10 Computer Myths and Lies (Stop Believing These Now)
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There are plenty of computer myths out there about viruses, computer security, fixing computers, and anything else you can think of. But people continue to believe these myths and lies about computers for some reason. Some have to do with Windows, others with the internet and internet speed, and more. I go through what I think are the 10 most common computer myths and show the truth behind them.
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my mum thinks everything exept chrome and office is a virus
She's probably a boomer, then.
L
So she thinks explorer.exe is a virus? Lol
The stupidity may be terminal
Same
I still eject flash drives just for peace of mind
Yesterday I was ejecting empty USB drives lol
same
Same, and it still can be necessary to eject even if you're not read/writing to a drive.
IE: On one of my older machines, if I *don't eject,* when I plug cards back in I get asked to "scan card for errors" *every time.*
I forgot to eject it and everything on it got corrupted
Yeah, the chances may be low but the potential damage is also quite large.
And I know my luck...
5:09 "You almost never need [Java]"
*looks up from playing minecraft installed with 121 mods*
Java in browsers, not Java, the way you run certain programs.
Bernardo Negri r/woooosh
thats me rn
Do you mean: Rlcraft?
maybe plus some other mods
Oscar Castro Ruiz I would like to see someone try rlcraft
"Myth #4: Installation Disks"
"That's not a myth, but it's stupid anyways."
Most hardware, fine, install from the manufacturer's web site. There are 2 pieces of hardware where the installation is required. The internet connection and the motherboard. If either of these is not directly supported by your OS install disk, you will not be able to connect to the internet to download the most recent version.
What other myths did I forget about?
1 Like = 1 Thing
ThioJoe I liked
ThioJoe great idea it's a cool video.
ThioJoe great idea for the video
ThioJoe my CPU Burns at 12°C
Doubling internet speed thing.
Myth 11: you can't download more RAM.
Osiris Paradox Real
People that own an Xbox 360 and ps3 think this is possible
EpicJohnCenaFan I downloaded a 8k 70 inch tv into my basement
No, but you can download a program to steal that RAM, & use it as Hard Drive Space, it's sorta the opposite, but it still works, oO
Awesome! My old phone will move faster than a snail's pace.
7:42
I relate to Number 8 on such a deep level lol. I'm one of the people who are "good with computers" according to friends and relatives. My secret? I have the incredible, arcane ability to look at letters with my eyes and use my brain to decipher their meaning. One may call this ability "being able to fucking read".
Same for me
Thio: "The most common programs don't use that much RAM and they only use what they need."
Chrome: "I MUST HAVE IT ALL!!!" **laughs maniacally**
use firefox;)
@@EpicNoobx yeah
Use edge
@@Qwerty-uiop edge is bad
@@EpicNoobx I mean, I use edge and I don't have any problems with it
Exception: You may very well need an installation disc for a network adapter. Kinda hard to download the driver when you can't access the internet.
got a cell phone?
You could also be in a scenario where your network is not allowed to be connected to the internet for some reason.
its important because even if its not network driver. they need to add the disc since you pay for a full product. (where the driver is a part of) and some people got a limited amount of data everymonth so for those its usefull as well (even though most drivers are quite small in size)
and you cant afford a flash drive!
But...its wireless! Thats how these things work....right?
Number 1: you really don't need to change you computer's oil
oscaristheboss Lol
oscaristheboss you don't
Unless you are one of the 100,000 people who have an oil cooled build
that reference is perfect lmao
Mine uses Freon, how often do I change that? LOL, but seriously, surely even this cooler needs to be changed every 20 years or so, it has to degrade, it has oil to lubricate the compressor. I should actually probably check this since I use phase cooling.
I never got the point of oil cooling though, like sure it looks ok I guess, but what a pain for switching parts, mines bad enough making insulation for each card and sometimes special heaters. I wouldn't want it to be any slower of a process than it already is. I like to modify mine a lot, so when I get bored, it gets an air scoop or air ducting for the motherboard, or other special coolers designed for it. Oil cooling wouldn't leave much of an option other than decorations like a submarine or castle at the bottom. Maybe its just for people that like to "set it and forget it", but what's the fun in that?
There's a myth you have to fully charge a laptop before using it for the first time
That's not a myth
@@arthurb.b.767 it definitely is. The idea is that if you don't fully charge it before using it, there will be battery problems which is false.
@@Plug_Art My brother bought an laptop from Samsung a year ago and it didin't allow him to turn it on until the laptop was fully charged.
