10 Windows Practices EVERY user should do NOW!

[@Salim-px8bm]

So useful always Brian cheers 🤩

[@Britec09]

Glad you think so!

[@t0mn8r35]

Another excellent guide. Thank you for your hard work Brian. It's appreciated.

[@Rood67]

First tip: switch to local account. This is great, but do this first… *Save or copy your files to a common folder like C:\Temp* Then switch to local account Then move the files from C:\Temp to the user folder. Otherwise you may run into issues accessing the files.

[@Rood67]

@Mi.KoTa-chYon I don’t understand your response. I was saying to copy C:\User\Documents, Pictures, etc… to a common folder like C:\Temp because windows will view the local account as a different user. There are ways to get to the files, but for noob users that don’t fully understand could get access denied and freak out that they lost their files.

[@kevingo2892]

There is one thing a lot of people don't do : that is partition their drive windows requires 100gb to run without issues most drives are 500gb or more show then how to do this in windows and with other software. If windows needs to be re-installed data on second partition is generally safe. Do you agree with this?

[@supremerulah420]

Yah, but may run into issues for apps installed on the secondary partition, due to the registry in case of reinstall of Windows.

[@DavidM2002]

Yes. I partition with the built in DiscMgr utility. Just shrink drive C: and then create and format the new volume which will normally be D: . Once that is done, I move all of my data files to D: so that I can backup the operating system and data separately more easily / cleanly.

[@Alan-rt3se]

@@supremerulah420 I partition the boot drive into C and D, and I use D for storing documents, music, pictures, and software, but I install the programs on C.

[@dennisvaughn540]

Great list of Everything in one list! THANKS!

[@Britec09]

You are so welcome!

[@louf7178]

Solid recommendations every user should be familiar with.

[@EIRE55]

@Britec09 Thank you so much for all that VERY helpful information, as it's exactly what I needed right now. I've recently moved from W8.1 to W10, and am finding certain aspects of it extremely annoying. Now, I'll go and make the necessary changes, thanks to you!

[@charlesxix]

Thanks again Brian.

[@Britec09]

Very welcome

[@Alan-rt3se]

Excellent presentation--very useful!

[@CedroCron]

The only thing I would add is: When using a PIN (use 6-8 digits and not 4), and always set a good longer Administrator (default user) account password to help protect against remote connection attacks / public wifi network attacks if it's accidentally set to "Private Network". Also set the UAC to the highest level and set the policy to require the admin password every time an elevated privilege is needed. This makes windows a lot more secure than default settings.

[@EIRE55]

Your comment has got my full attention, as I've recently moved from W8.1 to W10, so I'm still finding my way around it. I didn't know I could use more than four digits for my PIN, so I'll change that. I changed it from Public to Private network, and have remote access switched off. I thought it would be safer to be private, but from what you've said, I'm now questioning that. Anyway, if you have any further advise, I'd certainly appreciate it. Many thanks.

[@robcarley7506]

Thanks for reminding me about that quick start lol disabled it on 5 OS's across 3 machines lol

[@Britec09]

You're welcome

[@apricus12345]

Thanks for the enlightment!

[@Britec09]

My pleasure!

[@US_Joe]

As always, good advise my friend. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@antoniiocaluso1071]

haaaaaaaaaaa...after "suffering" most-all of those PC-disasters, I'm surprised there isn't a genre of Comedy devoted to PC-Usage!! :-))) Britec could become the "Benny Hill of PCs"!!

[@johngoard8272]

Nice refresher Brian now just one thing that example of ransomware in the video if that happened to me is it possible to wipe the hard drive and then reinstall the system using one of the few AOMEI disk backups I have copied on my external drive and will doing this involve activation issues?? I do this quite regularly, especially after the latest feature updates from Microsoft.

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Another awesome video and useful information as always.

[@Britec09]

Glad you think so!

[@daguard411]

Thank You.

