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10:00 the Dialer is actually for dialing an ISP with a 56k modem, I think it originated in Windows 95, that's why it still has a Windows 95-style icon. In Windows XP the dialer was slightly different, I think in that era most modems were softmodems which allowed normal voice calls, and so the dialer in XP was changed to allow for that. It also supported internet calls using the H.323 protocol.
1:21 It actually does matter. You see, most fonts discard those as control characters so give them no spacing and that’s why it looks weird later in the video.
About private character editor: it's actually used a lot in China (and likely also Japan) in old days. Basically, older standards/fonts doesn't include lesser known characters (and even today, it's basically still possible to get into needing a character that isn't even in the newest Unicode revision). Build one using private character editor is the easiest way to just get the thing printed, not the best solution but the fastest. As for how to type them, Windows has a kinda hidden feature that you can hold alt and type the Unicode code in decimal using the keypad, release the alt key and there you go. It's good for if you need a specific Unicode character a lot, but that's a rather niche usage. Alternatively it can be for producing printed instruction so that those who follow the instruction can get the specific Unicode character without having to find one online to copy from.
@@ssxhj this is a very old comment, but my point is, this is for real language as well, not just conlangs. Chinese has way too many characters that even to this day it's still possible to find a character that isn't printable on computer but needed to be printed.
FYI, before replacing RAM, try to first reinsert the cards to make sure they're seated properly and scrape off any corrosion that may have formed on the contacts. Rerun the RAM test to make sure the issue is gone. The majority of the time, that will fix the problem. If that doesn't, try moving them to a different slot. You'll need to check your PC/mainboard manual to be sure they're installed in the correct ones. Most require pairs to be placed in the same "bank". If they pass the test, you likely have a bad slot. It's rare, but does happen. A bad slot isn't the end of the world, but it would likely rule out any hope of upgrading the RAM later. In a system with all of the slots filled, just swap the positions/banks. If the test fails and the bad locations didn't move much, you still likely have a bad slot. Otherwise, you have a bad card. Also, another thing to consider is if the RAM had been overclocked. Try resetting the BIOS memory settings and rerun the test. If you have no idea what that means, it's unlikely your problem. Well, unless you had a cheap system/RAM manufacturer who fudged their specs.
I remember going through various programs like those, on my grandma's Windows 98 computer. As a kid, I was just bored and curious. Didn't break anything, but just had fun exploring Windows. They also had interesting icons that made me click on them, thinking there might a game to find. I wonder how many people are aware of Wordpad program, which is like an advanced Notepad, but not as advanced as Microsoft Word. I use it more than Notepad because it has basic text formatting, that let's me put bullet points, change font size, etc.
Probably late to the game... But, for private characters you could use the alt code. the U+0021 is the alt code. So, if you select that font on a program and hold alt and type 0021 it should give your character... For example Alt 2230 on my current set is "Â"... Just a fun add on...
Having an italian keyboard layout, alt+numbers are a necessity when you want to type ~ (126) and even È (i can't remember if it is 121 or 212). I still can't wrap my head around the fact that È is such a common letter to type in italian and they didn't put it on the keyboard...
@@cybertom2474 that is odd. Sadly, I'm aim English, and apart from words like naïve we don't get fancy changes to our letters. I've had to learn a lot of alt codes to type in Spanish and I just assumed it was because of the English keyboard. 😂
@@cybertom2474 Hmmm, how annoying. As you say, I think you need to use alt codes for these characters. (I believe the code an È, is 0200). Alternatively you could use a different keyboard layout, or use MS Keyboard Layout Creator to map a key combination for that character
@@cybertom2474 I second the suggestion by @cbrsi76 to use a different keyboard layout or MS Keyboard Layout Creator (free from Microsoft) to modify your own keyboard. I work in the publishing industry and need a variety of exotic characters on a daily basis. Investing an hour or two to put them all on my keyboard, in places that are logical to me, has made things incredibly convenient.
In earliest time of Windows XP times, I went through all stuff in that folder one by one, run it and written down what it did, I ended up with a list of mostly control panel related stuff, which actually helped me a lot as I ended up in IT job in Siemens when I was 18. When you troubleshoot something over the phone, it was often much faster to dictate them what to type into Win+R than to go through motions on how to reach there
rn Microsoft Windows Phone Dialer pop up every time i start my pc in Task Manager and it consume a lot of cpu until i close it can someone explain me why?
Alternatively just load the built in Chinese IME (Microsoft Pinyin) in system input language setting and then use tm for trademark, banquan for copyright sign and shang, xia, zuo and you (which means up, down, left and right in Chinese) for the arrows.
My C:\Windows\Media folder has about 2000 sounds (Good portion of which associated to Windows schemes). Some of them are even altered a bit courtesy of my using an audio editor called GoldWave.
I believe it'll be to do with his Audio Interface he's using, it probably routes each input in the mixer board as a separate windows device which can be really useful. I definitely raised an eyebrow when I saw it though.
