Why Do Computers Get Slow Over Time?

[@Warmachine-fortnite]

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.

[@BaileyMagikz]

thats microsoft for you 😂atleast its not call of duty levels of download/updates (100 GB's +) (at least yet that is...)

[@Warmachine-fortnite]

@@BaileyMagikz I think one of the other reasons why Windows 10 22H2 takes up so much of storage is due to their crap bloatware. I hope not that Windows will ever take up 100+ GB of storage. It would be a disaster 😂

[@GameLinerSaikou]

Nostalgic Coffee Cup ☕️ cheers!

[@CyberCPU]

Thank you, appreciate it.

[@RockyAllenLane]

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.

[@wartortlerulestheworld]

How bout instead you wipe Windows and run Linux if you don't want Malware buddy.

[@thedeadlygames9716]

@@wartortlerulestheworldlol another annoying Linux user, why don’t you use windows and do it yourself buddy?

[@solidsnake6405]

@@wartortlerulestheworld yeah i tried that Linux crap a few years ago and its honestly the most ass backwards and biggest pita os ive ever seen. I tried about 4 different "gaming distros" and all had the same issues. Literally nothing was ready after the install and required hours upon hours of Tedious mind numbing code entry which even following a step by step guide wouldn't work 90% of the time because of reasons.simple shit like downloading a driver was next to impossible.its like you Linux guys just expect the normal joe to have addresses for every Repository and how to access them embedded to memory. I agree that Windows sucks as much as the next person,and did not want to leave win7 for win10.. but that Linux experience had me BEGGING for the Win10 update.i literally had no Reservations about Win10 after trying out the Alternative..

[@wartortlerulestheworld]

@@solidsnake6405 Yeah Totally Linux is not good but its not like Future/Modern Versions of Windows is any good looking at you Windows 8/11 but yeah anything after Windows 7 sucks I think using Windows 10 LTSC is much better then Windows 11 though Windows 10 in itself isn't even that good its picking what is the lesser garbage out between Windows 8 or Windows 11 but I think all 3 are pretty hot garbage Windows 8/10/11 don't really do themselves any favors by flattening the UI and removing the details it just looks ugly. Yeah anything after Windows 7 is trash Windows 10 is the least worse out of the post Windows 7 Era trio 8/10/11 Windows 8 and 11 are trash and I would suggest using Windows 10 LTSC stay on Windows 10 for as long as you can cause let me tell you Linux is not Windows but its pretty bad you have to switch OSes in the first place that is how bad Modern Windows is Windows 10 is kinda bad but tolerated by many unlike Windows 8 and Windows 11 which is F***ing Sh!t like I hate the UI in both Windows 10/11 I think Windows 8.1 on the Desktop not the Start Screen has a much better UI the Icons, The Windows has borders unlike F**ker 10/11 which look ugly af man again Windows 7 had a much better UI Linux is more customizable but I feel Windows 10/11 just look so ugly why does Microsoft decide this sh!t I hate it I'm not a gamer.

[@GrigRP]

​@@wartortlerulestheworldThese people click on every Windows video and tell everyone about Linux. They're like the atheists/vegans of the OS space

[@technoWZ5598]

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.

[@JordanRichardson9]

Yeah, I'm temporarily using a PC with a Phenom X4 9650 fron 2008/2009 and Linux runs much better with old processors and 4GB RAM than Windows does.

[@WyvernDotRed]

It does, but it is important to note that the lighter distro's that run better do this at the price of giving a more (graphically) basic interface. Which is a fair tradeoff on an old machine, but does result in a "glitchier" experience more like older Windows versions. The heavier desktops which are comparable, like KDE Plasma, do still run better than Windows, but this can situationally get mitigated by poorer app optimisation. The underlying Linux system is significantly lighter and in my experience more reliable, but this takes more knowledge to manage and maintain well. It can be bogged down by running many services, extensions and other extra features, my systems being an example of this, but this is often done with reason. For example I use BTRFS, which has high filesystem overhead but offers snapshots and Copy-on-Write, having decided on these tradeoffs.