[@Britec09]

You're welcome

[@MikeBob2023]

Thanks, Brian! 👍🏼 I created a system restore point (everything is nice and tidy with my setup right now, so no time is better than the present), and I *named* the restore point 'Britec09' (so I'll remember when I created it and why it's there. 😛) All your other pointers are quite handy as well (although I do use most of 'em already 😇) -- thanks again. 🤗

[@Britec09]

Thanks for watching

[@MikeBob2023]

@@Britec09 I try to always watch (and comment) ... for the Al Gore Rhythm. 🥁🪘🎼

[@kinklesstetrode]

Thanks!

[@Britec09]

Welcome!

[@wilsonj4705]

I create a MS account only for transferring the Windows keys to a new built and once transferred I never use it again. Only use I have for having a MS account.

[@billyguthrie3176]

You don't need no group policy to controll updates windows already offers plenty of ways to deal with updates. you can set them to manual in the services menu so that it doesn't even check for updates unless you tell it to. You can pause updates which is what i usually do. I do not like updates or anythng auto installing. don't wanna go to bed an coomputer is fine then wake up in the morning to find an update has screwed up my pc. Even my browsers an apps ar set to manual update.

[@ТоварищКамрадовСоциалистКоммун]

Some notes. Cannot recommend RELY ON registry backup or system restore point. They MIGHT be useful, but it's not a good substitution for a full system backup. And saying about it, I wouldn't recommend Hasleo. It's free, that's correct, and it LOOKS good. However you never know what is the plan of this relatively new company from China. To my opinion, not worth to go with them. Instead, AOMEI has a free version, it's probably the best for an average user

[@Britec09]

Like I said, its a added layer to give you options.

[@PhD63]

I switched to a local account using this method a little while ago after trying without success to install 11 with a local account using every method I could find. It’s such an easy way to switch but I wonder how long MS will keep it available. I was actually surprised that it exists at all.

[@Alan-rt3se]

I've done the same thing, and last week my boot drive crashed so I had to replace it with a different SSD. When I re-installed Windows and MS Office, I logged into my Microsoft account online and was able to re-activate both Windows and Office without a new product key. But day to day, I'm strictly on my local account.

[@leoniedejong9549]

In case you are hacked and locked out of your PC, is it sufficient to overwrite it with a back-up? Or can you format your SSD?

[@enginerd80]

How useful the registry backup in a .reg file actually is? I mean, as far as I know, merging a .reg file to "restore" it would only _add_ what's gone missing after saving the file, and _change_ back values changed after saving the file. But what if the fix would call for _deleting_ something that was added after saving the file?

[@johnrockley9472]

Very informative but I do wonder how many would dare try! Folk haven't got extra clever over the years, when VCR's were in vogue many couldn't set the clock let alone do a timer recording! If their kit plays they scrap it and get a new one and have to spend hours getting it on-line, the e-mail working and say all the 'stuff' that was on the old one - gone! I've played with the things since PET's, ZX81's etc and still find them a nightmare! When support for Windows 10 ends I guess I'll have the upheaval as I did when Vista ended, along with so many others. A user friendly system would be great. Just saying .😊

[@shreyasdharashivkar8027]

Please create a Registry edit to make the "Refresh option" show after right clicking on Desktop screen. It has been moved to "More options".

[@AndiRizkia-hv9wc]

How about fastboot on uefi/bios?. Does this also should be disabled? or just fast startup BRITEC?

[@DavidM2002]

The Fast Start Up and Hibernate options are not available on my Windows 11 PC. Everything else is the same.

[@davinp]

If you install a new SDD on your PC (to replace a hard drive), you should enable System Restore on that drive. This way if an update fails, you can restore Windows to before the update

[@Britec09]

I agree

[@uzer_zero]

I created this Win10 Pro install with a local, non-M$ account. I of course have applications that I use which require a MS login, like XBox Game Bar (used for party chat when gaming) and browser-based Outlook (for Calendar). One day I pulled up Windows Settings and noticed that the account displayed was my MS account, even though I've never logged into this computer using that account. I was able to switch back to Local, but what's going on there??

