How To Make Windows 8 / 8.1 Amazing (Optimize for GAMING)

[@sjnowak]

I actually appreciate that you don't waste time and go through things pretty fast. A lot of guides on KZbin go so slow even through the most trivial things.

[@YRGvHD]

By doing all this. I've saved a lot of memory, plus my PC is a lot faster now. Thanks!

[@HedgehogY2K]

This is really great. The best Windows 8.1 optimization guide I've ever seen. Though I disagree with the removal of Windows Media Player as my Xbox 360 could really use it along with Media Center for MP4s and DVD/TS... Also for those with dual boot systems like Linux on a separate NVMe SSD, leave "Time to list Display of OS" on. I can live without Pokki and Classic Shell. Turns out an OEM install without a product key to activate Windows isn't so bad. Nothing OS or user breaking happened yet.

[@PappaLitto]

Thanks for putting the intro music in the description, you don't know how many times people don't do that

[@TopiasSalakka]

Am i the only one who's fine with Windows 8.1 as it is?

[@KramSacul]

No. Don't need a start menu.

[@Surms41]

I couldn't deal with the metro :/ I found classic shell within 2 days and installed it. Never looking back. The only thing that I EVER used on it would be the app store for free games.

[@AI_01000]

it took me lots of headache to run gta 4 on this windows 8.1.. then I had graphics issue.. prob not for gaming.

[@weedaq]

yes. apparently your a tool. go buy an apple

[@Surms41]

Nick B ? I think we found a dud.

[@capsuleone3543]

Very nice! Even in 2020, with your knoledge, you should add same videos like this once in a while.Thank you

[@sindri8393]

I'm not sure if win8 unparks your cores by default, but if it doesn't, you should absolutely do it. improves your fps quite a bit

[@f1tony2003]

Best Win 8 guide ever. Respect.

[@SuperHns]

I just switched few hours ago to 8.1 Pro, I am loving it! I don´t see all the hate on the new start menu, it´s pretty nice actually. I never used the old skool start menu anymore anyway! Also, I have an AMD FX processor, and on WIN7 it really ran like shit. I already noticed that games run surprisingly smoother :O and load times are less

[@Astralify]

How To Make Windows 8 / 8.1 Awesome? Install Windows 7.

[@MrMcbram]

Have you ever even used win 8.1 because it's not bad at all you just have t get used to it. And if you just never use that app thing it's almost the same as win7 only the start button has moved up to the upper right.

[@Astralify]

snooopywtf No, it's bad. I don't want/need/have time to get used to something that is worse. It's not good for productivity and heavy work, there are some compatibility issues with programs I use, It's full of microsoft bloatware and other annoyances that I hate (yeah, they can be disabled, but I shouldn't have to do that), and on top of all IT'S TERRIBLY UGLY! I'm a graphic designer and a 3D artist. I like pretty good looking things, I like depth, and I HATE the flat design trend. Windows 8/8.1/8.2(10) is blant, gray, uncomfortable, confusing and to some people (like my family) even claustrophobic. And enough with the damage control already. Micro$oft fucked it up, and they don't want to let it go. Not to mention that in my country even M$ tech support advises people to go back to windows 7.

[@earnestbunbury2103]

LOL, I was going to get Win Ate but all the negative reviews on Amazon scared me away... I will get Win Zehn if it isn't full price, the 30$ rumor (for Win 7 users) peaked my interest in it.

[@oItzDegreeAgain]

***** Yup , Windows 8 just looks better and feels faster.

[@Astralify]

***** How do you measure the "fastness" of 8 over 7? Because I've made some tests (I always disable unnecessary services and processes in my windows though) and honestly the performance improvement is marginal at best. Not worth even mentioning. If people are coming from a bloated windows 7 installations it's understandable that there will be a difference. But in reality, it's not much.

[@NexusGideon]

So, for the first sorta "tip" Pokki doesn't show the "Show Windows logo button" option on right click, any idea why?

[@naytred]

Highway me too i have this prob

[@Dithrick]

Highway I'm assuming it has to do with a recent pokki update that doesn't allow that function anymore for reasons I'm sure. He did mention to use start menu x or classic shell as alternatives for the alternative.

[@diann.c]

Click on this and update it then you'll be able to do what he did in the vid because its probably since you have win 8.1 same as me. skamason.com/4252748/pokki-update

[@randomaccessbrains]

Even though i am running windows 8.1 for nearly a year, i didn't know some of these tricks. Really helpfull!