[@dwaynesudduth1028]

@@WyvernDotRed Agreed.. run a base Debian Distro with either XFCE or Cinnamon as your 'desktop' Or, if you're skittish about doing a base, clean Debian install (Chris Titus has a great video on this), then choose either Linux Mint with Cinnamon or Xubuntu.

[@legospartan3.042]

I LOVE LINUX. BETTER THAN WINDOWS. WOOO! DON'T ACTIVATE WINDOWS. I ONLY USE WINDOWS FOR GAMING THAT WON'T GET ME BANNED BECAUSE OF STUPID ANTI CHEATING SOFTWARE. AND SOME OTHER SOFTWARE LIKE XENIA DOESN'T WORK ON THERE. LINUX STILL BETTER WOOOO!

[@apricotbucket2871]

Linux Mint Cinnamon is a great distro for old PCs and laptops. It's got really good performance, a nice and easy-to-use UI and it's really stable. I installed it on an old laptop from 2012 that I got for free and now use it all the time for school with Firefox/LibreOffice. I've also heard about LMDE, which could probably be even more stable than normal Mint, but I haven't tried it. The laptop I'm using has an HDD, 4gb of RAM and a really slow network card. However, when I have the time to upgrade those things it'll run like new.

[@Josivis]

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

[@AlDunbar]

My "desktop" computer is a laptop. I run it closed with external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The internal monitor is powered off in this configuration. Why, you may ask? Well, if I need to work from somewhere else, the laptop I take with me has all of my files and setting. Also I prefer a proper keyboard that is not close to a touch pad, and I don't like using a touch pad, whether on purpose or accidentally. And who doesn't prefer a monitor of reasonable size? Anyway, I'll check to see if my laptop has a deduster mode. But can anyone tell me if running it closed (it is a dell inspiring from early 2021 with 12GB memory and 512 MB SSD) causes any problems???

[@ivanlimzg]

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

[@rogeramu]

1. Especially if the PC comes from a "big brand". Some of the software they throw in for free is far from optimized. You can hunt it all down manually, but I find it saves time just to reinstall Windows - or go for a nice Linux distro. Often either of those options makes the PC... perhaps not great, but useful. 2. Pretty much any SSD. It can be cheap, small and used, it will beat a harddrive. Some of the cheap laptops used to come with spinning disks (even slower than the desktop versions), and those machines really wake up with an SSD. 3. Up to a point. Windows 10 likes RAM to be somewhere between 8 and 16 Gb. After that it is still good, but you won't see much more performance from Windows itself. Your lucky find? A laptop with a SATA harddrive and 4 Gb of RAM. Cople of cheap upgrades later and you can have a pretty decent PC.

[@PancescuIonut]

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

[@CyberCPU]

True, however anything you can change in autoruns can be changed manually. It just puts everything in one place. I should do a video on sysinternals.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

One recent build of autoruns is utterly broken on windows 11, i got caught out by it,googlage found that people were complaining

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@CyberCPU I would love such a video sir

[@pareshlalta792]

​@@CyberCPUyes, yes you should, cause i have that program too, and I'm running a msi cr61 with an i5 4th gen and intel hd graphics aaaaaaand 2 hdd's with more than 10000 hours runtime on both 🤣🤣🤣 what i do to keep it snappy, is turn off prefetch, and i don't use shutdown, i use hibernate, turns off really fast and turns on really fast, i say really fast, but i mean it's just 30 seconds instead of 2 minutes i live in a third world country on the northern coast of south america, we speak dutch, who knows where i am ? a little quiz solvable with google 🙂

[@alienlucas89]

@@CyberCPU That will be awesome

[@zakariya2011_]

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

[@newlynsteve]

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

[@gwine9087]

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.

[@steveross8364]

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.

[@hermanwooster8944]

9 years ago MS had 90% of the desktop marketshare. Now it's

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

​@@hermanwooster8944android is technically linux

[@rdsii64]

@@hermanwooster8944 Microsoft soon will be all about the enterprise space and windows as a service in the workplace. The home user will soon be an after thought for Redmond. When that happens we will see proprietary linux distros filling the void. I also see fewer if any true open source linux distros in the future. The few distros that will still be open source will be the ones where you compile from source and build your OS from scratch with no support. Apple will still be over priced and not much will change there.