@@TylerTMG But the cloud is for personal storage. Who would share cloud storage with their family? I mean family photos I get but ""homework"" no way. And a dropbox is free for 10 gigs and nobody has more than 10 gigs of ""homework"" unless they're sick and twisted like me having 300gb at one point :D
@@shaunclarke94 I used PSR under Win 7 to get periodic screenshots while performing a task, then imported them into the documentation I was creating for how to do it. It worked great for that. The Win 10 version seems to want to log all kinds of additional info, which is great for troubleshooting but ruined it for how I used it. Then again, I've barely tried the Win 10 version at all. Quick Assist looks interesting, like sharing Remote Desktop, or like several other products for Remote Support. Thanks for making people aware of it!
To get the output of dxdiag.exe in a text file or xml file, enter one of these in the Run window or at the Command prompt: Full output, as text: dxdiag /whql:on /t d:\dx.txt (choose a suitable output location) As text, without Windows Hardware Certification (to avoid connecting to the Internet): dxdiag /whql:off /t d:\dx.txt As XML, without WHQL: dxdiag /whql:off /x d:\dx.xml
Wow, I have never been aware of the fact that Windows had this sophisticated step recorder. Maybe because this kind of cool stuff doesn't get mentioned anywhere, even on Microsoft's website. I really wonder why.
Windows Remote Assistance is a tool that doesn't work too well with many firewalls, but does work well in a corporate or LAN setup (and there is easy ways to connect without having to give a code, if it has been set up). With Windows 10 (1909 or newer), better to use the Quick Assist tool.
As a network admin, MMC.exe has been my daily working tool for years. It was THE server management go-to tool until the Server Manager program was introduced
3:34. You should be able to type them by using alt codes. I haven't tested this but if you hover over the letters you can see it has a code such as U+E004. So if you go to notepad and hold the alt key and press E004 in order, it should type that character. Though this may only work if you assigned your custom characters to a specific font (and you are using that font).
5:00 THE INSTANT DOCUMENTATION BUTTON!!! How useful this would've been during highschool during class while we also had to be making documentations of everything simultaneously
I created a Windows share last year and now I basically rely on it. It's a centralized place to keep all my files. I keep one copy of my music library and stream it to my laptops that don't have as much storage on them. My music library is something like 50 GB and my 10 year old laptop running Ubuntu carries only 128. Now, I could keep a local copy of my library on this laptop if I wanted, but I love that any changes made to my library only need to be made once and it affects all libraries on all connected devices. I also use VLC to stream my movie library to my smart TVs. It's an awesome way to work on something on my laptop until I'm sick of using my laptop and want to work at my desk. The coolest part is that a Windows share works without the internet and the only bottleneck is your hardware. Wired connections here all run at 1 Gbps and that's plenty fast enough for all I do. On top of that, it works if the internet is down because again, your local network doesn't care about your ISP.
Math input panel: I've seen this program in one of you're videos (maybe, I don't remember) Math input panel is a program that uses the windows vista/windows 7 (not aero), you can draw the math and it displays the preview. If the preview doesn't display the math equation correctly, you can use the tool called "Select and correct" (it's not another program, it's one of the tools that are built in) . In order to use the "Select and correct" tool, you first select and then correct it by using the other solution of what the computer thinks you drawn, then you click one of the solutions and the computer will think that what you selected with the "Select and correct" tool, is the equation you have drawn. I dont know what the name it is in the File explorer, so I just type "Math input panel" in the search bar.
This is the last thing i'd think of using it for, but you could edit the default keyboard to be able to type all of the private-use characters using Microsoft's keyboard-layout-creator application
8:38 is a DLL file pertaining to the Nvidia graphics configuration. 9:06 Microsoft just reused the Phone Dialer program from Win95. I'm quite surprised that they didn't phase that out.
In the “homemade fonts segment” I really laughed when you said, “It wasn’t doing this before…” Struck me funny. (Where haven’t I heard this before?)!! And hey, your videos are great!
iexpress.exe is another good one. It builds a self extracting archive (exe file) that automatically executes another exe of your choosing upon running it. I have used it to package batch and PowerShell scripts into exe files. Assuming you have a 64-bit computer, the one in system32 builds a 64-bit exe, and the one in sysWOW64 builds a 32-bit exe.
We had a strict hand writeing recuairement for projects. We where not allowed to hand in coppys tho. I remember following a tutorial to create a font useing my handwriteing. Like scaning it traceing it in gimp and so on. I think i used something that is in winwows to create the font.
As a JRR Tolkien fan, I've had charmap saved to every desktop I've had since the late 90s. Yeah, I have some of the ascii alt codes memorized, but nothing beats charmap for the more esoteric European fonts when writing Sindarin or Quenyan.
Sadly Windows is drifting away from lots of legacy apps in the transition of modern touch UI. It's the future but it's so nostalgic for old Windows users. The feeling we get when we made our mouse pointer to wag tail in the XP era is something the future kids won't understand 😂
Do you know how Bloated and unoptimized the out of the box windows 10 is?.. I had to edit msconfig, services and registry directory to close all those unnecessarily running background apps... Now it's using around 1gb of ram out of 16 gigs but before it was above 4gigs with always 50%+ disk usage..