@@arthurb.b.767 what's the name of the laptop?
@@Plug_Art It's an Ebook 30
“Never Interrupt Your Enemy When He Is Making A Mistake”. - Sun Tzu
Myth #49 - The Verge can build a PC
Gottem
2:05
Windows is updating
1%
Time elapsed: 356 hours
Hey how far you got m8 now 6/6/19
Just fucking clean install
Let's install Linux
@@imyasharya Which distro? I prefer Manjaro
Aaron Renny Varghese i use arch btw
"Uninstall Java it's useless"
*Laughs in Minecraft Addict*
yes, i am also
Wait isn’t there java that comes with minecraft or smth???? I don’t remember
@@itzscythe For Vanilla, it's built in but when you want to play with mods, you need to install java seperatly.
@@Robbe707 hmm, I have java anyways, and don’t usually play with mods so I didn’t know. Thanks for the information!
@@itzscythe you do need java for Optifine, which is a Minecraft mod that makes your game run smoother
An occasional part of my job is building/repairing electronics. In that case I just touch a plug socket every so often. They're grounded in the uk
Good minimal practice but you can still build up a charge while working (Chair rolling on the floor, clothes rubbing against each other…).
ESD is *NOT* a myth. Why would manufacturers go out of their way to put components in antistatic bags if these weren’t needed ? They cut corners everywhere but not there ? Strange… In fact, ESD damage, while unlikely to completely kill your device/component these days, because engineers take all the coutermeasures they can at the design and manufacturing stages (protections, hardening, more grounding pins closer to the fragile parts…), can still affect both longevity and reliability. Because it’s so insidious, you’re likely to not notice immediately since the part will mostly function albeit probably out of spec and when the time comes for the part to fail, you will blame something else. In fact, countless bluescreening computers and RMA’d parts can be traced to having been mishandled somewhere along the line and having damages at the silicon level (pitting) either on the CPU, RAM or PCH. Unfortunately, you need a Scanning Electron Microscope to assess the damage and nobody takes the time to do this kind of post-mortem. We just replace the part with a new one and move on.
The idiot (he called it!) in this video knows that his personal experience is enough to justify not wearing one and clearly doesn’t know enough on the matter to have an informed opinion.
Search "esd damage electron microscope" in your favorite search engine to see what it makes to silicon components. It might change your mind.
Myth #12. A nigerian prince wants to give you money
Why.
@@tommy3747 wth do you mean by “why”
yup. that happened.
"A nigerian prince" wait, there's more?
😆😆
low tier internet = 20Mbit/s?!
try 3Mbit/s! It was such a relief to get 50Mbit/s.
I had 2Mbit/s for 8 years. Upgraded to 200 now, it's god mode
Rok Zupancic Best feeling ever!
I was stuck with 4Mbps but now am on 12Mbps
But 12Mbps is pretty good for my country and good enough for me.
IIGrayfoxII 12Mb/s is certainly enough for most things, even streaming 1080p video. Downloading games and such (files over 2GB) take a couple of hours though. Still waaaay better than what we've had before!
I started with 1500kbps. Felt it was kinda slow, even for its time. Then began a series of upgrades. Now I'm on 500Mbps but still feeling kinda slooooowwww
5:00 **sweats in minecraft java edition**
ThioJoe: You don't need Java
My Minecraft mods folder: And I took that personally
Underrated comment (I mean there are a lot of similar comments but still)
Installation disks are great when you don't have an internet connection, like when you're installing a network adapter.
I used to work on a computer from someone who loved getting viruses no matter what AV I threw on it he managed to bug it up. He had a NIC that required a driver. I eventually just carried a flash drive with his driver
yes and download the driver after
Funny how Windows only users have no clue. In Linux universe, after booting install media, you have fully vorking OS. All you need to do is plug (if you haven¨t allready) RJ-45, or type WiFi password.
@@iaon652 Well, that sure talked me into being a Linux user. Now just tell me how to reinstall the 300 or so games I own and where to find my C: drive.
@@trixstermillion2190 c drive = /users
Games = haha better off forgetting them.
"Just uninstall Java" Dude, there is a LOT of programs that uses JAVA...
|Addicted| Sharp
Yes. My workplace would grind to a halt if we removed Java.
He talks about the browser plugin, not Java Runtime Environment
Edit: Well, he phrased it wrong
I started laughing my ass off the second he said it
Java stinks. But, yes, the browser plugin is the main security vulnerability.
