17 Computer Tips You'll WISH You Knew Sooner
Summary
TLDRThe video script offers a wealth of computer tips aimed at enhancing user experience and efficiency. It begins with a clever trick to prioritize files in alphabetical lists by using special characters like exclamation marks. The script then delves into organizing files by date in the Windows download folder and introduces the expanded context menu accessible via shift-right-click. Additional tips include using online manuals instead of physical ones, preventing Windows from powering down USB devices, and utilizing the terminal app for administrative tasks. The script also covers extracting text from images, accessing the BIOS menu with a shortcut, and employing keyboard shortcuts for efficiency. It highlights the Quick Assist tool for remote computer assistance, emphasizes the importance of waiting before restarting devices, and discusses enabling long file paths in Windows. The video also touches on discovering hidden launch parameters in programs and increasing the log size for the Windows Event Viewer. Lastly, it suggests setting the User Account Control to the strictest level for added security. The script is sponsored by DeleteMe, a service that helps remove personal information from data brokers, and encourages viewers to subscribe for more informative content.
Takeaways
- 📌 Adding an exclamation mark to file names makes them appear at the top of alphabetical lists in Windows.
- 📁 In the Windows download folder, using 'Group By' and sorting by 'Date Modified' or 'Date Created' organizes files more effectively.
- ✅ Shift-right-clicking on items in Windows 10 or 11 brings up an expanded context menu with additional options.
- 🔒 DeleteMe is a data privacy service that helps remove personal information from data broker websites.
- 📚 Digitizing physical user manuals by saving them as PDFs on your computer simplifies access and searchability.
- 🔌 Disabling 'Allow Windows to turn off this device when it's not being used' in Device Manager can prevent issues with USB devices turning off unexpectedly.
- 💻 Using the Windows Terminal app allows for easier command-line operations and can be set to open in admin mode by default.
- 🖼️ Microsoft's Power Toys suite and the built-in snipping tool in Windows can extract text from images.
- 🛠️ Creating a shortcut with a specific command in Windows can restart your computer and boot directly into the BIOS menu.
- ⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts like 'Ctrl + Backspace' and 'Ctrl + Delete' delete entire words, while 'Alt + Escape' sends the active window to the back.
- 🔄 Turning off and waiting a minute before turning a device back on can help reset capacitors and inductors, potentially fixing issues.
- 📑 Increasing the log size in Windows Event Viewer can store more log data before it gets overwritten, which is useful for troubleshooting.
- 🛡️ Setting User Account Control to the strictest level adds an extra layer of security by prompting for confirmation whenever an administrator action is taken.
Q & A
How can adding an exclamation mark to the beginning of a file name affect its sorting in an alphabetical list?
-Adding an exclamation mark to the beginning of a file name causes it to appear at the top of any alphabetical list due to the sorting mechanism treating special characters before letters.
What is the purpose of grouping files by 'Date Modified' or 'Date Created' in the Windows download folder?
-Grouping files by 'Date Modified' or 'Date Created' helps users to easily locate and organize files based on when they were last altered or initially made, which can be particularly useful when managing multiple downloads.
How does the Windows Expanded Context Menu provide additional options compared to the standard context menu?
-The Windows Expanded Context Menu, accessed by shift-right-clicking, can reveal extra options that are not visible in the standard context menu, depending on what is being clicked on, offering more functionality and customization.
What is the benefit of scanning physical product manuals into PDF format?
-Scanning physical product manuals into PDF format allows for easier digital storage, searchability, and access, reducing the need for physical space and the hassle of searching through paper copies.
Why might Windows power down USB powered devices when they are idle, and how can this setting be managed?
-Windows may power down USB powered devices to conserve energy when they are idle. This setting can be managed through the Device Manager by unchecking the 'Allow Windows to turn this off when it's not being used' option to prevent unwanted device powering down.
What is the advantage of using the 'Open in Terminal' option in Windows?
-The 'Open in Terminal' option allows users to quickly open a terminal window with the directory path of the item they right-clicked on already set, saving time and effort compared to manually typing in the path.
How can Microsoft's Power Toys suite assist with extracting text from images?
-The Power Toys suite includes a Text Extractor tool that can recognize and extract text from images, which can then be copied to the clipboard for easy use elsewhere.
What is the significance of knowing the BIOS key for a computer, and how can one streamline the process of accessing it?
