3:01 Did you know that a fresh installation of Windows 10 (1507) initially took up only 14GB of storage. Now Windows 10 (22H2) takes up around 25GB storage. I think this was due to the many UI changes and the new features that got added over time.

2 steps for a slow computer i try to do all the time 1. Full Reset(inc wiping the drive(just a simple full format) 2. SSD as boot drive, even a SATA one is better than nothing. 3. RAM, Cos adding (maxing out) RAM is generally easier than upgrading the CPU. And recently also learnt that RAM in the correct slots is more important than we think it is, even on a board with more than 2 DIMM slots

Many years ago, I worked for the, at that time, second biggest mainframe computer company. In the late 80s, they released a major new subsystem which used a lot more resources. When we asked the project manager why, he replied "We found that it is much cheaper to throw MIPs and memory at a problem than people". And it sold more hardware. This is, totally, apparent today.

In my opinion a better way of selecting which apps are starting on Windows is Autoruns from Microsoft

A video on removing malware would be nice. And preventing zero-day malware which you don't even know that it got insatlled is also important. Thanks.

First and for most, I find that if a PC is slow, its due to bloatware, hardware issues, viruses or infections, or simply running Windows on an older PC, which generally slows it down, but running Linux actually revives older hardware really well (I have done this many times with some old PC's), and seen more snappy and zippy performance in the OS and applications as a result. I think planned obsolescence is a true thing though, but with PC's, even 10+ year old ones, you can still use them, even if they are old. If you have older computers, I recommend running Linux instead of Windows, because it will likely bring new life (or at least make an old PC) usable again, plus there is no bloat, this will help make the experience clean! Linux will not make the hardware faster, it will just make the OS feel snappier and faster due to it using less resources.

Always great practical advice here, for all levels of user. Thank you!

the best thing that I like about your youtube channel is that you explain things easely for less computer savvy people how to do things , great job man :D

Love the attention to detail. I am a pc tech and would love a video on removing malware without installing a bunch of programs. Love the Videos CyberCPU Tech!

Another tip for anyone using McAfee Web Boost and Webadvisor with your browser is to delete both. I have a 4 y/o QVC Spec HP Ryzen laptop I use as a secondary system that had started using 100% disk and ram and freezing and crashing for seemingly no apparent reason when I had multiple tabs opened at once, which I was about to replace until I came across an online forum that suggested deleting both programs. Now it's back to performing as new with no issues.

Nice work with the video. I was impressed with how thorough you covered the subject. Incidentally I am a retired EE with A+ training and prior to the pandemic I was providing tech support to senior members of our local library. The most common problem with their machines running slowly was with the cooling fans. When the air flow is reduced to the fins on the CPU the system slows the clock to avoid overheating. My method of cleaning the fans involves using a hand vacuum in conjunction with canned air. Since I used to work with static sensitive devices I also wear a grounded wrist strap just in case. Another thing to pay attention to is that some graphics cards, especially those that are intended for gaming, have a fan on them that also gets clogged. Btw, re SSDs, Crucial US has wicked low prices for them. I bought a 2TB device and USB adapter for under $100. I wanted to avoid filling the 250 GB SSD on my laptop so I use it for data files I need to save such as Excel accounting files, schematics, manuals, pictures et al. Finally, PCs that are approaching the 10 year mark will succumb to entropy notably the electrolytics will fail. I had a couple of flat panel monitors fail due to the caps failure. Easy to diagnose as the caps will dome. It's usually not cost effective to replace them even though I did because I could. If I were to factor in my labor, it cost more to fix them than replace the monitor so the same goes for a computer. The only caveat I would mention about replacing an old machine would be to make sure to remove any sensitive material on the drive by using a disk scrubber such as Bleach bit if possible or physically destroying the drive.

Good video Rich. I remember my Windows 7 system suddenly running like an asthmatic 3-legged donkey overnight. But no worries, Windows 8 was being released a couple of weeks later. Exact same machine, exact same apps, upgraded to Win 8 and it was back to its fast old self. You'll never convince me it wasn't Microsoft sabotaging the old O/S to promote the next one they were pushing.

