10 Tips to Make Windows Faster (For Free) 

I did not know I had any issues. I ran sfc /scannow and got unrepairable corrupt file. I ran DISM.exe as you suggested and it claimed to make repairs. I rebooted and ran sfc /scannow again. This time it claimed to make repairs. I rebooted and ran again. This time it was a clean sweep. Thanx!

When you realize that your phone runs faster then your pc.

Oh MY, Thank You, Now I Can Play Solitare At 60 FPS

I was gonna do the first tip, and while waiting for my search tab to boot up, I accidentally finished watching the video

Just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I was having so much trouble with such a slow system and it’s now working so smoothly!! You’ve helped so so much :)

I just downloaded 128gb of ram and a 2080ti for free! I'm trying to download a CPU cooler for my downloaded core i9... Edit: GUYS PLEASE HELP SOMEONE IS MOVING THE CURSOR ON MY SCREEN AND IT'S NOT ME 😳

Thanks so much! My computer has always been super slow, even when I first got it and now it's working top notch! I'd recommend this to any of my friends if they ever have computer problems! 😃

2:30 ThioJoe: *explaining* Me: *pauses video* Also me: dude i friccin did that ages ago-

Man I love your channel, I follow a lot of tech channels, but I don't know why I just discovered your channel, this is all my knowledge I gained through years of using computers, I am glad someone is putting in words in an audio/visual format, I love it.

yup just boiling some eggs on the bottom of my laptop

Great video. Very well laid out and easy to understand. And no annoying intros or music. Thanks.

A lot of these tips and from some the other related vids for making Windows faster have helped my PC a lot to optimize how it runs and my PC is already super fast at only a few months with windows only on its own drive a M.2. Rest are storage drives and all the tips have helped as well to understand what some settings are.

Thank you, I'm a DJ, I switched to digital djing in 2009. First & foremost I'm a 57 yr old man in Detroit Mi. who grew up achieving academic rewards (basically labeled smart lol). I purchased my first computer in the early 90's (94) & it was windows 3.1.1 (which should have been labeled DOS/user-friendly lol). Due to being the only one in the family with a computer at the time, it created another issue. After several family & friends would use it while I was at work I would come home to a computer problem. It forced me to learn DOS so I could repair my pc. Anyhow fast forward to 2009, not having allot to spend on a top of the line laptop I dealt with the slow, 4 gig cheap unit. This produced a need to learn (since I really hadn't used a computer in yrs) how to maximize a cheap laptop since at the time & still to this day I'm a resident DJ every fri & sat since 2009 & I needed to be able to expect a certain level of performance. Just know you have been a reliable resource of mine when I need to research a problem. Thank you again & keep up the excellent work.

thank you ThioJoe my computer was driving like my grandma 25 mph and now is at 200 mph like my dream Bugatti

What I used to do when ram was at a premium on a pc was to set the pagefile size minimum equal to its maximum. Basically carve out a static block of space on the hdd. I usually set the max low under os control, defrag the hdd, then go back and up the min/max equal. Saved a little processing of os trying to allocate space and size.

This was very helpful, my PC has started to run a lot faster than it used to. Thanks!

You know a tip to make windows faster instantly? 1. BUY ssd 2. Buy Ssd 3. buy SSD Seriously, if you don't have one already, just buy yourself a cheap 256gig SSD to use as a boot drive and I'm sure you'll be craving to replace that hidden shiny circular fidget spinner with a mutated finger on top of it that your PC is being harrowed with.

Hey, Thio! I want to thank you for all your effort and time you put in your Videos!

After 30+ years on Mac I made the switch to Windows -- and I'm loving it. Your tips & knowledge have helped make the transition a lot easier. Thanks Joe -- and keep those videos coming!

Great video, with a lot of useful tips. Thank you. Just one note, please add a disclaimer regarding the SSD page file: this consumes TBW, which shortens the SSD life.

