    • @starr_17
      @starr_17 11 месяцев назад

      @elitepauper7400 Why

  • @TuxikCE
    @TuxikCE Год назад +29

    Surely one of the most basic tip videos Thio has ever made in a while. btw, congrats on 3M subs!

  • @darylcheshire1618
    @darylcheshire1618 Год назад +15

    To run reliability monitor from the desktop, run “perfmon /rel” from the DOS prompt, put it in a batch file on the desktop.

  • @shackamaxon512
    @shackamaxon512 Год назад +4

    I use the hosts table to block ads. It's painstaking work but oh so satisfying

    • @johanponken
      @johanponken Год назад +2

      I do believe that if you want to do this, there are Windows tools for that. It's old-style, so look for old tools. Maybe grc or nirsoft.

    • @shackamaxon512
      @shackamaxon512 Год назад +1

      I also use ghostery. But sometimes I have a different opinion than ghostery. Ghostery is good for researching sites. I also inspect the DNS resolver cache to see where the browser has been

  • @henryijeoma
    @henryijeoma Год назад +7

    4:44
    I see you have the alpha version of 'Everything' too. Can't wait for the stable version to be released. Its been years

  • @SupercorltStats
    @SupercorltStats Год назад +4

    Great video! As a windows user, it's always exciting to discover advanced features that can enhance my experience. Your video provided valuable insights into lesser-known Windows features that can truly make a difference. I appreciate the clear explanations and step-by-step demonstrations. Now I feel more equipped to make the most of my Windows system. Thank you for sharing this helpful content!

  • @PitchWheel
    @PitchWheel Год назад +4

    I was noting that I think you have never done a video about the incredible WSCC, a collection of tools from different sources that have saved me multiple times 🙂, containing not only the standard Windows tools and the older sysinternals, nirsoft, but also a bunch of other incredible staff that is not always very easy to learn, but really si much useful!

  • @randey272
    @randey272 Год назад +2

    The reliability monitor might be very helpful for me, thank you for mentioning it

  • @MarcelSchr
    @MarcelSchr Год назад +13

    I always use Diskpart because the graphical interface of Disk Managment is a disaster. Sometimes functions are grayed out, and you can't always mark partitions as Active. My favorite command is 'Clean,' which simply wipes the entire disk, including the bootloader, and initializes it again.

    • @m4ki9h76
      @m4ki9h76 Год назад +1

      GPT drives can't be 'active', it's strictly a MBR feature.

  • @RainyDev
    @RainyDev Год назад +6

    Knew mostly every tool already but still nice video! :)

  • @cyclone8557
    @cyclone8557 Год назад +3

    4:50 about services, could you do something like disabling some criticals services, or maybe all of them, i think it would be a good video

    • @shackamaxon512
      @shackamaxon512 Год назад

      Disabling critical services is a great way to turn your computer into a boat anchor. I don't recommend it

    • @cyclone8557
      @cyclone8557 Год назад +2

      @@shackamaxon512 well he can try it on a vm

    • @CattopyTheWeb
      @CattopyTheWeb Год назад

      A "what if" video idea!

  • @CattopyTheWeb
    @CattopyTheWeb Год назад +3

    Thanks for this Windows utility video. Now armed with these powerful tools no issue can hide from me! Btw congratulations on 3 million subscribers, you deserve it. 👏

  • @Blaster_Unity_UB
    @Blaster_Unity_UB Год назад +5

    I knew everything except the Reliability Monitor, well guess there'll be a few hrs gone there

  • @Vikval5329
    @Vikval5329 Год назад +3

    Great information as usual. Thank you.

  • @viazel2796
    @viazel2796 Год назад +1

    I learn more here on this channel than in school!
    Got it👍🏽!!!
    Thank you, Professor 🎓

  • @jase_allen
    @jase_allen Год назад +5

    The reliability monitor showed me in seconds what keeps causing Windows to crash seemingly randomly. All this time I thought something was wrong with my video card and that I'd need to buy a new one. I wish I had thought of checking that a long time ago. 🤦‍♂

  • @MarcioHuser
    @MarcioHuser Год назад +5

    When you edit the HOSTS file to test some site, if it is an existing one you already visited, you must restart the browser, because it caches DNS resolutions

  • @bulldata
    @bulldata Год назад

    Though I've worked with computers since 1965, I enjoy your presentations. Your lessons are well organized and concise. Thank you for helping to bring new users up to speed.

