Windows 10 Settings You Should Change Right Now!

[@BrettInTech]

Update 2023: These are still the settings I would recommend changing when setting up a new Windows 10 PC. For your convenience, *Time Stamps* are included in the video description... Thanks for watching!

[@macegalaxy]

just a suggestion, the time stamps would work well in the comments than the description anyway love your videos really helpfull

[@jakenfred8634]

HidemyVolumeOsd is a download but it gets rid of the stupid massive volume icon

[@sajeanne8496]

TechGumbo Why aren't my Settings options the same are yours?

[@mike_nba]

i like videos like this. Very helpful. Keep it up

[@aixcenbuizon778]

How do you make your intro???

[@frankriley3651]

Whoopee! For once we have a clear and concise video, in clear English, no music and no-nonsense. Well done! I will come back frequently to learn from you. Thanks a bunch.

[@bobbob123ful]

Exactly what I was looking for. To the point, no crappy music, great quality, and efficient communication. Well done.

[@mauriziovectorca4526]

Cool! Thank you!

[@chenks54]

Just wanted to thank you for this video. Didn't use all of it but there were several alterations I found very useful - esp. the night viewing app!

[@MLife1972]

Fantastically helpful - even if I don't change anything, it's great to know what all this options are.

[@thebigshedart]

Good common sense advice. Very helpful. I'm retired now from doing this for customers in my own business, and I've used Macs myself since forever, so when friends and family still ask me for help - currently with Windows 10 which I've had no reason to even look at otherwise - videos like this are invaluable to bring me quickly up to speed with where everything is now and anything new. My sincere thanks.

[@damonblade3195]

" Not without its flaws ?" Bro that is a heavy understatement

[@shelbseyahpaise3316]

I just got my new Ryzen gaming computer and i love the Dark mode and the automatic mode to take away the blue in the screen!! its such a lifesaver now when i am working on papers later one in the night.

[@hafeezcammando4902]

Hi

[@nonrumor]

@seba Simp detected eradication process: initiate

[@CressNess]

1:30 sec in and already updating my windows 10. I think this vid will help a bunch as havnt had a pc in 5+ yrs

[@NSanoShano]

it is an antiquated version of windows 10 and the menu options have changed. read yours carefully.

[@noahavegail6831]

i was literally changing my settings while watching this video. thanks man this is so helpful

[@Jacob_Roberts]

This information is worth its weight in gold. *_THANK YOU_* .

[@seyyed6905]

Joe Johnson you’r lying

[@larsvankoningsveld6179]

Lmao, considering information is weightless, this is pretty funny

[@Jacob_Roberts]

Lars, that is a common expression we have here in the United States.

[@johnbgood52]

Joe Johnson, you're a moron.

[@michalvalta5231]

That's pretty dumb expression... xD The disk space that stores the 1s and 0s of this video weighs next to nothing... Most of the information here is very obvious and well known, but I still think it's worth more than that man. :D

[@minnietaylor3565]

The most well done and clearly spoken instructional video that I've seen on KZbin.

[@jlh5995]

Hey TechGumbo - thanks for taking the time to produce this excellent video tutorial regarding settings in Windows 10.

[@koksionglee7978]

One of the best instructional video ever, I am a late-migrator from Windows 7 and I have quite a lot to catch up with, so I was playing this video and hammering those settings at the same time. Sweet...

[@connieroberson3814]

I learned so much from your video. I saved it to my library so I hope you don’t delete it anytime soon. I’m on my tablet right now but want to use the info later when I have my laptop out. Like everyone else is saying it is so clear and no distracting music in the background! Thank you so much for your time. And oh yeah, I subscribed to your channel.

[@imruimiguel]

Amazing video. Windows 10 has so much setting but this video covered a lot of the most important ones. Great job and ty !

[@Soap_js]

I have done all of these already just want to say that Storage sense is a usefull feature and you can manually clean storage at that storage page

[@crazyleg2006]

Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to put it up for me and everyone else. It's always nice to find videos and information that help us solve problems.

[@jaykaye6736]

Thanks for your very helpful videos, but as an older person i often don't know which setting is best for me and once i go out of the settings i'll forget where to go back to change the setting back if i should need to. Your videos do help a lot though!!

[@sajeanne8496]

Personally, I check all of my Settings every time there is a Windows update... my Settings always change themselves. I talked to Microsoft about this & they don't seem to care that it is annoyingly UN-user-friendly. Control Freaks!!!

[@sajeanne8496]

Joe Johnson - Well said! LOL - That's why I'm looking into free OSs for the future... nothing to lose & potential gain.