-The BIOS key allows users to access the computer's BIOS settings, which is crucial for system configuration and troubleshooting. A shortcut can be created in Windows to automatically restart the computer and go directly into the BIOS, bypassing the need to manually press the key at boot time.
What keyboard shortcuts are mentioned in the script for efficient text deletion and window management?
-The script mentions 'Ctrl + Backspace' and 'Ctrl + Delete' for deleting entire words, and 'Alt + Escape' for sending a window to the back behind other open windows.
What is the Quick Assist tool in Windows and how does it facilitate remote computer assistance?
-The Quick Assist tool in Windows allows one user to remotely connect to another's computer to provide or receive help. It uses a one-time code for secure and temporary access, offering a straightforward and potentially safer alternative to other remote desktop software.
Why is it recommended to wait for about 30 seconds to a minute before turning a device back on after shutting it down?
-Waiting before turning a device back on allows for capacitors and inductors to fully discharge, potentially resetting memory chips holding information that could be causing issues, ensuring a more complete reset at the physical level.
How can one increase the maximum file path length in Windows beyond the default limit?
-For Windows Pro, one can enable long paths through the Group Policy Editor. For Windows Home, a PowerShell command provided by Microsoft can be run as an administrator to increase the path length limit.
Outlines
📌 File Organization Tips
The paragraph introduces various computer tips, particularly for Windows, that can enhance user experience. It emphasizes the use of an exclamation mark to prioritize files in alphabetical listings and suggests using ASCII characters for further customization. It also touches on grouping files by date in the Windows download folder and the importance of distinguishing between 'Date Modified' and 'Date Created' for better file management.
🔄 Windows Context Menu and Data Privacy
This section discusses the Windows Expanded Context Menu accessible via shift-right-click and its additional options like 'Open PowerShell Window here'. It also mentions a registry edit for Windows 11 to revert to the old context menu style. Additionally, the paragraph promotes DeleteMe, a data privacy service that helps remove personal information from data broker websites, offering a promo code for viewers.
📚 Digitizing Manuals and Power Management
The speaker shares a personal tip about digitizing physical user manuals to save space and simplify access. They also discuss a common issue with Windows powering down USB devices set to idle and provide a solution in the form of a PowerShell script to prevent this behavior, which can be reset after major Windows updates.
🖥️ Terminal App and BIOS Access
The paragraph covers the convenience of the 'Open in Terminal' option in Windows and how to set the Terminal Preview app to open in admin mode by default. It also explains how to create a shortcut to directly access the BIOS menu upon computer restart, bypassing the need to press keys during boot-up.
🔍 Extracting Text from Images and Keyboard Shortcuts
The speaker introduces methods for extracting text from images using Microsoft's Power Toys suite and the built-in snipping tool in Windows. They also share keyboard shortcuts for deleting entire words and sending windows to the back, as well as a common method to zoom in programs by scrolling with the Ctrl key held down.
🛠️ Quick Assist and Power Cycling Devices
The Quick Assist tool in Windows is highlighted for easy remote connection to another computer. The paragraph also suggests waiting a minute before power cycling devices to ensure a complete reset, which can help resolve issues caused by residual energy in capacitors or inductors.
🔗 Long File Paths and Hidden Launch Parameters
The limitation of Windows' maximum file path length is discussed, along with methods to extend this limit using Group Policy Editor or a PowerShell command. The paragraph also explores finding hidden launch parameters in programs by using command prompts and suggests using '/help' or '/?' to reveal undocumented options.
📈 Event Viewer Log Size and User Account Control
The speaker recommends increasing the log size for the Windows Event Viewer log for more comprehensive error tracking. They also explain how to set the User Account Control to its strictest setting as an additional security measure, which prompts confirmation before running programs with admin privileges.
📝 Conclusion and Viewer Engagement
The video concludes with an invitation for viewers to share their computer tips, a thank you to the sponsor DeleteMe, and an encouragement to subscribe for more video content. The speaker also recommends another video about the most useless Windows folder for continued viewing.
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Keywords
💡Computer Tips
💡Windows
💡File Organization
💡ASCII Characters
💡Context Menu
💡PowerShell Script
💡USB Power Management
💡Data Privacy
💡Keyboard Shortcuts
💡Event Viewer
💡User Account Control (UAC)
Highlights
Adding an exclamation mark to file names can make them appear at the top of alphabetical lists.
Using different ASCII characters can customize the order of items in a list.
Grouping files by 'Date Modified' or 'Date Created' in the Windows download folder can help organize files better.
Shift-right-clicking on items in Windows can bring up an expanded context menu with additional options.
