Speed Up A Slow Windows PC

[@CustomNameHere]

NOTE: Defragging an SSD is NOT recommended, as it will shorten the life of the drive. Only defrage MECHANICAL drives.

[@Dave4000]

Windows 7 and later versions are supposed to "trim" the SSD automatically; the user does not have to do anything.

[@grantkidd4142]

Thanks for mentioning about Disk Defragmentation. I recently got a SSD and I checked it and it was scheduled for a weekly defragmentation!!!!

[@ganeryhyperion8386]

+Grant Kidd on windows 7 and up to windows 10 is automatically detected by your Windows OS to SSD and do Trim not De-fragmentation. Don't worry that much from windows 7 to 10 that OS know that you are using SSD or HDD plus now a days ssd can endure a lot more that you will expect even you always accidentally defrag it.

[@grantkidd4142]

Ren Senyo Thanks for the information, I just thought Defragmentation would ruin my SSD because they have limited read/write cycles but I must be wrong. Never heard of Trim before

[@dave7072]

Very good & timely video Brian :) I had a query today from a fellow who had upgraded his laptop to win 10 & was concerned about Speed. (lack of) It only had 2GB Ram. I'll find his info tomorrow & post him a link to this Vid. Ts again Best regards, DAve

[@marco_evertus]

Awesome video Brian. I hope everyone knows it.

[@Britec09]

+rounak dutta They should do. Very basic stuff.

[@Dave4000]

Windows appearance and performance: when unticking the boxes for appearance options, I suggest just unticking the boxes that contain the words "animate", "fade" and "slide" and leave the others ticked. This will speed up Windows, but still keep the modern appearance and features like image file previews in folders (aka directories).

[@Sid-Cannon]

Good video Brian, looking forward to the advanced one as I was never brave enough to disable a shed load of services ...

[@Britec09]

+Sid Cannon Yeah I will make that video soon.

[@zx8401ztv]

Thanks Brian :-D Believe it or not, you have covered all the things i do to peoples systems to speed it up. Clear temp/internet directorys. Go into internet explorer and kill all pointless/junk addons. Kill all animations and visual effects. (most people dont care, they want speed). Stop all unused services and autostarts. Use ccleaner and other registry cleaners to ditch the non existing program entrys/fragments. Disable the virtual memory so the swap file is deleted, then defrag without the swap file getting in the way, after defrag then set new virtual memory and hopefully it will stay as one file, no fragmented virtual memory. If its a main system then check/set the power options for non power saving, no cpu throttling down. Set windows update only to update at the weekend. Clear all restore points. I give the machine a reboot so it creates a fresh restore point. It makes hell of a difference ha ha :-D

[@Britec09]

+zx8401ztv I tried to keep this one basic without any tweaks. It still works ok.

[@davec5084]

My new laptop is fast thanks to your recommendations on ssd and ssd settings. The caddy swap for the DVD drive works great all my files are in disk0 os is on ssd great job ty

[@SmokeyCod]

Great video Brian concise and factual great help for new users buddy

[@RADDY1993]

Very good and useful video Bri, look forward to the advanced one :).

[@Britec09]

+RADDY 1993 Coming soon.

[@r3vo830]

Am I the only on who disables most of the visual effects of windows, just because it makes it more snappy? Britec, would you mind going into more detail about the page file settings in the next video? I think this is quite important since it can also cause trouble with programs, and you didn't really explain what a page file is and what it does etc. ( I know this was only a basic video)

[@Britec09]

+Revo SeR Yes I sure can and you are right. turning off page file can cause problems, that's why I said try recommend first. but I will cover it again in next video.

[@Bonsaverh]

"under a rock" lol Thanks for the video Brian.

[@Britec09]

+Bonsaverh You're welcome.

[@JamesMcCreadie71]

Thanks Brian, forgot most of that stuff, great vid!

[@Britec09]

+James McCreadie Yeah its just basic stuff, but it will help beginners.

[@ashgupta854]

Regarding the idea of putting a SSD in your system, you should do a video on how to migrate from a HDD to a SSD.

[@MrJavapiet]

Another thing you can do is check for malware, usefull tools are malwarebytes, hitman pro, adwcleaner and junkware removal tool. Best performance is reinstall your system with ssd

[@toolnerd]

Thanks for another great video!!

[@Britec09]

+C Perry You're welcome.

[@MondoLeStraka]

Thanks Bri.

[@willemvandeijzen2532]

this is great thanks man see this people this will speed up your pc

[@Leosteel.]

You said, Registry cleaner tools damages more than speeding up the PC, that goes to ccleaner registry tool as well?

[@Britec09]

+Leo Steel I don't clean registry.

[@Alex2021ZR1]

Hello, was the advanced video ever released? I don't see it. Please reply.

[@BlackMambaKO]

So I diagnosed it right that with wd green it is my problem in slow pc. Like opening browser or other programs takes forever.

[@GreatWhite7]

Reason 1: too much porn.

[@Ocleg]

Great White7 😂

[@BlueLightyGaming123]

My pc has a problem with the ram.If i boot it up it has like 50MB available i made page file 10GB Then i downloaded malwarebytes did with that 1K viruses removed them then it was a bit faster but its still slow. Any help? (Soon getting new pc)

[@Dcastigo]

Hello Brian, say, is there a way to make either Win 7 or Win 10 load faster ? They take too much time until they shows the desktop. None of those used to happen on Win XP, but I had to buy a new PC wich the motherboard doesn't support Win XP.So I had to install Win 7 and Win 10, Of course I've configured msconfig.exe disabling all the unnecessary services. My hardware Gigabyte GA-H87M-D3H, intel G3220, RAM 8 gb DDR3 1333 mhz. Many Thanks and excuse my English I'm from Argentina. Kindest Regards.