[@MoonShadeStuff]

Joe Johnson this is misleading. Ubuntu asks if users want to send error reports and usage statistics, you are asked during the installation process if you are ok with that (it's one checkbox, not convoluted settings that reset after an update like in Windows 10). If you do agree, it collects data such as general information about the hardware (so they see what people use it on, so they can develop drivers appropriately), time taken to finish the installation (so they can optimize this process), settings selected during the installation process and non-identifiable stuff like that. This is far from what Windows 10 does and you have very clearly given the option to disable this during the installation and in the settings. Manjaro has a toxic community? Well that's interesting, I always though they were noob friendly and want to establish themselves as arch for humans. Must be different personal experiences. The argument for MX Linux is that is has a "complete graphical user interface" - that's just 99% of distros, that's not something unique to MX Linux. If you ask me, I recommend going with Kubuntu, as it is the most used OS (Ubuntu) with the best GUI that looks more like Windows with its defaults but can be made to look however you want to if you want to customize it at some point or another. But Windows users will feel right at home here.

[@rodrigoacosta9708]

Yes, at first I was confused the first time I noticed this issue... until I realized its not an issue no no no... Damned control-freaks...

[@MoonShadeStuff]

@Joe Johnson "It's not 99% of Linux distros that have a complete G.U.I. because if you have to use the command line and or enter commands that should of been filled in already it doesn't have a complete G.U.I." Then neither Windows, Linux or Mac have a "complete GUI" - try disabling the default apps that ship with W10 (but not with the N edition) without a command line. You don't really have to use CLIs with Ubuntu derivates for what you'd expect are the use cases of typical computer users. There is advanced stuff with any OS where you have to edit either the registry, system files or enter some commands into a terminal/PowerShell to achieve your goal.

[@MoonShadeStuff]

Sure I have a degree in CS but don't know what I'm talking about, what else is new? Any reasons why I'm wrong or just because you currently feel like disagreeing with someone?

[@JamesTatePa]

Most of these I already knew. However, I did learn some new and useful tips. I often disagree with peoples suggested settings. There were no suggestions here that I disagreed with. Most of his recommendations I already had set but did tweak a few I was not aware of. The biggest problem I have with windows 10 is the automatic update and reboot. I have a home control systems that is running under windows 10. Occasionally it doesn't restart correctly due to not being shutdown properly. There is nothing nice about coming home at night and the lights don't turn on like they are suppose to because the home control computer was restarted. Not so bad on other PC's but a major pain on the home control system. I have actually been thinking about switching it to Linux just to avoid that problem.

So switch to Linux "any distro" what you waiting for lol [ ;

[@ronaldvaughn7087]

This Video Was Extremely Precise & Helpful To Me As I'm Transitioning To A New Windows 10 Computer. Also Loving Your Other Great Video's. Thanks So Very Much !!

[@kunalmittal_]

Very Nice Video Bro!

[@ASMIKFF]

new tip=In the search box on the taskbar, type settings, then choose it from the list of results. Select System > Storage > This PC and then scroll down the list and choose Temporary files. Under Remove temporary files, select the Previous version of Windows check box and then choose Remove files.

[@AMx1100]

I've already known these tips, but still watched anyway. keep up the good work man

[@Niltava71]

Thanks as always gumbo.i find your videos easy to follow for a computer novice.

[@tracysrocket]

Great, great video, great production and information.

[@elliotcarter9693]

07:35, you can also search by just pressing start button and start typing.

[@ede8193]

Great video...just bought a new ssd and this info will help with my new install of windows 10!

[@welwitschia]

This was really good. I tend to go through my settings carefully when I get a new machine, and yet many of these escaped me. Exceptional content guys, and thanks for the tips! :)

[@maxmuller8633]

Does this help with your performances?

[@Ahmed_Alnahdi]

7:30 search can also be done by simply clicking the start menu and typing right away ;)

[@seankirby2580]

This really is excellent. I don't like all the privacy things set as they were, but being able to change things is good. Your piece de resistance was showing me how to change the app background from light to dark. I use a Dell 3014 monitor and the expanse of white light was too much. Thanks very much. Very grateful.

[@becarefuldodoafterdodoisum8]

IT is suggested you move off windows 10 and buy a chromebook instead

[@lmhphotography7236]

🤣

[@murdockdisraeli3015]

As always, a succinct and fantastic video from you. Thank you for all you do.

[@bridgetbrecheen3726]

As a 20 plus year Apple user, I finally had to get a PC in order to utilize my work software. You are rocking my world! Everything with PC is greek to me, but you have been a lifesaver. Thank you for your very informative videos.

