If I ever needed a former MS tech now would be the time.. I have this machine now for months it came with Windows10 and I've been apprehensive about installing linux because of the 'Intel Optane Module' that was included in my build. It comes in a raid0 with the mechanical HDD to give you SSD speed without compromising on storage space. When I first bought it I was reading that intel optane does not play nice with Linux, even Intel themselves were saying no Linux. Then they said you could install Linux but you needed to change the firmware on the Optane module. I see this ending in catastrophe I dont want to brick the Optane it actually works excellent with Windows. It has my windows install running super fast, I can only imagine what this could mean for an already fast lean Linux install. I know they use much larger Optane modules in enterprise, specifically in CEPH based clusters/data centers. Have you heard anything in this regard (Intel Optane with Linux), bottom line is I want to migrate my Windows install to another drive and install Debian to this Lenovo laptop with the Optane Module. Its 2TB HDD and 32GB Intel Optane. Even if you cant answer my question, if you could share any experience you have working with Optane/Windows, even if it was in enterprise, I would appreciate that very much , thanks Chris.
@@eskomo34 My question is all about the Intel Optane , and will it work with Linux, and if so do I need to change the firmware, and anything else pertinent that I should be aware of.. If anyone has dealt with this issue?
This is one of the most informative web sites for PC Techs and those learning. Chris, you are highly informed and pragmatic about ALL the relevant issues. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for taking the time to do this - great tools. We have 3 desktops and four laptops here at home, I get to be sysadmin for all of them. Decided to bite the bullet and move from Win7 to Win10 on the 4 remaining machines that don't have it, your tools will save me a ton of time. cheers
Look for destroy windows 10 spying (dws) from github and an updated hosts file entries from MVPS hosts to block malware and ad domains. Once again, great video 👍
I like CCCP/MPC-HC better than VLC. It doesn't lock up when an incomplete video is launched and it will play most incomplete video's so you can preview them. Sadly there isn't a Linux version. It's been awhile since I tried infranview but IMO XnView is better than InfranView. Even the Multi Platform version is better and allows customization. The default layout sucks but you can copy the ini for the layout file and reuse it. I found CCleaner will uninstall things Windows doesn't give you the option to uninstall. (The background feature can be disabled under Options>Smart Cleaning.) For PDF viewers I just use Firefox. I got sick of Acrobat being bloated and Foxit followed became no different. SumatraPDF is good if you need to view ebook files. CutePDF allows you to print to pdf files which is handy.
I love it when I find someone who thinks like I do! You are a very logical person, and your selections of software and settings match mine almost 100%. And for that reason, I'm sending you all of my friends (as new subs) who usually BUG THE CRAP out of me - now they can just watch your videos and they get the same good info I would give them and I get more FREE TIME! Excellent!
I'm a big proponent of WinAero Tweaker, especially on systems that I configure for other people. It's simple enough for non-techy people to use and it's impossible to actually break anything with it.
5:31 you blew it there. Windows AV automatically deletes files named "keygen.exe" and gives you NO CHOICE about quarantining them and simply scans ALL of your connected drives and automatically deletes files. I disabled Windows 10 antivirus. Windows has no business running programs under the table and deleting user files w/o their permission and knowledge.
Windows has no business doing 99% of what it does. It's an operating system and it's only functions should be allowing you to run programs and allowing you to manage the running program. That is ALL it should ever do.
What's your take on Faronics Deep Freeze? I have used this software on computers where i expect lot of people inserting USB thumb drives i assume are infected with malware. Deep Freeze is very useful in internet cafes and institutes where people train to use photoshop, premiere, 3ds max. etc. software's. I installed Deep Freeze only on C:\ where Windows is installed after configuring Windows and software's, and edited the desktop wallpaper instructing people to save data on D:\, E:\, etc. partitions which are not freezed. By doing this, you don't need antivirus except for manually scanning the other partitions and if Windows gets infected from thumb drives, you simply reboot and the malware is gone because Deep Freeze resets the partition every reboot to your specific frozen Windows and software configuration. Saved me ton of time from having to reinstall Windows again and again when people break or infect Windows.