DeleteMe is a data privacy service that helps remove personal information from data broker websites.
Scanning physical manuals into PDFs and storing them digitally can declutter and provide easier access.
Disabling 'Allow Windows to turn this off when it's not being used' in Device Manager can prevent issues with USB devices.
Using the 'Open in Terminal' option simplifies the process of opening a command prompt in a specific directory.
Microsoft's Power Toys suite includes a Text Extractor tool for extracting text from images.
Creating a shortcut with a specific command can restart a computer and boot directly into the BIOS.
Keyboard shortcuts like 'Ctrl + Backspace' and 'Ctrl + Delete' can delete entire words quickly.
Using 'Alt + Escape' sends the active window to the back of all open windows.
Zooming in many programs can be achieved by pressing 'Ctrl' and scrolling up or down.
Quick Assist is a built-in Windows tool that allows for easy remote connection to another computer.
Waiting 30 seconds to a minute before turning a device back on can help reset capacitors and inductors, potentially fixing issues.
Enabling Windows long file paths can expand the maximum file path length from 260 characters to effectively unlimited.
Using command line to run programs can reveal hidden launch parameters that change program behavior.
Increasing the log size for Windows Event Viewer logs can help retain more data before logs are overwritten.
Setting User Account Control to the strictest level adds an extra layer of security by prompting for confirmation when running as an administrator.
Transcripts
I'm about to make your life a lot easier in ways you didn't know were possible. I've got a bunch
of different computer tips. A lot of them are specific to Windows, just some tips and tricks,
but a lot of them are also general computer tips that you might not have realized were a thing. And
I think for a lot of these, you probably have not seen anyone mention them before, so they should be
new for most of you. Starting off with number one, this is one I use sometimes, and that is to add an
exclamation mark to the front of file names or any other item name in a program where you want it to
show up at the top of any alphabetical list. So for example, maybe you have a bunch of documents
you want to list alphabetically in a folder, but you want a couple of them to be at the top,
kind of like favorites. What you can do is simply add an exclamation mark to the front of it and it
should show up first. And then you can use different ASCII characters like the @ sign,
a period, and a lot of times those will have a specific order too, so you can customize it
a little bit more. This is also useful in programs that might not let you customize
beyond alphabetical, but you want certain ones to show up. For example, this is kind of random,
but in the color management settings in Windows, I have some custom color profiles, and the only
way to sort these is alphabetically, and it shows all the built-in ones along with the custom ones,
but I always want to get to the custom ones, so I put an exclamation mark in front of it, and then
they're at least all grouped at the bottom. It's in reverse alphabetical, but still, it makes it
easier. Next up, number two is another tip that I've used forever, and that is in the Windows
download folder, if it's not already set like this, right-click and hit Group By, and then Date
Modified. Or you could also do Date Created, which I'll explain in a second, and if that doesn't show
up, you can go to More, and then find it in the list and enable it. It's pretty easy to see what
this does. It basically groups together files that were downloaded today, or yesterday, or more than
a few days ago. And this is useful to me because a lot of times, you are only caring about the most
recently downloaded files if you're downloading something. But where it comes in handy is, say
you're downloading a bunch of files all at once, and you want to find one of them alphabetically,
or just have it better organized, then you'll still be able to sort them alphabetically,
but again, they'll be grouped with only the most recent ones together, and then the older ones will
also be alphabetical, but separate. And then the other property that might be useful is the
Date Created, whether you sort by or group by, and it's different from Date Modified because, well,
it's the date the file was actually created on the file system. And this is self-explanatory why this
might be useful. A lot of times, you might need to make maybe a tiny change to a file, and then that
kind of jumps it to a whole different part of the Date Modified list, which is usually what people
use, but you do want to sort by when you actually downloaded the file, or something like that. So
just knowing about that, even if you just add it as a column, is pretty useful. Alright next up,
number three, we have the Windows Expanded Context Menu. You probably know in Windows 10,
if you right-click something, or in Windows 11, if you right-click and go to More Options,
it brings up this style of context menu. But if you shift-right-click something, whether in either
Windows 10 or 11, it'll bring up an expanded version of this context menu, and it'll show
sometimes extra stuff, depending on what you're clicking on. For example, if I shift-click on a
folder, here's a few options that weren't there before for "Open PowerShell Window here", "Open
Linux Shell here", and "Open in New Process". For files, it's going to depend on the file type. For
example, on an EXE, you can see this extra option here for "Run as Different User." So if you deal
with a lot of a certain file type in Windows, it might be worth it to try shift-right-clicking it,
and seeing if there's any options that you might find useful in the future, and then you can use
it. Now, as a quick extra bonus tip, you can actually, in Windows 11, make it so it always
uses the old context menu. You can change it via a registry edit. I'll actually put a link
to a HowToGeek.com article. They explain it in a lot more detail. They have like a registry file,
you can just download and run it if you want to do that, which is like what I did. Now, one extra
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let's continue. Alright on to number four. This is more of a general computer life tip, I guess. And
that is if you were like me who had a big stack or file cabinet full of physical user manuals
for different products you've bought over the years, and you just keep the manual around just in
case... Well what I started doing is to actually either, one, if you can find it online, find the
online version of all the product manuals, or if you can't, actually scan them into a PDF and then
save them all into one folder on your computer and throw out all the physical manuals. This
has often made my life a lot easier. For example, if I want to look up the product manual, I don't
have to dig through a bunch of piles of physical ones. I can simply search for it in that folder.