  • @buzzdrew7
    @buzzdrew7 Год назад +1

    I knew about all except the reliability monitor. Will definitely check there first before hopping over to the event viewer in the future!

  • @WinIsEpic
    @WinIsEpic Год назад +4

    Stock videos are always funny 0:11

  • @mitterfox98
    @mitterfox98 Год назад +4

    Thanks ThioJoe...love every sec of your videos...truly informative and really helpful in day to day lives. Keep it up Sir

  • @Trekko727
    @Trekko727 Год назад +2

    good stuff Joe

  • @AnomadAlaska
    @AnomadAlaska Год назад +1

    Thanks for these videos. I have been in IT related jobs since probably around the time you were born. Always looking to stay fresh and you help me do that. I remember buying the best "smartphone" around 2010 so I didn't become one of the old dinosaurs at work that refused cell phones period.

  • @Masonicon
    @Masonicon Год назад +2

    Reliability Monitor are what I use most out of here in this list

  • @realeatisaiy
    @realeatisaiy 10 месяцев назад

    Very cool ThioJoe, thank you for blessing us with another video of yours

  • @astric32dll
    @astric32dll Год назад +2

    Your videos have really helped me!

  • @thewelder3538
    @thewelder3538 Год назад +1

    Services CANNOT have a graphical interface, that's just not how they work at all. In fact they don't even have the same startup procedure that executable and dll files have. They are all specifically DENIED from even interacting with the user or desktop unless you set a flag to allow them to interact with the desktop, which is fairly rare. That means they can't display dialogs or anything else if they fail and must report it in the Event Viewer instead. Also one of the most important things about DISKPART that you can't even begin to do via the mmc console is to set parameters. That's how you can create things like System Reserved partitions, EFI partitions and partitions of different formats.

  • @JustPyroYT
    @JustPyroYT Год назад +6

    The hosts file could be really useful to prank your friends 😂

    • @SirusStarTV
      @SirusStarTV Год назад +3

      "friends" 😂

    • @STCatchMeTRACjRo
      @STCatchMeTRACjRo Год назад +1

      or Task Scheduler. randomly starting apps, opening webpages. with a little bit of scripting, you can have it to terminate certain processes or change the wallpaper.

    • @CattopyTheWeb
      @CattopyTheWeb Год назад

      Hehe

  • @ora2j251
    @ora2j251 Год назад +5

    I like the fact that you used Oculus software to demonstrate the event monitor.

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  Год назад +3

      I have had that stupid error for years and they’ve never fixed it

    • @ora2j251
      @ora2j251 Год назад +3

      @@ThioJoeThey never fix anything when it comes to PCVR. Just the fact thzt you cant install their software on a RAID drive is still baffling.

    • @Yazan_Majdalawi
      @Yazan_Majdalawi Год назад

      ​@@ThioJoedo you still play Battlefield 2? there is a server set up by the community that is almost full most of the day, I would like to see you there :)

  • @eddy2561
    @eddy2561 Год назад +3

    Great video and if you're going to earn your living managing MS Windows bases systems including servers you MUST know these commands!!

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 Год назад +1

    Was just wondering what to read in Event Viewer when attempting to figure out issues. A vid on that would be helpful.

  • @Khual
    @Khual Год назад +1

    There were many I don’t know in this video. Always great to know❤

  • @icecreamjunkie6790
    @icecreamjunkie6790 Год назад

    Windows Memory Diagnostic is great to know about. I work in IT and someone’s PC kept blue screening and this was the first test I ran. Sure enough, the RAM was bad.

  • @crosenblum
    @crosenblum Год назад +4

    Which rainmeter skins do you use?

  • @zeveroarerules
    @zeveroarerules Год назад +1

    Hosts file, the add blocker avant la lettre...
    Powertoys was bought by MS. They did well with those though.

  • @samuelthecamel
    @samuelthecamel Год назад +2

    The reliability monitor is super helpful for me, since the event viewer is crowded with too much unrelated information to be useful to me.

  • @marcoolinho
    @marcoolinho Год назад +1

    Just installed PowerToys. Very cool and useful. Thank you.