This is my standard procedure. If anyone can .bat it, I'd love it! PS: I know for a fact that Auslogic Defrag, run on a HDD, DOES speed it up, fairly substanitally. I once had a guy call with a sloooooooow PC. Auslogic found & deleted over 300,000! temp files! He only had, like, 160k of legit files! The whole disk was fragmented. Afterwards, and after my tweaks-- all good to go & FAST! Would love to add mine to yours and create a tool that runs it all. My tweaks: On desktop>right-click This PC>properties>advanced system settings>advanced tab>performance>settings button>tick best performance>choose animate controls...>thumbnails...>smooth fonts>apply. Advanced tab>virtual memory>change>untick automatic>tick custom>set both slots to DOUBLE your physical RAM, in mbs. (4GB = 4,000mbs)>set>ok>ok to the "settings were changed" box. You can restart later. Next: click the start button>type %temp% and hit enter>select everything in the folder>right-click>delete. Say yes to the prompts to delete as admin. For any file which states it cannot remove>choose "skip all". Go to This PC>open C:>go to Windows>go to temp> open temp and delete everything. Say yes to the prompts to delete as admin. For any file which states it cannot remove>choose "skip/all". Install Auslogic disk defrag free. www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/after-download/ Pay close attention as it installs to "skip all offers". Untick "start with Windows". Let it launch. Go to settings>program settings>disk cleanup>choose at least the first four. If you want the items permanently deleted, choose all. Algorithms>tick move files to the beginning & optimise by prefetch>ok. Close settings and click "defrag" (defrag hard drives only- NOT SSD's). See how many temp files it finds and deletes. Some people have tens of thousands. When it's complete, close Auslogic. NB: you'll get shown upgrade ads, just close them and ignore. The program is free, don't buy anything else. Go to control panel>change view to large icons>power options>change plan settings>make sure than if it's set to "balanced", that the plugged-in brightness is at 100% and that minimum processor is set to 100% when plugged in. If you want to, you can go into the mouse settings and speed up the pointer speed under "pointer options". Apply or ok. Open This PC, right-click C:>properties>untick "allow files to have contents indexed". Click "ignore all" when it says it cannot apply to certain files. It'll take it 5-10 mins to complete. Close the dialog box when it's completed. Lastly, right-click My PC>manage>services and applications>services>scroll to Windows Search>stop the service>change auto to disabled>save>close the window. If you have a LOT of files and search often, use "Search Everything". You can opt to have it run at boot, but I usually turn that off in options after I install it. www.voidtools.com/en-au/downloads/ When you're done with this, you should notice a HUGE improvement in speed/responsiveness.
10/10 video. Best for powerusers. Would be cool to know any sort of windows mods like python scripts you use for day to day. For example, I use a bypass paywall one on a daily basis
Thanks for this. I saw another channel talking about bleach bit today and I am pleased you also endosre it, which means I will use it if you use it! cheers
Great recommendation! Just one question about your current win10 debloat script.. is that a one time run or how often do you recommend running it? I already use bleachbit about 2 times in a week.
I’m new to this channel and I love all the videos you have dropped since I have subscribed(keep up the good work)also I think u should have mentioned an uninstaller such as revo
Just subscribed to your channel! Ive been watching your videos on Windows 10 and the pros and cons, as well as the privacy concerns, and even some of your linux distro videos. Im glad to see that gaming on linux is seeing some progress as that is really the only thing keeping me from using a linux distro as my daily driver. I did try Manjaro as I had built Arch previously a while back and while I loved it, it was quite a headache if something went wrong and I just didnt have the time to set everything up or fix any problems. Manjaro Architect is much more simple but still allows a fair amount of customization and I really enjoyed the week that I used it. Linux gaming still isnt where I want it to be in terms of compatibility, but Im going to use Windows 10 with some tweaks as my daily driver and use a VM with Manjaro and some other distros on the side so I can test any progress that comes as far as Proton and Wine compatibility. Thanks for all the helpful info and guides that youve put up!
Nice videos , good info thanks , currently sorting my gaming rig and your videos have come in handy to make it simpler and faster , since I have other machines this rig is just gaming and doing your info is good thanks again
Hi chris.. May i know what software you recommend to remove adware, malware etc? Currently i only use adwcleaner by malwarebyte.. If u got any other suggestions do make a videos on that.. Thanks
The old Windows Photo Viewer is still in Windows 10. You must enable it through the registry to have it show up as an application to view photos. Once enabled, you can set it as the default image viewer. Not all image file formats can be viewed with Windows Photo Viewer and that hasn't changed.
One other thing, drilling just one hole in the drive will still allow the professional services to get everything off the drive except the sectors where your hole is located. I still opt for the REALLY BIG sledge hammer with about 50 good hits so it no long even LOOKS Like a disk drive. OK, call me overly careful....