I have a ton of emulators on my phone so from games i came up with operating systems so what i have GEOS commodore os TOS ATARI SE or STE os KEGS ||GS mac os Macitosh os the 1980 i think os a form of Debian os using xfce Some simulators Wind 98 simulator it is almost perfect with lack of the real os features Wind 7 simulator almost perfect too Wind 10 simulator sucks a bit but good touch Idk i am working to set wind xp simulator
Once you have your characters created to use them in Word, type the character code , for example, " E001 " (no quotes) and then immediately press ALT+X. This will convert the code to the character symbol you created.
I’m regards to not being aware of any way to type .... Those codes or numbers you were talking about; you can hold down the ALT key and simultaneously type the code on the numerical keyboard. I used to know the numbers for all the Swedish special characters (åäö ÅÄÖ) but seems to have forgotten them now.
I've been through there a couple times but despite using windows for long time I was like how did you not know about some of these. Some very handy tools. But sadly I'm slowly converting to Linux. Recently I got a windows de-bloater from GitHub and my pc speed up so much. I was soooo shocked. This way now I get to customise what I want on windows and not what Microsoft dictate. Keep up the good videos bud.
To make the dial out work you need a modem, the modem with phone-in, and phone-out jacks for a phone line. Dail out will look for a modem, if not found then the program will exit. Back in XP and Windows 7 days, I had a program that would speed dial my phones and if the phone was busy then it would re-dial the number in 5 to 10 minutes later. Since I don't have a landline and no modem. End of speed dial.
13:50 You can actually add Computer Management itself to MMC, which in turn adds everything that comes with that. But then you can add additional items that aren't in Computer Management along with it. This is great for Windows Server where you may also want to add Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Print Management, etc. to one master window, and then save it to the Desktop. Super neat programs here! I've never seen Private Character Editor or heard of private Unicode characters. Very obscure and neat, even if it's just local characters. I wonder what their practical use is, how to configure kerning, and if there's an easy way to transfer them to another computer. I didn't find a way to export these characters. Maybe need to create a new font file and link the characters to them, install it on another computer, and then can copy into Eudcedit.
mmc is a tool i use every day at work, as it can open most of the RSAT tools used to manage computers in an AD enviroment, it can also open all of its snap-ins for other computers remotely, want to check the preformance of a computer on the network, just open this, add preformance and target the remote computer
So many options us oldies were used to that modern Windows has removed from sight and touch. Thanks for pointing out some goodies and reminding me that they are still available. Now to hunt for a complete list of what all the .exe's do.
2'33 This only shows the BMP… For the rest of Unicode, try Universal Charmap or All the Unicode (They are available in the Windows Store on Windows 10)
On the charmap there is the shortcut that you need to use on the bottom right corner, however this doesn't seem to cover all characters, some of them do, some of them don't, for example, if you hold alt and type 1 and 3 you get this: ♪
On a lot of keyboards there's a key labeled "Alt gr" (gr= graph) you can hold that key down and type a number on the numpad and it would output that character code into whatever field youre typing in. The charmap tells you the character code but it's in hexdec and you would need to translate it to dec. Ie the charcode for space is hex 20 which is 32 in base10 so holding "alt gr" and typing 32 would be a convenient way to type a space in case the space key is not labeled and you cant find the space key because it's not labeled. Alt gr key is probably being obsoleted since i dont see it on newer keyboards but both alt keys do the same thing now.
A possible use for the personal characters could be if you are doing arts or something and you regularly need a few characters during typing sessions. The end product should contain the personal characters if they are converted to vectors or something. I don't know if it saves in PDF but my first thought was that I could use it to create meshes in Blender with. (Then again, vector art or black/white pngs could serve better. Not important right now, I might find the perfect font I want next time it comes up.)
Since Windows 11 is just a better version of Windows 10, all of these apps might work. This means all of these apps work for me, because I have a black laptop running Windows 10 21H2 and a silver one running Windows 11 21H2
CAUTION: DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE AT ALL YOU DONT KNOW PERSONALLY YOU CAN TRUST TO USE YOUR COMPUTER REMOTELY. If you’re going to a professional and they ask for something like this honestly consider how legitimate the person you’re talking to is, if you made the call because of some loud or obnoxious errors or warnings 9.99 times out of 10 it’s a scam and you shouldn’t call or click instead close out... This might sound like a stupid warning to some of you but kids and older people don’t have the same experience as you might have
Nice. I knew about some of these, but certainly not all of them! Chilling on the couch is a nice change. But don't be so fast to get up at the very end . It's a bit awkward .Just sit there and cut to the next shot. I think it will look a tiny bit better, even though you will appear to be tossing over to yourself. Just a thought.
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I have a lot of Malware and Viruses. I believe if it harms my computer then they committed a crime.
I found something at 1:42 Your camera bugged out ;-;
00:48 eudcedit.exe - Private Char Editor
02:25 charmap.exe - Character Map
04:30 psr.exe - Problem Steps Recorder
07:04 recdisc.exe - Repair Disk Tool
08:04 sigverif.exe - File Signature Verification
09:00 dialer.exe - Phone Dialer
10:08 dxdiag.exe - DirectX Diagnostic
11:30 MdSched.exe - Mem Diagnostic Scheduler
12:38 mmc.exe - MS Management Console
14:52 MRT.exe - Malicious Removal Tool
16:00 msra.exe - Win Remote Assistance Tool
17:00 shrpubw.exe - Share Creation Wizard
thanks bro. u done the job and saves our times.