[@keithdavis5321]

Very well presented. I can actually follow along without being left in the dust!

[@MelbourneTravel]

Nice work, Keep sharing,my friend

[@Hamad.Kuwaitt]

Very nice review and information

[@pamspragins]

Thank you so much for your videos! I have been kicking and screaming about Win10 ever since they started testing way back and did NOT want to go there as I was more than happy with Win7! Fast forward to now and I finally broke down and ordered a laptop and I was dreading Win10. Your videos helped me to see and understand that there is still a lot of what I loved about Win7 in this monster Microsoft has created and made it a lot easier to make the changes I needed to in order to make Win10 something I can live with! Thanks!!

[@AntonyShannon]

that was very useful - I followed nearly all of them

[@korishan]

These are some really nice basic settings that need to be changed. I agree with most of these. The one setting is about auto-loading programs after restart. Firstly, a user should make sure everything is shut down anyways upon a restart. However, I do like having my email auto-load if there was a restart, planned or otherwise. The biggest issue with this setting is that it's really "2" settings in one. 1) Auto sign-in to automatically "finish" setting up device. 2) Reopen apps after restart With #1, if this option is turned off and the system needs to do more than 1 restart or login to finish updates, it won't. So even if it restarts in the middle of night when you are sleeping, you could come back to a system that takes 30mins or longer to "finish" updates after you login. I wish MS would actually separate these two options

[@Labaoglenn4]

Thanks TechGumbo on this video ! Very Helpful ! Making the changes right now, Thanks alot !

[@theredrose777]

Just what I needed. Thank you, so much!!!

[@andrewt3649]

Awesome! Clear, concise and very educational. Thanks!

[@Allellia]

Thanks for the reminders! I recently changed my hard drive and updated windows. I forgot to re-change some of the settings :/.. In the "all pc's" setting>[Upload Settings] >Advanced Options if I uncheck the "Limit how much bandwidth...to other PC's..." and "Monthly upload limit" boxes will it override the unchecked "Allow downloads from other PC's"? Thanks again!

[@BlindMango]

Using 3 finger swipe gestures on your touchpad to control volume. I changed it to that randomly months ago and now it's something I don't know how I lived without to be honest lol

[@Diosesdepapel]

Great Video , lots of info very important to know to run the system more efficient , Tks for Sharing

[@geraldoconnor7212]

A very worthwhile and useful presentation. Well done! I often wonder why Microsoft leaves this kind of tutorial to others.

[@ichiban0808]

Thank You and of course,thumb Up from Switzerland!

[@petersuarez651]

Great tutorial. Very helpful to someone who is new to Windows 10. Thank You!!!

[@jrguillory]

Thanks for the information. Great stuff

[@lucaslagarto2569]

Windows 10 is indeed, a fast OS.. modern...beautiful. But you have to turn off, disable, delete, uncheck.... 80% of its features so it can be usable. Windows 7 is the best fix for now.

[@bfapple]

Lucas Lagarto Windows 7 is obsolete...

[@lucaslagarto2569]

@@bfapple Obsolete? Hum..maybe in a few years. But it is lightweight, has simple UI, no bloat, no telemetry, no forced automatic updates, stable as a rock, no stupid native apps/live tiles and last but not least... it is FAAAST !!

[@bfapple]

Lucas Lagarto I’m not denying that, the problem is that it is obsolete now. Modern hardware won’t run 7.

[@pavlospilakoutas]

Give O&O a try and also have a look at Linux Mint 😉

[@HAKIMEOVER9000]

dB Your brain is obsolete

[@EdnaSpoonhands]

thank you very much fot these tips my friends

[@ILL1983]

Thank you for this video, I have been struggling with my Win10, ever since I got the damn thing!

[@ChristopherSimmons]

Nice. I had most of these done, as matter of course, but was looking for a good how to for several friends, and this was best one I've found; thanks. :-)

[@darkdelta]

Thanks for the 411! Always good info here.

[@JDShaughnessy00]

Thanks for a great video. Have you done a similar one for Win 8.1? One more question. Have you done a video on upgrading from Win 8.1 to Win 10? I dread the thought of the many hours of “getting back to where I am now with my apps after the update” :)

[@Beppee52]

Thanks for the information !

[@obasaar68]

Thank you for all your hard work, that was very informative!

[@herbertmartin2142]

I love the help you gave me for not having to reopen all the programs i had to when i hit lag when in game. just had to get back in game not reopen 15 other programs.... thanks so much...