I know this is an old video, but I also recommend the browser extension "Dark Reader" (with a blue darth vader style helmet icon with eyes on it) It makes ALL websites dark. It's very customizable and allows you to set dark mode on or off per site.
really respect you for your tutorials as have been following all, esp: as not so advanced myself - Just one thing as going through this you mentioned you don't use CCleaner yet I saw it installed in last tutorial in de-bloating windows 10? thanks for all help - If all goes right cool - If wrong will have to just format :/ Love ya dry humour . . .
Tron script is great, it does everything for u in a .bat, ik it has other antivirus in that script, CCleaner, etc. I believe it does remove tmp files, I don't recommend doing it if you are using games and dont want to put controls again, it gave 10GB more space.
Great info as always just had to redo a 1 week old install of windows 10 because after a week of update 1904 it basically self destructed and reverted back to initial install then wouldn't hold any settings apon reboot so I did a full reinstall and used the O&O software and did the debloat script and fingers crossed its seems to have cleaned up nicely and says no updates required and is still running at 1709 for now so hopefully it makes it another week I'm just glad I'm running open suse tumbleweed on my computer lol ✌️
I normally use chocolatey choco install vlc you can create an script with your favourite tool set. BTW: I just installed qemu in my PC and I am testing PopOS!. The instalation was amazing literally 1 minute. Nice video as always :)
choco is one I'd recommend for installing software. It lets you install lots of apps from Powershell kind of like apt in linux much faster than downloading installers with your browser.
Been following you for some time and am please with your recommendations. I run a Window's box in the office for my wife and have a Linux Mint HTPC. With your help and tweaks they both run great. Thanks
I know that this is 3 years later but I have found on more than one occasion Microsoft is coming in writing scripts to bypass telemetry and other settings on 0&O. Software like this will only last for so long and oh an O&O has an outlived it's shelf life. I have found on more than one occasion (after implementing 100% settings on O&O) they are burying scripts to reveal telemetry but make it look like the app is working and all settings are still in place. What do you expect from a company that basically provides the software to keep them from spying on you.
@@ChrisTitusTech In my experience at work (having to copy deploy folders that are absolutely massive), just having cp - r works much faster than robocopy.
Free Avast has a silent mode that actually doesn't nag at all!! You just have to setup blocking redshell.io and api.redshell.io in your hosts file, because according to wireguard it has several connections to that and I've read that Redshell is bad.
great set of tools, used debloater, that is fantastic , just set up a pc for cnc that will never see internet the pc is a fanless mini pc so it needs all the de install it can take
Chris, how do you go about reversing some of these changes? I ran Tron script and at some point on an earlier install also ran the debloat script you have a video on. Ever since then Windows update and access to the Microsoft app store have been disabled (what i wanted to happen), but i now need Windows update enabled in order to install .NET framework 3.5. Similarly, I need to enable access to the Microsoft app store to install Nvidia control panel. I've searched through the group policies, registry, and Windows settings and for the most part didn't see anything changed (there were a couple registry entries i reverted back, but that didn't help). I even tried running ShutupWin10 (or whatever it's called) and running the revert to stock option. It allegedly reverted everything back, but not much actually changed. Definitely still can't run windows update. Any idea what to do? I am really trying to avoid rebuilding windows entirely.
Hey bro, was just wondering the best place to download this from...here on your site? is it safe? That sounds dumb, I just get things from the store as much as I can...anyways if it's cool and safe, love to add this to my arsenal
Hi Chris, what do you recommend for a simple (novice level) backup system image solution (with GUI) on Pop OS and other Linux OS? What is the default backup system image solution that is built in natively on Linux, is it Gparted?
I have had issues O&O breaking Windows updates/features even on conservative settings, hence I don't use it any more. This was on OEM and DIY Rigs, and it's similar story with other tools that block Win services. On another note have a look at Patch My PC, it's a better tool than Ninite but does a similar job with a wider range of software selections.
Notepad++? In the same list there is vs code, it has a LOT of features built in and a marketplace for extensions... Also, why PuTTY when Windows 10 supports ssh natively?
I used ninite, but decided to move to Chocolatey. It has more packages (for example bleachbit) and is more similar to package managers linux; instead of selecting and downloading, you can install with single command: choco install -y package1 package2 ...
Tell me. Is there any way you can install Windows 10 and be confident it isn’t gonna Bork your system sooner or later? It seems that every PC I’ve installed it on eventually succumbs to some infuriation failure and I’m back to re-installing Windows 7. W7 = safe & dependable while W10 = flaky & unreliable - my estimation. Hackintosh looks ideal, but not ideal long term. Linux looks better long term, but I love Fallout 4. Which path is best?
