Tutorials

Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
Sign in or Sign out of Copilot
This tutorial will show you how how to sign in or sign out of Copilot with your Microsoft account on Web and Windows 11. Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities. When you sign in to Copilot with your Microsoft account, Copilot uses your Microsoft account to provide personalized assistance and access by default to a wide range of features. For example, saving and syncing your Copilot chat history on all devices you sign in to Copilot with the same Microsoft account. Your Copilot activity history includes your interactions with Copilot. This activity history includes the things you type in Copilot while visiting copilot.microsoft.com, the Copilot app on Windows 11...
Apps
Remove Shortcut Arrow Icon in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to remove the shortcut arrow overlay on all shortcut icons for all users in Windows 11. A shortcut is a link to an item (such as a file, folder, or app) on your PC. You can create shortcuts and then place them in a convenient location, such as on the desktop, so you can easily access the item that the shortcut links to. Shortcut files (.lnk) can be distinguished from the source target by the arrow that appears overlayed on the shortcut's icon. You must be signed in as an administrator to remove or restore the shortcut arrow icon. Option One: Remove Shortcut Arrow Icon Option Two: Restore Shortcut Arrow Icon option1Remove Shortcut Arrow Icon 1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the...
Personalization
Turn On or Off Android Device Wallpaper in Phone Link app on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off make Phone Link app background the same as your linked Android device wallpaper for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android phone, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more — all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard. When you turn on the Make app background the same as my Android device's wallpaper setting in the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC, your phone's wallpaper will sync as the Phone Link app's background in the left pane with acrylic...
Phone
Enable or Disable Recall Snapshots in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable saving Recall snapshots for your account or all users in Windows 11 on Copilot+ PCs. Recall is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents. Recall doesn't record audio or save continuous video. It also doesn’t save game video when Game Mode is active on platforms that support it. If you opt in to the feature, then as you...
Privacy and Security
Turn On or Off Phone Link Recent Apps and Websites on Taskbar Corner in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing your recently used Android apps and websites using the Phone Link icon on the taskbar corner for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your iPhone or Android phone, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more — all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard. You can easily access three of your most recently used apps from your Android phone using the Phone Link icon in your Windows taskbar navigation area. You will also find your recently used apps at the top of your Apps...
Phone
Enable or Disable Snipping Tool Auto Save Screen Recordings in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically save screen recordings for the Snipping Tool app for your account in Windows 11. The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps. Microsoft is rolling out an update for Snipping Tool (version 11.2405.24.0 and newer) that introduces automatic save for screen recordings. This feature works the same as automatic save for screenshots. Your recordings will automatically be saved to the Screen Recordings folder (inside your Videos folder). You can choose to turn this off in Snipping Tool settings. Recordings from the...
Apps
Turn On or Off Suggested Replies in Phone Link app on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off suggested replies to text messages in the Phone Link app for your account in Windows 11. With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android phone, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more — all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard. Suggested Replies are beginning to roll out to Windows Insiders across all channels with Phone Link version 1.24051.98 and higher. Suggested Replies is a new feature to the Phone Link app for Android users that shows suggested text replies generated through a cloud-based service with...
Phone
Enable or Disable Show Notifications in Settings app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing notifications in the Settings app for your account in Windows 11. When 'Show me notifications is the Settings app" is turned off, required notifications are still shown. Option One: Turn On or Off Show Notifications in Settings app in Settings Option Two: Turn On or Off Show Notifications in Settings app using REG file Turn On or Off Show Notifications in Settings app in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Privacy & security on the left side, and click/tap on Recommendations & offers under "Windows permissions" on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open "Recommendations & offers" settings 3 Turn On (default) or Off Show notifications in Settings...
Privacy and Security
Determine Hyper-V Virtual Machine Generation in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to see if a Hyper-V virtual machine is generation 1 or generation 2 in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Hyper-V enables running virtualized computer systems on top of a physical host. These virtualized systems can be used and managed just as if they were physical computer systems, however they exist in virtualized and isolated environment. Special software called a hypervisor manages access between the virtual systems and the physical hardware resources. Virtualization enables quick deployment of computer systems, a way to quickly restore systems to a previously known good state, and the ability to migrate systems between physical hosts. When you create a new Hyper-V virtual machine, you can choose to create...
Virtualization
Enable or Disable "Pin to taskbar" and "Unpin from taskbar" in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to Pin to taskbar and Unpin from taskbar for specific or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The taskbar in Windows 11 shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store buttons (icons) aligned to the center by default. The taskbar will also show the icon of the app for any window you have open. If you like, you can pin an app to the taskbar to always show the app's icon on the taskbar whether the app is open or not. Pinning an app to the taskbar makes it easier to open the app on demand from the taskbar. You can enable the Do not allow pinning programs to the taskbar policy to disable and remove Pin to taskbar...
Personalization
Delete Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to delete one or more Hyper-V virtual machines at once in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Hyper-V enables running virtualized computer systems on top of a physical host. These virtualized systems can be used and managed just as if they were physical computer systems, however they exist in virtualized and isolated environment. Special software called a hypervisor manages access between the virtual systems and the physical hardware resources. Virtualization enables quick deployment of computer systems, a way to quickly restore systems to a previously known good state, and the ability to migrate systems between physical hosts. If you no longer need a Hyper-V virtual machine, you can easily delete it to remove...
Virtualization
Upgrade Configuration Version for Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to upgrade the configuration version of one or more Hyper-V virtual machines at once in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Hyper-V enables running virtualized computer systems on top of a physical host. These virtualized systems can be used and managed just as if they were physical computer systems, however they exist in virtualized and isolated environment. Special software called a hypervisor manages access between the virtual systems and the physical hardware resources. Virtualization enables quick deployment of computer systems, a way to quickly restore systems to a previously known good state, and the ability to migrate systems between physical hosts. When you create a virtual machine, it's created with...
Virtualization

Tutorial Categories

Back
Top Bottom