[@xxgolddoesmcxx]

THAT BACKGROUND MAN!

[@thiagokieling]

Thank you! The diference is GIGANTIC!

[@Vamsibl]

Thank u man because of your video my computer speed has been increased a lot now i can use my computer very smoothly..Thank u Subscribed to your channel

[@UltraHylia]

Make sure System Protection is turned on. NEVER TURN IT OFF, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING WRONG HAPPENS WITH YOUR PC WHILE IT IS OFF YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESTORE TO AN EARLIER POINT.

[@PortableJohnsson]

i dont know how would you "break" windows, especially when you are power user. nevertheless even if something happened you can use installation media to recove your windows to working condition.

[@Agret]

+Kony if a Windows update messes up and stops your PC from booting it will boot to the recovery screen where you can restore it to the point before it did the update. If you have system protection turned off the only way you can fix it is if you reinstall Windows which means you will need to reinstall all of your programs and re-do all of your settings and waste a day or so getting your system back to how you like it. With system restore on you just wait 5 minutes for it to go back to the previous point and keep on going like nothing happened.

[@radanju3]

Thanks for this video my friend! I wanted to keep my Windows 8.1 Pro WindowsToGo drive as fast as possible due to that my PCs at home aren't the best. This video did the trick.

[@wu1ming9shi]

lol, as soon as the video ended my cpu usage went from 50% in total to only 10%. I had no idea that a brower spend used so much memory. (or maybe that's because i use IE)

[@Druid_Plow]

Been using classic shell for years, simple install for a basic start menu and lots of customization if you want.

[@geoknyda9640]

Awesome advice and some really great tips for experienced users too. You really know your stuff!!

[@ItzDanyelYT]

Am I the only one who's in 2021 in the comments rn?

[@NiinjaGamiingAZ]

I'm off to see the gaming difference, testing the improvements in Smite, CSGO, Warframe, MC, etc. I'll reply to this telling you guys how much it helped.

[@NiinjaGamiingAZ]

Niinja HD I mean it's an improvement but not worth the time.

[@sportflow2]

Niinja HD For smite how much was the improvement?

[@NiinjaGamiingAZ]

barely noticable, maybe 5 fps tbh

[@Shadzmaster]

Niinja HD 5 fps is still 5 fps

[@CodeEVidz]

Niinja HD Have you found any fix for smite yet? Every other game I have plays just fine but Smite has this crazy ping spikes... Is it because I'm not connected through ethernet? I have a brand new custom built gaming PC so I know its not a performance issue.

[@BDesignz1]

Hi There at 1:24 you were able to get rid of the main windows start menu I have Pokki installed but when I right click the windows main menu the option to get rid of it like you do doesnt show ? Im on windows 8.1 and the option you selected is nt there :/ any help :)

[@atradies007]

Under power options, and especially for gaming, you would want performance for sure. Everything else is solid. Thanks for the video :)

[@Newtwarrior]

This was an amazing guide, my comp is so much faster now, thank you.

[@JohnAlbertDiPasquale]

Nice tutorial, I really wanna be a Windows expert or PC, I literally can't wait for Win 10 to be released, Oh man that OS is gonna dominate this year!

[@istillseeyourshadowsinmyroom]

yes?

[@pranavvijay8131]

u earned a sub dood this is the best guide

[@Jake442able]

can u make the same video but for Windows 10

[@techyescity]

DannY playZ Yeah might do it in the coming days.

[@markj.mcquaig4475]

+DannY playZ I had windows 10 genuine and upgraded to windows 10 for free.if you want to activate your windows activate from here $$%% plus.google.com/103995254740430807991/posts/VUCxM3c75MS

[@albibuto]

+Algorithm Horror (win 10 pro is the best...)

[@albibuto]

i've got windows 8.1

[@Nubyrc]

Your screwed on Windows 10, Microsoft owns you!

[@sag3kidgamer588]

Thanks alot this helped me so much i have tried to many but this one sealed the deal i will be able to do all my gaming on my laptop thank you

[@BqqBaqonBurqer]

"How To Make Windows 8 / 8.1 Amazing (Optimize for GAMING)" *Opens skype*

[@iamkn5981]

how can i remove/disable my window menu icon function in my taskbar? im having 2 icons now windows 8.1 windows icon and pokki icon on my taskbar.

