Windows 10 Settings You Should Change Right Away!

These are the Windows 10 settings you should change right away… When you get a new Windows 10 PC, there are settings that you’ll likely want to change to improve the performance, increase your productivity, and enhance the overall usability. In this video, I’ll show you more than a dozen settings that you’ll want to change right away!

Windows 10 Tips & Tricks (Playlist)

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0:00 Intro
0:21 Change Default Browser
1:25 Uninstall Crapware
2:08 Enable Dark Mode
2:45 Safeguard Your Privacy
3:16 Enable Storage Sense
4:18 Change the Display Scaling
4:56 Disable Programs at Startup
5:28 Disable User Account Control
6:17 Unhide Hidden Files and File Extensions
7:05 Create Keyboard Shortcuts for Favorite Programs
8:11 Enable System Protection – Create Restore Points
9:14 Disable Lock Screen
10:22 Speed Up Shutdowns

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[auroriasolaris]

>let's uninstall crapware
>attempts to uninstall Epic games launcher

You sir have my respect

thx for making this, we need more recent vids like this.

[brovid-]

Fun fact: windows no longer has a bug testing department, they crowd source system configs and bugs by using telemetry. If you disable it, it's less data for them to figure out what's wrong and issue updates to fix or patch bugs and security holes.

It's a very scummy way of justifying their spyware, which is also used to issue targeted ads, but unfortunately, you kind of need diagnostic data enabled for them to help you any more

[nylar]

Good one there is a fine line walked on this video between expertise and ridiculous levels of nerdiness and also simplicity for the common user. This is very well put together and I appreciate you posting this. I am talking to my wife and best friend in life trying to help her through some irritating Windows issues and this is a great breakdown. I just wanted to comment and like the video to boost up your channel for the way that this has been stated and simplified. I love your comment about do not want to be treated like a three year old you had me laughing there.

[ironmike]

This video includes a nice jab at the Epic Games Launcher. "This would also be a good time to remove any programs you've installed that you no longer use or trust."

[rambu]

This man called bloatware= *crapware*
Respect

[AMikeOnLine]

Loved this video. Very easy to follow with excellent narration. Thanks for posting. Subscribed in a hear beat.

[omikapasandul]

Give us more videos like this please.
“Coming up next on TechGumbo!” That’s such an earworm!

[alexandermyrthue]

For shortcuts just rightclick on the program in the Taskbar while the program is running and secire it to the taskbar. Now you can open it up by pressing the Windows key and the corresponding number. If the program is number 2 on the taskbar press Windows+2 and the program will open 😁

[DM-llhe]

Thank you for this information….keep it coming it’s really helpful for someone like myself, I am not computer savvy.

[Zombie_Burger]

About the whole quicker shutdown thing..
These setting may work fine on one system and not on another it sometimes it depends on other factors like network connections.
Just saying, shutting down faster may cause you to loose data stored in cache and not yet written to disk due to other factors. Eg: shutting down while platforms like steam are auto syncing on slow networks, or saving stuff to external or NAS or cloud services.
If you have Hdd's and they are for just storage or games don't forget to DEFRAG them with a good piece of software, but I always find windows built in defrag to be lacking.
SSD's and nvme's etc are super fast for boot drives vs Hdd. eg: 4 to 60 seconds vs 1 to 6 minutes on hdd. (after bios boot, not counting bios boot, which will depend on pc). Over time and by the nature of how they store and delete data this will/may (over time) give you a false view of the stored data taken up by the files on the drive. So remember to
TRIM the ssd's. (right click the drive/properties/tools/optimize), same as defrag for hdd's but only takes about 4 sec.
Also don't rely on windows to Trim SSD's. Never got this to work on several pc's even when set to daily.

[rohitandley]

I had the string keys in the pro version and didn't need any of them. Just had to modify the values. Thanks.

[obasaar]

Hello, Thanks for this fabulous video! I am very grateful for your attention and your time in producing this wonderful video!

[abdiazizabdiweli]

You're amazing, I really love your videos. You helped me a lot.

[avejst]

Great walkthough
Thanks for sharing :-9

[hulk]

Great info and helpful tips cheers mate

[Darksharp]

Perfect timing just did a full system reinstall.

[kychemclass]

Wonderful to hear the honest truth about them "respecting your privacy".
Tq.!

[fanofcanes]

THANKS all your advise is so much appreciated. stay safe in 2021👊👊👍👍

[StevenMcFlyJunior]

Disabling the annoying Windows Update & Windows Update Medic in your services.msc is HIGHLY recommended. One can always turn it on & apply manually as needed. Also turning things off in the Task Manager/Startup tab is quite useful. ;-)