How to Optimize your Laptop for MAXIMIUM Performance
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Doing the initial setup and optimization for a laptop has changed a lot since Windows 11 was released. So we've decided to update our setup & optimization guide with Windows 11 tips & tricks that should help get the best gaming performance and battery life from a laptop in 2023.
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LINKS:
Media Player Classic - mpc-hc.org/
WinDirStat - windirstat.net/
MalwareBytes - www.malwarebytes.com/
Everything - www.voidtools.com/downloads/
MS Memory Integrity - bit.ly/MSMEM11
Restore old Context Menu in Windows 11
Right-click the Start button and choose Windows Terminal.
Copy & paste command below and press enter:
reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The Windows 11 Challenge
0:47 - Meet the Slim 7i Pro X
1:33 - The Bloatware Cleanup
2:57 - The Windows 11 Setup
4:35 - Startup Optimizations & Pointers
5:47 - Storage Sense is IMPORTANT
6:23 - Notifications & Desktop Icons
7:30 - Everything, no Really, Get Everything
7:55 - Disk Cleanup is Better than you Think
8:17 - Understanding Power Modes
10:06 - Drivers & Gaming Optimizations
11:22- More Battery Life Tips & Tricks
12:09 - BONUS TIPS!
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Knew some of these already but still it’s useful to find all these tips in one place. Really helpful for beginners and elders.
@munnayadav-rm7wz
Жыл бұрын
Yy
@sateIIitepilot
10 ай бұрын
We all knew some of these already, it's the ones we don't know that matter
For anti-virus... the built in windows defender is actually pretty good. just remember to keep it updated. also the task scheduler can run things like the disk cleanup utility on certain intervals, without you having to do anything (and thus you dont have to remember, to do so!) it can be pretty handy, and you can have it do all sorts of things
@AL3X1KUS
Жыл бұрын
Windows Defender + F-Secure SAFE is a top tier antivirus combo👍🏻 Top tier Finnish quality antivirus software👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@benox1
9 ай бұрын
no, its trash. it doesnt detect anything
@corneliusrosenaa3949
2 ай бұрын
@@benox1 As a person who develops EXE's which sometimes move files around and such... yes it does, it often detects too much and it has detected every single actually unsafe file I've downloaded
@HeisenbergTrazyn
Ай бұрын
@@AL3X1KUSKaspersky or Bitdefender without Windows Defender is enough
Awesome! Thanks Eber & Hardware Canucks :)
Thanks for Classic Context Menu !
+9000 for Windirstat! Honestly I am horrible with organization in general so it is definitely a huge help.
@pedrobravo322
Жыл бұрын
WizTree is much faster, and has a better UI
@DrLogic_
Жыл бұрын
@@pedrobravo322 +1 for wiztree, I used Windirstat without knowing about wiztree for a year… I want my year worth of sluggishness back
A truly awesome video, all of this advices are spot on :) goes straight to my favourites!
If it includes McAfee, then the Slim X Pro is no where near "clean" of bloatware lol
@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc
8 ай бұрын
My laptop have mc afee. should I uninstall it? Is the windows defender alone is safe?
@teabag9050
8 ай бұрын
@@CenturyPHirstCorporationIncyep, Windows Defender pretty much takes care of everything McAfee does and much more. Also it’s an inbuilt software, pretty light on system resources, so doesn’t affect your performance at all.
Man this was incredibly helpful even for cleaning up my desktop, thanks man
Definitely should do these annually they're super helpful
Awesome! Even if I prefer a clean install myself and always have a usb-stick with w10pro, these tips are always welcome. Every bit of performance gain is good.
This kind of content is great. Thanks, a lot of useful tips here. Some of it is stuff I know but would completely forget since they're set and forget. Really appreciate these tips to optimize things.
Thanks for the tips, used ones and it make a lot of diferrence for me! Thank you!
What i do when setting up a new laptop is to see if there is an available ICC profile for the built in LCD. This helps in color accuracy and making sure it looks really nice. I use this on old computers and you'd be suprised once the lcd is calibrated its a joy to use and easier on the eyes. Also, I make the swap file a fixed size so it doesn't spend cpu time resizing the swap file.