He said it very wrong. Nobody should ever remove Java from the whole pc. Kinda made it seem like he does not know what he was talking about.
Thiojoe:- CUT!!!! tired of talking let me take a sip ( grab the bottle )
Viewers:- Mysterious bottle just moved
When it comes to number 8, sometimes knowing what a fake solution looks like is more important that knowing the real solution off the top of your head
"Getting more then you need probably won't help"
This statement can be applied to pretty much anything.
Diego Vargas unless you need more than you need
TheHumanSonikku Wut
Diego Vargas Getting more than you need doesn't help, unless you need more than you need.
TheHumanSonikku Somehow this statement is both paradoxical and tautological.
Diego Vargas Getting more shit in your mind probably won't help
Grampa: "Hey (insert child name here), could you fix this issue on my Windows 95 PC?
Child: "Sure." (Looks up issue on google)
Grampa: "Wow, you are so smart!"
Child: "Oh, uh ok grampa."
Mainly when Google tells you to run a 300 character long command in cmd as administrator.
"HAckerman"
Billy
Child: "You mean Windows 10, right?
Grandad: "No, its Windows 95."
Child: "I have no idea what that is."
@@gm2407 hahaha! Grandpa hasn't updated to 7/8/10.
As far as wrist band goes, the issue is a difference in voltage potential. If you are neutral, and the computer is neutral, but the boxed CPU has static, you could still be in trouble with a simple wrist strap. You can accomplish the same thing as a wrist strap by touching the power supply side case, that grounds you to the computer. Still a voltage potential to the CPU though. But like you said, almost no one has had an issue with this.
Just touching some non isolated metal will discharge you.
8:41 Thio Joe's magic show- moving bottle in the background
I am probably the only person who noticed it 🤣
I have a 0.9 mbps connection. Fucking damn it, Canada...
0.9? lucky
0.8
100mbps Damn Africa :-)
Francois Botha I really hope thats like cape town or something
Because if it isn't
Im just done
It's Pretoria (Still South Africa). I doubt any other African Country comes close.
i have 0.03 got damn it being in the middle of no where in ireland
The one about fixing computers. Spot on. You have no idea how many people have asked me to fix an issue, only for me to have to then google the issue because I have no fucking clue whats happening. And when I do fix the issue (Because I googled the fix) they think I fixed it all by myself and bombard me with more issues to fix...
baileyboy125 My grandma doesn't trust me with her PC altough I'm a 14 year old Java-programmer.
baileyboy125 So I haven't that much people asking me to help fixing their PCs.
***** Lol xD grandpa is dead btw
And people not understanding that just because you work in IT, you aren't knowledgeable about all areas of computers. IT is pretty broad, kind of like assuming all doctors know all medical areas. It doesn't typically work that way - a lot of IT people become specialized.
Stella Perkins Perfect description of the problem.
#10 -- YES, I HAVE FRIED A COMPUTER WHEN OPENING IT -- *AND I **_WAS_** WEARING THE ANTI-STATIC WRIST-BAND*
since that incident, I don't bother. Basically, all I do is leave the machine plugged in -- turned off, but plugged in -- so that the frame is grounded. No matter what you're doing, you're probably going to be touching the frame, so you'll be grounded also.
Absolutely agree on this one, the key is to ground yourself before you touch something that is static sensitive; leaving the PC plugged in so the frame is grounded allows you to do this easily before you touch anything sensitive. Also I/O's on IC's are designed to handle ESD anyway.
I was afraid even to shut down a computer... And I was already in college back then... Imagine how ignorance can delay a progress.
7:48 my family is always like that with me, they think I know EVERYTHING, my father sometimes asks me how to do things in facebook and he's like "you always use the computer you should know" as if the more time you use a computer the more you know about everything
same
you could bounce back a response like,
"You've lived longer, you should know better that no one knows everything."
Same with me (and I am only 10-12)
same
Facebook is dead a long time
20Mb per second is low tier?
Try 200Kb per second....
My parent house averages 700Kb
@@darkshadowrule2952 my averages 400
@@lysylysy5976 dang my dude, countryside or just a bad town?