[@jothain]

No. I've never seen that happen during new releases and believe me I've seen tons of installs. I know you don't want to believe it, but you likely did something to your install.

[@PatrickDAllen1]

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!

[@PatrickDAllen1]

I took an also 2013 iMac and installed Open Core Legacy Patcher on it and it is running the latest version of MacOS Ventura 13.5.1 beautifully. It was slow and laggy and almost unstable with MacOS Sierra on it, but now runs beautifully again. You can recover and keep and save old computers if you know what you're doing. It just takes dedication and know-how. If you're not that kind of person, don't be afraid to find someone who is and can help you save an old device for much less than you could buy a new one.

[@wynard]

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.

[@CoolCrescent186]

I picked up an NVMe SSD from Amazon today new for less than $8 USD. There is no excuse anymore, they're so cheap.

[@AlDunbar]

One thing with ssd's is that the driver avoids re-using already used blocks of memory as much as possible, which extends its life. I figure that an ssd that is twice as large as you need should last about twice as long as one half that size.

[@LeftyStratPlayer]

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.

[@rchltmedia]

imo, it's *required* to remove all things Mc'Afee.

[@prezentoappr1171]

Malwarebytes gang

[@demontekdigital]

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.

[@Eternal_Tech]

Based on what I have heard from others, although this information may not be accurate, Windows does not load the entire registry at one time. Windows only loads keys from the registry as needed. Therefore, if a program was uninstalled, then Windows would never load this program's associated keys. Thus, deleting unused registry keys should not affect performance. However, if this information is incorrect, I would appreciate being corrected.

[@demontekdigital]

@@Eternal_Tech If I remember correctly it seemed to be an issue with WinXP, which is where I was getting my erroneous idea that it might cause issues with Win10. I should have thought about that a bit better, and remembered that they aren't the same OS, and Win10 is much more advanced than XP. It's one of those operation habits that stuck with me from the days of the old complete uninstaller apps like System Mechanic, that claimed to remove unused/broken registry keys to make it more efficient. It seems that Win10 loads the registry hives into memory during the startup, and login processes,. I don't know what that means, but maybe we're both right? I'll take the L. I'm so used to being wrong I accept it as an almost certainty, LOL.

[@Pantherman1979]

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.

[@hermanwooster8944]

The golden era when computers were computers.

[@jothain]

@@hermanwooster8944 It was really exiting times. Man those updates were insane and in so small timeframe on all fronts. EGA to VGA. Beeper to ie. SoundBlaster. Floppy to CD. 2D integrated graphics to 3DFX Voodoo. 386 to 486 to Pentium. All updates, well maybe apart CPU upgrades that felt they're from distant future cause of the drastic leaps in what was before. I've laughed so hard to ie. Nvidia's RTX launch comments where young people commented that it's the biggest change in computing ever. Maybe for kiddos, but for people like 30 to 60, not even close.

[@Pantherman1979]

@@hermanwooster8944 Someone from the 40's could say the same thing about computers from the 90's. Time marches on, technological advancements are made and things change. Tube computers WERE the golden era, they just weren't accessible to the common man.

[@hermanwooster8944]

​@@Pantherman1979 jothain captured my sense eloquently. I would only add that the computers of the 90s were not like machines today that hoover your data and send it back to the tech companies against your wishes. You actually owned the hardware and had complete control over the software.

[@Pantherman1979]

@@hermanwooster8944 The only way you had complete control over software was to write it, otherwise Windows's wouldn't have bothered with keys.

[@j.b.7813]

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

[@gotbordercollies]

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.

[@j.b.7813]

20 gb or 20 mb :)

[@jothain]

No. You sure as hell didn't have 20 gig HDD. It was 20MB 🙂

[@gotbordercollies]

@@jothain you are correct - 20 mb

[@gotbordercollies]

@@j.b.7813 20 MB - my error

[@AlDunbar]

Most readers here are fairly tech savvy, who will, I hope, appreciate a story I have about a less tech savvy friend whose first computer was an IBM XT with maybe 128k memory and 5mb disk. He used to refer to these components as K memory and M memory. A later upgrade replaced the K memory with G memory, and an even later one replaced the M memory with T memory. By now he may have realized those letters referred to the size of memory and disk rather than different memory technologies, but I'm not sure.

