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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@PANDA-fv6bi Год назад

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 Год назад

@sateIIitepilot 10 месяцев назад

We all knew some of these already, it's the ones we don't know that matter

@nioxic77 Год назад

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 Год назад

Windows Defender + F-Secure SAFE is a top tier antivirus combo👍🏻 Top tier Finnish quality antivirus software👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@benox1 9 месяцев назад

no, its trash. it doesnt detect anything

@corneliusrosenaa3949 2 месяца назад

@@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 Месяц назад

@@AL3X1KUSKaspersky or Bitdefender without Windows Defender is enough

@alternistronx Год назад

If it includes McAfee, then the Slim X Pro is no where near "clean" of bloatware lol

@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc 8 месяцев назад

My laptop have mc afee. should I uninstall it? Is the windows defender alone is safe?

@teabag9050 8 месяцев назад

@@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.

@AJD... Год назад

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 месяцев назад

could u make a google docs file just for us to copy that?

@HarveyLagura 11 месяцев назад

How did u do it?

@danielC783 Год назад

Thanks for Classic Context Menu !

@anderslarsson75 Год назад

Awesome! Thanks Eber & Hardware Canucks :)

@lynxstormcat Год назад

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 месяцев назад

how do i calibrate the LCD?

@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc 8 месяцев назад

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 месяцев назад

@@aa19nn Lynx Tom Cat solved the riddle of ICC profile in display.

@riba2233 Год назад

A truly awesome video, all of this advices are spot on :) goes straight to my favourites!

@jaysideway 3 месяца назад

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.

@nateo200 Год назад

+9000 for Windirstat! Honestly I am horrible with organization in general so it is definitely a huge help.

@pedrobravo322 Год назад

WizTree is much faster, and has a better UI

@DrLogic_ Год назад

@@pedrobravo322 +1 for wiztree, I used Windirstat without knowing about wiztree for a year… I want my year worth of sluggishness back

@carter9530 Год назад

Definitely should do these annually they're super helpful

@thirtyeighteen Год назад

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.

@chrisclark9116 Год назад

Man this was incredibly helpful even for cleaning up my desktop, thanks man

@lixomanx Год назад

Thanks for the tips, used ones and it make a lot of diferrence for me! Thank you!

@danielmasungwa5546 Год назад

Disabling the quick access panel is a lifesaver for me. I needed it for the culture.

@billyjoe3002 Год назад

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 Год назад

I prefer my KDE Neon desktop

@mariosk.5173 Год назад

the search tool is also awesome

@knack6157 Год назад

@@watynecc3309 lol, loved that.

@watynecc3309 Год назад

@@knack6157 6.0 is gonna be great I just love how nice the Linux community is improving

@darfarooqfarooq5832 Год назад

@@mariosk.5173 Klmknkk

@timothystevenhoward Год назад

Thanks Eber. Everything is pretty useful.

@saisibi6708 Год назад

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 Год назад

What are ur laptop specs and what games are u able to play on it?

@varkin794 Год назад

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 месяцев назад

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.

@eatatjoe69 10 месяцев назад

Learned a lot. Thanks

@muhammadhateemali1917 4 месяца назад

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

@metageneration6715 Год назад

thanks bro good information well delivered!!!!!!

@rafaelazeferino9971 3 месяца назад

Thats some good quality video .Great job.

@VELI-Productions Год назад

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.

@GadgetGuy45 Год назад

Oh bloody awesome video! Ebor is a legend

@jaikrishnan9169 Год назад

Great video man , and yes, we want more tips like this

@ItsSavvo Год назад

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 Год назад

Turning down system sounds is exactly what I do.

@arrjayzor Год назад

thanks for showing how to restore the context menu.

@oelshami Год назад

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.

@boblablaw4857 Год назад

Good vid, would have been nice to at least mention afterburner, xtu, and amd apu tuning utility

@lilfredd1393 Год назад

Eber you are a Godsend!! I hope you guys were compensated for advertising those software apps

@sopanroy1506 Год назад

Just hold shift before pressing right click... Boom you have classic context menu. I use it all the time and never felt any complaint.