@@darkshadowrule2952 countryside but in my country it doesnt matter. just my internet provider isnt fair. unfortunetly i cant break the contract because i would have to pay a penalty
@@lysylysy5976 Ew, no fun at all
I get your vids frequently in my recommendations....your titles and content is amazing keep it up
As always, thanks TJ.. informative and straight to the point. Love learning from you mate 👍 🇦🇺
Java is important for Minecraft Lol
was*
motoX what? Minecraft still run on java
+Redgreengamer
The original Java version does indeed work on Java, but the Bedrock version, which was written in C++ for better performance compared to Java, doesn't need it.
While it's not important to have Java to play Minecraft, you still might want to play Java edition for various reasons. For example, most mods for Minecraft were made for the Java version.
it comes with minecraft
And some other games to
I always pull out my thumb drive. That way my computer doesn't get pregnant.
IDK if anyone commented this but a good way to avoid static electrical damage is to always touch the outside of the metal case before you reach in! any built up electricity will discharge there instead of on a component.
I have no computer repair knowledge, and have never tried to repair other people's devices. But it is almost 20 years that I repair my own devices. In the beginning, I had to visit forums and specifically ask questions. But as Thio says, afterwards, a good search is enough for solving the problem.
Windows is insecure. He can’t figure out who he wants to be. He need our help.
lol
@@user-no3tu9kh3p *Realizes he cant play Roblox anymore
**Buys a Mac**
macs suck and apple sucks more. overpriced and overrated.
@@lightskinche well, you could try and run roblox using Windows compatibility layer called Wine
What about the alt+f4 shortcut for performance boost?
Ferdinand S yup puts my laptop into superman mode
Ferdinand S fake just closes the program ur using
Enzo Valente say you are playing a game and use the shortcut - your cpu temps will go down by a lot and your overall system performance is gonna skyrocket
@@asianflex r/woosh
omg it worked
Grrrrrr my business is going to suffer now, you told everyone my secret to googling lol
Joe: uninstall Java you never use it!
Minecraft players: nah I payed for that
What? 20mbps is slow? Dude I never even experienced that kind of speed.
Edit: I have 25mbps now.
Yep I get on average 5mbps
Privileged kids are annoying.
@Enhbayr Bilegt I've used dial up. It was shit. 56k. Dropped constantly. If it didn't drop constantly and corrupt downloads and junk it would have been fine.
@Enhbayr Bilegt Similar to what I truly get Are you with Optus Singtel?
30Mbps
Errors are red
My screen is blue
I think I just deleted
System32
perfection
nice
Shiny Eevee lmAO
somebody already said this on a different vid sorry
Unoriginal
Thank you ThioJoe and keep up the good work. Perplexed how CZcams algorithms do not keep of videos I’ve already watched as they keep poping to top of my rotation. Would be easier to explain why they cut off funding (ad revenue?) to sites discussing guns making them seek funding like PBS / NPR.
Agree on every point, especially the one about being regarded as a universal guru if you know anything about computers. People do indeed think you know everything when you in fact know something, when it comes to computer knowledge. BUT BUT BUT... It is a myth to say that not wearing anti static wristbands is ok. The myth is that electronics can be instantly destroyed by static discharge. Whilst sometimes true, the more common truth is that COMPUTERS CAN BE MADE INSTANTLY UNRELIABLE with static discharges. As an electronics engineer, I can tell you for a fact that chips do not always instantly die when exposed to high voltage discharge. Rather than 'sudden death', they are often made intermittently unreliable such that your machine might suddenly crash at random times without apparent cause. Having worked on complex hardware installations for years, I saw a pattern of this happening every time that certain engineers refused to take precautions about static.
There is one installation disc I would tolerate: network card drivers. You might need it before updating anything from the Internet.
Yes, that and wifi card drivers. There have been times I could not get online to download the driver because the wifi card would not work without the driver installed!
Also OS install disks
Just download it from the... Oh Wait a minute.
Safely eject thumb drives, it is still needed. Windows will cache the files to the RAM before copy it to the thumb drive. Last time thumb drives has a flashing LED, but now, you can't be sure. You still need to, unless you are super sure (but then again, Windows 10 now auto defrag your thumb drive from time to time, so...).
Installation CD is still recommended, because sometimes if your systems locked up (such as when formatting for OS installation), some drivers may not be available in the OS installation media. I've been through this often where people messed up with their drivers and their system couldn't connect to the Internet. So... It's good to have CDs as the final frontier options before condemn the whole systems. It may be outdated, but at least it can run before you find updates in the net.
Java is an important tool. Some software use it because the software created by Java can be ported easily in multiple platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, and your Blu-Ray player and many of the Internet TV apps).