[@disabledresellerparttime]

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!

[@woodylinder338]

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

[@takomaki]

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"!

[@kirikayuumura3256]

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.

[@bitcomputers]

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

[@tazitazi8192]

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...

[@redeye356]

I would definitely like to see your malware removal methods.

[@gwgux]

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).

[@AlDunbar]

Good suggestions. The only caveat to the first one is not to do it more than actually necessary if it is an SSD. There is virtually no wear and tear resulting from SSD reads, but each cell has a limited number of times it can be written to.

[@gwgux]

@@AlDunbar True, but these days you can reinstall Windows on the same SSD every week for at least a couple of years before you run into that. That's not as big of a concern as it used to be and if you only need to reinstall Windows once every 1 to 2 years, you're more than fine with it.

[@johnbrandolini2915]

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.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

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

[@Duffin619]

I feel like flagship phones last longer then their follow ups i have s10 ans it runs faster then any other phone i used in 8 years

[@landonpraught9170]

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

[@bbo1779]

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

[@varniitpro]

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.

[@gordthor5351]

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.

[@ethimself5064]

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

[@walkabout16]

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.

[@Pantherman1979]

I'm copying this to forever store it in a TXT file.

[@CelestialDeathscythe]

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.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I think one of the worst design feature in modern laptops are the plastic tabs/clips around the edge holding the case together, in additions to all the screws doing the same job. Trying not to break those tabs is one of the biggest challenges to doing any work inside most laptops.

[@CelestialDeathscythe]

@@Thurgosh_OG i agree. i've seen frequent cracks starting from those clips and some screw holes

[@AlDunbar]

One of tge main benefits of reformatting was to remove fragmentation. Fragmentation is not an issue for SSDs, so I'm not sure what other benefits will result from a reformat (which process will bring the SSD a step or two closer to its end of life.

[@ronnyb5890]

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

[@PhilipMarcYT]

I read Revo Uninstaller is good, but, man, I love Iobit Uninstaller and been using it for years. To be honest, I use a cracked version that removes all ads (even the one that says "add key" at the bottom left). 😂 using a cracked version for no ads.

[@Philafxs]

Bulk Crap Uninstaller for the win. Free and open source. May seem daunting at first sight with all the options, but the defaults are fine, and it shows and lets you choose exactly what entries and folders to uninstall, including ones that could or only just might be related, that no other uninstaller manages to catch or show.

[@ronnyb5890]

@@PhilipMarcYT removing all ads? from your browser?

[@ronnyb5890]

@@Philafxs aha, i took a look see, looks good, thanx

[@PhilipMarcYT]

​@@ronnyb5890If you want that, there are adblockers. I use Brave to block ads. The internet is so much better without ads.

[@thornmollenhoff8698]

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.

[@Graham6410]

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.

[@colanitower]

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.

[@Stefan-]

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....

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

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

[@beakytwitch7905]

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! ❤😊

[@kiwi-ross]

I would like to see your malware removal methods.

[@gordthor5351]

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.

[@markkoops2611]

Just look at the explosive increase in disk usage by Windows to make it bigger and slower so you need a new machine. Windows was feature complete after the migration to x64 with Win7. The new features since are mostly eye candy only. Heck, look at 11 vs 10. 11 introduced need for TPM to force upgrades

[@JasonKjellberg]

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?

[@Mr1Tanker]

Same..but a 20 MB Conner HDD...using "Stacker" for ~42 MB. 😅

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

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).

[@goofyrulez7914]

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

[@ethimself5064]

When deleting programs as mentioned, for all practical purposes I find remnants in File Explorer and need to delete these also. If stubborn to remove I need to open them one by one and start deleting them and again at times. Some sub and subs thereafter refuse to delete though and who knows why. From what I remember most are dll. files at this point. One simple example is the free Malwarebytes scan I use 2-3 times/year. I don't do this to save HHD space, I just figure deleting a program the ways mentioned means just that, especially when it says - delete this program and all reminents(spelling) means just that. Pain in the butt, yes but I did get satisfaction as opposed to - As someone once said - I don't get no satisfaction.