Great video, Rich! I've done all this stuff in the past, and it's helped a lot. One step I would do in addition to uninstalling unused programs is I'd go into the registry to remove all the old keys manually. I do everything app by app, program by program so I don't remove the keys I need. If you have a nice, lean registry it keeps your OS from using resources to try to find those associated programs you've removed.

Thank you for a very informative and useful video. You are just a pleasure to listen to.

5:24 I use an uninstaller called RevoUninstaller it give you an option to make a restorepoint and to delete the leftover Registeries and files. 19:27 Some laptops have a Deduster mode that reverse the fan's default rotation to blow out dust. As a quickfix

wait... smart phone market? I KNEW IT!!

All good advice. Thanks

My first computer was a 486SX (33Mhz)with a math co-processsor, a whopping 4 or 8 Megs of RAM with a 540 MB hard drive, VGA card, Soundblaster 16 and a 1.44 floppy. It ran windows 3.11, I later upgraded the system with 16 Megs of RAM, a blazingly fast 2 speed CD-Rom and 2400 Baud modem (later to 19200 and then 56K). Later through the years I did other upgrades to it, to make it "usable", I kept that thing for at least 5 years and in the end ran Debian Linux on it for the last year or so of it's life before I had to chuck it and build ,y first PC. Ah, fun times, fun times indeed.

Decent advice. A lot of the perceived slowdowns in the first 5 or so years come from not doing basic system maintenance. There is also no excuse for not having an SSD as your boot/program drive. It doesn't have to be a high capacity expensive model. I still have one bigger spinning disk as media storage, that is what these are good for.

Through my experience, this video is spot on. Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. Keep it clean and don't run what you don't need.

Really nice video keep it up 🤘😎

Another super awesome video Rich - my first computer was a 286 with a 20 gig hard drive that I was using a program called stacker which doubled the hard drive size.

Recently retired my 15 year old pc. Was using it only as a backup and now use only my current newer pc which is already 2 years and a half old. I can tell you that even if it is 15 years old it runs very well and ssd helped a ton for that. The last 8 years using ssd there was no returning back to hdd as a boot drive. As stated in the video if you maintain your pc well it will serve you well and with a few minor upgrades it can last you for a very long time. Well unless you want to score a 1000 fps on counter strike or any other game :D

You're absolutely right about the apps Rich. Its why I gave up on smartphones entirely after my 4 year old going on 5 started giving me problems. As for SSD vs spinning disk, if your drive isn't that old (as in lifetime hours), they still work fine. I have a computer from over a decade ago from my school that no one bothered to fix. When I fixed it, I loaded win10 on it, filled all the RAM slots and use it as my production machine. Problem is, if you're not tech savvy and your drive starts to act up, you're gonna wish you upgraded to an SSD. Spinning disks can straight up crash windows and make it unusable. SSDs are rock solid and never give you the famous "100% disk usage"!

I would definitely like to see your malware removal methods.

Great advice! I clean my desktops regularly using canned air. From now on, I will stop the fans from spinning while I do this.

Please do the video about malware removal, would be very helpful.

I have an old MSI GE-70 2QE (bought in 2013) that started as a Windows 8.1 machine. It then ran Windows 10 for seven years. Two weeks ago, I did a fresh install of Windows 11 (with a custom ISO using NTLite) which fixed an issue with the built-in GTX 765M graphics card that I've had ever since I installed Windows 10 on it, and it started recognizing my CD-ROM drive again. Windows 11 on unsupported hardware gave the thing new life. No plans to trash it yet!

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The "liquid" in canned-air doesn't hurt electronics, as in it doesn't short or cause corrosion. It's what happens as that liquid flash evaporates on electronics that causes issues, because it sucks all the humidity in the surrounding air and deposits it onto the electronics in the form of water-ice, which can short and corrode.

