Need suggestions about Predator helios neo 16

Jaif_Ahmed

How can I properly take care of my Predator helios neo 16?

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/690028/need-suggestions-about-predator-helios-neo-16

This is for any Windows system, for a gaming laptop there are additional guidelines on this community like this:

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/612495/windows-10-11-optimization-guide-for-gaming

Uninstall Bloatware, McAfee/Norton, Office365 Trial, Adobe Trial, Mozilla/Firefox and Opera browsers. Check the Task Scheduler and Services as even after uninstalling there will be remnants left that try to reinstall and update. Don't use 3rd party "Cleaners" as these introduce other issues. Don't use Acer Care Center (disable all options) or uninstall ACC, you don't need this. Download some useful freeware to check your RAM speed and SSD condition like, MaxxMem2 and HWINFO, if you want to upgrade you will need CPU-Z.

Check for Windows updates, if you have W11 Home you should have version 22H2 build 22621.2134 if not update.

Check Event Viewer daily and try to understand recurring issues like critical errors, ignore warnings. Also check Reliability History, problem reports for kernel issues and crashes.

Run Storage Sense and click on the Temp bin at the bottom, that may find GBs of redundant update files that you should delete.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/690028/need-suggestions-about-predator-helios-neo-16

There is the gaming/hardware aspect and Windows system maintenance. For Gaming and hardware I refer to this guide

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/612495/windows-10-11-optimization-guide-for-gaming

For Windows system maintenance I recommend this:

Make a Windows Recovery USB flash drive and Backup at least your boot drive to a USB Backup drive after each monthly Windows Update. If you have Windows11 Home installed check the version (Windows key + R, type Winver) that should be 22H2 build 22621.2134 if not check for updates frequently till you are UpToDate. Check if the Shadow Copy is running (VSS) to restore your system in case of issues.

You can set it at any size depending on the free space boot drive. 20GB is sufficient. It will at regular intervals save a copy of your registry, drivers and services. Delete all restore points if you see the usage reaches >70% or 14GB and create a new restore point or increase the size.

Next is uninstalling all bloatware and trial programs by MS, Adobe, 3rd party browsers and programs you don't need. Don't use the battery limiter and update features in ACC as that interferes with Windows ACPI protocol and updater WAU.

Dowload MaxxMem2 to check the speed of Reading Writing and Copying (freeware) and also HWINFO to check the drives and PCIe slots. If you plan to upgrade RAM you need CPU-Z.

Get rid of junk files and empty caches after each update: run Storage Sense and after the scan click on the Temp bin icon at the bottom to scan old Windows Update records, purge all those (can be 100s of GB like OldDos).

Run Event Viewer daily and check why critical errors are showing on a regular basis by Googling the error description and event ID. You can ignore Event warnings and obvious errors like when the internet went down, or a program hung. Also check Reliability History Problem Reports especially after crashing or BSOD as that will tell you the source (Kernel or an adapter) these reports are automatically sent to MS and will be followed up.