[@BaileyMagikz]

planned obsolescence? yes and no depends on so much experience depends on the person, what they buy, what they need it for, and if its them or the device if they look after it (clear caches) and so on (for example i'd still be using my 2012 macbook if it wasn't for wanting a graphics improvement back in 2018 but that wasn't it getting slow that was me wanting more performance and detail then 1080p so upgraded so was needed on my end not them slowing me down/planned obsolescence)

[@aelaan12]

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).

[@Fletch8714]

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!

[@juanroldan4379]

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

[@Fletch8714]

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!

[@shaileshsaxena]

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

[@opulanacy]

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.

[@erroneouscode]

An open window. In the bathroom or laundry with the exhaust fan on.

[@Eternal_Tech]

If you are relatively healthy, you should be able to bring the case outside of the apartment building. If your apartment building has elevators, I recommending using those instead of carrying the case up and down the stairs.

[@BRBTechTalk]

23:35 I am running older hardware, my main PC has and 4th gen i7 and I have 32 GB of RAM and my main boot drive is a SSD. I run Linux Mint 19.3 (I know it needs to be updated) as my OS and what really slows down my machine is Chrome. Chrome has become so bloated recently and it really does something chugging if I have an ad blocker turned on.

[@johnearthheart4614]

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

[@SalivatingSteve]

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.

[@erroneouscode]

It's a no brainer to use an SSD as a boot drive and an M.2 NVME drive as boot if both the motherboard and bios supports it. However, the claim about 8GB of ram and "acceptable experience" depends on how debloated Win 11 is and what you use the PC for as to whether or not and how often it touches the swap file. If you cut all the unnecessary crap out of Win11 you're essentially bringing it back to Win7 and beyond to WinXP days. To some an "acceptable experience" is not putting up with all the bloat and having to spend more on hardware and energy costs to support running it.

[@dw6528]

Thank you for this Rich!! So - as you so well point out - software over time becomes increasingly bloated to correspond with increasingly faster hardware - which begs the question - about the possible advantage of using newer hardware with an older OS. It is my understanding that PC manufactures today are not going to create drivers for Windows 7. They may be under financial pressure from MS to prevent consumers from having fully functional Win-7 systems in current hardware. But lets say a wealthy client asked you if you could setup a Win-7 system on modern hardware? Would you be able to do that? And if so - would you be willing to provide a video on those steps? The obvious advantage would be a faster running system But would there be a functional downside? Perhaps there is a way to turn off services and apps within Win-10 - to the degree that one can lower the burden on the hardware to approximate the burden which Win-7 would produce - yet while retaining some of the desired Win-10 advantages? Sincere thanks!!

[@AlDunbar]

A few possible downsides include: * Security issues * Finding software that works on W7 * Finding technical support for W7 * Finding technical support for old hardware * Finding replacement hardware for dead components that will work with W7 and with the other old hardware. And that may not be an exhaustive list.

[@dw6528]

@@AlDunbar Yes! I can see that! As the list continues to grow - which it will - the return on investment rapidly diminishes! Thank you!

[@crazy4dariver]

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.

[@srvuk]

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 :-)

[@erroneouscode]

If you've only got a very small SSD with windows on it you're also constraining and limiting the space to do repeated writes to which is the eventual killer of all SSD's. The larger drives undoubtedly have more to play with, with whatever strategy of wear leveling etc the controller uses. Also, the cheapest small SSD's often have no cache and are much slower than 1TB and up drives irrespective of whether or not they have onboard cache. Whether or not 1TB drives can be "overkill for some" in the sense of the space they may, or may not use there's other considerations. The small drives by and large are for tight arses and for oem PC manufacturers to maximize profit.

[@pachete.]