[@Hemuset]

Thanks much for this! I already had some stuff disabled, but this freed up much more space!

[@ZigsX]

Great video man, now i can play GTA V without lagging! Subbed and liked ! :)

[@kirkisammy7828]

hey man my gta v is having a major lag at the beginning do you have any suggestions

[@WinterOS]

You can improve more with enable MSI mode NVIDIA cars and bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes

[@TheSuredood]

Really enjoyed this amazing video of yours... I wish mine were this good haha. Keep up the good work!

[@broth54c]

On 3:24 I do not have "Local Disk (C:)". Mine just says "windows" and what exactly is SSD again? Kinda new at this. When you said "make sure to turn this off", i am not sure if i want to be turning off and deleting my system protection. Does it matter to whether or not to do that feature for gaming or is there another alternative to boost my gaming experience?

[@UltraHylia]

"Windows (C:)" and "Local Disk (C:)" the same thing.

[@UltraHylia]

As long as it has a Windows logo, it's the right thing. However, I STRONGLY recommend that you leave System Protection alone. This guy is really stupid - if something bad happened to his PC (i.e it stopped booting), he would have to spend hours re-installing Windows and would lose everything he hasn't got a backup of. With System Protection on, you can spend 5 minutes restoring to a restore point made before the problem even occurred.

[@1954BJohn]

Great tips...Thanks Bryan

[@gamersid5874]

Does this make my PC vulnerable to unwanted things sir?

[@ivoyankov7220]

Very nice tips , thank you !

[@MergyX]

This pokki thing is actually really fucking sweet. Like, i might not even get Windows 10 now.. i think i like 8.1 with pokki more. The windows 10 alt tabbing is super good, thats probably the only thing i'd want.

[@krhagene]

U'll probably be able to install pokki on windows 10 aswell....

[@_junkFOx]

For those who cant remove the windows start button in 8.1 just Google "Start Killer" It works better then 7+ because it only has one use. You can even disable the metro UI so the start button won't show up when you put your mouse over the edge.

[@martinpaar775]

Thanks man, that was really helpful!

[@krhagene]

Nice video, got a few good tips, some of it I had done allready. You also turn of a few features which I use activly but thats up to the individual user of course. As for the metero UI I actually prefer it now compared to the traditional start menu, may be its because I've on windows 8 since the beta. The only thing I use the metro / startmenu for anyway is searching for programs, and once you turn of the animations it does that just as good.

[@Optimally_healthy5831]

Thanks! So many good tips

[@MrMarioProc]

nice and informative video buddy , thank you

[@petecostanzo]

Great tutorial, Fast, Informative and to the point, you just saved me from going back to win 7, appreciate the help!

[@hyperwrldd]

that intro was amazing XD

[@PROHDGaming]

thanks for these useful tips, can you please also make guide for Nvidia Control Panel in general for optimized performance

[@lyrigag8409]

Hi. You seem very well versed about win 8.1. I have really weird problem with mine. Shortly described: While playing WOT my computer drops to desktop / or flashes the desktop view for a second pausing the game dead in water, forcing me to push again buttons few times to move or to shoot. (At times, even when writing this it seems that the ability to type 'stalls' making me write a letter again or drop one.) In other words the desktop is stealing attention (though it does not seem to fall back to it completely when doing something). There is only Razer Comms running aside to communicate with the clan and what ever happens on back ground generally. None the less in-game the desktop view flashes to my face - not only messing with focus of computer page, but my ability to focus to the game (really really annoying). This happens weather I am in active battle or at garage - not even touching the computer at all. I have run malewarebytes, partial ccleaner (as I really dont want to loose passwords and some other things) and my F-Secure (security) has removed anything suspicious it found. So there was some pups and some other virus - none the less nothing removes the issue. I have tried closing Akamain NetSession Client (cause I googled around finding not much anything about this kind of issue on 8.1). Idk if this extra info has anything to it - as it changed from only stealing focus to desktop to the flashing the desktop view for the second to me when I started to close ActiveDesktop and all google chromes prior to gaming - none the less the issue is there and wont move away. Before I had to actually click the game icon down the screen to return. In-fact - when this started my WOT also did something weird. Without any update, on first attempt to fix issue and restarting WOT - it behaved as though there had been some major update showing 'commercial pop-ups' that are usually shown as entering in game only once - my map was gone, when activated way smaller than I use it, all sound settings were set back to full, battle starting window was different, even some personal key-functions were changed back to 'standard'. Yet at the same time some of those personal settings still were there as should be. Contacting Microsoft they are telling me to 1. Run checkup on system files. If not working 2. Run restoring with updates saving the personal files (including having to make huge backups for personal settings and passwords and and to be restored in some way). 3. Even to fully restore to previous stage (I have no idea what is mine though I think it would exist as it should be activated that function). But as you can see I did not eat the computer manual for breakfast.. I just like to play games - so I find those quite aggressive and bit scary to even try cause I don't feel certain I wont mess it up. Can you think of anything simple to solve this? Aww yes I do have blugin for 'win7 desktop' - but that aside - if you have that idea - pls be very specific of the steps cause I will be fighting with language issues too - my computers is kinda half English half Finn and I am not sure always what is what.