  • @Peekofwar
    @Peekofwar 4 месяца назад +1

    I remember going through Diskpart in Command Prompt because I didn't know how to use Disk Management... lol

  • @_SJ
    @_SJ Год назад +2

    9:17 My favorite ThioJoe pose

  • @Hugh_de_Mortimer
    @Hugh_de_Mortimer Год назад

    If you want to convert a folder to a drive you can do this via cmd. command is SUBST [letter you're assigning]: [folder address]. You may want to wrap the address in a string with quotations ("example").

  • @canabitter
    @canabitter Год назад +1

    Cool video. Id love to see a video on privacy aspect of windows and how to increase it

  • @dilianvt
    @dilianvt Год назад +1

    can I say that this explains one of the biggest things that I have never used
    reliability monitor is something that I have never touched in the entire time of owning 5 PC's! not even kidding

  • @Netsuki
    @Netsuki 11 месяцев назад

    I use Disk Management every time after clean instal of Windows, because I change my drive letters to specific ones. For example nvme SSD is G, because GAMES. D is for doccuments, C is standard and there is also R for "RPG", but I won't elaborate what that means, because it's beyond the point.
    I knew about services for quite some time. I don't even know how did I learn about them, but I did mess with them for ew reasons (that I can't even recal now). It's indeed good to know that exist.
    I wish I knew Event Viewer 1-2 years ago, when I had annoying freeze crash problem, that destroyed my work when the freeze was happening. Everything that was saved at the time Windows froze, went blank. Which means all work done to the file became lost. And as a person who uses CTRL+S every few seconds... I started to save files and then copy these files every few saves to not get the data lost to the point I was paranoid about it.
    Reliability Monitor would be helpful.

  • @JustPyroYT
    @JustPyroYT Год назад +2

    Get this man to 3 million subs.

  • @MarcelVerheijden
    @MarcelVerheijden Год назад +1

    You tell people just enough to be dangerous lmao, keep it up, love the channel.

  • @kingwesleyXIV
    @kingwesleyXIV Год назад +1

    There were a few that i didn't know... Most i did but with little interaction

  • @sephjvr5979
    @sephjvr5979 Год назад

    Hi Thio, great video as always. Could I make a suggestion. I understand the need for your fade in texts describing the royalty free videos. The RUclips copyright system is pretty terrible. But would you consider making it a little more discreet. With my ADHD, its difficult to focus on your voice, the video and the text pop ups. Just a thought.

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  Год назад

      Actually i just do it as a goof

  • @anjachan
    @anjachan Год назад

    thanx to you I found reliability monitor again!

  • @KMatuszak
    @KMatuszak Год назад +2

    1:38 this is for changing between mbr and gpt, not for changing filesystems.

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  Год назад +2

      Ah you’re right. There is a “convert” command that can be used with command prompt that does convert fat32 to ntfs, but I mixed that up with the diskpart command.

  • @dohhboy
    @dohhboy Год назад +1

    NOW I finally found out what the causing that strange graphics issue I was having in Battlefield 2!😁

  • @vijjreddy
    @vijjreddy Год назад

    You must provide full transcript of these videos - so that not so good at computer fellows can get the full benefit of these

  • @padraigr9305
    @padraigr9305 Год назад +1

    Some of the sysinternals tools are useful too e.g process explorer

  • @enzomtp
    @enzomtp Год назад +1

    4:17 Sooooo you have been downloading Films/TV shows for your plex ? x)

  • @I.____.....__...__
    @I.____.....__...__ Год назад

    - 4:25 And then there are all the drivers that aren't shown in the Services MMC snap-in. Sysinternals' Autoruns will list them.
    - 4:30 You can also see the services in MSConfig. And all of those services that are not running were disabled by the hackers in your IP address and you need to get gift cars to get them out. Biryani vindaloo!
    - 5:39 What about when the audio of whatever is playing audio suddenly stutters for a couple of seconds as if it's about to BDOS but then doesn't BSOD. I still have no idea what that transient problem is caused by and since it's so random, there's no practical way to try to debug it. 😕 (No, the event-log doesn't show anything. nor do the Task Manager graphs.)
    - 6:49 "Some kind of memory diagnostic" probably means MemTest86+.
    - 7:47 I use InfoBar. I used to use WinBar but it didn't work well after XP. InfoBar is abandoned and has a bad memory leak and now no longer works with the CPU module and is on its last legs. I wish I could find a replacement. 😕
    - 8:48 Every company thinks its junk is t he most important thng in the world and MUST be running at all times. 🙄 This is why I try to avoid installers like the plague and prefer to extract the files and run them manually so that I can control what runs on my system.

