Old computer running for 15/16 years and is still fine My 3 year old laptop is on life support

There is probably a Nokia phone in there somewhere with 99% battery

You know that computer has been running 24/7 for so long when you can hear the bearings in the fans screaming meters away. But gotta love good old Windows 98. Asks for a password, you click cancel and it logs you in anyway. You have no idea how happy I felt when you shut it down. That poor computer needed a break :) I love watching these kinds of videos but I am always left sad, I hate seeing things broken or neglected.

Finding a computer still running almost feels like the holy grail of an exploration like this

Just imagine walking around there in the dark and then all of a sudden hearing "You've got mail".

Power bill hasn't been paid in decades: power still on. I miss one bill: disconnected

Just imagine urbexers in 30 years when they find a bunch of "vintage" 144Hz 4K Ultra HD monitors and they're just like "hmmm yeah, that's cute".

Imagine if those walls could talk. The pain and suffering that took place there must of been ungodly

That poor computer has been running for years faithfully

Anyone else take a moment to think about how long that computer could have been sitting there running?

The Windows 98 computer is running that state's Emergency unemployment service.

Be careful turning on the power in places like that. I once flipped on a light switch and the whole switch housing literally blew up. The housing went flying off in different directions. Come to find out, some wires were now touching things they shouldn't be and I just flipped the switch that made them short. Be careful out there!

At 17:41 there is a file called "tudom mit tettél" which in hungarian means "I know what you did"

Power is on, wires are out, and there is water everywhere. This is some high risk shit gentlemen...

The fact that there were still stuff in that freezer is spine-chilling so much equipment and documentation was left behind imagine what you could find out if you spent the time to read everything and look through everything

As someone with autism, these places always make me very uncomfortable. Just thinking that if I had been born a few years before I was I could have been sent to a place like this. We have come a long way in understanding mental issues and hopefully, we will continue to improve. Quick note: places like this still exist around the world. And, people do still suffer. I am just happy it is not as common in my country anymore. But, we still have strides to make.

That pc still works while my 1 year old laptop is already fighting for its life

That computer can finally rest. Goodnight little guy. You were working hard abandoned and forgotten in the dust and rubble.

The "soundproof booth" at 23:20 is a Farraday room. Shielded from EMC, the walls/floors/ceiling are all grounded. Very useful for electrical studies of brainwaves. The 9 1/2 floor at Belleview has a few of them that were created from walk-in freezers. The isolation or the studies would sometimes freak out patients and I can remember a few of them running down the hall with a electrodes trailing behind.

That's a testament to Dell computers that the fan has been running straight since 02 and the comp still works

I wonder who is paying for the electricity.

You guys were very respectful of this place. If it were me, I would’ve delved through that whole computer looking for secrets. I certainly wouldn’t have given up on that sterilizing machine... and I absolutely would’ve let my buddy perform a lobotomy on me in that operation room.

Had reporter Bill Baldini in Philly not gone into Pennhurst in 1968 and reporter Gerado Riveria in NY not gone into Willowbrook in 1972 the world would still have these horrific asylums. These two men changed how the world treats those with mental, intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Thank you to both!

This is a good place for a horror/mystery game or film. The computer being randomly on with mass information to old experiments and patients is a definite yes.

Good lord that old Dell opens Microsoft word faster than my current work laptop 🤣

Bro if you lived next to that building you could find a plug and plug a long extension cable into it and then power your entire house and just get free electricity

why do people act like abuse in mental hospitals has ended. there is still a lot of verbal, emotional and sometimes even physical abuse that happens in these hospitals. there are a lot of blind spots and patient rooms dont have cameras. they dont help us there, only treat us like sick animals. speaking from experience

I really love how respectful you are of the places, and of the people who worked, lived, and otherwise were present there. Blurring names, important information, etc. It is a small detail, but it means a lot.

A/C working, fridge working, power, computers.... this would be a perfect for a homeless person,, clean up the a/c room, push the fridge in, play mine sweeper on the computer.. life is set lol

This is why you leave the power on, it's like a bug zapper for destructive scrappers.

If you feel lonely, just think of the computer

It is no mystery why these guys are so popular! They provide serious entertainment 👍😀

Between the computer, the equipment, the power, the cabinets and that "lore" memo at the end, this is as real life Fallout as it gets.

When you don't know the password to one of the old computers there. "You need a science skill of at least 25 to activate this terminal."

The orange Glucose liquid is used for glucose tests (urine test usually). Most commonly used in pregnant women who have a high or low sugar count during blood test.

