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Windows versions speed test

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Duke
Post subject: Windows versions speed test
+ Posted: 08 Jan 2026, 20:47
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Windows XP vs Vista vs 7 vs 8.1 vs 10 vs 11 Speed Test. A speed test of every generation of Windows, the six major Microsoft operating systems since 2001.
And the loser is:
https://www.techspot.com/news/110817-windows-11-performs-worse-than-older-windows-versions.html

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VZJO-hOT4c


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The-10-Pen
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+ Posted: 08 Jan 2026, 21:36
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Cool!
"Default config" setups have always been TERRIBLE.
I once had a tweaked-out XP host that would launch a tweaked-out Win10 VM at startup.
The host-tweaked-XP *PLUS* the guest-tweaked-10 VM would load, on same exact hardware, FASTER than "default config" 10 would load by itself.

There are some INTENTIONAL startup delays built into default-config 10 (actually in everything higher than and including 8).
I have to assume the delay was designed-in for a "reason". We call things like that a "race condition" at work.
Shave roughly 5 to 10 seconds on your startup just by this alone.
https://www.eightforums.com/threads/startup-delay-time-reduce-in-windows-8.37373/


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Iffy-chan
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+ Posted: 28 Apr 2026, 14:19
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Is there not a text rundown of the results? I'm not opening YouTube for this.

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Duke
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Iffy-chan wrote: *  28 Apr 2026, 14:19
I'm not opening YouTube for this.
Because of Youtube being Google ? Then use Invidious:
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=7VZJO-hOT4c


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The-10-Pen
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Duke wrote: *  28 Apr 2026, 16:47
Because of Youtube being Google ?
Possible, some folks are like that ("to each their own").
But I suspect it's because the user is on XP or 7 and is limited to POS browser speeds "on a good day", let alone on a heavy site like YouTube.

(edit: his profile says he runs XP x64 - so he really is limited to POS browser speeds, but I don't think he has ever revealed his browser)


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Duke
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The-10-Pen wrote: *  28 Apr 2026, 16:51
a heavy site like YouTube.
That's why it's a good idea to use one of the Invidious mirrors, they call them "instances":
https://docs.invidious.io/instances/

Invidious delivers Youtube videos without the Google crap:
https://invidious.io


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The-10-Pen
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I'm aware of what Invidious is.
Most of the time, and the very ***FEW*** times that I have to YouTube, I JUST USE THE YOUTUBE SITE but with a **TON** of userstyles and userscripts.
I all but re-write the entire d@mn web site "to my liking".

I do use the below. Just tap the Escape key when a YouTube video is playing and it redirects to an Invidious instance.
More often than not though, the video just plays ***BETTER*** just sticking with REAL YOUTUBE (plus userstyles and userscripts).
// ==UserScript==
// @name - YouTube 00 - Invidious Redirect
// @version 1.2.1
// @include http://www.youtube.com/*
// @include https://www.youtube.com/*
// @run-at document-start
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
  if (event.key === 'Escape') {
    var a = 0;
    setInterval(function () {
      if (a === 0 && window.location.href.indexOf('watch?') > -1 && window.location.href.indexOf('list=WL') < 0) {
        a = '//inv.nadeko.net/watch?' + window.parent.location.href.split('?')[1] + '&quality=dash&quality_dash=best';
        window.location.replace(a);
      }
    }, 10);
  }
});


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