@aa19nn
11 ай бұрын
how do i calibrate the LCD?
@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc
8 ай бұрын
When I replaced my Dell Inspiron 5559 to a newer HP with ryzen 5 and and redeon the difference in LCD color and contrast is so awful now I'm stuck. And yes mg old Dell has ICC thank you for sharing what it meant. I have no idea that ICC maters in display quality. (saw it setting up and installing printer)
@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc
8 ай бұрын
@@aa19nn Lynx Tom Cat solved the riddle of ICC profile in display.
People don't seem to understand just how powerful power plans are when it comes to battery life. I'm getting 30-40% more battery time after I created my own plan with some really aggressive battery saving options, but will give me the best performance when I'm plugged in. It really goes a long way. EDIT: Make sure you know what you're doing. Do some research before you dive into this. Most options there have no explanation given by windows.
@na0li_
11 ай бұрын
could u make a google docs file just for us to copy that?
@HarveyLagura
11 ай бұрын
How did u do it?
Thanks Eber. Everything is pretty useful.
Disabling the quick access panel is a lifesaver for me. I needed it for the culture.
Learned a lot. Thanks
thanks bro good information well delivered!!!!!!
I always love these types of videos. They help me eek out more performance from my laptop. I really need this, because my laptop isn't all that powerful. And I still manage to game on it. And this time core isolation was a new thing for me. Thanks Eber. This video helped.
@incognito6812
Жыл бұрын
What are ur laptop specs and what games are u able to play on it?
Thats some good quality video .Great job.
I don't use laptops but I watched the video to see what I could optimize on my PC and certainly I like that I can get the previous context menu, thanks a lot.
@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc
8 ай бұрын
I tried it on my windows 11 but menu is still the sa,e with (other options) I don't see any advantage with that new menu.
Great video man , and yes, we want more tips like this
Windows Powertoys for me is the biggest upgrade to the windows experience. Things like fancy zones and always on top is a great feature for productivity work
@watynecc3309
Жыл бұрын
I prefer my KDE Neon desktop
@mariosk.5173
Жыл бұрын
the search tool is also awesome
@knack6157
Жыл бұрын
@@watynecc3309 lol, loved that.
@watynecc3309
Жыл бұрын
@@knack6157 6.0 is gonna be great I just love how nice the Linux community is improving
@darfarooqfarooq5832
Жыл бұрын
@@mariosk.5173 Klmknkk
Oh bloody awesome video! Ebor is a legend
That gaming section was actually good. just bought an Asus Vivobook 15 A1504Z and things like compact view, disabling notification, Disabling memory integrity was really helpful for me
Thank You from Sweden. 🖖
Always love these type of optimizing videos. 💛
Thank you for the classic context menu restore. I love the look of the new context menu but I use 7zip for work multiple times a day and those extra clicks to the more options add up.
Eber you are a Godsend!! I hope you guys were compensated for advertising those software apps
thanks for showing how to restore the context menu.
I applied most of them Thank You
Good vid, would have been nice to at least mention afterburner, xtu, and amd apu tuning utility
thnx man this tips helped
This was very useful!
Step 1. Uninstall Windows
@AyaWetts
Жыл бұрын
yep, no Windows on my Legion
@mvevitsis
Жыл бұрын
@@techster1689 exactly
@mantav_1
Жыл бұрын
@@fatlumbehrami230 yo me also dual boot guy 😉 First i tried pop os but it messed up so bad that i couldn't even access bios then after 1 whole day sitting to fix it i finally could access the bios and then i installed windows and Ubuntu and tho i had got my lesson and did it properly this time but one thing that bugs me the most is that Ubuntu is very slow ( snap package manager + the gnome + my old weak i3 didnt go well) . But Ya battery was better for me too
@jjcoolaus
Жыл бұрын
@@AyaWetts what did you install instead for gaming? (If you have a legion you are probably a gamer)
@AyaWetts
Жыл бұрын
@@jjcoolaus I've run a few different Linux distros on this one... currently have been running Fedora for a long time now, and it runs great.
