I'm aware of that... the videos are labelled as being in English to signify that I'm aware of this as an issue. I'm a little bit embarrassed that I cannot speak anything other than English, but I've never had any particular reason to learn anything else. This is a cultural problem rather than me being malicious or deliberate.
@@sterntechdaddy I mean that you speak too fast. For me watching such video is always a practice, so thank u for that. However it really made me struggle to understand due to your pace.
I DID IT!! I DID IT!! Thank you SO much Nic! this video helped me GREATLY. I learned SO much. And your calm voice kept me from getting anxious. Thank you again!
Can we getta like for every time he says brand spanking new 😂 Anyways, thanks for this. Also thanks for not editing the long break where you powered it up cos I was worrying when I setup this thing.
I'd rather have £5 for each time... And I don't generally edit my videos because it makes them more authentic and honest, but I'm also not getting paid for making them - so any time spent editing is more time spent not getting paid for something. :)
@@JackieMackenzie That feels like too long... but by the time you read this it will probably be OK. :) If your computer has a mechanical hard drive the disc thrashing takes longer that it would do with a solid state drive, for example, but the initial installation can take a while on some computers.
The only person on youtube I have seen who has replied to all the comments. It shows how much you value your subscribers. I really pray and hope you get more subscribers mate. I am expecting my new laptop in a couple of days and this video was super helpful. Thanks for making an elaborate video on this topic.
Thank you so much for this! I was struggling with my laptop because I have never owned one before but with your YT tutorial helped me get everything situated. Thanks so much!
Well done. I like that you went step by step and didn't gloss over any set up steps. I just got a new gaming laptop and your tuturoieal should prove to be immensely helpful.
Hi Nic. Just bought a Lenovo ideapad laptop and dreading the setup. But you helped sidestep all the usual hoops we jump through. Now I have a password free access to my desk top. Thank you so much from New York City!
This is for Windows 10… if you new laptop is Windows 11 then have a look at this one… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G9yumqzVm2w.html 😁
omg iv never met someone who is lefty with their mouse before. this is so cool. i’m getting a new laptop similar to this one, later this week for online school and this is going to help a lot. thanks!!
I collect my new laptop tomorrow. I haven't owned a personal laptop or computer for 7 years, and that one was 3 years old when I snapped it over my knee so this is really helpful. Nice one, cheers
Thank you Nic for this stellar video. I didn't bother to look at others' laptop setup, yours is so thorough. I ended up watching this video on my old Toshiba laptop and with my left hand I would pause when you were explaining and with my right hand I would do it on the Lenovo as you were showing. It only took me about 5 hours over a two week period but I finally managed to complete everything, plus I read through most of the comments and your replies and that way I learned so much more! Instead of bring the new flexpad Lenovo to a local guy I decided to follow you, diy, and learn. I now feel competent and I did subscribe and I will donate. This deserves a whole lot more than a cup of coffee so I will give what I can. You are helping so many people with this content. And, I send you a high ten for helping me leapfrog MS and their INvasive data collection. P.S. I thoroughly enjoyed your humor "Noooo", "eeehhh" and by now I am quite used to your accent and bips and bops! Oh, btw, I received my new flexpad two months ago and was dreading the setup so I just left it on the chair. It really wasn't so bad after all. Cheers!
Very interesting and informative. My new laptop is still in its box for fear of being overwhelmed as I am a technophobe but now having watched your video I shall venture towards the seal with my pocket knife...I feel my confidence level rising.
Hi Nic and thank you for this well-made, helpful and generous video! I have some questions tho: - Does the setting of the preferences option make an important difference in the computer's responsiveness? I personally find it quite pleasant to have some of these settings, but wouldn't want to sacrifice much efficiency for it... - About what you do next in the startup and recovery settings, I understand that debugging info can end up weighting quite a lot, but isn't it also an important function to have to understand why your system failed? - Why turning off the sleep modes and boosting the energy consumption for when the laptop is plugged in, doesn't it tend to reduce the battery lifespan and to waste more energy? Thanks again!