I'll put the product name, maybe even the model number in the file name and just search for it.
And it's a lot easier than searching physically. And on top of that, if you download the digital
version or use optical character recognition on the ones you scan, you can often just search
through the PDF for the term you're looking for. If you're looking for a specific problem to fix,
instead of having to literally flip through the pages of the physical one and have to look in the
table of contents to see if it even talks about the problem you want to deal with, it's a lot
easier. And of course it saves a lot of space. Alright next up, number five is a way to address
an occasional issue I've come across in Windows, which is that by default, usually enabled in the
Device Manager settings, is that Windows may power down USB powered devices if it's considered idle.
For example, if you go in the device manager in Windows and right click a USB device and then go
to Properties and then the Power Management tab, a lot of times you'll see this option for "Allow
Windows to turn this off when it's not being used". And in the past, this has caused issues
with devices not working properly when I think it should. And I actually created a PowerShell script
that automatically goes through all of these and unchecks that box basically. But another important
thing to note about this is, I believe, at least in the past, when you did a major Windows update,
maybe even not a major one, it would actually reset this setting in all the devices, which is
part of the reason I did the script, just so I wouldn't have to manually go through them every
time. So if you do end up running the script, maybe every once in a while, go check to make sure
that it's still disabled and Windows didn't reset it. And then you can just use the script again.
I'll put the link in the description where you can go on GitHub and just download it. And then
you can run it by opening PowerShell. I believe it has to be as an admin. You can use the command CD
to change directory to wherever you have that file. And then because PowerShell is weird,
you have to run the script by doing a period and then a backslash and then the name of the script,
and then it should run. You might also need to run this command first, which will temporarily remove
a restriction for Windows to block PowerShell scripts. Just make sure you include the "-Scope
Process" one. That makes sure that it will go back to the normal security setting after you close the
window. I've seen a lot of tutorials that talk about PowerShell scripts that don't include that,
and then you kind of leave your computer open afterwards. So definitely include that. Okay,
I believe we're up to number six, and this one has to do with the terminal app in Windows,
which is basically a more feature-rich version of the command prompt. It's like the new version
of that. Anyway, usually when you right click something, I don't know if this depends on how you
have Windows set up, but you should usually see an "Open in Terminal" option, and that will simply
open the terminal with the path that you right clicked in preset. So it makes it a lot easier
than having to type in the path manually. But what you can also do, if you need to run a terminal in
admin mode, what you can do is actually go into the Microsoft GitHub page for the preview version
of the Terminal and install that alongside the regular version, and then actually set that one
to automatically go into the admin mode. So you can right click in a folder and basically choose
whether you want to run it as normal or admin. And the way you do that is open the Terminal Preview
app and then go into the settings and then look at whatever the default profile is. In my case, I
set it to command prompt. So I go into that on the left side, and then you simply toggle the setting
on that says "Run this profile as Administrator". And then also make sure the option to start in
parent directory is checked. That makes sure that it starts in that path that you right clicked
from. And now you can easily open a terminal anywhere, either as regular user or admin, in
just two clicks. Up next, number seven is a couple ways to easily extract text from an image. One way
is to use Microsoft's Power Toys suite of tools. This is published by Microsoft. You can actually
get this from the Microsoft store, download from there. And I'm not going to get into all the
different tools in this, I've made videos about this. But specifically the one I'm looking for
is the Text Extractor, you can toggle that one on. And then you can either use the shortcut, which I
always forget, or you can click on the little icon in the system tray and it'll bring up a menu of a
bunch of different tools you have enabled. You can simply click on Text Extractor. It will bring up
a cursor, you select what you want to extract the text from in the image, and it'll try to interpret
it, and then you can paste it from the clipboard. Alternatively, the latest version of the snipping
tool built into Windows also does text extraction. If you take a screenshot, highlight an area,