  • @Warp3326
    @Warp3326 Год назад +2

    I love your videos they are so helpful :D

  • @FunctionGermany
    @FunctionGermany Год назад

    4:18 some interesting programs. i feel like i've seen that white circle with a blue dot somewhere before hehehe

  • @NumptyMcNumptyface
    @NumptyMcNumptyface Год назад

    FWIW, the location of the HOSTS file is stored in the Windows registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DatabasePath.

  • @katycatjulius
    @katycatjulius Год назад +2

    for the event viewer note that even on a clean just installed windows system it will show a problem there so not everything in there actually is a problem however scammers like to use event viewer to show you your pc has problems and then charge you big sums of money to fix these issues which like i said in the beginning might not even be an issue in the first place

  • @st.john_one
    @st.john_one Год назад +1

    Hi there! i really like your channel and since dos and my first 386 i was always a geek xd. Of course most of topics are known to me, and probably like You, i'm spending a lot of time looking for answers and a new software. Anyway, I really like your channel. Thanks ThioJoe, and i'm sending greetings from Poland :)

  • @lukyli
    @lukyli Год назад +2

    Reliability Monitor is “view reliability history”, didn't show up for me when I searched “Reliability Monitor”

  • @IncertusetNescio
    @IncertusetNescio Год назад

    I must be more capable in a company environment than I thought because I knew of almost all of these and use at least half already regularly.
    For disk repairs (I forget where I heard it):
    DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
    SFC /scannow
    I end up doing these any time stuff gets weird on my system and stuff is often enough found.

  • @nicholas4383
    @nicholas4383 Год назад

    Thio, I always am thankful for how much effort you put into these vids. You show a great appreciation for tech and its users, great tips.

  • @Mahfoudh94
    @Mahfoudh94 Год назад

    watching the channel for too long made this video feels like a recap for "windows tools microsoft threw somewhere in the OS"

  • @paulwesley3862
    @paulwesley3862 Год назад

    2:54 would love to try their toys 😂

  • @liberationyogi
    @liberationyogi Год назад +1

    I subcribed yesterday ❤❤

  • @Proditae
    @Proditae Год назад

    Useful, thank you

  • @scottwatschke4192
    @scottwatschke4192 Год назад +1

    Good info.

  • @hid6347
    @hid6347 Год назад

    omg i used most of these except last one, ive built a custom tool box, i replaced diskpart and diskmgmt with diskgenius, much more advanced features and easy-to-use
    and i replace task manager and resource monitor with process hacker
    btw u should show dism its a super useful tool

  • @eezanaking253
    @eezanaking253 Год назад

    Very informative video..

  • @SharunKumar
    @SharunKumar Год назад +1

    Reliability monitor is new to me 😮

  • @Alexifeu
    @Alexifeu Год назад +1

    wow I was wondering why some apps start on startup despite the folders being empty and all startup apps turned off... although on my main pc, i have to start so many apps manually that i just trade the slower boot time for them to be already open especially cuz they're essential to my pc like RGB software and stuff

  • @5H4D0WOfficial
    @5H4D0WOfficial Год назад +2

    Me, who wouldn't use these features on a daily basis, but still saves this video anyways 😅

  • @Aloha_XERO
    @Aloha_XERO Год назад +1

    Question 🙋🏾‍♂️: in disk management formatting a drive have 2 options drive letter or NTFS folder or something i cant remember .. a video oh how to understand that feature especially for multiple drives and folders between different drives… i’m confused as how to use the feature

  • @4kiitieslady
    @4kiitieslady Год назад

    I've been watching A LOT of your videos lately, and have an observation/question. How many of your new videos work on Windows 10? It would be helpful to note which Windows version(s) your video applies to. Or, when did you stop making Win 10 videos, so those of use who don't have Win 11 can go back to watch those videos? Thank you - your videos are incredibly helpful.