Thanks
Nice, thanks.
also the second-to-last one is Remote* not Remove
@@ZekSanchez Thanks.
Phew. I was about to delete this folder, would be such a waste to delete these programs!
Kaif Choudhary r/wooooosh
Gotem
@@nab138_ r/ihavereddit
@@nab138_ shut up the internet wasn't made for jokes
Shaunak's Education! r/wooooosh
This guy has made a video out of what I used to do back in the days of windows XP when I had no internet and was bored to death.
lol. same
me too
yes
Same
@@profess10nal0 how did you became verfied damn
10:00 the Dialer is actually for dialing an ISP with a 56k modem, I think it originated in Windows 95, that's why it still has a Windows 95-style icon. In Windows XP the dialer was slightly different, I think in that era most modems were softmodems which allowed normal voice calls, and so the dialer in XP was changed to allow for that. It also supported internet calls using the H.323 protocol.
@@michalnemecek3575 not really. Why would it have speed dials then ?
1:21 It actually does matter. You see, most fonts discard those as control characters so give them no spacing and that’s why it looks weird later in the video.
which codes should I use that aren't already taken?
im sorry but every time i see the phrase "you see", i always think of dhar mann
About private character editor: it's actually used a lot in China (and likely also Japan) in old days. Basically, older standards/fonts doesn't include lesser known characters (and even today, it's basically still possible to get into needing a character that isn't even in the newest Unicode revision). Build one using private character editor is the easiest way to just get the thing printed, not the best solution but the fastest.
As for how to type them, Windows has a kinda hidden feature that you can hold alt and type the Unicode code in decimal using the keypad, release the alt key and there you go. It's good for if you need a specific Unicode character a lot, but that's a rather niche usage. Alternatively it can be for producing printed instruction so that those who follow the instruction can get the specific Unicode character without having to find one online to copy from.
Examples are: Conlangs, icons, writing systems
@@ssxhj this is a very old comment, but my point is, this is for real language as well, not just conlangs. Chinese has way too many characters that even to this day it's still possible to find a character that isn't printable on computer but needed to be printed.
FYI, before replacing RAM, try to first reinsert the cards to make sure they're seated properly and scrape off any corrosion that may have formed on the contacts. Rerun the RAM test to make sure the issue is gone. The majority of the time, that will fix the problem.
If that doesn't, try moving them to a different slot. You'll need to check your PC/mainboard manual to be sure they're installed in the correct ones. Most require pairs to be placed in the same "bank". If they pass the test, you likely have a bad slot. It's rare, but does happen. A bad slot isn't the end of the world, but it would likely rule out any hope of upgrading the RAM later. In a system with all of the slots filled, just swap the positions/banks. If the test fails and the bad locations didn't move much, you still likely have a bad slot. Otherwise, you have a bad card.
Also, another thing to consider is if the RAM had been overclocked. Try resetting the BIOS memory settings and rerun the test. If you have no idea what that means, it's unlikely your problem. Well, unless you had a cheap system/RAM manufacturer who fudged their specs.
use a pencil eraser to clean the pins on the ram
@@jeefsquaa works
I remember going through various programs like those, on my grandma's Windows 98 computer. As a kid, I was just bored and curious. Didn't break anything, but just had fun exploring Windows. They also had interesting icons that made me click on them, thinking there might a game to find.
I wonder how many people are aware of Wordpad program, which is like an advanced Notepad, but not as advanced as Microsoft Word. I use it more than Notepad because it has basic text formatting, that let's me put bullet points, change font size, etc.
I know about it but don't use it.
Do you remember the icon for nolfn.exe? It was literally hand drawn.
Same, also before Internet it was cool to discover new programs 😄
I like the program in there that can create an executable installer. It's kinda neat
Yes
Iexpress
nice.
Cool
What is it?
I can finally make a font where every character is Deez nuts
Lemme guess u worth this in deez nuts
@@jdhduuzux yes I worth this in Deez nuts
before I liked this comment it was 89
after I liked it became 90
lol
@@smft9147 lol I made i typo
@@smft9147 is it wrote the time to make this font?
He seems to be sitting on his sofa more and he's now showing facecam when he's doing something on his PC lol.
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Mancrush 💖
@@itsjohnsonjackson A
Probably late to the game... But, for private characters you could use the alt code. the U+0021 is the alt code. So, if you select that font on a program and hold alt and type 0021 it should give your character... For example Alt 2230 on my current set is "Â"... Just a fun add on...
Indeed! I use this trick to type em-dashes
Having an italian keyboard layout, alt+numbers are a necessity when you want to type ~ (126) and even È (i can't remember if it is 121 or 212). I still can't wrap my head around the fact that È is such a common letter to type in italian and they didn't put it on the keyboard...