you'll see this little box icon show up and you can click that. It'll analyze and find text and
you can select some of it or all of it, and it'll copy to the clipboard. And that might be useful
because one might be more accurate than another in some cases, you can try both. Okay, onto number
eight is an easy way to get to the BIOS menu on your computer. You probably know that there's
a BIOS key you can usually press, either the delete key or the F2 key or something like that,
when the computer boots up and then it'll bring you to the BIOS screen. But doing that, a lot of
times that just ends up with you pressing the key a whole bunch of times, booting up the computer,
hoping that you time it right. Or sometimes you might not even know what the key is in the first
place, but you can actually create a shortcut in Windows to automatically restart the computer and
go directly into the BIOS without having to hit any key. And the way you do that is to
create a shortcut. So right-click, create shortcut anywhere. And then in the target box, you're going
to type in this command, "cmd.exe /k shutdown /r/ fw /t 1 . And I can break down what these all do.
The cmd.exe /k, that just means we're going to be running this command through the command prompt
and the /k makes it so the command prompt Windows stays open after it runs, so you can see what it's
doing. The shutdown /r is the command to restart the computer. That's what the /r does and the /fw,
this is actually the key here. This stands for firmware and that's the one that makes it
restart to the BIOS. /t, that stands for time, and that's just the number of seconds to delay before
restarting. I just set it to one, so it's not necessarily instant, but that one doesn't really
matter. And then all you have to do is simply double-click on that shortcut, make sure you want
to actually restart the computer if you do, and it will boot directly to the BIOS settings. Alright,
now the next three tips are really quick. These are just some keyboard shortcuts that
are probably good to know. And for number nine, I'm going to actually group two together. You
have the "Ctrl + Backspace" and "Ctrl + Delete" shortcuts. And this simply allows you to delete an
entire word instead of just pressing the backspace character by character. And the difference between
backspace and delete key, is the backspace goes to the left and the delete key deletes anything
to the right, but it's still word by word instead of character by character. Next, number 10 is a
quick cool one. And that is if you have a window open, if you press Alt + Escape, it will simply
send that window to the back behind any other open windows. And for number 11, this is one
that a lot of people see as common knowledge, but you might not. And that is in many many programs,
you can zoom in by pressing Ctrl and then scrolling up and down. And this is, for example,
in Google Chrome, but also a lot of other programs too. Okay, we're up to number 12. And this is a
really cool tool that is built into Windows that most people don't know about. And that
is the Quick Assist tool. And you can just find this by searching it in the start menu. What this
does is makes it really easy to connect remotely to someone's computer if they need help, whether
you're the person that needs the help or giving the help. I'm not going to get too far into this
in detail. I made another video where I did, but the basics of it is you simply use a code that you
give the other person, and then they're able to connect to your computer and do a bunch of stuff,
and you can watch what they're doing. And it makes it a lot easier than maybe having to describe
something over the phone that you're trying to fix. And I'd even say it's a bit safer than other
remote desktop software like TeamViewer because this, every time it's a one-time session, so they
can't keep reconnecting to your computer. And also I think you can like kick them off easier.
So it's a bit safer in my opinion. Alright, now number 13 is another more general computer tip,
but also for a lot of devices. And you probably know that a lot of times if you need to fix
something that's acting weird, simply turning it off and on again fixes it a lot of times,
not just for computers, but a lot of stuff. But another good thing to know, this is the real tip,
is it's often good to not just turn it back on right away, but actually wait like 30 seconds or
up to a minute and then turn it back on. A lot of times you'll see instruction manuals that
may actually say this, and you might've wondered why. And that's basically because in the computer,
you have stuff like capacitors or inductors that stay energized for a little while after the power
is cut from it. And this might be powering memory chips that hold onto a bit of information that
might be causing the issue one way or another, it might just be being weird. And if you turn off the
thing and keep it turned off for long enough, usually about a minute at most, that's just an
extra way to make sure that really everything gets totally reset, even at the physical level.