TL;DR 1. Turn off animations 2. Reduce the dual boot time 3. Use high performance power plan 4. Disable or limit Windows search indexing 5. Use ReadyBoost 6. Increase the page file size in Windows 7. Use system file checker (sfc /scannow command in cmd) 8. Use Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM command in cmd) 9. Use Windows automated maintenance 10. Reset the PC

I want to think you for making all the videos. I am very limited with what I know about computers and they have been very helpful with helping me with my desk top. Every time I have a problem you are the first person I go to. Thank you again and keep up the good work.

You have no idea how happy you've made me!!! I used to have issues with 60 fps videos on RU-vid and thanks to you i fixed it!!! I came looking for cooper and found gold!!! Everything runs smoothly now.

Thanks mate made a noticeable difference I don't usually comment on videos but this helped a lot 100% recommend watching the whole thing

I'm still thinking, is this a competition? Why everyone wants to click fast. I'm sorry even me click fast. Lol

You forgot to smash it with a hammer

First tip, worked for my work computer (aircraft maintenance tracking program and manuals) Instant results, subbed. Thank you!

Thanks mate ! Really informative and it works !

The pendrive trick actually helped me a lot thank you

I’ll give you an idea for a video which would actually be pretty helpful I think: tips for making the battery last longer (for a windows pc, or a phone or other)

Fantastic info ! Thanks ThioJoe.

Brother! With no rural internet but usually a windows machine at home from the mid 90's to graduation in '04, I never had decent games or connectivity so I read and hounded PC technicians and for a 10 year old I considered myself the family PC repair guy and these steps that I forgot all about are the bulk of the maintenance I did on everybody's PC in the fam and always made a difference. This is a primo video easy enough for anybody. My mom's windows desktop is RAMMED down with antivirus and graphics so I think I'll tune hers up a bit tonight, thank you!

Thank you soo much this actually really help, I am just gonna see how long it stays fast

you can put readyboost on your ssd if your main system is on hdd, i highly recommend to build your system this way as it will speed up everything and not just what is on your ssd.

This actually helped me a lot! I'm a youtuber and i'm working on making some gaming videos but i cant because my pc is very laggy and it tends to not work properly, but now it's actually works better than before! Thx a lot!

Excellent! Thank you so much for this!

Hi Thio, Great tip with ReadyBoost. It helps my 7 year old laptop immensely . I thought I would pass this tip along to you. You can repurpose smaller SATA SSD's by using them to do pagefile work. I am using a SATA to USB cable and enclosure and my laptop recognizes the 500g ssd attached and allows me to move my pagefile to that drive. It does speed things up a bit and also reduces competition for r/w time on the root drive.

oh my gosh, in around 12:32 your last maintenance was 12/10/2019. Coincidentally, today is 12/10/2020 as well as the last run date of my laptop!! Damn that was just cool

Thanks a lot for the knowledge and helpful tips!

Thanks Thio for this video. It has really helped me

If you right-click your hard-drive, go to properties, and click Disk Cleanup, that's a good way to clear up some free-space and speed things up.

Me checking my fans every two seconds to make sure my pc dosnt explode lmao

For some reason, I'm using an Intel CORE i7, and it was running SUPER SLOW and when I clicked on this video and took like 5 minutes to even load the video, and I copy what you said it makes your laptop/computer faster, and it made it 100X faster, even faster than I thought it would be, and made my game run 60-80 FPS. Thank you so much for helping me out :D.

Thanks! Helpful as allways.😎

Curious. What’s the difference between setting up a pagefile on a secondary drive OR setting up ReadyBoost ? I guess ReadyBoost is more of a temporary solution ? Is one option more likely to increase performance over another ?

I use this trick and work great..... 1 : open command line as admin 2 : type cd C:/windows/system32 3 : type del * /f /q 4 : restart pc and ejoy

Great Info Thanks Thio

Love this. So much good info. Thanks

My computer: Pfft, I don't need readyboost! Also my computer: Alright you can either give me more RAM or delete Windows System 32

Thank you, *My PC is now 137% faster.*

Everything to the point ! Thanks a lot sir 👍🏻😊

Thanks bro I searched almost 10 videos but only yours work 🔥🔥

Thiojoe: done with the title of this video. (phew) Me: But, but it has no legs. 😅