I love questions! First, if you have any general worries about something then you don't have to do it... but.. 1. There's no single setting that makes everything faster - just lots of little effects that have a cumulative benefit - but I'm not sure what you mean by 'preferences option' so if you clarify that I'll answer - just me know where in the video you see it. 2. The PC not automatically restarting means it hangs on the BSOD and the error message associated with that can be noted. Crash dumps have a purpose, obviously, but with this setting unaltered, Windows will make one every time the PC has a problem - I have seen computers with nearly 1GB of crash dump data files. Personally, I have never needed to analyse these files - with the subsequent repair being diagnoses from other sources. Some forums like to ask for crash dumps as some kind of automated firs answer - which is fine, but that's also a little test to see if the person asking the question is serious. 3. Batteries don't need the 'conditioning' like they used to, but remember that there are two power modes for a laptop - plugged into the mains and on battery. So there are two parts to any power plan. I altered the mains section of the power plan - to maximise performance and stop the laptop doing the usual power saving tricks like turning off the screen or going into sleep. When it's plugged in you can, and probably should, have maximum performance and convenience because you're not worried about running out of power. There are, of course, important factors when considering the life of a laptop... I discuss what I think is the most important one in another video.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ss2kbYFUNl8.html (Adjusting what happens when you close the lid close action is the biggest thing - that one setting will probably make your laptop last longer more than worrying about the battery.) But most modern laptops are aware of battery preservation issues and do things like not fully charge the battery when the laptop is on mains for an extended periods so don't be too concerned about the battery. :)
Bought a laptop a few days ago...just now setting this up with ur help...I'm a little bit slow...so I kept on repeating every details...thanks from Riyadh KSA...i subscribed
Glad I could help! I was thinking that the video would be rather long if I slowed everything down and explained it all - so I decided to do the tweaks fairly quickly. Some people have complained about the speed, but its not a memory test and RU-vid does allow people to pause and play sections as many times as they like. I could do a 'real time' click along video - which I may well do in the future. :D
Tell you what Nic,,,,, you saved me a TON of time, headache, frustration and money! I bought a refurbished Acer and got stuck at the Microsoft account sign in page,,,,, and I followed on screen instructions that said to connect to the internet. The trackpad wasn't working worth a crap and many other problems. After listening to your video,,, especially where you said you don't have to be connected to the internet, it was smooth sailing. Thank you sooooooooooo much!!
Absolutely BRILLIANT tutorial. I very recently bought a Dell Inspiron 15 1502 laptop and I'm not at all tech savvy, so your video is honestly priceless and so appreciated! I like your "How to avoid using a Microsoft account" section, but unfortunately I didn't realise that avoidance was even an option, so when the set-up process got to "Let's connect you to a network" I input my Hotmail details and continued the setting-up process. Is it now too late for me to return, and select "I don't have internet" (around 6:30) or can I still revert back and opt out? I actually like the idea of having a password into the laptop however, even though you point out that such passwords are "not a high security thing". Many thanks for any tips, and kudos again for a great video!
You can change to a local account at any time - just check the account section in settings. Also, there’s no right/wrong here. You can make your own choice. I’m going to do a separate video soon so people can make an informed choice about what kind of user account to use. :D
@@juncrow2007 Familiarity is key... Just use the one you normally use. :) I tend to use Edge because every PC will have that regardless of which browser the customer usually uses. Also, if Edge is working then that helps with the diagnosis of problems that customers report when using the Web. i.e. is it their browser, Windows or something external. :)
Yes.... The McAfee 'paid for year' is notional and not included in the price of the laptop. McAfee might even pay Lenovo, etc to preinstall thier AV software anyway... they hope you'll carry on using it and start paying once that expires. Which quite a lot of people do...
LoL To be honest, I was a little worried... but if it had b0rked then this video wouldn't exist. It's actually helpful for people who are buying a laptop for the first time... so I left it unedited. :)
Thank you so much! I used it for a Lenovo AIO. If I ever come back to the Ideapad then I'll revisit this video. I had no idea there were so many settings.