Thanks a lot !
really good video mate
found it very useful 👍👍
The "Windows 11 Setup" part literally is just a preference.
Probably the best video I’ve watched considering every other one is a copy of the previous ones
I'd recommend WizTree over WinDirStat, much faster since it doesn't have parse the whole drive. My C: Drive was 2 seconds with Wiztree vs WinDirStat that took 2 minutes 45 seconds on the same drive.
Just hold shift before pressing right click... Boom you have classic context menu. I use it all the time and never felt any complaint.
Got a new laptop and the video was helpful.
Having an antivirus is the exact opposite of essential; getting malware on your PC is pretty damn difficult as long as you don't go downloading random crap from sketchy sites, and most AV software is basically a virus itself.
@davidyang9902
Жыл бұрын
and windows built-in anti virus already good enough for most users
@callofdookiemaster87131
Жыл бұрын
@@davidyang9902 yeah windows defender is actually a very useful and efficient program. does a very good job.
@darkkforest
Жыл бұрын
@@davidyang9902 that's why I thought as well, but not so long ago they somehow stole my CC info and used it on sketchy bet website and had to quickly change all my passwords. Now using Bitwarden and installed a Kaspersky anti-virus.
@arithmetic7105
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, I haven't used a third party anti virus since 2016
@Realism91
Жыл бұрын
@@callofdookiemaster87131 I'd rather use a all in one online scanner like virus total, the only time I need it is if I'm doing things I shouldn't because I'm not rich and don't plan to make money from the things I wanted. I do get the things if it's for work though.
nice tips bro, thanks!
Last year, I watched the video and it was super helpful. Watching the video and I gotta say, it was super helpful. Especially the "This PC" part is a huge time saver.
Nice video and really good tips. I'm actually working on an app that will offer you the possibility to do almost all the things you have said in the video and much more from one place so you don't have to remember all the apps where this settings are found. Maybe you'll take a look at it once it's ready. It will have the same look n feel like Windows 11 native apps.
@evan2447
Жыл бұрын
Good luck
@safochristian
Жыл бұрын
All the best in your endeavor. Reply to this message when you are done so we can also try it
@soumyadyutichakraborty7921
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@rohanbaby3545
Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@safochristian
Жыл бұрын
@@bogdan.p Thanks, I'm downloading it now
Please make a video on best apps to have on your new laptop.
I love the new edges on the lenovo. Can you also make a video for AMD laptops and how to cicumvent thundferbolt 3 / 4 and use of USB 4 Also please include any backup tool / recovery
I really would not recommend turning windows sounds off entirely. Sometimes critical things that didn't pop up will still play the windows error sound, or if a device suddenly disconnected and you cant figure out why its not present, the sound will play. The windows sounds play a very important role in the system. If the sounds too obnoxious, just open the audio Volume Mixer and turn down System Sounds a little bit.
@StellarAudyssey
Жыл бұрын
Turning down system sounds is exactly what I do.
Excellent content
Dear hardware canucks, I've seen that you can use some samsung tablets as a second screen for your windows pc and laptop. Could you do a video on which devices actually support his feature and what you can do with it?
Keep it up
Superb 😊
Video Quality man 🫶🫶🏻
In File Explorer I always change the "Type" column for "File Extension" column, makes it easier to sort by extension. i.e.: exe vs "Application"
@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc
8 ай бұрын
JAF thank you for sharing. Wow is amazing!
Is there a way for the taskbar windows to not combine?.. like in windows 10, I have ultra wide screen, I like to see the label names when I click on it...
Lovely advert for Lenovo 🎉
Wow, opening file explorer and seeing this PC is a lifesaver :)
Everything is the most practical tool ive ever used, especially compared to absolutely garbage windows search
I really like opening to "This PC."
great video
Thank you
4:22 YOU LEGEND!