Computer magicians (or whatever you like to call) do exist. The Internet can't solve your bad memory, intermittent connection, and probably your screen if it goes black altogether and the system just idling and not responding to any command as if there's motherboard failure. Yes, Internet is our guide, but that magic requires some troubleshooting.
But above all else, very nice information. I don't say all are correct as YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary), but still, it is best to keep some of the old myth in practise (such as safely remove drives before unplugging it) just to be safe.
Does Win10 actually automatically defrag thumb drives?
Isn't it useless to defrag EEPROM?
Many people can figure out whats wrong with a PC. The problem is, is that takes time and a lot of work and testing. So if someone else already did it and posted it, why shouldn't anyone else take advantage? I've had to hunt down strange problems before, many times. But the first thing I ever do is a google search too :P.
Defrag is disabled for that letter if W10 detects a thumb drive (at least, on my system). There is still added latency while it looks up the next block . Tiny, but there
SO the pull out method doesn't work? (HEHEHEHEHEHEHE)
Ben Tan you are the man and 100% correct. I've had 15 GB thumb drives suddenly become 32 MB thumb drives and all because I didn't perform the sacred ritual of safe ejection. ThioJoe needs to go.
When I was little and learning computers, I would just yank out the drive when I was done and everybody would start getting scared and told me to safely eject. I always knew that it was safe to just take it out when done, but hit eject anyway to keep my parents/teachers at bay.
the ram myth mentioned is the most useful in my opinion. Excellent job
*Is this video for the elderly?*
My mom told me touching the windows sticker (yes the sticker not the key) would make the computer explode and die
*I never believed that.* So to defy her, I said "MOM COME QUICK!" and she came and was like "What's wrong?"
*i touched the sticker. i still tease her to this day about it. i just go "hEy mOm rEmEmBeR tHe wiNdOwS sTiCkEr? dOnT tOuCh iT, rEmeMbEr tHaT, oKaY??* she gets triggered whenever I bring the sticker up lmao
Sounds like your mother needs to learn the Windows sticker is only to show the version of Windows the PC was designed for.
Your CPU will stop working if you touch the Intel Inside sticker!
I once touched the windows sticker and the fbi showed up.
(Side note to Karens: it's NOT a joke, don't touch your window stickers. I was given 50 years imprisonment.)
I used to think that they were metal and were important to the body of the laptop. 😐😐
@@MisokoFukumoto hahahaha I already have.
Your information and tips are always on point.
Thanks for the tips! They helped me clear some things up!
Is this one of the joke videos or is this sincere? i actually cannot fucking tell.
its not a joke, I did know some of the answers
samuel szabó but deleting java?
if you dont have any programs that use it your fine
Date Strider
this is 100% sincere, all of these are true.
Your name
Yes
Hell yes
Hell fucking yes.
This guy popped up again. The last video of his that I remember was something about doubling your interner speed. Content has drastically changed xD
Martins Linux Definetly :D
It used to be joke tech videos, now he's actually serious, and that's a good thing.
I don't even think this is serious. Like, its mostly bullshit or what he thinks. I agree with the magicians stuff and wristbands but thats pretty much it.
I remember turning xbox 360 into xbox one xD
Martin Hofman this is serious
Great videos, must see and hear. Good work by you.
It was rather presumptious of you to assume that the slowest internet plan available is above 20 Mbps. There are still ISPs providing plans as low as 4 Mbps. Upgrading these plans will definitely make websites load faster.
I always "Safely Eject" my USBs, it just a habit. I have always done it and it's not a bad habit so no need to stop.
It's Holo I don't want to lose that essay I have just spent 4 hours on.
Noah Campbell It's a psychological thing.
It's Holo Same. I literally got so frustrated when my friend took out my flash drive without ejecting it.
properly unmounting external storage actually is important. Most times you'll be fine if you just rip a USB drive out, but if it's in the middle of writing a file (and thanks to journalling filesystems you won't know when that is), it really can corrupt the entire drive.
technicalfool *When nothing is running on your drive in Windows 8.1 and you click eject, and it reports it can't eject* WHAT?
Ok, question is.... how do I change my computer's oil?
@@halcyonoutlander2105 some may differ I have mine besides the transmission
On a Hewlett Packard (HP), it'd be right next to the alternator. The cap will be kind of hard to open.
Also put premium oil for gaming :)
you're gonna need a bucket of steam and a brick stretcher to do that one.