I’ve watched a lot of your videos and I must say this was the one that intrigued me the most. Probably my favorite so far. I love the whole fact that you got the computer to work. That was awesome !

All this old tech is extremely exciting. You did a really good job of not invading everything. I wouldn't have been able to help myself from touching and trying everything. I think you did an excellent job of leaving it the way it was.

Michael: ok don’t go turning on the power Bryan: hehe button make chair go *brrrr*

There was one more floor.

I absolutely love seeing the OR’s in the places you guys visit...the older the better!! I work in the OR and to see the difference from then to now is so interesting. The old supplies and equipment is like seeing a time warp. Please keep investigating the history!! ❤️❤️

Imagine taking a break from exploring to charge your phone in an abandoned building.

Many old exit signs are made with tritium, a gas that is is contained in sealed glass tubes lined with a light-emitting compound. The tritium gives off low-energy beta radiation that causes the lining to glow. This type of radiation cannot penetrate a sheet of paper or clothing. That is why the exit signs are always the last to go.

The most amazing exploration of an abandoned asylum I've seen so far.. amazing finds and especially having the power on still am following u guys and can't wait to watch all Ur vids.. thank you for making this seen was extremely interesting to watch.

I explored an abandoned farm silo with my friend last year and there was a ladder in the rafters just chilling until it fell after we just looked at it. It was about 20 feet up so it was pretty loud when it fell. I'll never forget that moment.

I worked for a power company as the guy that turned on and off the power. Power on cuz of one of two reasons, 1 government funding and an oversight in payment / someone in government thinks that it is a hospital and may be needed in an emergency someday, so they keep paying the bill. 2 power company forgot to pull the power on such a large building that had power uninterrupted for almost 100 years, and now uses less power than a backyard shed, and probably still has a note on the account that it is to always have power and never turned off cuz hospital. Also I Know of 3 more old hospitals that are still powered just like this. And one radio tower with nothing in it anymore that still has power cuz it was once part of the emergency broadcast network. Anything that is emergency has special notes on the account to never turn it off and to give it top priority to fix it's power if it ever loses power. The radio tower hadn't had anything in it since the 1990s and I was told to fix the power to it in a year 2017 after the unused meter broke from old age the day before.

Maybe there’s electricity because there’s a secret Russian lair deep down underneath trying to open up a door to another dimension

Imagine entering the sound-proof room closing the door and the door locking and the only way to unlock it was a button in some desk which either was stolen or doesn't work and you get trapped forever in a sound-proof room rendering impossible to be helped

That old computer though. Pure nostalgia!

are we not gonna talk about the fact that the last paragraph in the letter near the end said not to write about incident reports in the charts or something because if you don’t then it isn’t a ‘discoverable document’ wtf was happening there

I went to an abandoned amusement park once. I couldn't help but flick the ON switch on a large decayed merrygoround - the one with horses that kids sit on - and the damn thing started to turn - sounded like 1000 crushing metal cars grinding together. It was both exhilarating and terrifying beyond belief. in australia

This place reminds me of an old NHS psychiatry hospital and neighbouring school in England that my boyfriend and I spent a summer exploring (it was in the middle of a neighborhood watch zone, so we had to space out our visits for each building over time) Abandoned for roughly 5 years, so not only was it clean, it had all of the resources still but we had to wear masks and stay low because there were windows everywhere, but it was well worth the discovery into what it was like before the demolition project right after. Glad we found your channel and that there's more of us out there that we can talk to about our explorations together ☺️❤️

the fact that that old computer still works is amazing!

20 year old PC from abandoned building: works My PC from 2010: dying

Wet floors + power on = free electro therapy

I just read up on what insulin shock therapy is and that is so messed up, I'm a diabetic and reading that in some cases they would give someone a dose up to as much as 450 units is crazy

! - WARNING - ! I wouldn't be surprised if the insulation around alot of the wiring is corroded in these places, so it's reasonable to assume you have mains electricity possibly touching the outer body of the equipment, just be careful touching metal equipment in a place with live electricity. It has happened to me when maintaining old equipment at mostly abandoned sites alot newer than this place!

When you used the computer, I would have checked the dates of other files before opening them to see when was it last accessed. See if someone recently was in the building or was this PC running since 2002 the whole time :O

if i found an old abandoned computer with a guest log txt file that only had one log entry and it was just 'The Proper People' i would get so spooked omg lmaooo

This is one of the best exploring videos ever! The shots and the allover look inside this building was awesome.

Awesome work guys i really love it when stuff still operates, would have liked to see those old theater lights working.

