 desk right now and as you can see it's a little bit on the messy side I really hate seeing wires I hate wires and I really hate seeing wires underneath my desk like this. More than a year ago I released a video on cable management and I really I just hate seeing cables underneath my desk and clutter in general. I like having everything I need within reach without actually seeing any of it. But the problem is that the adhesive folks I use just kept coming off over the years and so I decided to try something which is not only cheaper but infinitely better. But the best part is that no heavy tools are needed. I'm doing cable management to make things neat and that should extend to your virtual desktop as well. Unactivated windows has that ugly watermark you can change wallpaper and the software bugs you all the time to activate. Not neat at all. Before we clean up our cables let's activate windows first. 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Alright but I have two rules when it comes to cable managing one I don't want to drill okay I don't want to drill anything because I really like my wood and I don't like boring holes into it like I hate it so it's very important to me that I don't do any drilling not that I can't do it but because I feel bad for the wood you know respect the wood and number two I don't want to see any wires at all regardless of where I am in the room I just want to see a clean slate and hopefully I also want to get rid of the hassle of having to manage so many cables using so many kinds of adhesive so instead of using maybe like 12 of these adhesive ties or even these velcro straps I can just bring it down to just one long cable thing they only need four things today one a meter long plastic cable organizer I got this off shopping for 170 pesos however I had to buy two due to the minimum order second we need heavy duty double-sided adhesives I got this from True Value third we are going to be using one or two of these adhesive hooks because my monitors grommet arm is preventing me from using another cable organizer but I feel like that because most of the weight of the wires will be supported by the organizer I don't think this hook will fall off anymore fourth and lastly we are going to reuse these cable velcro straps these are super great for the environment and I literally am just going to be using the same ones that I'll be removing the first thing we need to do is clear out the desk so that means getting rid of my monitor my speakers my keyboard my stream deck mouse pad mouse my potted plants a memento for my girlfriend and my blue Yeti it's also important to just unplug all the wires from the computer as well that way we can prevent cables overlapping each other when we begin organizing it is always great to work with a blank canvas I'll take the chance as well to do some cleaning with a damp cloth the next step is to remove the hooks I won't be using and the velcro straps from the wires which I'll be reusing later I tried removing the leftover adhesives but it was too time consuming and heavy duty ones I bought from true value look like they'll be able to handle it no problem I clean the back with some alcohol be careful with the amount of alcohol you place because alcohol could permanently mark wood if you place too much now that we have the back good and ready we can prep the cable organizer tape 4.5 kilograms so I got this because I think this isn't made of metal this is like this feels like hard plastic and according to this it says acrylics and hard plastics to be honest I could have been more systematic on how I place the tape like I could have used a ruler and a permanent marker but I got lazy so I just eyeballed it after that just attach it to the back press it down firmly for 30 seconds and we are good to go in fact I kind of screwed this up a little it isn't perfectly level with the back of my desk but when I tried to adjust it yeah it wasn't budging anymore this was touch move for my purposes the organizer doesn't need to reach the PC it is enough for me that I don't see the wires if I ever look underneath my desk and I could care less if the wires are strewn about behind the cabinets with a new cable organizer I can literally just dump all the cables within it use a couple of velcro straps to make all the cables just one single thick cable and begin connecting the wires to my monitor and peripherals through the small gaps in the organizer these gaps are thin enough for the wire to get through yet tight enough that it also keeps the wire firmly still thus no flaccid or loose cables laying about my stream deck is very important to me because I use it every day to open up important bookmark websites video editing and the like I love having it literally within a finger press away from my left hand and so in order to minimize looking at another wire I strapped its wire to the cable of my Mount Everest keyboard that way it just looks like one long single wire the velcro straps help out a ton as well in making sure it maintains a straight line thus creating a neat minimal effect the phillips view lights are a little tricky I could choose to install them by my monitor but I'm not ready to make that permanent commitment yet until then I'm going to just stick to them being on top of my desk then it was just a matter of placing everything back life is busy and there are a lot of triggers for stress do yourself a favor and at least make the environment you work in one less thing you need to worry about a clean and minimal desk setup is my happy place because it symbolizes that while there is always something that needs to be done I'll at least have a calm environment where I can accomplish it in if you like this video please consider liking and subscribing to Hardware Sugar the only PC shop in Philippines with no BS warranty and where we release PC how-to and chair video reviews see you guys next time and I hope 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