[@kennywhiddon1497]

Get a SSD

[@thomaskambarami9138]

thanks for that, u motivated us, but can you make a tutorial for me I have a problem with my laptop after I upgraded to windows 10, now when I shutdown is not going complete off but if I switch off with button is going off and other things is not coming on from lock screen, I have to switch it off and on again please help

[@AmyFlannigan27]

+Thomas Kambarami Happened to me too. Both after i upgraded to windows 8.1 and then when i upgraded to windows 10. Really annoying. Had fix it right after installing windows, expected it from the beginning.

[@Britec09]

+Thomas Kambarami Please post on my forum for help and support.

[@Britec09]

+Amy Flannigan Please post on my forum for help and support.

[@AmyFlannigan27]

+Britec09 I'm actually fine. I fixed it myself way back. I was just saying that I know how it feels like. Thanks anyway though

[@kevinlin1607]

Is it possible to make a persistent slitax Linux system on a 4.7 gb dvd....? C:

[@ivandrofly]

Also disabling some unused *Services* will speed your PC

[@Britec09]

+Ivandro Ismael (Ivan) Yeah that's in my next video.

[@bluey8564]

today I got this bitdefender and I want to remove it.. but I can't run msconfig, or anything.. anyone help ?

[@davec5084]

The other issue i had on my old computer it happens 3times now no repairs would fix it. It would take a age to log in. What it was ? Well it was the user file it must of been corrupts so I backed it up with hbcd to another location. Then I made another admin user account deleted the corrupt one made a new account with the old name then started to moving the files about until it was restored. Make a good how to vid.

[@MooLovesYoutube]

I know why my computer is slow. I have an i3 Intel processor and around 4 gigabytes of ram. Lol. Anyway, thanks for the video. It helped somewhat. :)

[@MooLovesYoutube]

Also, a problem I have is that when I check Task Manager, 94% of my CPU is usually used but all Task Manager says is that "System" is using up my CPU and nothing else and it won't be specific as of what's causing that high CPU. I find that weird. I'll try some of the things you recommended outside of Task Manager and see if that helps.

[@Britec09]

+MooLovesKZbin Post on my forum for help and support.

[@damiantagras8922]

Will this help for game performance

[@r3vo830]

+damian ruggenberg This usually has no big influence on the gaming performance of a PC, except you've got some serious issues like malware etc.

[@thomaskambarami9138]

when is the next video because we can't wait

[@frostfirei]

I want to know, how I can Dual-boot Windows 7 and 10.

[@catalincatalin3945]

Cclenear it s recomandat for SSD?

[@Hyperdonic2]

Britec is it possible you can help me fix my OS throw remote computer? If not can i send you something throw your forums

[@Britec09]

+Hyperdonic2 ATGHyper Please post on my forum and if I need to remote in I can.

[@Hyperdonic2]

Britec09 alright and thanks

[@paulreece9606]

nice videos

[@Britec09]

+paul olliman Thanks Paul.

[@paulreece9606]

+Britec09 i'd rather be taught something useful like this by my college tutors rather than the rediculously hard to understand stuff 😂

[@Britec09]

+paul olliman Trouble with learning in collage or school, they like to complicate things, keep it simple, because most of it is.

[@paulreece9606]

+Britec09 i guess you would be the best tutor for our class 😂

[@DOESICK]

My PC is so slow... COZ I UPGRADED TO WINDOWS 10 BUT IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE LOL

[@User9681e]

Just install advanced system care 9 beta 4 pro and disable the auto care And scan everytime the system feels slow again

[@User9681e]

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[@VladislavStojisavljevickicmac]

THnx :)

[@thomaskambarami9138]

yah yah I think Revo Ser you can say that again

[@krushh]

He sounds like FrankieonPCin1080p

[@topchoice32]

please i need help to get into 8.1 computer i will pay please help

[@diablomoid]

640K ought to be enough for anybody :D

[@sprantoss]

It took me 1h to make the steps to the end .. my pc is so bad

[@DiyEcoProjects]

Never use Registry cleaners??? realy?

[@Britec09]

+DiyEcoProjects Nope.

[@DiyEcoProjects]

hi... thanks. not being a pain, but id like to understand why please

[@DiyEcoProjects]

ok thanks guys, appreciate it

[@Kimmykiwi]

Just use Linux

[@Britec09]

+Neca Necic Wish I had a pound for every time I heard that, I would be a millionaire lol.

[@YT-zz9in]

my pc took 32 mins to do the first step

[@spiritusinfinitus]

Do you have a bitcoin donation address yet? If so, just stick it in the description and users of things like ProTip bitcoin tipping will be able to contribute automatically. :)

[@Britec09]

+TheHolySpirit donate button on my site and forum. I will post it here on youtube as well.

[@TacMonk187]

420th like ;)

[@brandonmiller9078]

why the heck are you making a video on slow pc's when you have a core i7? That's like Bill Gates teaching a class on how to stretch money for poor people Lol.

[@DerpProductionz]

Because not everyone has a core i7 -_-