@GustavoSoares-vx5ne Год назад

This was very useful!

@nayeebG Год назад

Always love these type of optimizing videos. 💛

@kobbariraja 7 месяцев назад

really good video mate

@LoppanG Год назад

Thank You from Sweden. 🖖

@heavenseas Год назад

The "Windows 11 Setup" part literally is just a preference.

@mattschillin999 3 месяца назад

Probably the best video I’ve watched considering every other one is a copy of the previous ones

@ashiqurrahman2575 2 месяца назад

thnx man this tips helped

@shubhamghevade2662 Год назад

I applied most of them Thank You

@bogdan.p Год назад

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 Год назад

Good luck

@safochristian Год назад

All the best in your endeavor. Reply to this message when you are done so we can also try it

@soumyadyutichakraborty7921 Год назад

Nice

@rohanbaby3545 Год назад

Awesome

@safochristian Год назад

@@bogdan.p Thanks, I'm downloading it now

@JAFOpty Год назад

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 месяцев назад

JAF thank you for sharing. Wow is amazing!

@AndrewDy Год назад

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...

@socas_nic Год назад

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?

@sumeetsharma9481 8 месяцев назад

found it very useful 👍👍

@shivamrawal4603 Год назад

Please make a video on best apps to have on your new laptop.

@joelmathew1715 Год назад

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

@pishbot Год назад

nice tips bro, thanks!

@mohgraph254 9 месяцев назад

Got a new laptop and the video was helpful.

@selectthedead Год назад

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

@abrahamolsen5340 Год назад

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

@carlodimaandal Год назад

How do I ungroup windows in the taskbar for Win11?

@onigames7309 Год назад

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.

@user-eb2eg5kh7z 2 месяца назад

Thanks a lot !

@mubindidit230 Год назад

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.

@maximilianmorse9697 Год назад

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 Год назад

and windows built-in anti virus already good enough for most users

@callofdookiemaster87131 Год назад

@@davidyang9902 yeah windows defender is actually a very useful and efficient program. does a very good job.

@darkkforest Год назад

@@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 Год назад

Agreed, I haven't used a third party anti virus since 2016

@Realism91 Год назад

@@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.

@aaryansingh8229 Год назад

Wow, opening file explorer and seeing this PC is a lifesaver :)

@jjcoolaus Год назад

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)

@CryoseGaming Год назад

Lovely advert for Lenovo 🎉

@santanuhajra6485 Год назад

Excellent content

@AdilKhan-pp7xi Год назад

Is it okay for the battery to remain constant while gaming (warzone, Rdr2), or there's something wrong?

@seanvideoediting 6 месяцев назад

Does disabling memory integrity improve video editing performance as well?

@META313. Год назад

Everything is the most practical tool ive ever used, especially compared to absolutely garbage windows search

@amazingbollweevil Год назад

For the love of god, please tell me how to wrest control of my laptop from Microsoft's OneDrive! I was saving my documents to my Documents folder and tons of pictures to my Pictures folder. Then I started getting messages that my OneDrive is full and I have buy more space! What? Turns out that this computer links Documents to OneDrive/Document and puts stuff on line! It doesn't even show you this in the path at the top of Windows Explorer. Super freaking frustrating!

@tamilvilayattarangam Год назад

Eber telling us the real important things in life....good stuff man.

@vardaankaushal8560 Год назад

Yeah man, that was so satisfying to see the right click menu is back

@g9super 5 месяцев назад

Superb 😊

@itsdeonlol Год назад

Thanks, this is helpful!

@Shuukashu Год назад

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?

@chettiarsirusraj9501 Год назад

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.

@xwF4T4L1TYwx Год назад

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?

@alanwu3678 2 месяца назад

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.

@ranahamzasiraj Год назад

Video Quality man 🫶🫶🏻

@qwertyuser8541 Год назад

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 ?

@suryakrishna4662 Год назад

Thank you

@kiyadawit9931 Год назад

Keep it up

@kehan6252 6 месяцев назад

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

@bryuhMan 2 месяца назад

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 ).