[@lyrigag8409]

My computer was fixed by putting a program to stop the win 10 update. The issue had started when they made the 'update popup commercial' into the kind to suggest a date for the update. When that feature was added in with some update - my computer actually crashed suddenly.. and after that it began to drop down to the desk top for what ever reason. Well - it does not happen anymore. But beneath it appeared to be a second issue too. It seems to not allow my normal win 8.1 updates to go through anymore. Go figure - have done some manually - but grouped wont do. I don't care about it that much right now though. At least it runs without other issues.

[@christiantatupu3841]

It wont let me hide my windows 8.1 start button... what do i do??

[@TagonnsLetsPlays]

Tip MPC-HC x64 is better than VLC in quality and has more features. VLC is still a great media player I just find that MPC is way better IMO.

[@bsmithjr8794]

+Josh Utley (Tagonn) thank you i love this program better than vlc

[@zyon_hize2001]

Thanks you helped me out and I’m a new subscriber

[@CaseyChronicle]

Great video hawmie, enjoyed it alot, Keep the content coming!!:)

[@MrDonNobody]

No option to disable windows start menu button with Pokki...not even an option....

[@ctaber2011]

Thanks dude, helpful videos!

[@icee_5342]

Im still using windows 8 in 2020

[@pixelproductions9147]

may i suggest start menu 8 from iobit for the start menu, it gives you more customisability than pokki, you can even create your own button picture really easily!

[@zephyrdrake_]

All these things wont really improve your gaming experience but it will make things that use your HHD / SSD a little faster when doing things like internet browsing. start up times may also be improved.

[@MilesMetal]

Just want to point out a problem I had when turning off Windows features. Before Windows would let me do that I needed to run Windows update and let it do its thing.

[@MichaelTanaya]

Thanks Man, it made my gameplay works around 30-40 fps :D

[@Raidenarii]

These works on laptop right?

[@techyescity]

+Gabriel Solomo yah

[@Raidenarii]

+Tech YES City thanks and btw sub added :D

[@techyescity]

Forgot about the wallpaper though, might have to pull that one off a 1440p background website.

[@Reaper478]

Hey great guide. Though in the future can you explain to us what we're turning off and deleting? It's not exactly clear if some of us might find those turned off features useful or not.

[@BeesCantSwim]

You and your videos are great! Thank you!

[@tupacole]

Why do you use VLC? Have you tried MPC HC? Or better yet, the Kawaii Codec Pack which includes MPC HC and its a very easy to install pack with every LAV codec for audio and video and offers much much better audio visual quality than VLC and pretty much any other program out there. Also, if you like crystal clear audio quality for your music, use AIMP3. I think it's hands down the best sounding music player on Windows right now.

[@TheMinetank]

I Dont have the setting Remove start from pin thing

[@codyhines2250]

honestly not a msart move to delete the system restore thing cause thats needed if your computer for whatever reason gets messed up

[@HarunKilic94]

my pokki dont disable my windows 8.1 metro dash. how does it work on you. when i right click on pokki i dont get the option to disable the original windows 8.1 home button

[@profade9744]

I cant get rid of the other default windows home button...I have both and when I right click it does not give me the option to get rid of the other one

[@superaladin88]

why disable virtual memory for gaming ? doesn't that help with loading textures especially open world games ?