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

[@galkanftw]

People can see in task manager if anything is using up so many resources to cause a problem and typically there is nothing in there needed to change. I already have an SSD but there are levels of quality in SSDs with read and write speeds. If a PC is running noticeably worse I would look at over heating/throttling and if the temps are bad then check for dirty fins/fans.There is also a chance the thermal paste is old hard and crusty.I had a PC that was running 85C in idle and soon I cleaned off the dust and debris it went back to 40-45 C and was noticeably better.

[@androidlogin3065]

Now explain this (i had only seen on Windows, not seen on Linux): * Three identical Virtual Machines, one is a clean install from ISO created with Media Creation Tool, the others are exactly the same (at first stage, clonned) ... so all three runs exactly identical by now. Now, two of them gets Windows updates normally, OnLine (going to Windows Update) or OffLine (downloading KB from Windows Catalog), one installing such UpDates (all of them, one by one), the other one by installing such UpDates (one per year, the last update); the third one gets updates by re-installing from scratch from a new ISO created with Media Tool and updated to the same updates level. All three ends with the same version and sub-version (update level), then run a clean of LKU, etc., on all three, so no uninstall is possible, no gargabe, etc. The one re-installed from ISO runs much faster than the other two and the one that was incrementally installed updates runs much, much slower that the other two. Note: No other APP is run, no other APP is installed; only what cames with Windows and when comparing times all three are on the same version and compilation sub-version (same level of windows updates), all cleanned, event viewer cleaned, etc. Windows Media Creation Tool is run on a different PC just to not affect the three compare. Summary: Installing Windows Updates one by one in order, makes Windows to slow down a lot (also after full cleaning). And now, explain this: * Two identical virtual machines at first stage (clonned) Now one boots one day per week and you allow it to save disk state, the other is inmutable so after powering off no change is stored... no software is installed, just boot and shutdown and no internet connexion at any time. One gets slower and slower with years, the other boots with thesame speed. Of course, storage tests on HDD or SSD or NVMe does not matter, all virtual disk image files are defragmented, all tests are done over the same storage medium (running one virtual machine at a time), etc. I had low-level checked what was happening and i found a routine (disk access) that may have a counter of nanoseconds to wait that get increased with number of run days and with number of updates installed, so disk access get slower and slower with time and use... since disk access latency grows on virtual machines that run more days and also when had more windows updates runned.

[@cue108]

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!

[@AlienInSider]

for the thermal solution personally i use thermal pad from grizzly and NON STOCK cooler. In my case is "Peerless Assassin"

[@heyitsdazy]

Spinning disks can be used for older games as well. I run plenty of games from XP and 7 era. Its only with recent games within the last 6 years that will almost require an SSD.

[@jothain]

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.

[@RichieG]

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.

[@pufaxx]

4:59 - uninstall McAfee like this? In my experience third party antivirus stuff doesn't want to be uninstalled that simple. Most of them offer special tools for this.

[@Acein3055]

All good advice. Thanks

[@darylcheshire1618]

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.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

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)

[@TTHIAGO666]

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.

[@aaronsaura6746]

What about the spectre tool, run it and disable the micro updates on older cpu's. You will gain 50% of the cpu power and the expliot is for linux systems and not windows.

[@shreyasdharashivkar8027]

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

[@blackonblack...9244]

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.

[@hescominsoon]

this is why i annually wipe my machine and start over. keeps the windows rot form getting too bad. even after doing your cleanup tips an annual format/reinstall(i have everything stored via iscsi on my server...for clients all of their data actually resides on a nas/server). does wonders for keep8ng computers running at their best. i ahve found all of the cleaners and uninstalls do not do the trick as a wipe/reload does.

[@ted_van_loon]

there is actually one tip that is insanely important which you forgot to mention and that is installing gnu+linux or if you can't atleast rooting, jailbreaking, debloating, etc. the os, make sure you have first controll. windows actually has planned obsolescence, since windows 11 is out for a while it will secretly on the bacground keep installing it and every time there are updates you won't see anything yet but the pc will not longer work properly and more and more things will fail then eventually it comes with the update after you noticed windows 10 doesnt work and it will show windows 11 install in one button on startup, if you cancel it however all the problems from before are gone again. this actually is a method microsoft uses which pushes people into installing windows 11 despite all the bad things like extra drm extra exploding laptop batteries, extra addverts in the file menu and desktop and such. installing Linux really is a lifesaver for computers, all performance tends to increase, the only reason you need new hardware on linux often is because you want to run heavy new softwares like AI movie generation or blender rendering or heavy duty gaming.