In realms of code where circuits dance, A tale of time and speed's advance, We ponder on machines that age, And if their vigor might engage. Do computers wane like stars above, Lose luster, falter in their love? With each passing year, a doubt takes hold, Do bits and bytes grow tired and old? A journey through the silicon soul, Reveals a truth that consoles: It's not just time that casts its shade, But usage, care, the paths we've laid. Like rivers carving stone to streams, Electric pathways weave their dreams, Yet as they flow, they leave a trace, Of wear and tear that we must face. Bits flip and electrons stray, Magnetic charges start to sway, But fret not, for engineers design, A dance of care in every line. Planned obsolescence, whispers tell, A marketing ploy where profits swell, Yet in truth, the lines are blurred, For progress waits, by change it's spurred. Components shift, and software grows, New vistas rise as old paths close, But remember well, it's not just fate, That slows the stride of processors' gait. Keep them clean, and cool their heat, Secure them well, don't let dust meet, Updates, patches, a vigilant eye, Can keep the years from passing by. So worry not, as time unfolds, For machines are made of stories untold, Their essence, spirit, a legacy, That weaves our lives with technology.

I vote yes for both video suggestions. How to build a computer and how to remove malware. Thanks.

An updated pc build video would be very welcome. Seeking sites that would be parts picker sites where you can choose each component based on several specs including price that you want in your system and it will offer you options for each component.

Good informative video

thank you for sharing with us , I agree with you, I use a 80 go SSD for system, but downloading I use a hd , all s perfect right now, but future is unknown cause software's upgrading and we must renew hardware ....My 1st computer a victor 386 2mo ram hd 40mo win3.1 office 2 green screen, but I learned a lot this time...

Great information 🤔 👍 - 👍

I deal with this question. all the time when dealing with people computers. I still think Microsoft. Has soothing to do with it. Just my thoughts there are some things you can do until you upgrade. Great video

Use my PC's every day so cleaning at least once a quarter of the year, thanks for the tips good as usual.

This video came up on my feed at right time. My windows 10 updates are fkimg up the device with audio output to be inaudible and other issues on performances. Had a bootable USB with Linux mint on go, tried it after months or maybe 1st in this year, and felt all the issues created by Windows and Microsoft gone. Will be shifting slowly now. But apps and installation is tricky. Will need help of community and experts in Linux.

Yeah, lets build a new computer together! :) Maybe do a test between budget/standard pc vs. warmachine :D

to my gaming pc, nope. but my laptop is. ironically my laptop is latest windows 11. no plans for my gaming pc though (windows 10).

Hey. Thanks for the video. Personally a video about malware removing would be very much welcome.

Good video, I would only add two things: If you're running Windows, you may need to reformat it from time to time. From things like Windows Update not cleaning up after itself properly to junk files and processes left over from uninstalled software to just good old fashioned clutter that makes it harder to stay on top of it, you may just want to back up your data and reformat it. It's easy to tell people to stay on top of what they have installed and what services are running in the background, but even tech savvy people often fall behind on this and it's often faster to just backup data and reformat the thing when you inevitably fall behind. The other is to be wary of all the advice you get online. All the advice here was good, but there are a lot of bad places with bad advice out there like putting your laptop in the oven to heat it up and remelt the solder to fix that cracked solder situation. Most of the time, this doesn't work for people where they could have just done it themselves by hand. If it's for the really small components with this issue then save yourself the grief and just get a new one and especially for things with lithium-ion batteries that aren't easily removable (don't ever put those in the oven).

I ran a 386pc too! then 486 pc with tape drives oh those memories are flooding back again! those days were painfully slow compared to now!

A smartphone today requires 3GB RAM and 32 GB of ROM, or more, or else you need to drastically limit the apps on it. Older smartphones with 2 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM worked okay if you embedded the micro SD card and made it part of the system. I use one fast computer with Win11 for "Avante Garde" applications and go online with that. And I use older computers with WinXP/7 for familiar and retro software, including DOSBOX and using some DOS programs. Enjoyed your vid! ❤😊

I also started with a 386sx 16Mhz same 2Mb of memory but my family went all out on the 80 meg drive. Was the 16 color output the best Windows would give your system?

I would very much like to see a video on cleaning up the PC in terms of System junk and broken registry safely. This has been also slowing my computer down. I know enough about computers to get myself into trouble with them but not enough to properly fix them. My computer is only 3 years old and running windows 10. Not ready to switch to 11. I don't want to have to reinstall everything as this will become really time consuming. I did this in the past a few times with Win7. I don't trust the anti virus to do it. Last time I did that, necessary programs were deleted. Thankfully, I always make backup saved files. A video like this would be super helpful.