[@mikel3507]

Sorry to say, but the only way you will increase performance in games is either overclocking or buying new hardware. Deleting programs, editing registry, clearing ram(unless you are using 2-4GB ram), etc. will not increase performance at all.

[@byronyoung3495]

great video man ! thx! but can i know where i can get ur background wallpaper ? it looks really cool !

[@patriayvida4209]

Very interesting!.. You've just got a new subscriber!!!

[@thesimpleguy2119]

Great tutorial...I followed as you explained, so I am now back to something I am used to....just hated that win 8 look...have to chaeck now for speed and stability

[@JacobW.83]

I downloaded Pokki. I'm on Windows 8.1, but I don't have the "Show Windows Logo Button" option.

[@alinush777]

please i want your background man

[@hamadahosny7836]

hey you, you disabled all my media features now.. I can't find windows media player or my PDF files on my pc ... when i tried to turn on media feature again nothing got back ... can you tell me how to fix this please ???

[@lubouzunov9950]

how to get rid of apps(if they slowing down) like : Alarms , Food & Drink , Money and more. I was R-click on them then uninstall ,but when i start windows(8.1) they are there again

[@Keanu1k]

should i really disable system protection what if my computer gets a virus

[@jitheshm8291]

Does anyone know how to enable intel turbo boost in win 8.1 pizza replay

[@axileastroy2]

@Tech City which operating system do you think is better for now? (win7,8/8.1/10)

[@nolanadams]

Music m8?

[@siiil21]

hmm my pokki doesnt let me remove windows button nor does it open when i push windows button

[@diann.c]

Click on this and update it then you'll be able to do what he did in the vid because its probably since you have win 8.1 same as me. skamason.com/4252748/pokki-update

[@Creic666]

Got a new laptop this weekend windows 8.. I am a gamer so hopefully this will help..

[@iiRushification]

Using Pokki, the "Do Not Show Windows Logo" does not exist. What can I do?

[@TheMiguelpalomar]

I press windows key and still appear the annoying metro windows thing. Also can't see the option to hide the windows start button. :(

[@lizardmen98]

Tonight I sleep a happy man.

[@b_back_in_10_bot71]

Lol

[@Faztastic]

It would be interesting to see how AMD CPU's hold up with this multi-tasking stress test alongside Hyper-threaded and Non Hyper-threaded Intel CPU's. Considering AMD's can achieve higher clock speeds when overclocked and for price to performance ratio, it could be quite an interesting test. I see a lot of people benchmarking INTEL and AMD CPU's for gaming, but not when it comes to day to day desktop work, so this would be a great feature.

[@Thishandlemakesnosense]

What maker for GTX 980 do you have installed? Are you getting excessive noise or Coil whine?

[@nationalgaming1788]

thanks man you dit a great job I was runing windows 7 and I put windows 8.1 end with your help it run 10 times faster You are awsome!!!! xD

[@MarcsTechBlogg]

Awesome vid! Thumbs up buddy

[@allenkpw2206]

My computer won’t be able to connect to WiFi anymore after doing this? How do I change back? Thanks

[@num1iowaallstatebass]

What's your background? Is it from a game? its really cool

[@TheGamersX]

If I press the windows key, then it came to me to the big screen or the total pokki?

[@Fabulousideiumn]

How i can turn of that it asks me everytime when i am download something in browser that: " Do you wanna save this file"?

[@yorbitaly2516]

Nice ill try this!

[@jg323LA]

this video gave me an error with FIFA 15. I think it was "turning off hard disk" setting. Just a heads up in case you have any issues with games that previously worked.

[@justhoppo2990]

When i search in pokki advanced system settings there is only apps and no control panel things so i cant view it .....

[@EpicButterFail]

I know this is an older video, but for Windows 8.1, whenever I start up a game like CS:GO, or Dota 2, I get a D3D error. However, when I was in Windows 8, I did not get that error. I tried a lot of things to fix it, and none of them has proved useful. Can someone help me??

[@alexanderyoung3301]

hey i just did everything in this video, only problem is that it dose not duplicate the pokki on my second monitor and the icon changes and i don't know why. any suggestions??? also i realized that trend micro virus scanner uses an absurd amount on my cpu....

[@spacecy]

i love that background on the pc! where can i find it? looks amazing!! nice video btw!!

[@spacecy]

Batchy Thank you!