I have windows 10 and it tells me that it wants to update to a later version as mine it says will soon be out of date. My wife's computer updated to the latest but each time my computer tries it reaches a part of the install and says Windows could not configure one or more of the system components and so begins to reverse the changes and sets it back to how it was. How can I fix this issue. thanks
When you use O&O shutup and block updates how do you update then? I know you said to wait for the big updates what about all the smaller ones? Can you do a video of how you would do updates when you are running O&O shutup. Thanks.
Hey you might want to look at my application PantherBar on the Windows 10 Store. Its a mobile like "text-selected popup" with tons of quick actions. Like PopClip on macOS.
For O&O ShutUp10, I was wondering if anyone can tell me why there are 3 _Disable Telemetry_ settings and which to choose? Google searches have yielded only vague, ambiguous explanations on what telemetry does. No answers on what these 3 levels mean, or if they might mess something up (like my VPN software).
Avast is very anoying today. I downloaded the free, and the instalation goes well till it tells me I downloaded free, but installed standard, with no option to do the right thing. I used Revo and try again. Same result. I'm trying Avira and it seems OK to stay out of my way. Otherwise I'll go back to Defender.
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If I ever needed a former MS tech now would be the time.. I have this machine now for months it came with Windows10 and I've been apprehensive about installing linux because of the 'Intel Optane Module' that was included in my build. It comes in a raid0 with the mechanical HDD to give you SSD speed without compromising on storage space. When I first bought it I was reading that intel optane does not play nice with Linux, even Intel themselves were saying no Linux. Then they said you could install Linux but you needed to change the firmware on the Optane module. I see this ending in catastrophe I dont want to brick the Optane it actually works excellent with Windows. It has my windows install running super fast, I can only imagine what this could mean for an already fast lean Linux install. I know they use much larger Optane modules in enterprise, specifically in CEPH based clusters/data centers. Have you heard anything in this regard (Intel Optane with Linux), bottom line is I want to migrate my Windows install to another drive and install Debian to this Lenovo laptop with the Optane Module. Its 2TB HDD and 32GB Intel Optane. Even if you cant answer my question, if you could share any experience you have working with Optane/Windows, even if it was in enterprise, I would appreciate that very much , thanks Chris.
Best tools to use with windows is UnetBootin or Rufus. It lets you create a Flash Disk to install Linux and delete windows 10..
@@eskomo34 My question is all about the Intel Optane , and will it work with Linux, and if so do I need to change the firmware, and anything else pertinent that I should be aware of.. If anyone has dealt with this issue?
FYI: Link in description to 'Debloat Windows 10' is outdated. should be new version: christitus.com/debloat-windows-10-2020/
Will you make an update to this video?
This is one of the most informative web sites for PC Techs and those learning. Chris, you are highly informed and pragmatic about ALL the relevant issues. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for taking the time to do this - great tools. We have 3 desktops and four laptops here at home, I get to be sysadmin for all of them. Decided to bite the bullet and move from Win7 to Win10 on the 4 remaining machines that don't have it, your tools will save me a ton of time. cheers
2:23 lol @ Ninite being pronounced "nite nite" xD
Thanks Chris! Bleachbit got me 2.2 gigabytes free disk space. And i used CCleaner just yesterday...
this guy putting so much efforts & finding really valued informations of techies & making videos
really appreciated Brother !!
You Are A Legend
A lot of the stuff you didn't reccomend is stuff I've used for a long time..
Glad to move onto better options
Total Commander, a must have!
I use Sumatra for all of my pdf-viewing on Windows.
+1 Sumatra opens pdf's fast & it's tiny by comparison to the bloat/security-risk-fest that is Adobe.
Yeah. Sumatra is great. So much simpler than Adobe.
Yeah, I also live there btw
Chrome opens PDFs just as well as Sumatra, and most of the time I have chrome open already.
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Look for destroy windows 10 spying (dws) from github and an updated hosts file entries from MVPS hosts to block malware and ad domains.
Once again, great video 👍
Thanks CTT, your posts are really helpful.
I like CCCP/MPC-HC better than VLC. It doesn't lock up when an incomplete video is launched and it will play most incomplete video's so you can preview them. Sadly there isn't a Linux version.
It's been awhile since I tried infranview but IMO XnView is better than InfranView. Even the Multi Platform version is better and allows customization. The default layout sucks but you can copy the ini for the layout file and reuse it.