Do you need to clean the fans in a laptop computer? If so, how?

If I turn off a service needed by a program in MSConfig, will it still be able to start when the related program is launched or is it completely unable to start until reenabled in MSConfig?

I used to say that any new computer in a store is probably already six months out of date as the manufacturers of the parts and Operating System probably started work on a new version as soon as that thing was released.

I have been using an air compressor at 100 PSI to blow out all of my computers for 25 years and never had a problem. I don't put the nozzle too close and I hold the fans so they don't spin up to mach 1. I have spun up the fans with no problems, but then I realized if the fans spin backwards they turn into generators. Which could send higher voltage back into the system. I'm pretty sure blocking diodes are used so unwitting people like me don't cook their motherboard by spinning the fans at mach speed in the wrong directions. It's probably not great for the fans either, so I would suggest that people don't spin the fans up with high PSI air. It beats buying those expensive cans of air, which don't do as good of job and don't work upside down. Unless you want to freeze the dust to the surface it is on.

i've found that a simple format once every yr or so does wonders. even just trying switching from windows to ubuntu goes along way. As for laptops i'm now starting out as a pc tech and i'm scared of disassembling them because of how fragile they are. not to mention complexity of design especial those one where u have to remove the entire motherboard from the case just to get to the fans and ram on the reverse side. So glad channels like yours exist.

Great tips. I have found that using a local account and disabling all telemetry help as well. If it's an old PC, Linux is the way to go. I rescued two 10 year old machines that had Windows 8 on them. With Linux they run like brand new computers. Definitely the best option, in my opinion, for computers that aren't upgradable with Windows.

Good Advice, there's no need to replace the thermal paste on the CPU unless the temps spike or you are changing the CPU and Motherboard, not when cleaning the system fans, etc. like every 6 months, that's why I prefer Glass panels to see the fans if they go out easier to spot a bad one, than compared to opening the case to find out if a fan quit but hey that's my choice that's what I do!

How do you clone your drives? You mentioned that you do that from 250 gb to 1tb

I like watching all these OS tweaking channels. Chris Titus Tech, ThioJoe, CyberCPU Tech, Britec09 and many more. All of them are awesome.

Speaking of first computers, my first was a VIC20 with a memory expansion to 16 kilobytes of memory, that was back in the early 80´s, a lot has happened since....

Using portable applications also helps to slow the slowing process of the computer. These apps aren't installed in the traditional way. They do everything within their own folder. They don't use the Windows Registry so there's no ongoing contamination in the Registry over the years. Another advantage is that you can put a bunch of portable apps onto a stick or external drive and take it to another computer, with your settings and preferences in every app intact.

I totally agree with added an SSD. Once you see the speed difference you can't go back. I can also do without the noise from spinning disks.

I've been into 3d printing and Fusion 360 Cad software. What would you recements in a PC for this task.

We want a video on Malware removal techniques you follow

Making a video about malware detection and removal would be very beneficial 👍👍👍

Yes, that is a video I would like to watch on finding and removing malware spyware and anything else that harms the computer

windows 10 what about computers that are fast and the only problem is boot time ? i used to count about 4 rounds of the windows loading busy double circle rounds when the USB power kicked in to the peripherals ( keyboard, mouse etc . ) and the boot menu would appear . now it takes about 8 double busy circle spins ! ! ! i have not added significantly to the start up queue and i have tried trimming unnecessary start up items i even tried reinstall ( upgrade install while keeping my apps ) - did not help since i do not see that much activity on the hard drive busy light ( had to install one myself - new case doesn't come with one ? ? ? ) i am thinking that the startup problem is from processes waiting for services to start or something - maybe the services are not starting is there a way to find out what is going on while the computer is booting and what is taking so long for it to get to the boot menu ?

In the Startup via Task Manger etc I have heard that one can add programs to this list, although not so easy. Do you gave a vid on this? As well I have 2 items that just say - program. At one point I searched online and not much said about each. I believe what was said - Via MS was not harmful generally. Nothing else as to identify or leave on or not - neither have properties. Just a mention. Thanks for reading and 👍as usual

I've always used a artist's paintbrush to dislodge the dust and a reduced setting on my vaccum cleaner to remove dust.