And sometimes that can help when otherwise just turning it off and on again immediately might
not. Alright, we still got a few more, we're up to number 14, and that is enabling Windows
long file paths. So not a lot of people know about this unless you're like a Windows power user, but
Windows actually has a maximum file path length of 260 characters. I'm not talking about a file name.
I mean that the entire path, including all the folders leading to that file, including the file
name, can only be a maximum of 260 characters. Which means if you use a lot of deep folders,
then you could run into a problem where you can't create a file or rename it to something too long,
you can just run into issues. But you can actually change a setting in Windows that expands this to
like 30,000 characters, so effectively unlimited. There's a couple of ways to do this. One is a bit
easier than the other. If you're on Windows Pro edition, this is a lot easier. You simply go into
the Group Policy Editor and then go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System,
File System. And then on the right, look for "Enable Win32 Long Paths" and change that to
Enabled. If you're on Windows Home Edition, Microsoft has an article, which I'll link to
in the description. And in there, they have a PowerShell command that you can run. So just
look for where it talks about enabling the long paths, look for this command, hit the copy button,
and then open PowerShell by searching in the start menu, running it as Administrator, paste it in and
run it. And that should enable it. Okay, number 15 is a couple of ways to find hidden launch
parameters in certain programs. Everybody already knows that if you double click on an exe file or
shortcut, it will open the program. But another way you can technically do it is to open a command
prompt to that location and then type in the name and run it that way. It does the same thing,
but it's just another way. And the reason you might want to do this is because a lot of times
programs also have launch parameter options, where if you do it through the command line,
you can add these additional options that might change how the program behaves. And these a lot
of times are usually going to be documented in like the help articles or whatever, but
sometimes there are launch parameters that are not documented anywhere necessarily. So what you can
do to find these a lot of times is, maybe go to your favorite program, and then if you type in the
command prompt, the name of the exe, and then add stuff like /help or -help or two dashes and help,
or another common one is "/?" A lot of times this will list out a bunch of the command options and
descriptions of them. And other times even inputting invalid parameters will help. For
example, here's a file from Camtasia, it's a screen recorder. And this particular file, if
you type in -help, it'll specifically say "that's not a valid thing", and then show a window with
all the possible ones. And I don't believe these are listed anywhere. So it's maybe good to know
about if you want to look for hidden parameters, you can try just invalid ones in addition to the
-help. Just be aware that for some programs, it's very possible that it won't show anything if you
type in an invalid parameter. So don't expect this to work all the time, just sometimes. Okay,
got a couple left, and for number 16, it's to increase the log size for the Windows Event
Viewer log. This is more for power users, but if you've ever used the Event Viewer log to look up
error messages and stuff like that, what you can do is go to Windows logs, expand these.
These are probably the most main ones you're going to be looking at. And for each of these,
right click and go to properties and look for the Maximum Log Size option. For some of them,
the default is going to be 20 megabytes, so like 20,000 kilobytes. But I would personally expand
this to like a hundred megabytes or more. It's really not that much space and it allows for
much larger logs and just keeping track of way more stuff before everything gets overwritten
and deleted. Now you might look at this list and scroll all the way down to the bottom and say,
"well look at this, the default, it's already going back like six months. Why do I need it to
be even longer?" But when this might come in handy is if you have some kind of issue that
starts generating a whole bunch of error messages and then it kind of takes up the whole log and
starts overwriting everything else. For example, this security log, I don't even think these are
necessarily errors or problems. It's just, there's a lot of stuff that gets logged here. And you can
see this only goes back a day on the 20 megabytes. Just keep in mind, you do have to do this for each
individual log file. And there are a lot more possible logs that you can look through than
just these. But if you're more advanced user and you're looking through those other ones,
you probably know which ones you want to increase the log size for anyway. And finally, for number
17, this is another simple one in Windows. And that is to change the user account control
to the strictest setting. And you do that by searching User Account Control in the start menu,
clicking that, and then just putting the bar all the way up to the top, and then hit Okay. This is
the thing that pops up a box when you do anything important it says. But if it's at the top,
basically it'll run and double check anytime you run anything as an administrator. Now to be clear,
this is not like a bulletproof virus protection strategy or anything. It can usually be bypassed
by a virus that knows what it's doing, but it's just an extra little layer of security. Or at
the very least, it's a way to simply know when you're going to be running something that wants
admin privileges, just a little bit better to know about, a little bit of extra security. And
so that's it. And also let me know if there's any computer tips that I did not mention that
you think are good to know. And also check down there, someone might've left a comment
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