I found CCleaner will uninstall things Windows doesn't give you the option to uninstall. (The background feature can be disabled under Options>Smart Cleaning.)
For PDF viewers I just use Firefox. I got sick of Acrobat being bloated and Foxit followed became no different. SumatraPDF is good if you need to view ebook files. CutePDF allows you to print to pdf files which is handy.
i really like Pot Player
It's kmplayer for me
bleach bit isn't needed if you use the Windows 10 built in cleanup tool called Storage sense it auto runs too if you put it on a timed run
Ninite is awesome, used it when I reinstalled Windows 10. Did not know about Ninite before watching this video. A solution I always wanted.
Excellent set of recommendations! I have saved this so I can refer back to it often. Thanks Chris!
I love it when I find someone who thinks like I do! You are a very logical person, and your selections of software and settings match mine almost 100%. And for that reason, I'm sending you all of my friends (as new subs) who usually BUG THE CRAP out of me - now they can just watch your videos and they get the same good info I would give them and I get more FREE TIME! Excellent!
I'm a big proponent of WinAero Tweaker, especially on systems that I configure for other people. It's simple enough for non-techy people to use and it's impossible to actually break anything with it.
Hi Chris greetings from Greece, i really like your videos man it helps a lot, keep up the good work.
Awesome videos, keep up he good work and I look forward to your next videos in the future!
5:31 you blew it there. Windows AV automatically deletes files named "keygen.exe" and gives you NO CHOICE about quarantining them and simply scans ALL of your connected drives and automatically deletes files. I disabled Windows 10 antivirus. Windows has no business running programs under the table and deleting user files w/o their permission and knowledge.
Windows has no business doing 99% of what it does. It's an operating system and it's only functions should be allowing you to run programs and allowing you to manage the running program. That is ALL it should ever do.
What's your take on Faronics Deep Freeze? I have used this software on computers where i expect lot of people inserting USB thumb drives i assume are infected with malware. Deep Freeze is very useful in internet cafes and institutes where people train to use photoshop, premiere, 3ds max. etc. software's. I installed Deep Freeze only on C:\ where Windows is installed after configuring Windows and software's, and edited the desktop wallpaper instructing people to save data on D:\, E:\, etc. partitions which are not freezed. By doing this, you don't need antivirus except for manually scanning the other partitions and if Windows gets infected from thumb drives, you simply reboot and the malware is gone because Deep Freeze resets the partition every reboot to your specific frozen Windows and software configuration. Saved me ton of time from having to reinstall Windows again and again when people break or infect Windows.
Interested in Chris' reply to this. I've been looking at it recently.
Did anyone suggested Chocolatey instead of Ninite already? It makes Windows work more like Linux with repos. I think you'll love it.
Yup, I love choco a lot. A really fast package manager.
This is my standard procedure. If anyone can .bat it, I'd love it! PS: I know for a fact that Auslogic Defrag, run on a HDD, DOES speed it up, fairly substanitally. I once had a guy call with a sloooooooow PC. Auslogic found & deleted over 300,000! temp files! He only had, like, 160k of legit files! The whole disk was fragmented. Afterwards, and after my tweaks-- all good to go & FAST! Would love to add mine to yours and create a tool that runs it all.
My tweaks:
On desktop>right-click This PC>properties>advanced system settings>advanced tab>performance>settings button>tick best performance>choose animate controls...>thumbnails...>smooth fonts>apply. Advanced tab>virtual memory>change>untick automatic>tick custom>set both slots to DOUBLE your physical RAM, in mbs. (4GB = 4,000mbs)>set>ok>ok to the "settings were changed" box. You can restart later.
Next: click the start button>type %temp% and hit enter>select everything in the folder>right-click>delete. Say yes to the prompts to delete as admin. For any file which states it cannot remove>choose "skip all".
Go to This PC>open C:>go to Windows>go to temp> open temp and delete everything. Say yes to the prompts to delete as admin. For any file which states it cannot remove>choose "skip/all".
Install Auslogic disk defrag free.
www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/after-download/
Pay close attention as it installs to "skip all offers". Untick "start with Windows". Let it launch. Go to settings>program settings>disk cleanup>choose at least the first four. If you want the items permanently deleted, choose all. Algorithms>tick move files to the beginning & optimise by prefetch>ok. Close settings and click "defrag" (defrag hard drives only- NOT SSD's). See how many temp files it finds and deletes. Some people have tens of thousands. When it's complete, close Auslogic. NB: you'll get shown upgrade ads, just close them and ignore. The program is free, don't buy anything else.