[@davidwhite3337]

Good video Brian

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Awesome‼ Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴ Nothing is free in this life. If it’s not costing money, it’s costing something else. If you got it for free! someone paid for it. Nothing is free. Everything has to be paid for. Usually your private credential to third-party seller without your knowledge!!

[@raizel.kv_69]

Thanks man i hope it fixes the issue where stupid Microsoft always installed old intel iris drivers on my laptop😑😂

[@D.von.N]

That Hasleo version was a paid one? I used it to create a win on the go usb, free version and I think there were only 4 functions available in the left vertical menu. Or 3 even. Either way, I used a rescuezilla software to clone my usb Win version today. Also free of charge. And clonezilla to clone my 32bit old system. Moving to Linux full time, only having Win for rare occasions.

[@GregM]

Another thing one can do is enable automatic Registry backups

[@Britec09]

Yeah, worth doing

[@Kentish9494]

my layout is not like that in your first example. I go to accounts then i have microsoft 365 family, pc game pass ,microsoft copilot. There is no account settings - microsoft account

[@davinp]

I don't know Microsoft does make file extensions enabled by default. It should be, so that we can tell what it is

[@Britec09]

Same here, its a major risk having it off

[@tabishahmedpk]

If u disable windows updates from automatic to manual from services after sometime it will be reverted back by windows to automatic. So their must be any other solution to that?

[@Brochito69]

🎉🎉🎉

[@demonreacts2133]

do i really need to download and install optional updates immediately or should i wait?

[@shreyasdharashivkar8027]

It is always good to wait.

[@Britec09]

You can wait, they are optional

[@johnpedersen8387]

Video was spot on Brian. Thanks for that. Using image files is the most important thing you have to do. With that you can allways go back to a working pc. In my 25 years of using computers I have had personal files on another drive, and that is backed up in another process. In that way the systembackup files can be small. Only Windows and programs that is updated over time is on the C drive on my pc's. 🙂

[@Britec09]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rickh8380]

I don't do the Cloud. Remember your Cloud data is on someones server. No thanks. That's the first thing I turn off and delete on a clean install.

[@Nurek_z_Jaworzna]

What's the name of outro song?

[@Britec09]

Its on KZbin music

[@tafsir5780]

They have something useful like system restore point off by default, but ram shite down our throats with shit no-one wants & have it on by default, can anyone make sense of it all

[@jackburton8352]

As documented in the screenshot 3:35 restart is not affected. Shutting down never clears certain files caches or settings. If you want your PC fresh do a RESTART not a shutdown RESTART clears the kernel and starts from fresh with all original settings. This is great for fixing audio and graphical issues.

[@shreyasdharashivkar8027]

True

[@Britec09]

Problem is, most people never restart much. Most turn on and shutdown and this is problem.

[@jackburton8352]

@@Britec09 Agreed a lot of people only restart after an update because it's forced. Maybe you could do a video about the benefits of restarting your system once in a while.

[@bluesirius1]

isn't 'fresh starts' achieved by disabling the fast startup feature?

[@jackburton8352]

@@bluesirius1 No.

[@bokami3445]

Restore points, one of Windows most over looked features.

[@Britec09]

It can save you when you mess something up

[@bokami3445]

@@Britec09 It has! Got a bad set of Wifi/Nic drivers from Intel, which completely cut my PC from the Internet. Now I have a google calendar event to remind me to make a restore point on the 1st of every month, just in case I win the Microsoft Patch Tuesday Lottery

[@techextremist2545]

Switch to Linux instead; I’m done with Microsoft and their bullshit ideas. You have to jump through way too many hoops just to get everything ready, just for them to reset everything after a random update or new OS. They “fix” things that nobody wanted fixed and break stuff that works great.

[@videodude8137]

What you guys?

[@UltraZelda64]

The best practice of them all: Just use Linux.

[@timlangley8926]

ta

[@BiswajitGhosh-pn7tk]

Best Practice - Do not use windows 11 if you can.😂

[@Britec09]

This is also for Windows 10 as mentioned

[@v1rty_mm2]

first

[@vanavansangpuia4319]

Second 😅