@@cybertom2474 that is odd. Sadly, I'm aim English, and apart from words like naïve we don't get fancy changes to our letters. I've had to learn a lot of alt codes to type in Spanish and I just assumed it was because of the English keyboard. 😂
@@cybertom2474 Hmmm, how annoying. As you say, I think you need to use alt codes for these characters. (I believe the code an È, is 0200). Alternatively you could use a different keyboard layout, or use MS Keyboard Layout Creator to map a key combination for that character
@@cybertom2474 I second the suggestion by @cbrsi76 to use a different keyboard layout or MS Keyboard Layout Creator (free from Microsoft) to modify your own keyboard. I work in the publishing industry and need a variety of exotic characters on a daily basis. Investing an hour or two to put them all on my keyboard, in places that are logical to me, has made things incredibly convenient.
In earliest time of Windows XP times, I went through all stuff in that folder one by one, run it and written down what it did,
I ended up with a list of mostly control panel related stuff, which actually helped me a lot as I ended up in IT job in Siemens when I was 18.
When you troubleshoot something over the phone, it was often much faster to dictate them what to type into Win+R than to go through motions on how to reach there
4:47 Every action you take, every click you make, it'll be watching you.
Hahaha, exactly
Sting32
Exactly this went through my mind too 🤣👍
dont give me the chills please.
I remember the dialer program really being a thing on Windows 95, I think it was even in the Accessories folder in the Start menu...
yup
YEAH! THAT'S A VERY OLD NOSTALGIA! I Found This On XP Too! In Accessories Folder.
You could make calls from a Windows PC back in the 90's, yet Apple do something similar decades later, ohh wow, look at Apple and what it can do. lol
rn Microsoft Windows Phone Dialer pop up every time i start my pc in Task Manager and it consume a lot of cpu until i close it can someone explain me why?
I use character map frequently, because I can never remember the shortcuts for ™,© and unicode arrows.
On Windows 10 press ⊞ and ; to quickly search for symbols like ™.
i use it for french websites since my keyboard is english
Its also great for memes. The not equals sign is very useful
Alternatively just load the built in Chinese IME (Microsoft Pinyin) in system input language setting and then use tm for trademark, banquan for copyright sign and shang, xia, zuo and you (which means up, down, left and right in Chinese) for the arrows.
There is no shortcut
Wrong of you to assume that I did not go through _almost_ all of the files in the System32 folder because I was bored.
Same
@@ThioJoe Really trying to show off those emojis, aren't you!
@@thatotherandrew_ i think so
@@thatotherandrew_ true!😒😒😒
that sounds like something a Geometry Dash player would do, i did that too once when my internet stopped
How many sounds do you have?
ThioJoe: YES (10:45 )
My C:\Windows\Media folder has about 2000 sounds (Good portion of which associated to Windows schemes).
Some of them are even altered a bit courtesy of my using an audio editor called GoldWave.
How many breads have you eaten in your life?
I believe it'll be to do with his Audio Interface he's using, it probably routes each input in the mixer board as a separate windows device which can be really useful.
I definitely raised an eyebrow when I saw it though.
@@anonymousidea9119 jojo reference
You can also take the entire system 32 folder and copy it to a flashdrive then delete it from your system to save space
you're right my bro
wow imagine that.
Know you trying to be funny but you realize someone will actually do this?
@@Devin-dw3cg lmao you're definitely new around here
@@smft9147 haha guess so..but I'm sure a few people will actually do this lol
its no longer possible to hide the "Homework"if file sharing is enabled on the family's network
Turn of file sharing on your specific computer or change the sharign settings to now include your "homework"
What if you put in the system files and make it look like something of the system
@@TylerTMG Or store the "homework" in the cloud :D
@@yungchop6332 it would be easier to find wouldn't it especially if they share accounts with family
@@TylerTMG But the cloud is for personal storage. Who would share cloud storage with their family? I mean family photos I get but ""homework"" no way. And a dropbox is free for 10 gigs and nobody has more than 10 gigs of ""homework"" unless they're sick and twisted like me having 300gb at one point :D
Come on Joe, admit it, we all know about dxdiag, you just wanna flex that titan 😂
Wow, that PSR comes really handy for tech support! How did I never heard about it? 👀
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I discovered it in Windows 7, and used it to grab screen shots while creating documentation. But it has been expanded quite a bit since then!
You're better off with Quick Assist in Windows 10 or higher.
@@shaunclarke94 I used PSR under Win 7 to get periodic screenshots while performing a task, then imported them into the documentation I was creating for how to do it. It worked great for that. The Win 10 version seems to want to log all kinds of additional info, which is great for troubleshooting but ruined it for how I used it. Then again, I've barely tried the Win 10 version at all.
Quick Assist looks interesting, like sharing Remote Desktop, or like several other products for Remote Support. Thanks for making people aware of it!
As a kid, I used to just browse through the folder out of boredom.
I hope you didn't delete anything by accident!