[@herbertmartin2142]

PS. My father told me to watch this it had so much stuff that i need to do to help with my computer.

[@Ratel3000]

I like the theme and appearance of your menus. See how yours are all black with white text? How do you do that? Is it down-loadable?

[@Jacques_Paquin]

Thanks so much. Well done

[@zeloguy]

I agree with turning "off" downloading from other PCs but I leave it on and allow the updates to only optimize from my local network. This is safe enough for me and as I have multiple computers on the same domain it seems redundant to download the same updates over and over again.

[@50PullUps]

Exactly. Downloads are much *much* faster from one PC to another on your LAN. This setting should be kept on.

[@shahzadhussain9591]

hp Windows 10 par refreshkaise hoga

[@iforgotmyusername0]

Joe Johnson win 10 is win 7 strapped with MS BS and spyware and a newer prettier GUI as the disguise.

[@jeffbaviera3693]

@@iforgotmyusername0 Newer GUI yes, prettier - Not hardly! It's the ugliest GUI since Win3.1.

[@beverlyfrederick5362]

Thank you for sharing with us !!!

[@NELSONG12]

Very useful. Thank you

[@chanhsaephan8413]

Hi and thank you for sharing your video. I was experiencing crazy activity with my laptop and attempted to follow your instruction, however, I was unable to locate cortona under setting. How may I fix these options if the options aren’t available to choose?

[@TheGlock777]

Thanks dude. Simple and to the point !

[@catherinerowe2146]

Thank you, helped me a lot Cheers

[@deltathecomic4765]

Thank you! Now I know about the dark theme.

[@fletchflips1017]

Awesome Video....I learned a lot!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@edwinc5700]

Excellent stuff!

[@wowwealthy]

really nice video thanks for this sir

[@muhammednaijun]

Thank you very much bro, I find this very useful ☺

[@AdamsTaiwan]

Turn Windows Features on or off: Uncheck SMB1.0 For Pro users: Check Windows Defender Application Guard. Then do extra safe browsing with Edge by select Application Guard Window.

[@r13hd22]

You just told people to actually USE Edge...stop giving advice.

[@AdamsTaiwan]

@@r13hd22 Sure, are you going to run any other browser in a VM for the extra security? For me the browser wars are over. I use browsers like I use Apps. If an app has a feature I use it for that feature. I use Chrome for most of my browsing and work. I used Firefox to view the CSS grid outline when debugging a webpage. I will use Edge when I need extra secure browsing and having it read websites out loud with mixed with Chinese and English at 1.5 speed.

[@r13hd22]

Chrome? Why would anyone ever use that memory hog. Edge is as secure as IE was, as in not...and im not surprised that you would use Edge for a thing that has been available long before Edge even existed. TTS software is not new and there are plenty of free options...MSFT has made billions off of the lazy and uninformed.

[@AdamsTaiwan]

@@r13hd22 Again, I use the browser for the feature, I don't care about it's other problems. Chrome is first to allow me to install PWAs in windows from the browser. So you saw the word Edge and stopped there? Edge in itself may not be more secure, but what I said was to run Edge then select Application Guard Window. This runs the browser in an environment much like a VM (but not as large and slow), which means that even if the a hacker got thru it wouldn't matter because they can't get thru to windows. To get the same kind of security with another browser, you'd have to run it in a VM.

[@r13hd22]

Cannot figure out for the life of me why you brought up running a browser in a VM for "security" and now you are making excuses for using a browser that is weak on security just because of "features"...also, running a browser in a VM is no where near as secure as you think lol. VM itself is old and MSFTs VM software is one of the worst.

[@JosephFabs]

Thank you for this :)

[@lindahill1199]

You are AMAZING! Love your videos. Thank you for your help.

[@YamiKeizerLeon]

Thanks a lot! Really helped my pc run faster

[@sansmoraxz]

To enable /disable hidden files and folders there is a keyboard shortcut. In the windows explorer window press Alt + V + HH

[@Antipropaganda71]

good job keep it up i subscribed thanks

[@makeindiabright355]

great bro very very nice,i applied all of these except one drive,you are great you had completed a great area

[@fyurileblanc7206]

phasing out control panel? you mean the way they phased out notepad? well, ok, i have a tip. years ago, i created a folder called "quick". in it i put my most often used shortcuts- including calculator, character map, command prompt, computer management, control panel, eventvwr, internet options, msconfig, notepad, regedit and wordpad. i copied that file to a disk. each time i get a new computer or a new windows setup, that is the first folder i copy to my desktop. i then make a toolbar folder for it on my taskbar. this way, no matter how windows tries to hide those files, i can still find them. they are right there on my taskbar when i need them. i have copied those files repeatedly to different disks to prevent corruption.