Go to control panel>change view to large icons>power options>change plan settings>make sure than if it's set to "balanced", that the plugged-in brightness is at 100% and that minimum processor is set to 100% when plugged in. If you want to, you can go into the mouse settings and speed up the pointer speed under "pointer options". Apply or ok.
Open This PC, right-click C:>properties>untick "allow files to have contents indexed". Click "ignore all" when it says it cannot apply to certain files. It'll take it 5-10 mins to complete. Close the dialog box when it's completed.
Lastly, right-click My PC>manage>services and applications>services>scroll to Windows Search>stop the service>change auto to disabled>save>close the window.
If you have a LOT of files and search often, use "Search Everything". You can opt to have it run at boot, but I usually turn that off in options after I install it.
www.voidtools.com/en-au/downloads/
When you're done with this, you should notice a HUGE improvement in speed/responsiveness.
Great video as always, btw I have visited the server, I had a lot of fun playin LOTR
Wow, thanks! Really great tools. I'm trying to use Windows after 10 years of using Mac and this is helpful to know what's going on there.
10/10 video. Best for powerusers. Would be cool to know any sort of windows mods like python scripts you use for day to day. For example, I use a bypass paywall one on a daily basis
Wow! All your videos have helped me immensely!! Thank you so much!
WOW for BleachBit!! Uninstalling CCleaner NOW!!! Thanks Chris. Been Using CCleaner for years...not anymore!
Timothy Hickey Nothing wrony with CCleaner
CCleaner used to be good years ago, before they added the bloatware... but they sold out and now it's junk.
Thanks for this. I saw another channel talking about bleach bit today and I am pleased you also endosre it, which means I will use it if you use it! cheers
Personally, my number one tool is sedatives, and sometimes a straitjacket to avoid hardware damage.
Great recommendation! Just one question about your current win10 debloat script.. is that a one time run or how often do you recommend running it? I already use bleachbit about 2 times in a week.
I’m new to this channel and I love all the videos you have dropped since I have subscribed(keep up the good work)also I think u should have mentioned an uninstaller such as revo
Just subscribed to your channel! Ive been watching your videos on Windows 10 and the pros and cons, as well as the privacy concerns, and even some of your linux distro videos. Im glad to see that gaming on linux is seeing some progress as that is really the only thing keeping me from using a linux distro as my daily driver.
I did try Manjaro as I had built Arch previously a while back and while I loved it, it was quite a headache if something went wrong and I just didnt have the time to set everything up or fix any problems. Manjaro Architect is much more simple but still allows a fair amount of customization and I really enjoyed the week that I used it. Linux gaming still isnt where I want it to be in terms of compatibility, but Im going to use Windows 10 with some tweaks as my daily driver and use a VM with Manjaro and some other distros on the side so I can test any progress that comes as far as Proton and Wine compatibility. Thanks for all the helpful info and guides that youve put up!
Nice videos , good info thanks , currently sorting my gaming rig and your videos have come in handy to make it simpler and faster , since I have other machines this rig is just gaming and doing your info is good thanks again
Great help again! Thank you so much...
Hi chris.. May i know what software you recommend to remove adware, malware etc? Currently i only use adwcleaner by malwarebyte.. If u got any other suggestions do make a videos on that.. Thanks
The old Windows Photo Viewer is still in Windows 10. You must enable it through the registry to have it show up as an application to view photos. Once enabled, you can set it as the default image viewer. Not all image file formats can be viewed with Windows Photo Viewer and that hasn't changed.
One other thing, drilling just one hole in the drive will still allow the professional services to get everything off the drive except the sectors where your hole is located. I still opt for the REALLY BIG sledge hammer with about 50 good hits so it no long even LOOKS Like a disk drive. OK, call me overly careful....
I know this is an old video, but I also recommend the browser extension "Dark Reader" (with a blue darth vader style helmet icon with eyes on it) It makes ALL websites dark. It's very customizable and allows you to set dark mode on or off per site.
you have gained a new sub...thanks for this video bro excellent work
Gparted is the tool that I use on any Windows installation.
Ha ha!
That and grub.
@@PeterGalbraith After gparted, there is no Windows installation for grub to load.
@@oalfodr
😅
ah yes linux tools on windows
After i watched this i feel the need to take a shower 😷
Loyal user of CCleaner thanks for being an eye opener
really respect you for your tutorials as have been following all, esp: as not so advanced myself - Just one thing as going through this you mentioned you don't use CCleaner yet I saw it installed in last tutorial in de-bloating windows 10?
thanks for all help - If all goes right cool - If wrong will have to just format :/ Love ya dry humour . . .