Maximium Performacium 🤘
Does disabling memory integrity improve video editing performance as well?
I would love to install more apps, but Windows Store won't let me turn off S Mode. Keeps having an error on their end when I try to deactivate or download something from the store.
Thanks, this is helpful!
Have you heard about modern standby and how problematic it is with the battery when turning off the computer? like i turned off when its at 100% and the next day its like 90%, i think its the modern stanby, or idk but its my new laptop, its a asus vivobook s14 k3402za, i would appreciate if you reply, Thanks
Loved it
How do I ungroup windows in the taskbar for Win11?
Best Video iber
Should I be lowering resolution through windows or in the game settings? My Lenovo legion 5 pro is 2560x1600 but I'm trying to run it at 1920x1080p
That laptop costs $3150 in Australia, and while I love Lenovo laptops and recommend them, you can’t customise the storage on Lenovos site to go up to 2TB of storage or increase the RAM (not in my country anyway)
Hi, I've run the command on the 4:20 section but my right click is still showing the default version. Is there any alternative?
Amazing
These are very useful, especially for those of us who are just starting the usually costly and involving tech journey. Thanks!
Eber telling us the real important things in life....good stuff man.
@vardaankaushal8560
Жыл бұрын
Yeah man, that was so satisfying to see the right click menu is back
You got everything detailed and explained for the most part but it would have been nice if you have mentioned and shown the Ninite app/browser search and install so all the applications you mentioned in the video can be downloaded at the same time rather than searching for all applications one at a time on the internet browser.
Is it okay for the battery to remain constant while gaming (warzone, Rdr2), or there's something wrong?
Subscribed
Tell me how to disable Game Bar and Windows Defender please
Very good video
I don't know how to set the Desktop folder to be a local folder like it was in pre-11 versions of Windows. Is this even possible in Windows 11? Or does Microsoft now just force everyone to have their Desktop folder on OneDrive, with no settings to change this? Please advise. Thank you.
+100 points ... im upgrading to windows 11 now oops i forgot i have a 4th gen cpu lol
There's so much crap that opens on startup and I don't know what any of it does... How do I know what to keep and what to remove?
Is your main laptop a MacBook pro/air or a windows?
A lot of these tips can be applied to lower end PCs as well 🤓
@Aryaretired
6 ай бұрын
A guy that’s not smart also knows that
12:50 using this for a very long time.
Eber can you put "This Pc" to taskbar as in windows 10.
I am in Windows 10 but I'm worried about constantly updating Windows since there was that time where Microsoft automatically made devices update to Windows 10 without user's knowing about it. Is it still safe to update Windows? I only update security patches for now
You're the best
tanks
I especially liked the "No Sound" option. Forgot to mention ShutUp10++.
@AL3X1KUS
Жыл бұрын
Found the Windows hater who uses MacOS.
I have a Question, I am currently Using Asus Vivobook M1403QA Laptop Ryzen 7 5800H with integrated Graphics. Do i need to install the latest driver update on the official amd website or just stick to the Original Equipment Manufacturer's Driver ? Because the original drivers has Display problems, and if i Install the latest version of the Amd drivers Chromium based Browser when i play youtube fullscreen with subtitles has Display issues ( like when I enable the subtitle it Shakes for some reason ).
You don't need to discharge your battery, just keep it closer to ~55%
Hi! May I ask why you use Media Player Classic over VLC?
@AnanthakrishnanThachilath
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the website clearly says to use something else since it is not in active development.
How do i revert it back to the new right click menu? Just incase i need to.
My C:drive is 120gb & its almost full, I didn't install anything on that except the windows. Which files i have delete or any software to keep the storage in check ?
[Me, Salty Win 10 User] You forgot the best tip about how to roll back to 10 [Salty Win 8.1 Users] ... and then roll back to 8.1 to fix the problems with 10 [Salty Win 7 Users] ... so you can roll back the problems in 8.1 to 7 [Salty Mac Users] ... Just use Mac's, they just work [Salty Linux Users] ... you can just upgrade to a good OS.