[@dleland71]

THANKS! I've made a bunch of changes from this video. I knew of some of these, but WOW.

[@lilyvalley5389]

This is awesome ! Ty so much ! I already did night light & few others, but this helped me on lots more I did not know for is just allot. Lol

[@anintruder1197]

I go into my control panel and select power settings and choose edit power plan. I edit it to the "high-performance" mode it uses a lot of power but my pc is plugged in all the time. in some pc's there is an ultimate-performance mode which uses a HUGE amount of power my PC doesn't have that because my pc is windows 10 enterprise I think the "ultimate-performance" mode is available on Windows 10 Pro edition.this is a very good setting you should change it now.

[@adamthomas5790]

very helpful. thank you

[@donnadanielshoemaker5484]

Hey you are the best and thank you so much!! Actually this is excellent!

[@CarolHaynesJ]

Change the Advanced Update settings update channel to the business setting for 'feature updates' (aka 'this is where we use the public to bug test new versions). This will delay twice yearly version updates by at least a couple of months while all the bugs are ironed out. You can't do this in the home version sadly. Alternatively go back to Windows 7 for a quiet life and none of this crap- sadly you may be out of luck on some newer laptops with drivers though.

[@JB-xi5ek]

Very helpful, thanks. I really appreciate your delivery pace.

[@Interartmusic]

Thanks for posting this.

[@vannakkeo7453]

Thanks, very informative!

[@joshuabrugmann3050]

7:32 You can also search when you hit the windows key and than tipping what you want to search For Exampel: [Windows] Settings

[@bobbob123ful]

Joshua Brügmann typing

[@SKhan-fk7cn]

Thanks for the video. Do you have videos, in which you go through all Chrome and Windows settings and tell the recommendable ones? How can I return to that version of windows 10, that was on my laptop when I bought it.

[@saeisalt25]

the best thing I've ever added in my windows 10 is putting the shadow on my cursor. :)

[@mahts9161]

Why? Does it help

[@saeisalt25]

@@mahts9161 I dont know it feels like it makes me... complete.

[@austynxyz]

@@saeisalt25 😂

[@mattb6194]

Cheers TechGumbo.👍👍

[@stavm1909]

That was a great help many thanks

[@petermoss6342]

Excellent, thank you!

[@maggysantana3878]

Thanks for those tips... it helps a lot on my computer use. Now the only think that is driving me crazy is that windows 10 has the sleep mode wake up problem. I tried many things but it I still not fix. The problem I am facing that when the computer goes to sleep mode when I try to wake it up takes forever more than 10 minutes and that is very frustrating. It sound many have similar issues but Microsoft people don’t care. Do you have any tip that can help beside discussed in this video? 🤔

[@EweChewBrrr01]

Thank you for this. I've only just installed win 10. I'm not liking the layout at all and have been frustrated many times trying to find simple things such as control panel. Any more help on windows 10 would be welcome. I'm sure i'm not the only one who needs more help.

[@AdamsTaiwan]

There are more fast ways to get to settings in Win10. Type Control + s, then type 'env' takes you right to the Environment Variables Tab of the System Properties.

[@EweChewBrrr01]

Thanks mate. Ill try that when I get out of bed.

[@EweChewBrrr01]

AdamsTaiwan Where do I type it?

[@irfaanfr4]

Same here

[@godschild5587]

I just downgraded to windows 7 and I'm very happy, windows 7 is the best windows.

[@avrel820]

Honestly the best is to create a full image of the system once new install has been performed.. Restore points isn't safe malicious software can hide in them plus most. Often system restore points don't resolve big problems and can sometimes make stuff worse... Format new install then restore image is safest and it's quite fast to do

[@Bullminator]

For win pro users: To disable the "Updates are available" popup in Windows 10, do the following. Open an elevated command prompt. Ensure that the console is opened in the folder C:\Windows\System32. If not, then type the following command to change the directory: cd /d "%Windir%\System32" Type or copy-paste the following command: takeown /f musnotification.exe This command will take NTFS ownership of the executable file that produces the popup. The next command will prevent the operating system from accessing the file. icacls musnotification.exe /deny Everyone:(X) Now, repeat the same for the MusNotificationUx file. takeown /f musnotificationux.exe icacls musnotificationux.exe /deny Everyone:(X) This should be enough to stop Windows 10 from showing these annoying notifications.