How to Become a Computer Expert in 15 Minutes!

Seriously, anyone can become a computer "expert"!
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It doesn't actually take much to become an "expert" at computers that can basically solve any computer or tech problem you come across. The big secret for every IT professional is not that they already know how to fix computers, but rather they are just good at Googling for the answer! In this video, we go over a few techniques on how to essentially find the solution to any problem by searching for terms that are most likely to return solutions other people have come up with about the same issue. With a bit of practice, you may never need to get tech support again!
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[@theno3554]

10'th view! Keep uploading!

[@TheLegendOfChichi]

Why does it say 34 minutes ago but the video was uploaded 16 minutes ago?

[@TheLegendOfChichi]

That makes sense

[@Vlame]

Not available in my country :/

[@etortuga1192]

Dude your the best. Thank you for all the greatfull tips its to helpful you are the bomb i just wanted to say thank you so so very much you are my hero.

[@sfskrypzone3247]

Tech support people: And there goes my job!

[@shotflame1208]

People still are gonna be stupid we are still going to be needed.

[@surprisedpotato]

@@shotflame1208 is not a certified joke understander

[@shotflame1208]

@@surprisedpotato I understood the joke I just want to point that out

[@surprisedpotato]

@@shotflame1208 sorry your wording made it look like you didn't

[@shotflame1208]

@@surprisedpotato People can take it in two ways

[@ryf772]

Instructions unclear: end up on a Stack overflow thread that's been dead for 7 years.

[@RalphInRalphWorld]

"closed as off topic"

[@jpobi9880]

Seems like you got the gist of it then.. The instructivos were clear

[@MattHobbie]

Lol. Sad but true. Always fascinated to find out how to change key system settings in Ubuntu 9

[@supercellex4D]

fack

[@randomuser5780]

*Alternate Title: How to be a googling expert in 15 Minutes!

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

*Correct title The only connection this had to "computer" was a lose connection via most examples. With that title i expected at least some base level of diagnostics. It's disappointing how much misleading content has this many subscribers.

[@deadchannel5933]

@@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece Hello, Mr. Hater! How's life being such a jerk?

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

@@deadchannel5933 Dunno. How does it feel? I provided constructive criticism. You just attacked me out of nowhere. In case he deletes: "fgreger Hello, Mr. Hater! How's life being such a jerk?" - Bean Yes that was all he wrote.

[@deadchannel5933]

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[@br4veness_07]

I have never been so offended by something I totally agree with

[@TheThunderTurnerTTT]

Me: studies Computer Science for 4 years. ThioJoe: Hold my beer...

[@Roeclean]

But I heard that computer science is hard to learn. And doesn't that involve a lot of coding

[@alkaupadhyay7650]

@@Roeclean Yeah. The fact that everything needs to be memorized. Plus you start to lose that fun in computers after that

[@Roeclean]

@@alkaupadhyay7650 dang. At least I'll be able to use my military money to focus mkre on school.

[@anthonylenzo3675]

Computer Science is more coding then tech support.

[@anthonylenzo3675]

Fortunately when i took my Computer Science course it was mix in with first year IT course. Just incase we didn't get a programming job right after school. Wish still do that today, as i see today's new grads have no basic IT or Network skills. Heck one new grad i working with now didn't even know how to map a drive??😮😖....i told him "You know April's Fools was 8 months ago "

[@dakshfr]

AYYYY 7 invisible comments ._. this is basically reddit now

[@chonkydog6262]

sort by new

[@hussainrizly7199]

H :-(

[@ryan.harvill]

I've been working the service desk for nearly ten years and this is pretty much what we do. This is great advice.

[@Roeclean]

Cool

[@barryschwarz]

Delighted to learn I've been a 'computer expert' since 2000, when I googled my first PC problem. Yes, getting smart at net search strings is key. Everything you described, I've done. I'm sure I'm one of multitudes that learned this themselves, so I don't feel too special, but the validation is nice.

[@togwam]

Instructions unclear: got hired by google as a janitor

[@hariranormal5584]

I used to make this Joke Person: where u work Me: *google :D* Person: no friggin way how, and what position Me: *JaNitTor* 🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lildiamond69]

i swear to god that i was looking for computer science degree requirements stuff & this video poped out in the right time! ur a legend! continue on!