@@Ograws you can't delete them even by using the del command because they are protected by the system
@@Ograws oh I tried and when I couldn't delete them, I would go to my dad and say that there was something wrong with the computer. Lol
@@uhmythx By using the sethc.exe bug
@@yeppiidev or virus cen delit it it hapend tu me
To get the output of dxdiag.exe in a text file or xml file, enter one of these in the Run window or at the Command prompt:
Full output, as text:
dxdiag /whql:on /t d:\dx.txt (choose a suitable output location)
As text, without Windows Hardware Certification (to avoid connecting to the Internet):
dxdiag /whql:off /t d:\dx.txt
As XML, without WHQL:
dxdiag /whql:off /x d:\dx.xml
Wow, I have never been aware of the fact that Windows had this sophisticated step recorder. Maybe because this kind of cool stuff doesn't get mentioned anywhere, even on Microsoft's website. I really wonder why.
Windows Remote Assistance is a tool that doesn't work too well with many firewalls, but does work well in a corporate or LAN setup (and there is easy ways to connect without having to give a code, if it has been set up). With Windows 10 (1909 or newer), better to use the Quick Assist tool.
The psr thing is really cool, you can create entire tutorials without doing much of anything
Yes
This thing is now shutting down
Problem Steps Recorder was the unsung hero of this video.
I use the Step Recorder to capture the actions needed to do a task in a program. I find it great for making manuals.
Just what I thought it so great to make procedures and instructions for someone to follow !
3:40 that tooltip literally just told you how to type it.
i don't see any tooltip
@@TheEgglet 3:50
As a network admin, MMC.exe has been my daily working tool for years. It was THE server management go-to tool until the Server Manager program was introduced
Yep, used it heavily in the years of NT 4.
3:34. You should be able to type them by using alt codes. I haven't tested this but if you hover over the letters you can see it has a code such as U+E004.
So if you go to notepad and hold the alt key and press E004 in order, it should type that character.
Though this may only work if you assigned your custom characters to a specific font (and you are using that font).
that's incorrect, it's the unicode codepoint
I never knew how many cool little programs existed in system32. I could watch these all day. Great video!
5:00 THE INSTANT DOCUMENTATION BUTTON!!!
How useful this would've been during highschool during class while we also had to be making documentations of everything simultaneously
10:15 You have a lot of sound.
I created a Windows share last year and now I basically rely on it. It's a centralized place to keep all my files. I keep one copy of my music library and stream it to my laptops that don't have as much storage on them. My music library is something like 50 GB and my 10 year old laptop running Ubuntu carries only 128. Now, I could keep a local copy of my library on this laptop if I wanted, but I love that any changes made to my library only need to be made once and it affects all libraries on all connected devices. I also use VLC to stream my movie library to my smart TVs. It's an awesome way to work on something on my laptop until I'm sick of using my laptop and want to work at my desk. The coolest part is that a Windows share works without the internet and the only bottleneck is your hardware. Wired connections here all run at 1 Gbps and that's plenty fast enough for all I do. On top of that, it works if the internet is down because again, your local network doesn't care about your ISP.
I remember once I tried to run an expired trial version of a software. I opened the exe file with WordPad to search for serial/activation codes
What software was it?
weow
Fucking massive brain here
@@oniruddhoalam2039 I don't remember.
Math input panel: I've seen this program in one of you're videos (maybe, I don't remember) Math input panel is a program that uses the windows vista/windows 7 (not aero), you can draw the math and it displays the preview. If the preview doesn't display the math equation correctly, you can use the tool called "Select and correct" (it's not another program, it's one of the tools that are built in) . In order to use the "Select and correct" tool, you first select and then correct it by using the other solution of what the computer thinks you drawn, then you click one of the solutions and the computer will think that what you selected with the "Select and correct" tool, is the equation you have drawn. I dont know what the name it is in the File explorer, so I just type "Math input panel" in the search bar.
This is the last thing i'd think of using it for, but you could edit the default keyboard to be able to type all of the private-use characters using Microsoft's keyboard-layout-creator application
8:38 is a DLL file pertaining to the Nvidia graphics configuration.
9:06 Microsoft just reused the Phone Dialer program from Win95. I'm quite surprised that they didn't phase that out.
I know this is not related to the video but dang, channel members can now use emojis in the comments.
Indeed
@@ThioJoe why you no stop showing off the emojis
@@MaxCE Well, how else will he remind people that his channel has the join button for those previous monthly donations?
In the “homemade fonts segment” I really laughed when you said, “It wasn’t doing this before…” Struck me funny. (Where haven’t I heard this before?)!! And hey, your videos are great!
I really wish I knew about the Problem Steps Recorder when I worked in tech support...
iexpress.exe is another good one. It builds a self extracting archive (exe file) that automatically executes another exe of your choosing upon running it. I have used it to package batch and PowerShell scripts into exe files. Assuming you have a 64-bit computer, the one in system32 builds a 64-bit exe, and the one in sysWOW64 builds a 32-bit exe.
I've learned so much from these videos
Really fun exploring the System32 folder. You become an enthusiast by such activities only. So keep exploring.....
1:42 7:39 8:20 8:58 9:47 15:13 15:16 15:50 17:15 Your camera is malfunctioning.
4:17 With the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator you can create custom keyboard layouts, so that's one way you could type with those custom characters.
replacing Q W E R T Y with P E N I S
Been using MMC for years, very handy! Good call on this one.