ThioJoe: "8 gigabytes of RAM is definitely enough"
Google Chrome: *inserts leonardo_django_laughing.jpg*
The myth about RAM and connection speed is really appreciated. You just confirmed an argument I was having with a colleague.
20Mbps is low tier internet speed? Let me tell you something kid, back in my day...
corvettez06usa Im used to .5-2mbs, and so are a lot of people in the USA as the USA has shit internet prices.
I had DSL up until a few months ago. That shit was so slow. I'm talking speeds less than 1Mbps
Kids today. In ancient times when dinosaurs ruled the earth and phone use cable, we used something that was called dial up connections. Imagine the speed, staggering 56kb/s. Don't even mention the phone bill xD
At most you could get up to 64Kb/s! What stunning technology, it would take over a day to load 1 minute low resolution video for phones.
+peger Bah I say, back in my day Id play Netherwinter nights and it'd cost me $100 to play the game for 6 hours......
7:47 I’m the only “smart” person in my school when it comes to computers and every one assumes I know everything about the computers and can fix all of their problems. The school uses Macs while I use windows. I barely know anything about macs and I usually press random buttons to get it working
Paul Clavoo relatable..
I've never really used MacOS, but I've used it last year, in a hotel. There were some macs on the hotel lobby, and I decided to use one of them, so when I saw the desktop, i knew that it wasn't windows and this was Mac, but I didn't know how to use it, and I was wondering where was the button where ill see all the programs, So I found safari browser on the dock, so I only used safari on my first time on using Mac. But when the corona crisis ends, hopefully I will find a Mac somewhere and I can take a look at MacOS
My school uses ChromeOS. I hate ChromeOS for one main reason (there are others)
THE DESKTOP IS USELESS
WorldTravel1518 Ah. I use Linux btw.
My school uses chrome books I uses windows and macs
Guy: If you're still running an old OS like Windows XP, then you're just putting yourself at risk.
Every doctor/dentist office: 🥱
As a experienced it specialist, I would have to agree that most problems we can find the fix online. In some cases I send it to other IT specialist that can figure it out, but other times I have been successful fixing something that has no fixture help online. Fixing a problem entirely on your own is risky and can cause even more damage. We take that risk.
Myth 11: Strapping batteries to opposite ends of an ethernet cable doesn't improve speeds.
What? Where's the source and logic from that???
Pyromaniac It’s from Theo’s Video on his other Channel. It was quite a while after which I got to know it was a joke.
hi im 11 i uninstal java den miencweft stop work
Fire2000 try delet system32 windows 2 git izi diamonds in mincrft and rikt nubs
GamingPros how 2 del sys32???!1
ez mgnet ur hrddriv
Fire2000 I'm 11 and I spell like an idiot
NX TehAmoozin i'm 10 and i also spell like an idiot kappa
A former coworker (w/ multiple degrees in medical technology) had electronic hypochondria. If a computer was slow or did anything even slightly odd, she’d immediately start complaining about it having a virus, no matter the specific symptoms.
The lab PCs used wireless mice. The batteries in hers died, so she wanted to use somebody else’s workstation to put in her results. She even called the hospital IT twice to fix it. At like 1 am.
One of us figured out that the issue was the mouse. Replaced it in 10 min
But the myth is that “If a computer is acting slightly slower than normal, it’s a virus.”
“If I don’t understand something on a computer (like how to open or run simple programs/files), it means the computer has a virus.”
Number 8 is also pretty close to me, and I make my work's IT department shudder when I come to them with a problem since it's always very complex. I think one time I gave them an error code that had zero google results.
I think the worst myth out there is that ALT F4 closes programs. It's not true. Try it right now, and you'll see.
lol
Ik. who actually believes this stuff?
You will be surprised.
I just tried that, but nothing happened. Is my computer or keyboard faulty?
Al B no, it's not supposed to do anything lol
i think a good one is how console peasants think you need to spend a bazillion dollars to get a decent gaming PC..
Sivert Heide we don't but. I like how pc gamers think console gamers are retarded and care that people prefer to use console over computers. Just worry about yourself
Sivert Heide well my friend has a $5000 gaming pc for no reason it's not much better than a $1000 one
Sivert Heide $750 and Overwatch runs in 75fps with all graphics on ultra
Elis yes you do. when i ask console gamers why they don't game on pc one of the first things i hear is that it is to pricey. would you mind explaining to me why people even game on a console because i'm curious as to why people even bother with an inferior system. the pc is a superior system in every way. we would spare a lot of time if console gamers just would realize that. you may think of me as an elitist, but i'm merely speaking the truth and it is your choice to see it or not.
name one reason why the consoles are better than pc. i double dare you.