Word isn't activated unless you buy a licence... either a retail key or via Office 365. It's preinstalled... so if you sign in with a Microsoft Account that has Office associated with it then it'll set itself up for you. :)
For people with very limited pc knowledge like me, it's no use just saying WHAT you do if you don't TELL what it is or does what you're doing. We (I) still don't have a clue WHY you're doing those things and therefore can NOT know what the possible consequenses will be and if WE would want to do those settings or not.
Trust me. This is also meant for people with little knowledge. I don’t have a detailed understanding of how aircraft work or how to fix and fly them. But I trust the pilot and ground crew to take off and land safely. How much detail do you want anyway? Simple fact is that if you follow the video your new PC will work faster. I do these tweaks on ALL the Windows computers I see. And most actually date back as far as Windows XP.
@@sterntechdaddy Sorry, but I don't randombly trust strangers who tell me to do things without explaining exatly why and what it DOES, so I can at least make my own (informed) decissions.
K. I'm not forcing you to follow the video. It's also unclear as to how much explaining you would actually need anyway. Just read the other comments because literally thousands of other people have done this and I do this to EVERY computer I handle directly - either new or as part of a repair/upgrade. Most of the tweaks actually date back to Windows XP - so I've tweaks *thousands* of computers this way over the last 20 years. It simply boils down to turning things off anyway - so I'm not really sure how that needs explanation. So follow it if you want a faster computer. Or don't. 🤷♂️
Excellent video, extremely well explained and easy to follow. I will be using the 'Windows 11 version' for my new laptop, which I see is available on Nic Bunting's RU-vid page. Hello Nic, a quick question: in Power Options, Advanced settings, the 'Power buttons and lid' option on my laptop does not seem to exist, so having the very useful transporting with lid closed and not going to sleep mode doesn't seem to be available. Can this be 'fixed'? Thanks once again for a really well explained tutorial. Excellent.
It can be fixed… try this… www.tenforums.com/tutorials/107865-add-remove-lid-close-action-power-options-windows.html 🙂 It’s there with the vanilla version of Windows supplied by Microsoft and their Media Creation Tool, but some OEMs have customised power management which means it might not be there.
It’s pretty much the same for all new computers... the differences between manufacturers are in what they install additionally to what comes with Windows. Lenovo, to their credit, have dramatically reduced the amount of bloatware that’s installed in their machines, so pretty much everything in this video will apply to every new computer. :)
Thanks a lot Nic for doing this video that really helped although I had to pause it quite a lot and Wiz back you were pretty fast for me but all good. I was wondering which security you do recommend to get? I know there are plenty of free ones I've recently bought a Dell.
Help! I bought my grandson a New HP laptop. He decided he didn’t want it after he put in his name, pw and background pic. My son, his father disconnected my grandsons name n pw. He had pitched the box and instructions and simply handed it back to me. I just opened it and was lost. I deleted his back ground pic n user name and scanned over keyboard trying to become familiar with keyboard. It ask me to hook up to my Wifi but then said don’t turn computer off and now I’m sitting as I’ve been waiting forever for updates % to complete. It’s only 24% now. I chose background color n size of font but now I’m lost …I’m staring at a light blue screen telling me not to turn pc off. Forgive me! I don’t even know how I turned it in esp even knowing what to do. I have a Smart Phone which I utilize daily. I have never used a laptop. I’m so sorry. I’m lost now. I want to locate settings n personalize it. So just opening n closing turns it off n on? You will be nuts after assisting me. I’m so grateful for your kindness patience n guidance.
If you left it running then it’ll probably be OK. Not sure why someone would reject such a lovely present. But it’s not unusual for the first start updates to take a while.
