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View Display Information in Windows 11

System View Display Information in Windows 11

Windows 11 makes is easy to view display information about your built-in display or connected monitor(s). This tutorial will show you how to view information about displays in Windows 11. Here's How: 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Display on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Display settings 3 Click/tap on Advanced display. (see screenshot below) 4 If you have more than one display, select the display you want to apply this to in the drop menu. (see screenshot below step 5) 5 You will now see the available Display information below for the selected display. (see screenshots below) Display Information Description Desktop mode Shows screen resolution and...
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Enable or Disable Notification Suggestions in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Notification Suggestions in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Notification Suggestions for your account in Windows 11. Notification Suggestions is when Windows detects if you are interacting with toasts or not and provide a suggestion to turn the notification banners (toasts) off for such apps. This will only stop the banners from appearing, and you can still find the toasts in the notification center. Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.4391 (23H2) and build 26100.2161 (24H2) you can now turn off the suggestions to disable notifications from certain apps. Option One: Turn Off Notification Suggestions from Notification Option Two: Turn On or Off Notification Suggestions in Settings Option Three: Turn On or Off Notification Suggestions using...
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Enable or Disable Battery Limit on Microsoft Surface Devices

System Enable or Disable Battery Limit on Microsoft Surface Devices

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Battery Limit option on your Microsoft Surface device running Windows 10 or Windows 11. The Battery Limit option is a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) setting that changes how the Surface device battery is charged and might prolong its longevity. This firmware setting (similar to BIOS) is recommended for devices intended to be always connected to power. Examples include devices configured for point of sale, RFID, and related kiosk scenarios. The Battery Limit UEFI setting is built into supported Surface devices by default. When you enable the Battery Limit setting, the battery stops charging when it reaches 50% of maximum charge capacity. If you enable Battery Limit...
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Enable or Disable Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) for a display for all users in Windows 11. The refresh rate is the number of frames per second your monitor can display. Hertz frequency is used as the measurement at which the screen is redrawn. Dynamic refresh rate is a new feature that can be found in Windows 11 on supported devices. Like the name suggests, DRR lets your device set the refresh rate dynamically. This means that Windows 11 will seamlessly switch between a lower refresh rate and a higher refresh rate based on what you’re doing on your PC. This helps to balance performance and power consumption. For example, with a Dynamic (60 Hz or 120 Hz) mode, your display will refresh at 60 Hz for...
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Check if Secure Boot is Enabled, Disabled, or Unsupported in Windows 11

System Check if Secure Boot is Enabled, Disabled, or Unsupported in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to check if Secure Boot is currently enabled, disabled, or unsupported on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Windows 11 minimum system requirements include your system to be UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) and Secure Boot capable. While the requirement to upgrade a Windows 10 device to Windows 11 is only that the PC be Secure Boot capable by having UEFI enabled, you may also consider enabling Secure Boot for better security. Secure Boot is an important security feature designed to prevent malicious software from loading when your PC starts up (boots). When the PC starts, the firmware checks the signature of each piece of boot software, including UEFI firmware drivers (also known as Option...
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Enable or Disable Display Mode Change Animation in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Display Mode Change Animation in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the display mode change animation for all users in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810, Microsoft added the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM ForceDisableModeChangeAnimation (REG_DWORD). When you set its value to 1 (or a non-zero number), it turns off the display mode change animation. If the value is 0 or the key does not exist, the animation is set to on. You must be signed in as an administrator to turn on or off the display mode change animation. Here's How: 1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want. Enable Display Mode Change Animation This is the default setting. A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the...
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Enable or Disable Create Dev Drive in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Create Dev Drive in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to create a Dev Drive for all users in Windows 11. Dev Drive is a new form of storage volume available to improve performance for key developer workloads. Dev Drive is built upon Resilient File System (ReFS) technology and includes file system optimizations and features that provide more control over storage volume settings and security, including trust designation, antivirus configuration, and administrative control over what filters are attached. It has been designed to meet a developer’s needs to host project source code, working folders, and package caches. It is not designed for general consumer workloads such as document libraries, installing packaged applications...
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Enable or Disable Sudo Command in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Sudo Command in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Sudo command for all users in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26052 (Canary and Dev) and and build 26100.712 (RP), Sudo for Windows provides a new way for users to run elevated commands directly from an unelevated console session. It is an ergonomic and familiar solution for users who want to elevate a command without having to first open a new elevated console. Sudo for Windows is a new way for users to run elevated commands (as an administrator) directly from an unelevated console session. The sudo command can be configured to run in three different modes: In a new window: The elevated command runs in a new window. This mode is similar to the behavior of the runas...
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Export List of Running and Stopped Services in Windows 11

System Export List of Running and Stopped Services in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to export a list of all running and/or stopped services in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Services are an application type that runs in the system background without a user interface. Services provide core operating system features (such as printing, networking, remote access, File Explorer, Windows Search, updates, etc.) and apps to operate as intended. The exported list will show you the StartType (ex: Automatic, Manual, Disabled), Status (stopped or running), Name, and DisplayName of each service. You can export the list of running and stopped services to either a TXT file, CSV file, or show in the terminal window. Option One: Export List of Running and Stopped Services in Command Prompt Option Two...
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Rename Physical Disks in Storage Pool of Storage Spaces in Windows 11

System Rename Physical Disks in Storage Pool of Storage Spaces in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rename a physical disk in a Storage Pool of Storage Spaces in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool. Sometimes when you add more than one physical disk to a Storage Pool, the disks may have the same name when they are the same...
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Connect or Disconnect Storage Spaces in Storage Pool in Windows 11

System Connect or Disconnect Storage Spaces in Storage Pool in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to disconnect or reconnect Storage Spaces in a storage pool without deleting the space in Windows 11. Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool. Adding a storage space to a storage pool is like creating a volume or partition on a disk. The Storage Pool acts as a...
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Turn On or Off Show Notification Banners from Apps in Windows 11

System Turn On or Off Show Notification Banners from Apps in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show notification banners from apps for your account in Windows 11. Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders. Windows 11 shows notifications on the lock screen (Win+L), Notification Center (Win+N), and notification banners at the lower-right corner of the screen above the taskbar on the main display. If you like, you can turn on or off showing notification banners from specific apps above the taskbar corner. Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, to minimize distractions from notification toasts, we now detect if the user is interacting with toasts or not and provide a suggestion to turn the toast banners off for such apps. This will...
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