TheClumsyTiger peasant
8:15 As a workstudy in my college's I.T. department, that is extremely true. It can be easy for us to just shout RTFM (Read The Frackin' Manual) but for many, there is a huge difference between reading and actually understanding. I've heard rumors about people who would get tripped up if you put the projector on "Extend" rather than "Duplicate." Some people just don't know how to technology, plain and simple.
Bro you're still my favorite fellow nerd CZcamsr years later lol. You've helped me so much. Much respect
10. I completely disagree with.
When handling ESD sensitive parts one should always either use an ESD bag or wear an ESD wrist strap.
Even if you or someone else has touched ESD sensitive parts many times without damage, there's that one time when something will get damaged. Also sometimes one doesn't necessarily feel the static electricity shock, yet enough voltage went through the board to damage something.
Why take the chance?
Just wear the wrist strap.
I don't like wearing wrist straps, that's why.
LOL
Admittedly I have handled ESD stuff without a wrist strap and nothing has been damaged, but I do make it a practice to use a wrist strap.
At my local outdoor flea market I can't count the times I've seen someone selling used motherboards, memory or cards and they just have them sitting on the concrete table no ESD protection at all.
Even though some of it I could use I don't even bother because I don't know if it is any good now.
jmcinvale
I bought a video card off a polyethylene tarp at a yard sale once. It was an AMD so it was no good to begin with, but it still worked when I plugged it in. If you want to call what AMD cards can do working.
I think the main thing is that the anecdotal evidence of "I never fried anything" means nothing - ESD damage would often manifest in small strange errors years after they occurred, basically shortening the lifespan of the component, which means that even if you get ESD damage, you wouldn't know about it.
S Y S T E M 3 2
Carrot Slice del system 64
I dont often delete things on a new PC but when I do its System 32
Pls don't delete.
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh
Paxton Keskitalo System32 is a harmful virus that could destroy your computer
you are clear and helpful and so pleasant to watch. thank you
You are a very intelligent guy with lots of interesting computer related information that I rely on a guru go to guy. I appreciate your content! Keep up the amazing work! J
Ugh as an IT i hate situations where people just assume I know anything and everything vaguely compuer related. 'Why can't you fix my phone? I thought you are IT' 'It is a microwave it is simpler than computer. Why can't you fix it?' 'I have this obscure piece of accounting software. why cant you tell me how it works? You are IT after all'
LMAO!
@@user-no3tu9kh3p I think you'll find that is true with almost any degree. Rarely are colleges teaching you information needed in the real world in any subject.
Amen brother, I feel your pain. :)
Worse, is they try to fix it first then bring you all the parts in a box, along with the mess they made trying to fix the original problem...those are the ones I hate, and I will not work on.
I love when friends and family expect you to fix their stuff just because "you're good with computers." Like you've got nothing better to do on a Friday night than reinstall their Windows and run a thousand updates. I've got an idea, while I spend hours removing the adware from your machine, maybe you can come over and pull dandelions from my back yard or wash my car?
If you use chrome you should also get as much RAM as you can afford.
@@karamboubou8579 no you cant
@@aaronrennyvargheseOriginal that's the joke poopoo head
Karam Boubou HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A POOPOO HEAD! That’s it. I’m reporting you.
@@aaronrennyvargheseOriginal im sorry :(
@@karamboubou8579 it's fine :) I'm forgiving you!
Myth #8 is so true, most people either just lack the initiative to search it or lack reading comprehension
myth no.11
I if you spam the buttons on the keyboard whilst your computer boots up it slows down the boot up.
Cameron Cook Haha I remember being told that hitting the spacebar makes it boot faster when I was a kid 😂
Ounce of Tech never heard of it but I saw others doing it
Ounce of Tech I'm still being told that when we boot up our crappy laptops at school. they take 1/2 a lesson and we can't use our phones even though it saves time.