I've set up more laptops and tweaked them (most for friends) than I've had hot dinners and it made my day when you said you didn't like trackpads and plugged in your mouse. :-) All so much easier and quicker with a mouse. I have a 17" UHD+ (3840 x 2400) touch screen laptop on which I've never used the track pad and also never touched the screen; too lovely a display to have fingerprints all over it......(think I need to get out more)......Think I could have powered up the Battlestar Galactica before yours booted up. :-)
It did take a long time! To be honest I was about to stop recording to get an RMA sorted, and don't worry... you're perfectly normal. I've never had a customer ever use a touch screen on any of the hundreds of devices I've seen over the years. And if they did, then it was only for the few minutes it took for them to realise the grubby finger marks are a proper problem. :) Touchpads do what they are told - which might not be what the person thinks they are telling it to do and that's the main reason people hate touchpads This is because that they are NEVER calibrated! If a few minutes is spent setting it so that dragging a finger from the bottom left to the top right moves the pointer across the screen from the bottom left to the top right then it works fine. Also, the 'stroking' to get the pointer moving often counts as a 'tap' so disabling 'tap to click' helps some people. And acceleration needs a bit of experience to handle - so turning that off makes life easier too. :) Personally, you wouldn't get in a new car and just drive off. There's a good chance you might crash... You take a bit of time adjusting the mirrors, getting to know where the indicators are and moving the seat about. Same thing for touchpads - except its frustration rather than crashing that happens. :) I plug a mouse in because I can't stop to calibrate every touchpad, and if I did it might mess up the settings the owner is used to - even if they are 'wrong'. I also don't own a laptop myself - so only ever use touchpads when dealing with a customer. It's amazing how much people adjust themselves to the thing they are interacting with - when in this case that thing can adjust to them instead.
Do you need any drivers to install .Becuse I just bought one completed your steps,but do you need drivers or its ok?. Edit:Btw Thanks for the tutorial was so helpful .keep it going 👍
Generally... if its not broken you don't try and fix it. Check Device Manager and see if there are any unidentified devices - if there are you'll need to grab the drivers. If there aren't you won't - apart from audio and possibly graphics. For the laptop in the video Windows found everything, but you will always need to install the audio drivers - Windows will detect that as generic HD audio so that will need updating for better audio controls. You update the display drivers if you plan on doing more than general word processing and Web browsing - otherwise Windows will install ones that will work. Other videos about this aren't helpful because they just say 'now install drivers' without being specific... because the want to appeal to as many people as possible. which confuses people and isn't necessary because Windows 10 is actually pretty god at spotting hardware now. :)
Glad it helped... I didn't include S Mode because its pretty rare. For other readers, it just stops Windows from installing anything that doesn't come from the Microsoft Store and can be disabled using the info here: support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq-851057d6-1ee9-b9e5-c30b-93baebeebc85 I've only ever seen it on two laptops.... which is a tiny percentage of all the Windows computers I've seen, and you have to have a PC with Windows S Mode on to turn it off. Which only happens on a new device... so a bit of a problem when it comes to including it in a video. :)
It's really a great help since my new laptop will come next week and i'm literally clueless that's why i searched and see this so ya thank you! Mabuhay ka!LOL💛💛💛
@@sterntechdaddy hi nick I've got my dell 2 in 1 laptop arriving this morning I will do everything in the video shown hope it will be all fine is there anything I shouldn't ? .
Thanks! Hope it hlps you make the best of your new laptop. Or even an old one - the tips in the end section also work for old laptops - and desktops too!
Thanks! There’s no need for a specific desktop version - apart from a laptop always having Wi-Fi and desktop usually needing a LAN cable there’s actually no difference - the initial setup of Windows 10 will be the same. OEM preinstalled software will vary. Lenovo don’t preinstall much compared to others.
It'll depend upon where you get it from, but the tips in this video will normally apply to every PC you can buy from major companies that make them. :)
Very good and interesting to watch but I have never used a PC so much of what you showed us went way above my head .Is there any way I can get a spoon fed video or course that would help. I am retired but one of the comments came from an 87 year old lady, she said it was so easy to follow made me feel quite inadequate.
There are four main areas... 1. Using a PC more efficiently - generally applicable aspects of using Windows. 2. Hardware troubleshooting and repairs. 3. How to assemble a PC. 4. The terms and language used when talking about computers. Which aspect are you interested in finding out about? :)
Yes, definitely! The setting I alter are all standard Windows settings - so apply to anything running Windows 10 regardless of the brand. The laptop in the video is a Lenovo, which to their credit has the least amount of bloat pre-installed, but nothing I tweaked is unique to any particular brand.