[@ThioJoe]

Better get ready to familiarize yourself with stack overflow

[@lildiamond69]

@ThioJoe ur damn right LMAO

[@saii221]

@@TheBaconChannel69 lmao ikr

[@shoruda]

@@saii221 you have to be a paid member of his channel

[@JaiDoesVideos]

@@shoruda ye

[@iuri4086]

Its amazing How he described exactly what i do when i have a software problem

[@notDanielClancy]

Yep lol I'm thinking the exact same thing right now. This is a great video and he's 100% on point, but sadly if I sent this to my mother she would still find it too difficult to grasp. The idea of taking personal agency over fixing a technical error is so foreign to that generation it really is appropriate to call it "technophobia". They come from the days before microchips & sophisticated redundancies & throttling methods used in almost every electronic component today. They literally feel like pressing the wrong button will cause combustion - as I'm sure this was more of a commonplace thing when not using rudimentary electronics of the past correctly. It's very difficult these days to irreversibly damage your electronics by pressing the wrong buttons or giving it the wrong commands.

[@everydayjokes2321]

Joke of the day: To the guy who stole my antidepressants... *I hope you are happy.*

[@everydayjokes2321]

@Kenn Honson X A subscriber commented it to be featured :)

[@ToxiEpic]

Congrats your comment is first in here

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

fact of the day: antidepressants cause lower iq, you arent supposed to do that, the brain is so damn complicated you cant just do that whats wrong with you

[@thejellyguy]

:-|

[@blackghost6973]

I'm also a tech support expert and I knew everything you said already but you missed a couple of things: 1- you should've pointed out to the voice search feature. I use it a lot when I can't copy-paste because it's faster and I like it, but many people (from the average joes) don't even know this feature exists! 2- and this is really very important and you should've DEFINITELY mentioned it, which is using tricks like the "quotation marks" and more importantly the minus - to exclude search results that are talking about something else and thus significantly narrowing down the results. This "minus" trick can really be helpful. 3- Also the "find" trick (ctrl+f) in a web page is really helpful if there's a lot of text and it would take you years to find what you're looking for in that specific web page

[@edox54]

"Hello, I.T. Have you tried turning off and on again?" [insert I.T Crowd meme here] XD

[@paulf1071]

....or just buy the RTFM tee-shirt!

[@robertstimmel1100]

I've been trying to learn programming on my own. A lot of these tips also apply to learning to code. I've seen WAY more error messages lately than I would like to.

[@seanlee566]

More errors, means you're in the deep end. Congratulations

[@nebula_wolf3132]

try only doing a bit at a time, if you know your current code works its less variables to troubleshoot

[@benignoczartorres468]

Alt. video title, "how to google search problems on your computer" :0

[@snabbott]

This video does a really good of articulating the steps of resolving a problem. Nicely done!

[@lowbridge3345]

Hey Joe, I'm a retired computer/IT person, Yet I still find your vids so informative and straight forward. Thanks for your advise and helping the people...........Great work and love watching.

[@psycomutt]

This is the reason my friends/family can't figure out why I fix problems in person and not over the phone. Really helps to be looking at the problem to collect the data to Google, lol.

[@surprisedpotato]

"It's not just an antivirus, it's a complete security suite!" Hmm.. where do I remember this from? *Protogent echoes in the dark*

[@thespartan427]

ThioJoe: *Teaches us to be good at fixing PCs in a 15 min video* Literally Everyone else: TROUBLESHOOT

[@neverevenwaso]

Bruh I've been doing this for years and could never describe how I did it I just did thanks for giving me a way to teach people how to troubleshoot

[@T-marie-N]

Same. I just called it stumbling around until I found the answer--Thio's description sounds better.

[@Gitarzan66]

I started watching you and your older videos back in the spring. I think even my kid is impressed with the computer skills I've learned since then.

[@Gitarzan66]

My friend who is the 'Computer magician' told me the same thing you told us. 'Google is your friend' I think it was his way of saying 'Don't bother me anymore'.

[@supdan]

Wow. This has truly been helpful. So simple, but yet so complex: I love it.

[@Johntom2k]

Great video! I been a A+ technician for 20+ years. You hit the nail on the head on what we got taught years ago. When Windows XP was the newest OS coming out and still learning our skills on Windows 95, 98, and ME.

[@alexta777]

Hi I want to become a technician and sell parts and all of that I I'm trying to teach myself on parts and I'm new do you know what I should research on?