I was on my laptop I spamed the keyboard then it shut off
Cameron Cook if the tech people at your school told you that, don't listen to them. they don't know how to reset the time on a MAC which is the easiest thing to do. first you have to download 10+ bullshit apps that don't do anything and then they finally realize "oh shit it's in the settings. I'm just going to pretend like that was all to make sure it was in settings to not piss off every student that knows anything about technology. " I haven't had a great time with tech support at my school and none of my friends have either. we go there when we have to if the time on our computers gets too off or something else happens where you need admin to fix it. my point is don't trust any of the shit tech "support" tells you because most of the time it's bullshit
Computer Magicians - Yes. I'm expected to know everything. I know a lot but not every single little thing
Oh my gosh!!! My parents believe the myth of "computer savy people can fix everything that goes wrong with a PC" and I've continually told them how false it is.
I also use antistatic bracelets because I'm known to be very unpredictable when it comes to static electricity
"8 GB is enough."
People with 1 TB of space: So your challenging me?
Safe eject usb drive was quite important in the USB 1.0 era. USB 1 was so slow that Windows 'buffers' the file copied to the USB where windows says it's 100% copied, but it's actually still writing. In fact it's 100% copied to the write buffer, but perhaps only 40% actually written to USB so you had to wait, even though it said 100% copied. Since USB got a lot faster from USB 2.0 and forward, this was no longer a problem as the drive could keep up with the writing speed.
Dario Volaric this is absolutely not true. I've written large disk images over USB 3, and still had to wait a couple minutes for sync to complete. The bottle neck is going to be writing to the cheap ass flash in your $5 flash drive and not the USB interconnect, especially if the drive needs to trim released space first.
i dont use safe eject 99% of the time and ive never had a corruption issue, even 10 years ago
I've needed to format USB 2.0 drive a few times because of too fast ejecting. Don't want to go through it again.
he did specify in the USB 1.0 era, USB 1.0 was 12 mbits or about 1 MB per second, when the typical desktop HDD could manage about 30 MB per second at that time, the USB 2.0 era was 480 mbits or about 60 MB per second which is about the same speed as most desktop HDDs at that time, and faster than most laptop HDDS, so yes that issue was resolved with the arrival of USB 2 (with the exception of people using SSDs or RAID arrays)
Good point, i had forgotten about the write cache policy, this is definitely another reason it is no longer an issue today
One of the cases where properly ejecting a thumbdrive is _mandatory_ is when using a database program: those constantly update the file, and present a high chance of corrupting it if you just yank the drive out.
That last one is funny as hell though. And for the most part the case of the computer will protect your hardware from static failure.
1. The restart after install come from old days of computer which used to be true.
2. Eject pen drive before removing. You can get your files or in some rare cases the drive itself corrupt.
3. Installation disc : Ever had a situation where os didn't automatically detect network driver? Ever needed to install in offline networks?
Rest of the points are accurate
Source : Personal experience (Working with computers for 10+ years)
says 30Mb/s is low tier. how do you think I feel with a 300kb/s connection?
Well i said 20, not a bad internet speed really, but relatively low tier here
ThioJoe lel, didn't think you would reply. I wtought I would just get a bunch of comments saying " git better internets faggit"
Currently peaking at 295.9 KB/s here in Steam... I understand your pain
Mr.CheekiBreeki lel i always run 200mb /s
Cineva de Undeva they are asking R1000 p/m (roughly $70) but actually our internet is only so that my parents can work from home and not for download huge files. but still it's fucking slow compared to other countries.
"low tier internet such as 20mbps or less"? WTF Joe, if I get 20mbps it's crazy fast for me lol.
Bartosz Olszewski It's fine if you're alone in your house.
Bartosz Olszewski I have 50kbps yours is 400x faster
Nguyen Dinh Tuong I have 16kbps on my mobile phone, it's totally useful. Maybe you can't watch videos, but for Wikipedia, Instant messaging and Facebook it's cool
mine used to be a bunch of kilos now going into 2mbps or up. sometimes 20 sometimes 10 sometimes 5 idk its crazy fast but crazy changing
I have 600MB - 1GB and still think it´s too slow sometimes.
I've been in the business for 44 years and I still learn from your videos.
Howdy, Thank you for the great information. I run an iMac but I am in the Windows 10 Prison for some BMW work I do. Great tips you gave here no mater what system a person is running! Bobby
#10 - Just discharge static electricity by touching the metal chasis of the computer since its all grounded.
But what if it's not plugged in or connected to anything 🤔
@@im1random263 plug it in
My favorite myth:
Apple products are completely immune to hacking.
Doesn't help that Apple falsely perpetuated it in their marketing
It helps me sell Windows boxes to former Apple fanboys.
Myth 11: there are hot singles in your area.
Very good video - excellent points !!!!!