We had a strict hand writeing recuairement for projects. We where not allowed to hand in coppys tho. I remember following a tutorial to create a font useing my handwriteing. Like scaning it traceing it in gimp and so on. I think i used something that is in winwows to create the font.
These programs have very *Creative* names
As a JRR Tolkien fan, I've had charmap saved to every desktop I've had since the late 90s. Yeah, I have some of the ascii alt codes memorized, but nothing beats charmap for the more esoteric European fonts when writing Sindarin or Quenyan.
How does he know so much about windows, been using it all my life and I didint even know half of these exist
@@Dazertron 5 comments lol
Even you can know it’s all there on the internet and even I got to know lots of things myself by just going through everything I find on my PC
It's a bit easier now. There are many articles about these tools.
tf is a windows?
@@eien.ni.nemui. uhhhhhh if u are watching this video then you know about windows and if you don’t, delete that comment lol
Imma save this video to re-watch it when I'm feeling adventurous or creative. Good stuff man.
Sadly Windows is drifting away from lots of legacy apps in the transition of modern touch UI. It's the future but it's so nostalgic for old Windows users. The feeling we get when we made our mouse pointer to wag tail in the XP era is something the future kids won't understand 😂
Nah we still gonna use mouse i hate touch screens my s8+ can't be used cus touch screen commited f then i used a mouse but my usb port commited die
Do you know how Bloated and unoptimized the out of the box windows 10 is?.. I had to edit msconfig, services and registry directory to close all those unnecessarily running background apps... Now it's using around 1gb of ram out of 16 gigs but before it was above 4gigs with always 50%+ disk usage..
@@COHOFSohamSengupta Yeah. Widows 10 still slow for me too. Widows 7 had better performance. Hope they'll take things serious and fix soon.
@@m5than Sorry but, if they haven't done it in five years, there's a very slim chance that they'll fix it in the next five.
I have a ton of emulators on my phone so from games i came up with operating systems so what i have
GEOS commodore os
TOS ATARI SE or STE os
KEGS ||GS mac os
Macitosh os the 1980 i think os
a form of Debian os using xfce
Some simulators
Wind 98 simulator it is almost perfect with lack of the real os features
Wind 7 simulator almost perfect too
Wind 10 simulator sucks a bit but good touch
Idk i am working to set wind xp simulator
Once you have your characters created to use them in Word, type the character code , for example, " E001 " (no quotes) and then immediately press ALT+X. This will convert the code to the character symbol you created.
4:17
I wish I can print my hand writing, It's cursive...
Same
I remember the dialer back in the Win3.x days. 🙂
The contact entries in Outlook supported doing the same thing, being able to dial someone for you.
2:38
People who bypass words on roblox: *Its go time*
That won't work I guess, rip.
[Edit: For other people, for you idk]
Oh no the roblox kids are on thiojoe now too?
@@dedmemes. I exist
I’m regards to not being aware of any way to type .... Those codes or numbers you were talking about; you can hold down the ALT key and simultaneously type the code on the numerical keyboard.
I used to know the numbers for all the Swedish special characters (åäö ÅÄÖ) but seems to have forgotten them now.
I already knew about private character creator but I couldn’t figure out how to use them lol
I've been through there a couple times but despite using windows for long time I was like how did you not know about some of these. Some very handy tools. But sadly I'm slowly converting to Linux. Recently I got a windows de-bloater from GitHub and my pc speed up so much. I was soooo shocked. This way now I get to customise what I want on windows and not what Microsoft dictate. Keep up the good videos bud.
Does anybody remember his old videos telling how to increase your internet speed for free
cloudflare dns
I tied it in my shoes and i run like flash
@@geraldroxas4452 how much kilometre per hour?
To make the dial out work you need a modem, the modem with phone-in, and phone-out jacks for a phone line. Dail out will look for a modem, if not found then the program will exit. Back in XP and Windows 7 days, I had a program that would speed dial my phones and if the phone was busy then it would re-dial the number in 5 to 10 minutes later. Since I don't have a landline and no modem.
End of speed dial.
says "important archives"
*proceeds to point at notepad.exe*
It's actually very useful
Watercraft it is. You can save it as any file extension. Including ones that aren’t used for anything.
@@progect3548 yes, it is just a joke dude
I can't believe this is the same guy that made the free steam games troll video. Keep up the good work man!
Gotta love the most useful program ever, the dialer...
@Mac My Life Up yes, it's purely coincidental
MaddieMJD ????
10:00 U can actually do it if u have a mic, but of course you still need the landline connector
Hey Thio, 1998 called, they want their dial up modem back.
13:50 You can actually add Computer Management itself to MMC, which in turn adds everything that comes with that. But then you can add additional items that aren't in Computer Management along with it. This is great for Windows Server where you may also want to add Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Print Management, etc. to one master window, and then save it to the Desktop.
Super neat programs here! I've never seen Private Character Editor or heard of private Unicode characters. Very obscure and neat, even if it's just local characters. I wonder what their practical use is, how to configure kerning, and if there's an easy way to transfer them to another computer. I didn't find a way to export these characters. Maybe need to create a new font file and link the characters to them, install it on another computer, and then can copy into Eudcedit.