Thanks Chris, great video. I'll be trying some of these programs out. I'm not ready for linux yet...
Tron script is great, it does everything for u in a .bat, ik it has other antivirus in that script, CCleaner, etc. I believe it does remove tmp files, I don't recommend doing it if you are using games and dont want to put controls again, it gave 10GB more space.
Love Tron script
Great info as always just had to redo a 1 week old install of windows 10 because after a week of update 1904 it basically self destructed and reverted back to initial install then wouldn't hold any settings apon reboot so I did a full reinstall and used the O&O software and did the debloat script and fingers crossed its seems to have cleaned up nicely and says no updates required and is still running at 1709 for now so hopefully it makes it another week I'm just glad I'm running open suse tumbleweed on my computer lol ✌️
i love this channel is very instructive and helpful
Replaced some of the tools I used for years, thanks!
Super video, extremely easy to follow me Understand, thank you.
Have you tried Tronscript? It's great! Btw may I know what happened to the ssh x11 forwarding video?
He already make a video about tronsript
@@decentpuppet I didn't know that. Ok thanks for letting me know
Still on the agenda
@@ChrisTitusTech thank you. Looking forward to it!
I normally use chocolatey
choco install vlc
you can create an script with your favourite tool set.
BTW: I just installed qemu in my PC and I am testing PopOS!. The instalation was amazing literally 1 minute.
Nice video as always :)
Simple explanation:
Chocolatey = Repository on Windows.
@@igorthelight Translation for Mac users: Homebrew on Windows.
your videos are so great, thank you for shared your knowledge with us, Saludos desde Honduras
choco is one I'd recommend for installing software. It lets you install lots of apps from Powershell kind of like apt in linux much faster than downloading installers with your browser.
Thanks for sharing the video.
Been following you for some time and am please with your recommendations. I run a Window's box in the office for my wife and have a Linux Mint HTPC. With your help and tweaks they both run great. Thanks
Chris thanks so much for the tips
I know that this is 3 years later but I have found on more than one occasion Microsoft is coming in writing scripts to bypass telemetry and other settings on 0&O. Software like this will only last for so long and oh an O&O has an outlived it's shelf life. I have found on more than one occasion (after implementing 100% settings on O&O) they are burying scripts to reveal telemetry but make it look like the app is working and all settings are still in place. What do you expect from a company that basically provides the software to keep them from spying on you.
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I was surprised that you do not recommend Teracopy! :O
I go back and forth with teracopy. I like it but it's not a must install for me. I still prefer Robocopy to all of it.
@@ChrisTitusTech In my experience at work (having to copy deploy folders that are absolutely massive), just having cp - r works much faster than robocopy.
Thanks. Superb information
Great video. Thanks mate
Thank you chris, you are the best 👍🏻
Chris,
Is there a different method optimizing a lower level CPU running Windows 10? - CPUs like Celeron, Pentium Gold, AMD A9, and Core i3
Thanks, great apps. o&o shutup is like the old XP Antispy. PortableApps is another great site. windows 10 Debloater is a must have.
As a non geek, ordinary guy Debloater totaly defeated me - I tried everything to follow the instructions but no way could I get it to work!
I used Bleach bit and my pc won't booting.
Terrific and useful video!
If 10's interface stayed exactly like what it was from W95-W7 Id use it without forced updates and telemetry
open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
Free Avast has a silent mode that actually doesn't nag at all!!
You just have to setup blocking redshell.io and api.redshell.io in your hosts file, because according to wireguard it has several connections to that and I've read that Redshell is bad.
great set of tools, used debloater, that is fantastic , just set up a pc for cnc that will never see internet the pc is a fanless mini pc so it needs all the de install it can take
I hope you use Windows only to get any linux distro's .iso ...
I prefer ShareX over Greenshot.
same
Chris, how do you go about reversing some of these changes? I ran Tron script and at some point on an earlier install also ran the debloat script you have a video on. Ever since then Windows update and access to the Microsoft app store have been disabled (what i wanted to happen), but i now need Windows update enabled in order to install .NET framework 3.5. Similarly, I need to enable access to the Microsoft app store to install Nvidia control panel. I've searched through the group policies, registry, and Windows settings and for the most part didn't see anything changed (there were a couple registry entries i reverted back, but that didn't help). I even tried running ShutupWin10 (or whatever it's called) and running the revert to stock option. It allegedly reverted everything back, but not much actually changed. Definitely still can't run windows update. Any idea what to do? I am really trying to avoid rebuilding windows entirely.