[@TheMack]

Really great video! Yes, these actually are professional tips. I have been working in IT support for 20 years and I can tell you that this troubleshooting methodology is the way to go. It works for any kind of problem and makes troubleshooting effective and structured.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

As an end user, I agree.

[@atharvamarathe9836]

Love your videos! Am a daily viewer and will always continue watching! Keep it up!

[@feta_cheesecake]

This video has put into words a lot of concepts that I’ve had a hard time explaining to my parents and siblings, as the main provider of tech support of the household

[@noonewilleat1]

Me being already super tech savvy knowing all these things: watches whole video

[@aromalpp6208]

I have been using my pc for more than 7 years and my google search history is filled with error code

[@esmiIgram]

I am a computer geek and I am still watching videos about basic computer things lol

[@0divide136]

yep pc freezing still finding what causes it boutta use an eraser to my ram

[@izzyhope58]

Same

[@Dayreaverthe_Theo]

@Pablo !ban @beluga

[@michaelklaus7490]

Great content! Also important: don't worry you might break something! Just assume you won't, and if you should, it's reversible in almost any case. What also helps this mindset is renaming files/folders the recommended solution supposes you delete, and copy (backup) files you're supposed to change. You'll be a lot more confident "playing" with your computer on this level :)

[@gabfid3]

Why are people so worried about breaking things?

[@ytuser973]

Thank you so much for this video! Even if I have knowledge to troubleshoot, this is already a helpful reference to people I know that can't troubleshoot themselves.

[@goodlife3717]

Love your videos! Thank you for putting the time and effort in

[@Jinni_SD]

On the topic of turning it off a back on again when it comes to Windows... Because of Fast Startup, Windows doesn't restart the kernel when you click "Shutdown", where if you select "Restart", it actually will shutdown and restart the kernel. Sometimes Windows needs that kernel refresh to work properly.

[@EssenceofPureFlavor]

Yes. Thankfully you can turn that off in power settings.

[@Nasos_Ch]

Seriously, fantastic video with some solid advice. I'm far from being any kind of expert, just a curious enthusiast on my free time. Watching the video it felt like you were describing me 😂. This is more or less how I have been dealing with things in the past few years, each time learning something new. Great job!

[@pewnit]

While I already knew all of this, this is now super helpful to send to anyone that asks me for tech support. Thank you.

[@SweetandSourohmy]

Great video! Not exactly what I was looking for but definitely picked up a few things by watching it. Thank you sir. 👍💻

[@CheeseNacho_]

this video reaffirming all my troubleshooting techniches feels really nice

[@JacobP81]

This is so true. It's uncany how close this is to what I actually do when troubleshooting a computer problem someone brings to me.

[@diamondinferno42069]

This is a really good video that indeed could help a lot of people that don't know or are afraid to try and fix the problem themselves!

[@cdplays7430]

I m glad I already knew most of those. Keep up the good work.

[@tsuzuku6427]

Really good video, these are things that can be very intuitive for some people but for others its not so straight forward. However, I think you should have brought up "Event Viewer". It's a bit more advanced and not useful for every scenario, but for certain things it can be an invaluable resource. I've used it to solve more than a handful of problems over the years. It pretty much gives you a play by play of every connection, process or whatever is going on with your system, and marks errors and hiccups very clearly. Then you can right click it, select "search online" and find out exactly what that error or warning is related to and if there's a fix for it.

[@skelebro9999]

It would be better if Old Joe made this video

[@mjayjock1]

You Sir are brilliant. What a great teacher you are! For some reason I stopped getting automatic notification of your new videos.

[@theinfinitecelestials6187]

You are so awesome! Many tricks saved my time!

[@happyron]

Thank you ThioJoe, I am sending this to all my friends so they will stop bugging me to fix their shit.

[@dogstar2020]

😂 you need the old Think Geek shirt ‘ No. I will not fix your computer.’

[@PeterMaddison2483]

Yeah, a better alternative to your current response of "Just fucking Google it!" :-)

[@thejellyguy]

Good (:

[@benimwald]

“All fonts turning into papyrus” lol

[@Brecud]

Nyeh heh heh i guess...

[@mpchri5696]

i needed this video for yearsss, im tired of explaining computer stuff to my friends its starting to piss me off completely, thanks a ton

[@jmgrayii]

nice bit of history that is still true today about floppy A and B drives; and thank you for the refresher on mount points

[@alvaroj9509]

Does this work in India?