  • @luckywetland
    @luckywetland Год назад +2

    I have a question for you, and I apologize if it's not related to the video.
    I just heard that adblockers can see usernames and passwords, is that true? I currently use AdGuard. I am actually concerned and I'd like to hear your opinion.

    • @anon_y_mousse
      @anon_y_mousse Год назад +1

      They can, and pretty much every plugin or addon or extension, whatever name you wish to give them, they can see everything you send and receive. This is why ad blocking and dark mode things should be built-in to not require you to install some potentially untrustworthy third party piece of software. Opera and Brave both use built-in ad blocking and dark mode. If you don't like either of those options, as far as I'm aware, all of the extensions on Firefox are source available or open source and can be audited.

  • @RyderCragie
    @RyderCragie Год назад

    MMC is very useful!

  • @WinIsEpic
    @WinIsEpic Год назад +1

    I finally saw another video before 1K views!

  • @privatechannel1272
    @privatechannel1272 Год назад +1

    💡Next you shoukld do a list of Top 10 actually good third party tools and programs for Windows that might be useful for Power users or anyone who just wants to know more about their computers!

  • @awaiz12346yt
    @awaiz12346yt Год назад +1

    Cool!

  • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
    @JohnSmith-xq1pz Год назад +1

    Microsoft If we hide it you don't need it in our expert opinion

  • @sexyredtablet6599
    @sexyredtablet6599 Год назад

    Cheers, I knew some...now I know of more. Many thanks.

  • @ClickClack_Bam
    @ClickClack_Bam Год назад +1

    I work for the Federal Gov't & they have removed all advertisements from EVERY website.
    How do I do this?

  • @chriswilson6405
    @chriswilson6405 2 месяца назад

    What you said about the event viewer could be very helpful for me because my laptop has been losing connection to the internet. My Wi-Fi connection has been disconnecting randomly whenever I use it. Normally, it mostly happens when I'm using the internet, so could that help me fix and troubleshoot the disconnection problem

  • @GamebossUKB
    @GamebossUKB Год назад

    The way that diskpart lists your attached storage devices is incredibly confusing and starts counting them from 0 instead of 1, which lead me to wiping 2 tb of childhood memories from my pc, I used an amazing free program called recuva to get the stuff back but now it’s just a disorganized pile of random files. Long story short, be careful with disk part lol. You have no idea the power that program wields.

  • @starr_17
    @starr_17 11 месяцев назад

    At 1:41 it spells 'Convert between different disk formats'
    Me: WHAT THE WHAT, FORMATS?!?!?!?!?🤯

  • @nakedeye44
    @nakedeye44 Год назад +1

    handy.

  • @ProjektRaven
    @ProjektRaven Год назад

    1:39 i like to convert my FD, cause i like my FD to copy more than 4GB at once

  • @jenssteinhäusl
    @jenssteinhäusl Год назад

    0:12 Angry man smash computer 🤣

  • @Super2S
    @Super2S Год назад +1

    Will u please make a video on mumu player vs blue stacks is it a killer please !! Also do it’s complete comparison please !! I request you

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  Год назад +1

      I have never heard of those 😳

    • @TuxikCE
      @TuxikCE Год назад

      @@ThioJoe You don't know BlueStacks? Android games emulator, not worth a video.

    • @TuxikCE
      @TuxikCE Год назад

      @@TheGreyLineMatters BS has an MSI version?

  • @Technonux
    @Technonux Год назад +1

    nice

  • @Suzumi-kun
    @Suzumi-kun Год назад

    As an ex-old pc owner I’m very familiar with these tools

  • @AdarshKumar_27
    @AdarshKumar_27 Год назад

    7:35 - that resource monitor looks cool can you tell me it's name

  • @RichardPhillips1066
    @RichardPhillips1066 Год назад

    I've had to use diskpart, cause sometimes, diskmanager just won't fix a borked drive , usually /clean

  • @redcrewmate1813
    @redcrewmate1813 Год назад +1

    Here before 3M subs
    👇

  • @PerpetualPreponderer
    @PerpetualPreponderer Год назад

    Is there a way to create a shortcut or something that can enable us to toggle between light & dark modes with a single click?