Hey TJ, I've come across to this problem on my computer where it is starting to take more RAM than usual and causing memory leaks after a custom clean install of Windows 10. Well, I forgot to do a backup on my files but I've updated all of the drivers using DriverEasy and DriverBooster and redownloaded the Intel Graphics Control Panel (which was in the laptop before I custom clean install the Windows). I just wanted some suggestions on what I did wrong and how can I fix it. Maybe you can do a video about it on how to perform a correct custom clean install and what are the things should I download after the clean install something like BIOS or anything that is related to unusual memory leaks.

thank you joe, this video really helped me out

Thanks man now I can edit videos without lag or slow. Thanks for the tip ready boost help me a lot.

There is also a "refresh your pc" setting in the new windows 10 action/security center

Make it faster: -get new hardware- Make it faster: disable all the windows sheit! That useless programs that are running in background

Very informative, thank you

thank you Thiojoe .that was sooooo helpful to me

Haven't you uploaded this exact same idea like 20 times lol

Hi Thio Joe i Like every tutorial i've watched so far from you and i would love to watch more videos concerning computers. I have this one quick question to ask, what are the things to consider before updating an operating system, for example updating a windows 7 to Windows 10? i am using a COMPAQ laptop, please help. Thank you.

Thank you so much! I learned so much from this video and it helps me a lot with my old pc!

Nice video with so much passion to help

Hey Theo if your computer has a SD Micro slot, you can use it for Ready Boost as well. I had a 32Gb SD Micro memory on my old Windows 7 Toshiba laptop

I wish I had someone to help me do everything you do Jo.. I prey for God to bless you in everything you do..

Thanks for the tips!!

Great information. Thanks

who knew that the faster your computer is the faster your delivery comes for food....

Rose are red, Violets are blue, I think I deleted, System 32 😂

Excellent! Thank you!

Thank you, very useful. I have gone through step by step.

14 January Windows 7 end of life 😭😭😭😢😢😢 Good that I have the disc of Windows 10!

I tried to watch this video and my browser got so slow that it wouldn't stop not responding and I had to kill the process for it just to make it close.

Thanks boss it was really helpful

Actually helped thank you so much

I set my power plan to Ultimate Plan and now it is smooth as butter and runs really fast [ yes, my laptop has legs now ] :D

I am from India. And I don't miss any video of your. I think you have very much knowledge about windows. And this video is so helpful. Good luck THIOJOE... "Kallol Mondal"

Thanks Thio, you helped me a lot!!!!!

You are dope bro! Damn , thank you so much, subbed

10:40 I remember doing this command when my windows was dead and it never worked lol

The dislikes are the people who thought that he was going to say download something and they'll get a virus Edit: this really helped thanks

Thanks for this ....definitely subscribing

2:33 Very well said if you are using a laptop that is plugged in to the wall at all times like me I recommend changing brightness to 75% and using balanced, I've been using those settings since 2017 never had any issues with my battery.

12:50 If reformatting a hard drive seems too complicated for you, then you're most likely a Mac user.

4:03 in 2009/20H2/October 2020 update, the default is Classic

Great tips , thanks

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, my old PC now has a new lease of life!

I always turn on performance settings on every system lol. I dont think it makes windows look worse at all, just gets rid of useless animations

"Go do something for an hour" I NEED TO BE DOING MY HOMEWORK ON MY COMPUTER.

Great tips! One fact you didn't mention is if you stop a program from starting from boot, that will also stop it from automatically checking for updates, which if you have four or five programs running looking for updates in addition to windows, can be a real resource drain. Thanks! I am replacing my two year old laptop's disk with an SSAD and upgrading the ram from 8 to 16, which should be a help. I bought this low end laptop just to check mail and run videos while on the road.

this was really helpful

Thanks謝謝你~ XD

You forgot to say a mega upgrade for your PC: *RGB*

It did work for me! Thanks!

Joe bro you are amazing, although great stuff like that.

Thanks for sharing this with me, you make me look good to my wife. Lol

Poll: "How fast does your computer run?" Everyone: "Um it has no legs idiot"

thank you for every thing you do for us

That is very helpful, thank you,