@GiancarloCarccamo Год назад

great video

@aaronnunez3985 Год назад

Hi! May I ask why you use Media Player Classic over VLC?

@AnanthakrishnanThachilath Год назад

Yeah, the website clearly says to use something else since it is not in active development.

@vmafarah9473 Год назад

Eber can you put "This Pc" to taskbar as in windows 10.

@GuantaiN Год назад

These are very useful, especially for those of us who are just starting the usually costly and involving tech journey. Thanks!

@MooseBeCanadian Год назад

You said an antivirus software is essential. I just moved back to windows after 10 years on Mac and in my research everything said windows defender is perfectly fine and not to instal an antivirus software as it’ll mostly just be bloatware and slow your pc down. What are your thoughts?

@Gaurav-cy5lu Год назад

You are absolutely right. Defender has 4.5/5 stars in malware detection.

@alouisschafer7212 Год назад

Antivirus= Bloat win defender is already sucking up kike 200mb of memory

@Realism91 Год назад

If you only download from official sites and use an ad blocker with fanboy lists you shouldn't need anything, if you're pirating I'd rather something like virus total and use trusted uploaders as much as possible than have antivirus. Windows defender takes the least resources though but if all you care about is getting the most performance and you're cautious you could get away without one.

@squalley Год назад

A lot of these tips can be applied to lower end PCs as well 🤓

@Arya6871 6 месяцев назад

A guy that’s not smart also knows that

@gustavcarl 2 месяца назад

i have a 245 g7 HP laptop running games from 2018 and dont have the requirements to update to windows 11

@riasom3036 10 месяцев назад

Why don't I have any extra thing pre-installed ?is it because mine is gaming laptop? please explain , this is my first time buying laptop .

@nicholassouvatzis9382 10 месяцев назад

Hello. Very useful tips and tricks. One question though. I have the lenovo IP5 pro. Every time I open the lid of my laptop, it boots up. Without pressing the power button. How can I disable that? I searched everywhere and I can't find this option. Thank you in advance. Greetings from Athens, Greece. 🙂

@CenturyPHirstCorporationInc 8 месяцев назад

Check the power botton setting. Your laptop might just be hibernating when you shut down.

@Tonero01 Год назад

How do I enable the hours on battery on windows 11, mine just shows the battery percentage

@leirnj 4 месяца назад

How do i revert it back to the new right click menu? Just incase i need to.

@ashish_prajapati_tr Год назад

12:50 using this for a very long time.

@JY0002 Год назад

Tell me how to disable Game Bar and Windows Defender please

@luismancilla650 Год назад

this might be an L take but I actually like the taskbar to be in the middle compared to it being in the left side

@iloveferrets5859 Год назад

very L take

@chopjohnsu3y274 10 месяцев назад

🤢

@graog123 Год назад

4:22 YOU LEGEND!

@aryanmodh9083 Год назад

Loved it

@Shivaziv 7 месяцев назад

4:20 Not working for me... Says Operation completed successfully but does not do anything.

@reldahr01 Год назад

I especially liked the "No Sound" option. Forgot to mention ShutUp10++.

@AL3X1KUS Год назад

Found the Windows hater who uses MacOS.

@aryanmodh9083 Год назад

Subscribed

@surfacingcom Год назад

What are the performance differences between Nvidia gaming and studio drivers, for those of us who work and play on the same machines?

@DragonKingGaav Год назад

One of the graphic designers at my work said they were getting error in after effects because I installed the studio drivers. So I replaced the studio drivers wit the gaming drivers and the error went away.

@Realism91 Год назад

I've also heard about gaming drivers being better for studio apps too, errors and glitches with the proper driver, it makes no sense.

@dgafkucky Год назад

@@Realism91 down load both drivers and swap back and forth no problems

@bishopt92 4 месяца назад

Is your main laptop a MacBook pro/air or a windows?

@hmmmmm2555 Год назад

disabling from startup alone isn't enough anymore. some ahole companies like google like to add task schedulers to start their apps and background processes. disable them in task scheduler too