Charmap is my favourite. I use it frequently.
You are truely one of my favorite creator now. I learn so much from you man.
DELETE SYS32 IT HAS UR PC FILES ACCESS
Please don’t do that ever!
@@electricity1404 r/whoooosh
@Thegameha U-turn sign to you
it needs to have access, it runs every file your computer needs.
@@dripsterdripmaster it has access
Used to use charmap all the time as a kid when it was in the accessories/system tools folder. Cool symbols to make mazes with in the unicode block.
TFS. It's cool to know about all these hidden things that are there.
Would you ever consider doing a video on how to hook up a second monitor?
Plug it into your graphics card
mmc is a tool i use every day at work, as it can open most of the RSAT tools used to manage computers in an AD enviroment, it can also open all of its snap-ins for other computers remotely, want to check the preformance of a computer on the network, just open this, add preformance and target the remote computer
Thiojoe several years ago probably when he used to be a joke channel: delete system 32 thiojoe now: dont. Infact here are some useful programs.
So many options us oldies were used to that modern Windows has removed from sight and touch. Thanks for pointing out some goodies and reminding me that they are still available. Now to hunt for a complete list of what all the .exe's do.
i remember i use the psr to "record minecraft gameplay" because in that year i just know only portuguese
I love how an app called Recdisc (Sounds like "Wreck Disc") repairs the disc.
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2'33 This only shows the BMP… For the rest of Unicode, try Universal Charmap or All the Unicode (They are available in the Windows Store on Windows 10)
*hi ThioJoe, how can I upgrade windows10 to windows20?*
Multiply by 2
On the charmap there is the shortcut that you need to use on the bottom right corner, however this doesn't seem to cover all characters, some of them do, some of them don't, for example, if you hold alt and type 1 and 3 you get this: ♪
The most Important Program:
Right Clicking System32
Clicking Delete.
now thats how the computer will end ur life
*recovery: your pc couldn't start because you messed up your computer*
@@ThioJoe Finnaly A Use For That Emoji
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
My Screen Turned Blue
I Think I Deleted System32
On a lot of keyboards there's a key labeled "Alt gr" (gr= graph) you can hold that key down and type a number on the numpad and it would output that character code into whatever field youre typing in. The charmap tells you the character code but it's in hexdec and you would need to translate it to dec. Ie the charcode for space is hex 20 which is 32 in base10 so holding "alt gr" and typing 32 would be a convenient way to type a space in case the space key is not labeled and you cant find the space key because it's not labeled.
Alt gr key is probably being obsoleted since i dont see it on newer keyboards but both alt keys do the same thing now.
Right alt + numpad
I thought AltGr was a thing in Europe, meanwhile keyboards over in America always had 2 Alt keys.
The dialer is useful if you have a rotary phone, and your phone provider doesn’t support pulse dialing. You can just connect a dialup modem.
Or you could get a mobile phone for less money than a dialup modem
I’m pretty sure all terrestrial phone carriers still support pulse dialing. It’s a legacy feature that isn’t getting in the way being there.
A possible use for the personal characters could be if you are doing arts or something and you regularly need a few characters during typing sessions. The end product should contain the personal characters if they are converted to vectors or something. I don't know if it saves in PDF but my first thought was that I could use it to create meshes in Blender with. (Then again, vector art or black/white pngs could serve better. Not important right now, I might find the perfect font I want next time it comes up.)
If you really do need a very specific font, just make that as a font. That's why things like FontForge exist.
When I get bored, I open the /dev or /bin, /usr /var folder in Linux and start just going through them for fun xD
Same
Same
Since Windows 11 is just a better version of Windows 10, all of these apps might work. This means all of these apps work for me, because I have a black laptop running Windows 10 21H2 and a silver one running Windows 11 21H2
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CAUTION: DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE AT ALL YOU DONT KNOW PERSONALLY YOU CAN TRUST TO USE YOUR COMPUTER REMOTELY.
If you’re going to a professional and they ask for something like this honestly consider how legitimate the person you’re talking to is, if you made the call because of some loud or obnoxious errors or warnings 9.99 times out of 10 it’s a scam and you shouldn’t call or click instead close out...
This might sound like a stupid warning to some of you but kids and older people don’t have the same experience as you might have
when you hate system32 but realise new features came in with it
LOL
@Pvshka he is only crating a joke
15:28 this tool is actually fairly regularly updated still to this day, usually they re-distribute it with windows updates with updated definitions.
5:40
*p r e v i o u s n e x t*
*n i c e h a h*
from telling me stuff i knew was false to telling me stuff i already knew, big props to thio joe for never being a part of my science journey
Okay, the Problem Steps Recorder is actually scary because it feels like an in-built activity logger on Windows.
Nice. I knew about some of these, but certainly not all of them!
Chilling on the couch is a nice change. But don't be so fast to get up at the very end . It's a bit awkward .Just sit there and cut to the next shot. I think it will look a tiny bit better, even though you will appear to be tossing over to yourself. Just a thought.
He says: NotePad
I say: BlyatPad++