[@SnijtraM]

You didn't talk about exact: - Googling text match searches by enclosing a phrase in double quotes, which can be useful to find the exact phrase (error message), not just a bunch of pages containing (largely) the same words - "do not find" terms. You should be able to put a minus in front of the words you don't want, e.g.: windows -microsoft Though it seems that this particular example doesn't work. It does seem to work for other terms, though.

[@RedSaint83]

Omitting stuff is important, especially because games and products have begun running our of original names and you have to specify like "ruby -gemstone" or something like that to not a ton of irrelevant hits.

[@kaydreamer]

I've never worked in tech, beyond a stint as a retail tech salesperson in a chain called 'Dick Smith' in Australia. But I'm often the person my friends and family go to for tech help. Never been trained, just had 'a knack' for problem solving. Step 1: Yep, I do that first every time. Step 2: Yep, and your descriptions of what to Google look exactly like what I Google. Step 3: Mess with stuff until it works, yes! I love how you described the process though, that's also what I do. It's amazing how much intuition goes into this.

[@ObnoxiousNox]

Being a computer diagnostics, repair and networking tech this is spot on. I remember fixing an issue with MS Office that I found on a message board for furniture.

[@DanielMFG]

I have to admit (as Sysadmin) this Video is full of useful tips for non tech people and beginners 😉👍 But i still have some Google Tips for you 😉: You can exclude phrases by placind a "-" before it ( Problem -WLAN for example) if you already know it can't have to do with your problem... Everything including that phrase won't show up anymore! Second: You can require a word/phrase to be EXACTLY included by using "" (Problem "model" for example) everything that doesn't exactly include that word won't Show up! Third: you can combine these functions to exclude not just a Single word but entire phrases with spaces in them (Problem -"Audio Device") incase of a Audio Problem where you know the device itself is fine... There are even more of these functions (why not try googeling for them as Exercise 😉) Good day ya all 🖐️

[@Erly_Anglin]

"Google It"

[@estebanr7877]

This is an amazingly useful video. Thanks for making it!

[@AlphariusHazer]

This dude probably the best tech explainer i ever seen... Man he deserves more subscribe...

[@albertogarcia-in4xj]

Ive been doing this for 17 years now. :)

[@jazer0]

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[@Tec4Help]

Very Nice Thio!

[@dboivin48]

You are so correct. I have solved many a computer problem using a google search. And, yes. The first thing to do is to power off, then restart. Most of the time, it works, on all electronic devices.

[@cookedporkchop632]

who else is also just watching this to get the satisfaction of "hmm yes im an expert, i know all this"?

[@Robert08010]

Sad to admit this but yup... Just needed to pat myself on the back a little. I needed a boost after I lost 45 minutes of editing work because I forgot to save.

[@phoenixfront]

Wish you would do more parody video 😂 they are comedy gold, I know you’ve quit parodies mostly but even if they were once a couple of months it would be amazing!

[@robertcroft8241]

I agree ! I have also kept his "Madman" vids to play over to make me laugh.

[@phoenixfront]

@@robertcroft8241 👍

[@kakarroto007]

Merry Christmas, ThioJoe.

[@yousvellormeus]

Very useful and great video!

[@techvishnuyt]

i found your emoji: 🤔

[@nickverdone2969]

I am now a tech expert and it only took me 13 minutes and 55 seconds

[@ThioJoe]

very congrats

[@j.w.techchannel]

Well doen! 👏👏👏

[@sunny12557]

Nice 👍

[@blackswanodysseys]

Thanks Thio for another great instructive video. I’m currently having issues with the photo editor “photoLemur”. I’ll try your steps and see what I learn Eric

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

TJ is a treasure, very intelligent and posseses more pedagogic than most fast ramblers (ok he talk quite fast too). Also have some odd but good subjects. This one for example kinda confirm my own thoughts or plain unexplainable ways i think within myself

[@SuhailZubair]

I just came to check you started click baiting again 😂!!

[@hariranormal5584]

Yeh he is the weirdest legend ever who fooled everyone partially into IT when we were young

[@caknut]

I’m ready to be the best

[@bantymech8242]

Hey Joe, I love your videos they are very cool. You are the best. I always enjoy your videos. 👌😄

[@kentbenedict2005]

Thank you so much, this is very useful.

