This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing smart actions like "Define" on the mini menu on text selection in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features.
Smart actions are actions like "define" which are available in full and mini context menus in Microsoft Edge.
The mini menu in Microsoft Edge is triggered on text selection, and has basic actions like Ask Copilot, Copy, Search, and smart actions like definitions. You...
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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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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use ViVeTool to enable or disable hidden features in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users 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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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
This tutorial will show you different ways to uninstall or reinstall the Copilot app for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- 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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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- 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 add or remove specific sites to disable the mini menu on text selection in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features.
The mini menu in Microsoft Edge is triggered on text selection and has basic actions like Ask Copilot, Copy, Search, and smart actions like definitions. You can click/tap on the More actions (3 dots) button in the mini menu to see the full menu.
You can add sites to a "Disable sites"...
This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Devices and Printers shortcut for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Devices and Printers folder shows devices that are connected to a computer, including the document devices.
When you select a device in Devices and Printers, Device Stage shows the details for that device.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/device-experience-scenarios-for-document-devices
When you try to open Devices and Printers from the Control Panel in an Insider build of Windows 11, it will now open to Settings > Bluetooth & devices instead.
Option One: Download Devices and Printers shortcut
Option Two: Create Devices and Printers shortcut
EXAMPLE: Devices and...
This tutorial will show you how to roll back a device driver to a previous version in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A newer device driver version often adds functionality and fixes problems that were discovered in earlier versions. If the device fails or has issues after updating the driver, you can roll back to the previously installed driver version until there's another new driver version available later to install.
You must be signed in as an administrator to roll back a device driver.
Here's How:
1 Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).
2 Expand open the type of device (ex: "Display adapters") you want. (see screenshot below step 3)
3 Double click/tap on the device (ex: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti") you want to roll back its...
This tutorial will show you how to view updates, downloads, and purchase history in the Microsoft Store app for your account in Windows 11.
Microsoft redesigned the Microsoft Store from the ground up in Windows 11, making space for more content, keeping the user experience simple and responsive. It will help you discover and install the best apps, games, movies and even special offers – like unique movie discounts for Xbox Game Pass members. All the content in the Microsoft Store is tested for security, family safety and device compatibility.
You can view your recent updates, downloads, and purchase history for Apps, Games, Movies & TV, and Included with device in the Microsoft Store app.
Reference...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Windows Terminal Do you want to close all tabs confirmation dialog for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts.
When you close Windows Terminal with more than one tab open, a Do you want to close all tabs confirmation dialog will appear to ensure you'd like to close all your tabs...
This tutorial will show you how to change the Notepad app theme to light mode, dark mode, or use system setting 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.
You can select to use a light, dark, or system setting app theme for Notepad.
Here's How:
1 Open Notepad.
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button. (see screenshot below)
3 In Settings, click/tap on App theme to expand it open. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now select (dot) Light, Dark, or Use system setting (default) for what you want. (see screenshots below)
If you select Use system setting, then the Notepad app theme will vary depending on if you selected...
This tutorial will show you how to change the default font in Notepad 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.
You can change the family, style, and size of font to be used for all text in Notepad by default.
Here's How:
1 Open Notepad.
2 Perform one of the following actions: (see screenshots below)
Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button.
Click/tap on Edit on the menu bar, and click/tap on Font.
3 In Settings, click/tap on Font to expand it open. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now select the Family, Style, and Size of font you want used by default.
You will see a preview of your font changes at the bottom...
This tutorial will show you how to open the Emoji Panel in Windows 11.
An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text.
Windows 11 includes 3D Fluent emoji you can use from the Emoji Panel.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810, Microsoft is adding support for Emoji 15.1. Windows supports Unicode symbol-like shapes for family groupings. But Windows will keep using people for them. Also, you can choose the right or left facing direction for some people emoji.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.5015 (Beta 23H2), Microsoft is trying out a new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panel in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar. With this new...
This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the thumbnail cache for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows keeps a copy of all your picture, video, and document thumbnails in a cache so they can be reused to quickly display when you open a folder instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each time.
The thumbnail cache can sometimes become corrupted causing thumbnails to display incorrectly or distorted. When this happens, the thumbnail cache needs to be deleted to reset it and automatically recreate as needed.
The thumbnail cache .db files for each user is located in the hidden folder below.
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
(C:\Users\{user-name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer)...
This tutorial will show you how to change the volume level for apps and sound output devices for your account in Windows 11.
If the volume level from your sound output device is too low or high, you can easily adjust the volume level to what you want on demand in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, Microsoft is introducing a new enhanced volume mixer into Quick Settings. The updated audio quick settings experience brings a modern volume mixer that allows for quick customization of audio on a per-app basis, with additional control to swap devices on the fly. Microsoft also added a new keyboard shortcut (WIN + CTRL + V) to bring you directly to the volume mixer for faster control of the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11.
Spatial sound is an enhanced immersive audio experience that simulates a realistic environment where sounds can flow around you, including overhead, in three-dimensional (3D) virtual space. Spatial sound provides an enhanced atmosphere which traditional surround sound formats cannot.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/coreaudio/spatial-sound
Option One: Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Control Panel
Option Three: Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Quick Settings Volume Mixer
EXAMPLE: Tooltip on volume icon to tell you when you’re using spatial sound
The spatial sound...
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