Nostalgic Coffee Cup ☕️ cheers!

Thank you

I would like to see your malware removal methods.

In the smartphone market i still have my old note 10 note 20 and they are still as fast as i remember even after fully updating them and for pc just listen to this guy

A video on sysinternals would be highly appreciated :)

Nice video. Glad tech has advanced since My childhood. I had an Atari 800xl. lol

How do you Resolve the Blue Screen errors in Windows? What is “RecEnv.exe” - application error?

I have an old Mac. It became hopelessly slow. I installed Linux and now it runs like it used to. I am happy.

What's the driver installed app you use? I use Snappy Drive Installer

cleaning the PC is essential for playing games, if you have a dust PC you'll have games that start to lag, well, I don't know if on a fancy PC the lags appear if the PC is full of dust, I do know that on my old PC games started to lag and that was always a sign that the PC had dust on it, furthermore, CPU temperatures (with original cpu cooler) increase as the dust accumulates, on the gpu in my case it was minimal but on the cpu I always noticed a temperature increase of +20º above normal. I have a small compressor but it has good air pressure and I learned one thing the hard way, when I gave it air the fans would spin and ... yeah, you see what happened, yeah, I had a fan that started making a lot of noise the days after I cleaned the PC, and I learned that when you use a compressor (I don't know if it's the same with other things) you have to hold the fans so they don't spin, but it wasn't serious because I only damaged one fan when it could have been worse , for example if damage the fan the power supply.

I can recall the time before 2006 when I made the switch from Windows to Linux. Back then, I noticed that GUI interactions would gradually slow down as the months passed due to the Windows operating system accumulating background processes and bloat. I did not observe something similar anymore since than. That is now a thing of the past!

I would like to know how you get rid of malware. Last time it happened, I tried Malware Bytes. Didn't work so ended up resetting the OS.

is there a download windows 11 pro on the microsoft website? if there is, I can't find it.

'tech is getting better' Better is arguable.

Yeah, I 100% agree on everything on this video. I've been using SSD's for very long. My first was 64GB SATA2 SSD for W7 and even that old first gen SSD made system massively faster. I mean literally at least 2x faster bootups etc. Since then I've always had OS on SSD it's must. I actually got one free computer and I though I'll just intall Linux to it's 320GB original HDD. I couldn't use. Few bootups and like three not even that huge system file updates it felt SO slow I couldn't take it anymore and threw in old SSD and it was bliss to use after. Only thing I'd add that can actually make computer feel bit slower is stuff like Spectre or Meltdown style hardware related security updates. My Lenovo X250 got noticeable slower after installing bios update regarding I think it was Spectre. This is regardless of OS. Same was noticed in Windows and Linux.

Is not only that software gets more complex. Software is also decreasing in performance optimization.

You are entirely correct abut using an SSD as a primary drive (those upgrading from a mechanical can also put it into a caddy and have external storage as a bonus. But, the recommendation of having something around 1Tb can be overkill for some. When I look at machines of people who's use is surfing the web and more basic office tasks etc, the amount of free space is such that they would never get anywhere near it in their lifetime and that includes their data. So when upgrading, perhaps looking at the amount of space that you actually use might be a better guide because I could make a case for a dirt cheap 128Gb drive, with oodles of space to accommodate Windows updates too (which do look as if they are way less space hungry than they used to be). And money saved on hardware could go to a CyberCPU Tech shirt purchase :-)

A church friend ask me to set up a friend's old computer for them it was molasses. I had to uninstall almost every single app except what came with the computer. As soon as I cleared it all it ran almost flawlessly like a new computer. I would also say if you want the nuke option, reset your PC (delete all apps, not files). ***Back up your files though.

Good video

You’re right about HDDs. I feel like most of these slowdown issues are the worst on PCs with fragmented mechanical HDDs and less than 8GB RAM. In 2023, everyone should be using an SSD as their boot drive. SSDs have come down in price a LOT, you can buy a 1TB M.2 SSD for $69 today. I’m surprised you didn’t mention lack of RAM. 8GB is the minimum needed to have an acceptable experience with Windows 11. If you don’t have enough RAM, then your PC is going to use the swap file, and if it’s on an HDD then it’s going to be painfully slow.