[@MAMW93]

yeah some comment about being so early

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

I think I already do this. I'm glad to know I'm on the right track! I'd like to add that when I find fixes on the internet, part of my searching will be to check that the fixes are legit and won't cause even more problems.

[@Tiggzg]

This was so helpful, great thanks.

[@themartinsokc3526]

Great video!👍Thank you

[@alextutorials]

Ngl, this was the best video by far, everything was literally on point, the examples, the google search bar and everything was explained so nicely that i had no confusion whatsoever. Waaaaay better than i could do lol. Ofc whatever Joe said, i knew everything but i just watched it incase there is something i didn't know.. Great vid Joe! And no i didn't comment this just to get the pin (if i get it), it was literally a flawless vid

[@nemtudom5074]

As an enthusiast, i appreciate that you made this video!

[@psa110]

Great tips, Joe.

[@luciaparker389]

I love this video very proficiently, and useful.

[@captainbeans2108]

I’m so glad I looked this up now and not three weeks ago🙌🏻

[@imbuidoneillloydl.7997]

Thank you bro you that you shared that promotion of bitdefender

[@rexaresev7]

I was desk-side support for over 20 yrs. for the government. This Chip brought back a lot of memories. At one point I was call reboot. Because if you call me, that is what I would tell you to do before anything else. By the way that would fix 60 to 70% of the problems. Then the ones that called back, I would work. Thanks, Love the show.

[@snailking102]

I just googled everything and it works!

[@imoseonewton9006]

This was very helpful 🙂

[@kmstudios99]

Thank you for sharing

[@edwardgoodfellow3418]

I've only been doing this since DOS 1.0 Thanks for all the new information!

[@hariranormal5584]

Google serch, didn't uhhh... whatever

[@George_K1]

@ThioJoe Excellent Video ... I like your presentations and narration of your videos

[@gwflew]

First, I am sharing this video with everyone in my family and many of my friends. This should free up some of my time. And, second, how about making this an app. As a long time computer user, I have always been frustrated that MS did not provide a Copy button on their error message. That would be the first task of the app. Then, using the pertinent info from the error message, do a Google search. And, finally, give the user a form to add the additional information that you mention. This would be a great boon to the computer user world. Keep up the good work.

[@MagicCinema101]

Thank you, just thank you!

[@CesarAugustoRL]

Excellent advice!

[@mr.nobody1011]

Thank you sir!

[@uniqueinformtion9575]

Thanks a lot my friend this video was epic 👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@t0mn8r35]

Thio, good guide. What you were describing is called issue triangulation. Try to isolate where the problem is which usually gives you the fix. There is one item you left out of the Google search parameters. In order to narrow down your search add the word "solved" at the end. HTH...

[@DTPIIXART]

Google has been my best friend for computer maintenance for years.

[@balazszsigmond826]

In case of the television (or any piece of tech with proprietary coding really) if you did not find a solution, look up what other brands might use the same firmware as your brand and use that in your search. (If memory serves, Technik is practically a JVC for example.) It might yield results.

[@ilovewindows6851]

Thank you! 😀😀😀😀

[@johnc2438]

Wayyyyy back in the early 1990's, when I was an amateur computer geek working at JPL, the "powers that be" thought I knew what I was doing and yanked me from my workaday assignment and put me in with another group of similar "computer gurus." (DOS 3, 4, and 5 days... morphing to primitve Windows, with UNIX and Apple OS tossed in). I remember having to "do my time" on the help desk. "Me? Help someone when they called? What do I know?" Starting from "zero knowledge," we used our callers as guinea pigs and began building the knowledge and tricks we used to keep our fledgling network ("the year of the network!") up and running as computers became better and more powerful. We created a case numbering system and began a simple flat file database where we could record the problems and solutions. But it all worked much like your three-step method -- albeit with only our in-house info to help us! We struggled and survived and finally surmounted virtually all of the problems we encountered growing our grass-roots network -- writing down and sharing our solutions. Eventually, we were subsumed in a larger JPL effort. But those early "seat of your pants" days were exciting and educational. Thanks for the video! Worked then, and it works now.

[@YtcFaisalTV]

Bro I'm back! Sorry for Coming late Great video keep it up thank you So much Sir 👍👍👍👍👍

[@patahgaming]

thank for spread this information Joe de wizzard