@@kingmohammadthe6st159 You'll definitely notice an improvement in the responsiveness of Windows! Lenovo, to their credit, are really good at not putting on very much bloatware, but other manufacturers will install stuff that I can't really discuss. If there is AV pre-installed the remove it, for one example, and HP have a whole load of programs that you can safely remove too.
IF you skip the 'CONNECT TO YOUR NETWORK' step you will not be asked to setup a MS account. HORAH! @ the 'CREATE a PASSWORD' prompt, just hit NEXT. You may have to click it a time or 2 before the installer will blow on by to the next step. NOW, you wont have to enter your pswd every bootup. Unless of course you like that sort of thing. !
See 6:14 - this is what I do in the video. You can still use a Microsoft Account to sign into Edge and/or OneDrive after the Desktop appears though. But not having a password on a local account means that updating is much easier as it doesn't stall after a reboot. :)
Thank you so much for this video, it was. BIG help. But... In some places you go so fast... And I'm not very computer savvy so it was hard.. but thanks !! I'll watch again till I get it!
They mainly focus on making Windows more responsive, but some of the tweaks reduce background tasks which might impact gaming. But quantifying that in terms of frame rates would be largely an academic issue and I wouldn’t expect the difference to be detectable by the player. Having said that... Removing AV can make a noticeable difference depending upon what comes preinstalled.
Thank you for uploading this video good Sir. Apologies if this question has already been addressed in the comments, but at what point would you suggest that a recovery drive should be created? Kind regards.
I wouldn’t bother with a recovery drive… it’s not needed if you’ve confidently got all your important data backed up. Which just means having a copy of it in more than one place. If the worst happens - usually the hard drive breaking - then you’ll be reinstalling Windows and your programs anyway. Then you just copy your data from the back up and it’s sorted out. People tend to forget browser faves and passwords, but these can all be saved. Just just have to remember to do it before something bad happens. ;)
Hi Nic thank you very much for the nice detailed informative video. I recently bought Lenovo T15 windows10 laptop and your video was very useful to do the initial settings. I have few queries as the setting options are slightly different from what you have shown. In the power option ~advanced settings this laptop showing only desktop background sleep display and battery. In control panel power option there are menu showing choose what power button do and inside it is showing Options 1 when I press the power button when I close the lid these 2 already mentioned in yr video but one more option When I press sleep button - pls guide what to select. Can we select hybrid for both plugged in and battery? Another doubt is there is shutdown setting under this which shows settings like turn on fast startup recommended: Sleep (show in power menu);lock (shown in account picture menu) which are all ticked by default when we press “change settings currently unavailable “ and Hibernate (show in power menu) is untucked Pls guide us what to do with this. Also pls advise whether window defender to be installed or not as I see from yr video it is not but just want to confirm. Thank you very much once again.
Don't worry. These settings aren't crucial - I like to remove 'Sleep' from the Start button menu so I don't accidentally click it when I want to power off! It's going to be a more useful thing for laptops rather than desktops too. So if you're likely to be using it and then have to move locations, 'Sleep' will let you leave applications open for you to resume using later. The settings are universal but don't always apply - desktops don't generally have a 'Sleep' button, but laptops often have one of the function keys assigned - it's probably got 'Zz' on it. The main reason sleep and hibernation are used by default is that a PC will boot faster than it would when doing a full shutdown/turn on. This is mainly dues to the legacy speeds of mechanical hard drives. The sustained read/write when dumping the RAM to hard drive is going to be faster than the stop/start read/write when cold booting. This has changed now though... if you have an SSD then the boot speed is actually going to be really fast anyway - so you can save some drive space and maintain a cleaner system by disabling the hibernation features completely. The second reason is that laptops are often on battery power - so they need to do something when the battery starts to run out. Sleep is easier because it doesn't require programs to close - which will bring up all sorts of prompts about saving, etc. Open the admin power shell and type this: powercfg.exe /h off Then see how the laptop behaves. Remember that being able to Sleep is a pretty handy feature for laptops - desktops not so much because they are always on mains power. You can revert back by typing the same command with on instead of off. :) That command turns of Fast Start because Fast Start uses hibernation features - so try it and see if you notice anything that irritates you. If you do then switch back.