Yes, make the two videos! Malware removal & building a new PC.

i could not have put it any better myself actually but there is a line for planned obsellessence regarding domestic appliences like washers, cookers ect breaking down the day after the warranty exspires and yes phones always advanciing ... android and apple devices have built in timers infact you know there is a health indicator for SSD drives so in a way yes everything has a life cycle before it hits the recycle bin.... actually a sony engineer once told me that the Playstation do have a timer on there laser ... lol

Can 100% confirm... SSDs are night and day even over sata. Most of my backup stuff and actual storage is on spinning rust. My main disks for both win 10 and 11 are both 512G SSDs. And my old spinning rust C drive is a mirror of my SSD (done weekly with macrium)

Interesting. Your video seems to confirm the theory that I had going into it, that it's not planned obsolescence, but rather forced obsolescence. Microsoft forces me to take the software that's slowing my computer down. When I got my Win10 laptop, I installed seven programs, and have been using them exclusively ever since. Try as I might, I've never completely stopped Microsoft's forced "upgrades", and my computer has slowed to a crawl, exactly as you described it at the beginning. I've also already done most of the tricks you describe. I guess I'm stuck until Microsoft finally decides to kill my laptop.

It is also perception, of course, over time you get used to the speeds of your computer. DeBloat your Windows 11 install. Over time, a lot of applications also drop DLL and other crud in your systems directories. A rebuild of the OS is always an option - keep a copy of a newer version of your OS. With macOS and ChromeOS and Windows, the obsolescence starts with dates. Running outdated operating systems has a high risk. People running their OS in administrator mode (Windows is notorious for it).

I have a USB DVD burner which I plug into whatever PC or laptop. It is handy to watch DVDs if you have an old region locked DVD player.

My first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 that I built from a kit. It had an Intel Z80 processor and 2k RAM (not 2 MB not 2GB). Things have changed, just a little bit :)

Question though 🙂, what if you live in an apartment and can't bring the PC outside to blow the dust out? I've struggled with this for many years however -- to counteract the dust from circulating, I have a vacuum by my side so each time I use an air can, the vacuum is sucking up all of that nasty dust. I DO NOT hold the vacuum close the components, as I heard it can cause static and potentially harm them but I simply have it just close enough to catch the dust.

Not computers... Windows gets slower. My Linux system is as fast as the day I installed it.

When I bought my computer, I was able to play multiple games at once, however now its slow to the point minecraft dorsnt work. My biggest issue with the "out of date hardware" is when i chdkced task manager, it shows no overstressing and my computer in a hardware note should not be having problems, yet it cant run a fane without massive lag spikes or lag in general, its bad to the point when i move in minedraft, it drops to 15 FPS, with universe sandbox, It locks up wgenever i click a button and drops down to 30 FPS randomly. How can a computer possibly get worse unless hardware is strained, even though task manager disproves the hardware having problems? Other than an out of date monitor, theres something more going on vehind the acenes.

I use Revo uninstaller FREE as well. If you choose to use it becareful. It will launch the default uninstaller then YOU run a moderate scan for leftovers. I WAS SHOCKED. Far too many programs/apps are poorly written and do not truely uninstall. I found my 4am lag. An uninstalled program was still checking for updates at 4am. It remained in task scheduler but popped no error that the program was removed. It was looping trying to figure out what was wrong for an hour then and only then would it quit.

HELP! Error: 0x800f081f one week at it and still Error: 0x800f081f I tried everything except reinstalling windows 10 pro it says it is recoverable too. :(

Rich.... U R The Man!!!😊

hi Rich, i use revo uninstaller, this app not only uninstalls the app, but also registry code and other things that stay behind if you uninstall the normal way, i use a SSD for the OS but move my windows pictures,desktop,videos,music,downloads,and documents folders to a windows folder i created manually on my HDD,there's also an app for speeding up firefox called speedy fox, it optimizes the sqlite files after optimization you can see a big speed difference when you start firefox again, cheers m8 love your videos