Can't get over the thought of walking into one of those rooms and having the door slam shut and locking you in.

Really should have clicked the file that said "patient interview hours"

One of my dad's cousins (no this isn't the begging to an urban legend) worked at an Asylum. According to my dad, a popular joke was: 'Whoever puts the coat on first is the doctor."

What a captivating video gents! Very much enjoying watching your channel. That win98 PC was awesome, there would be a lot you could find out from a deeper delve into it. Just think if the server room had still been intact! Excellent effort.

16:52 Congratulations, you've hacked your first terminal in Fallout 3

That computer's hdd bearing deserves a friggin medal

Beautiful video, love the Art Deco designs and I hope to get this one for my channel! Great work guys keep it up !

This was the first Proper People video I've ever watched. I mainly wanted to watch it for the working computer because that's what I was looking up videos for prior to seeing it but the whole video was worth watching. I've watched several of their videos since and I occasionally come back to some of them, this one the most.

10:21 Everybody gangsta until Minecraft cave noises starts playing

Omg you need to do a video of going back here in 2020 to see if your log book has been signed, in fact am going to subscribe just in hopes we see that video... *cough* *cough* it's been signed *cough* *cough* sorry just clearing my throat.

Really goes to show the quality and simplicity of old stuff. Chairs are almost a century old, and have been sitting decaying and rusting for decades, yet they still power right on and work without a creak or rattle! Meanwhile the stuff today lasts 2 or 3 years, and then goes. If this doesn’t say something, then I don’t know what else to say!

Fantastic video. Deffo thumbs up, wish we had places like this to explore

17:45 there is an image file named "tudom mit tettel" which in Hungarian translates to "I know what you did".

That place is a giant fire hazard with the electric still on.

Wonder where “Margo” is today

That was an awesome adventure! I enjoy your videos!💙

I like how one guy is a scaredy-cat and the other wants to inspect everything.

I wish they had tried to discover more from the computer. Edit: Oh damn I didn't expect so much attention around one dumb comment I made-

seeing a computer with windows 98. me thinking for a moment " that isn't that old," ..... before realizing that's me getting old

I was part of a group doing urban exploration in the former East Germany in 2003. This place is reminiscent of the architecture and color schemes of the soviet government office spaces. Dull yellow/beige/brown sterile environments. But the windows 98 computer was an upgrade.

Ghost keeps paying the power bill

I can hear that Windows 98 startup sound

Tfw you realize that booth was probably soundproof so they couldn't hear people screaming on the inside while they electrocuted them.

20 years ago me and a friend urbex an abandoned tuberculosis "hospital" in Clifton Virginia. It had been abandoned since World War 2. That place was freaking terrifying. There were THOUSANDS of scalpels all over the floors. Huge needles and other bizarre stuff. The surgical steel all those scalpels were made of were worth a LOT. I have always wondered if this place is still there.

Nothing like taking a stroll through a bunch of lead paint and asbestos 😂

It gives me ease inside to know that computer will finally get to sleep for a long time, just listening to it made me feel as if it was in pain.

"how does this stuff still work?" Well, before the 90s, things were built to last. Before planned obsolescence.

Power on + water on floors + scrappers taking wires = be careful guys. Love your channel!

I am more curious about what was in the recycle bin of the computer :)

I have an earry feeling this building is still being used and more specifically that hallway or somewhere around there because the motion security alarm detector in 2:39 looks almost identical to the ones I installed on my property roughly 5-7 years ago.

Proper People I enjoy your videos and how respectful you are of these old buildings and their contents, neat looking place. Which asylum was this and where?

Them struggling with copy-pasting each letter On-screen keyboard: am I a joke to you?

Was there a basement in that building? My guess is that is where the real work was taking place. Video gave me Silent Hill vibes.

So we just don’t get to see what’s inside the brief cases

To see a place like this still having power is most unusual, but then again this is why we have so many people living on the streets who need a place like this .

Great video. I love how respectful of the place you guys are. so many people would just start breaking things and pissing around but you leave things pretty much as you find them. CRAZY that the power is still on, you'd think with all that water and decay, a short circuit would have happened and caused a fire by now. Amazing piece of history

There’s a good chance that room was taped up because of asbestus or lead paint flakes Side note: if the AC is on, so should your masks be. You don’t know what’s fallen into those vents and is now blowing through the air

Wow. Those patient records being left there is a massive HIPPA violation.

Thatt was the coolest video about an abandoned place i've ever seen!

~~~~~ This was outstanding ! Thanks for sharing! ~~~~~