Hey bro, was just wondering the best place to download this from...here on your site? is it safe? That sounds dumb, I just get things from the store as much as I can...anyways if it's cool and safe, love to add this to my arsenal
Ninite is sooo nice! Thanks a lot!
8:04 I sensed Raymond Reddington
Hi Chris, what do you recommend for a simple (novice level) backup system image solution (with GUI) on Pop OS and other Linux OS? What is the default backup system image solution that is built in natively on Linux, is it Gparted?
I've tried Ninite 2 times...both times Mbam flagged it as malware. maybe that's changed? it's been a couple years
I thought this was gonna be a 3 second video saying "A Linux ISO"
Lol I was gonna post a witty use linx comment but you beat me to it
actually, i do this for my windows. use the same pc to run windows on one monitor, and linux on the other. drag and drop between them. pretty awesome.
stress...
Any hope we can get you to do a video on Chocolatey?
Ned I think that will be the next windows video I do! I absolutely love Chocolatey.
I have had issues O&O breaking Windows updates/features even on conservative settings, hence I don't use it any more. This was on OEM and DIY Rigs, and it's similar story with other tools that block Win services.
On another note have a look at Patch My PC, it's a better tool than Ninite but does a similar job with a wider range of software selections.
Notepad++? In the same list there is vs code, it has a LOT of features built in and a marketplace for extensions...
Also, why PuTTY when Windows 10 supports ssh natively?
ShareX is also a great tool for screenshots and it can be included in a Ninite installer.
I used ninite, but decided to move to Chocolatey. It has more packages (for example bleachbit) and is more similar to package managers linux; instead of selecting and downloading, you can install with single command: choco install -y package1 package2 ...
Chocolatey is awesome, it's like a Linux Package Manager in Windows.
Yup, I use it to get all native libraries for programming.
Tell me. Is there any way you can install Windows 10 and be confident it isn’t gonna Bork your system sooner or later? It seems that every PC I’ve installed it on eventually succumbs to some infuriation failure and I’m back to re-installing Windows 7. W7 = safe & dependable while W10 = flaky & unreliable - my estimation.
Hackintosh looks ideal, but not ideal long term. Linux looks better long term, but I love Fallout 4. Which path is best?
I have windows 10 and it tells me that it wants to update to a later version as mine it says will soon be out of date. My wife's computer updated to the latest but each time my computer tries it reaches a part of the install and says Windows could not configure one or more of the system components and so begins to reverse the changes and sets it back to how it was. How can I fix this issue. thanks
When you use O&O shutup and block updates how do you update then? I know you said to wait for the big updates what about all the smaller ones? Can you do a video of how you would do updates when you are running O&O shutup. Thanks.
Thank you for that info.
Chris you forgot about iCloud Keychain for password m,angement I love it great idea it works well
Hey you might want to look at my application PantherBar on the Windows 10 Store. Its a mobile like "text-selected popup" with tons of quick actions. Like PopClip on macOS.
For O&O ShutUp10, I was wondering if anyone can tell me why there are 3 _Disable Telemetry_ settings and which to choose? Google searches have yielded only vague, ambiguous explanations on what telemetry does. No answers on what these 3 levels mean, or if they might mess something up (like my VPN software).
I used to be a greenshot user also. I find sharex better now. Especially because it works with nextcloud
Hey Chris
Have you ever checked out Chocolatey instead of Ninite ? It's like a package manager for windows and has a much larger library than ninite.
I use choco for downloading some programming libraries. It is really handy.
Another vote for Total Commander here.
It's my main program.
Avast is very anoying today.
I downloaded the free, and the instalation goes well till it tells me I downloaded free, but installed standard, with no option to do the right thing.
I used Revo and try again. Same result.
I'm trying Avira and it seems OK to stay out of my way. Otherwise I'll go back to Defender.
Love your recommendation you are as crazy as me. I so much agree with you not installing anti virus it'll kill your system
I always use tweezers and a swiss army knife when I build a PC. (Hopefully it has a philips head screwdriver).
Bleachbit doesn't appear to clean the registry. This is what I use CCleaner for.
Would O&O be a better replacement for blocking updates than wub?
The best tool: format c:
Santos Martínez - switch to Linux.
@Lics Norgi Linux is the best O.S. If I had more free time and a extra machine I'd run Linux without thinking twice.
@Lics Norgi but no internal spyware
For older computers memory booster 1959 frees up a lot of precious Ram. (Any version)