[@rollercoasterbee]

My current PC uses a Solid State Drive for the Windows operating system. I am currently using Windows 11. Also, my PC sits on top of my computer desk. I stopped keeping it on the floor.

[@mikem9536]

My PC has it's own little table.

[@gurra63able]

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

[@rusticlogcabinlife9443]

I have a Win7 32bit Retro Offline Gaming computer The splash screen says Gateway. it a Foxcon motherboard compared to today the ryzen three is leaps faster than my dual core 3.0 ghz BigT,Alaska

[@markehijele]

When you mentioned that the majority of planned obsolescence happens on Apple computers more than on PCs, ✅👍

[@Itaintnutn]

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 :)

[@kablammy7]

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 ?

[@MrRmeadows]

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.

[@spacewarpphotography1667]

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.

[@brufnus]

An alternative to SSD's is running a RAID array, especially RAID10 gives a good performance and also raises the disk error tolerance quite a bit. c",)

[@5Hydroxytryptophan]

My Linux setup is only getting better. After some years, you might change the TIM / thermal grease to decrease the fans RPM.. Everything is just working fine.

[@glynnetolar4423]

'tech is getting better' Better is arguable.

[@yewenyi]

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

[@thornmollenhoff8698]

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

[@chottimir]

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

[@nmfireman]

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

[@Masaliantiikeri]

I just got terrible Arch hiccups already at 0:09 of the video. I hope it's not terminal.

[@JibplayzYT]

I use a 128gb m.2 ssd for windows and i have 4 2tb disk drives. I pooled them and use it for storing videos and games etc. I highly recommend a setup like this

[@michaeljavert4635]

Computers also slow down over time because of added and removed programs, leaving behind cruft when removed, old registry entries, and just remnants of stuff being put somewhere and "forgotten" about. Temporary files, old paging files, caches, etc. As for Hard Drives I say use SS (Solid State) for operating system, but or backups or any other file you care about, keep it on a mechanical hard drive. Solid State drives have the propensity to lose data. And now, more than ever, NEVER trust your data to any Western Digital product. Back in the days of Master / Slaves ribbon IDE cables I had a mechanical Western Digital. 40 GB hard drives had just come out to the market. A friend remarked (You'll never fill that up) (Currently running out of space on 2 16 TB Seagate drives...) I had 2 of those WD HDD. One for use, and one for a backup. I had removable HDD bays that had power switches. I could turn drives on and off and didn't have to change the jumpers. Somehow, despite not always having the back up drive on, both drives failed spectacularly at exactly the same time. I NEVER saw that data again. The hard drives spin up, but the computer never sees them, Disk manager doesn't see them, Data recovery software saw them, but couldn't get anything from it, and after failing over a week, I gave up. That's why now I have a "Break Me" computer. So if something is broken, I can try on the "Break Me" computer to try and get it back, without making my main computer busy. But also, I think windows is up to some shady shenanigans, and they want everyone to get a new P.C. to make up for the market slowing down during this pandemic. That's why they won't let Windows 11 work on machines that don't have certain requirements. Most people don't know how to get around that, and will go buy a new P.C. Must be nice to have that kind of money, but still... They are always on the take and they will do what they can to get people's money. They have more money than everyone else but they keep wanting to take even more from people that don't have it. And they'll get it, they'll get it all, one way or another.

[@crazyperson5222]

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

[@petergplus6667]

In Germany you could buy DSL Wifi routers from a company called AVM (FritzBox!). They were mesh masters. After being obsolete you could continue to still use them as mesh clients. Perfect. The new ones, that sell for 300€, are only capable of being mesh masters. You can throw them away once you need a new DSL or glass fibre box because you can't integrate them as mesh clients anymore. If this isn't planned obsolescence I don't know what is.