This tutorial will show you how to always, when the taskbar is full, or never combine taskbar buttons and hide labels for your account, specific users, or all users in 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.
If you have more than one display connected to your PC, then you can show the taskbar on all displays instead of just on the main display.
The main taskbar is the taskbar with the clock and system tray icons on it, and is on your main display. Taskbars that show on other displays not set as your main display do have the clock (if turned on), but does not show the system tray...
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Cloud Rebuild Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use Cloud rebuild to perform a full clean reinstall of Windows 11 without USB media, without a custom image, and without depending on the health of the currently installed OS.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Point-in-time Restore in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the point-in-time restore feature in Windows 11.- Brink
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Transfer Files and Settings to New Windows 11 PC using Windows Backup app
This tutorial will show you how to transfer your files, settings, and preferences from your previous (old) Windows 10/11 PC to your new Windows 11 PC during Windows Setup.- Brink
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Hidden Feature Flags in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hidden experimental feature flags in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.- Brink
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Learn about this picture" desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.- Brink
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server ISO or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.- Brink
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.- Brink
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Clean Install Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to install or uninstall the TPM Diagnostics tool in Windows 11.
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that is designed to carry out cryptographic operations. The chip includes multiple physical security mechanisms to make it tamper resistant, and malicious software is unable to tamper with the security functions of the TPM.
Windows 11 requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0.
See also: Windows 11 enables security by design from the chip to the cloud | Microsoft Security Blog
The TPM Diagnostics tool is an optional feature in Windows 11 that allows you to retrieve diagnostic...
This tutorial will show you how to check the evaluation copy expiry date and time information for your Windows 11 Insider preview build.
Windows 11 Insider builds have an expiration date. You will need to keep your Insider build updated to prevent it from expiring.
You will see a notification to install a new build if your Insider build is expiring soon.
References:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-insider/build-expiration
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5940858/windows-insider-preview-certificate-renewal-expira
Option One: Check Windows 11 Insider Evaluation Expiration Date in winver
Option Two: Check Windows 11 Insider Evaluation Expiration Date in Settings
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This tutorial will show you how to switch Microsoft account in Manage Mobile Devices for your account in Windows 11.
If you turn on Allow this PC to access your mobile devices, you will be able to link and manage your mobile devices directly from your PC. This link between your Android device and PC provides instant access to your mobile device.
It is required to sign in to Manage Mobile Devices with your Microsoft account before you are able to link (add) and manage your mobile devices from your PC.
Starting with all Windows 11 Insider channels, you can now switch account in Manage Mobile Devices if you wanted to use a different Microsoft account without having to sign out and sign in to Manage Mobile Devices to switch.
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using spellcheck and autocorrect in the Notepad app for your account in Windows 11.
Notepad is a fast and simple text editor that can be used to view, edit, and search through plain text documents instantly.
Starting with the Notepad app version 11.2402.18.0, Notepad will now highlight misspelled words and provide suggestions so that you can easily identify and correct mistakes. Microsoft is also introducing autocorrect which seamlessly fixes common typing mistakes as you type.
To fix a spelling mistake, click, tap, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F10 on the misspelled word to see suggested spellings. Selecting a suggestion immediately updates the word. You can also choose to...
This tutorial will show you how to create a password reset disk on a USB flash drive for your local account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Creating a password reset disk is a precautionary measure that allows you to reset your Windows local account password in case you forget it. The password reset disk is a USB flash drive that acts as a recovery tool, providing you with a way to regain access to your files and settings in case you forget your password.
It’s particularly useful because it can save you from the hassle of losing access to your account and data, especially if you do not use a Microsoft account that can reset passwords online.
A password reset disk can only be created for a local account, and not for a Microsoft account...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Camera on and Camera off on-screen display (OSD) indicator for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
NoPhysicalCameraLED indicates that there is no physical LED for the device’s camera. An example of a physical LED for a camera is the small blue light that turns on whenever the camera is streaming video. This setting is used to indicate to the shell component that it will need to provide a small indicator in the user interface (UI) to show when video frames are streaming or not streaming to replace the notification by physical LED.
If you set the NoPhysicalCameraLED DWORD value to 1 (enable), users will see a Camera on and Camera off on-screen display (OSD) indicator above the...
This tutorial will show you how to have "Do this for all current items" checked or unchecked by default in a file operation conflict dialog box for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you copy, delete, or move more than one selected files/folders from one location to another in Windows, you may get a file operation conflict dialog (ex: "File Access Denied") prompting you what to do if say for example you needed to provide administrator permission to copy, delete, or move the files and/or folders. You will also have a Do this for all current items checkbox to make it easier to apply to all items at once.
By default, file operation conflict dialogs will have Do this for all current items checked or unchecked as it was when...
This tutorial will show you how to show fewer details or more details by default in a file transfer dialog box for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you copy, delete, or move a file/folder in Windows, you will see a file transfer dialog box showing the progress until finished. You have a choice to show More details or Fewer details in the file transfer dialog box.
By default, file transfer dialogs will open to show "Fewer details" or "More details" as it was when last closed.
If there is a file conflict while transferring file(s), the file conflict dialog will show "More details" by default and cannot be changed to show "Fewer details".
Option One: Show Fewer Details or More Details in File Transfer Dialog
Option...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the automatic import quality reduction of a JPG or JPEG desktop wallpaper for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you set an image as your desktop background wallpaper or slideshow, Windows will import a copy of this image and store it as the TranscodedWallpaper file in the %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder. Your desktop background wallpaper is loaded from this TranscodedWallpaper file cache.
If you select a JPG or JPEG image as your desktop background wallpaper, then Windows will automatically compress and reduce the quality of the imported copy to only 85% of the original JPG/JPEG image quality. This is done to help save disk space, RAM, and improve the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable full access to Hyper-V for standard user accounts 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.
Hyper-V is only available in the Windows 10/11 Enterprise, Pro, or...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off auto detect spoken languages in the Copilot app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Copilot setting in this tutorial is no longer available.
Windows is the first PC platform to provide centralized AI assistance to you. Together with Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), Copilot in Windows helps you get answers and inspirations from across the web, supports creativity and collaboration, and helps you focus on the task at hand. Do more with Copilot in Windows.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810 and Windows 10 build 19045.4593 (RP and Beta) Microsoft is evolving the Copilot** experience on Windows as an app that will be pinned to the taskbar. This enables users to...
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