This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable requiring users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete when prompted by User Account Control (UAC) to approve or enter credentials on the dimmed Secure Desktop.
When User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, Windows prompts for consent or prompts for credentials of a valid local administrator account before starting a program or task that requires a full administrator access token. The UAC prompt mitigates malicious software running under elevated credentials without the user or administrator being aware of its activity.
The Require Trusted Path for Credential Entry policy is a security setting in Windows that mandates users to enter their credentials using a trusted path. This is designed to...
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How to Perform a Point-in-time Restore of Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use the point-in-time restore feature to restore your Windows 11 PC to the exact state it was at an earlier point in time.- Brink
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Enable or Disable "Show more options" context menu
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove "Show more options" on the context menu, or enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full classic context menu in Windows 11.- Brink
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Customize Context Menu in File Explorer on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to customize what appears in the context menu in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.- Brink
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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 from WinRE without USB media, custom image, or depending on the health of the currently installed OS.- 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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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.
Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Ability to Unblock Files Downloaded from Internet in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to unblock files downloaded from the Internet for all or specific users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Attachment Manager is included in Windows to help protect your PC from unsafe attachments that you might receive with an e-mail message and from unsafe files that you might save from the Internet. If the Attachment Manager identifies an attachment that might be unsafe, the Attachment Manager prevents (blocks) you from opening the file, or it warns you before you open the file.
It uses the IAttachmentExecute application programming interface (API) to find the file type, to find the file association. When one of these applications saves a downloaded file on a disk...
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows Update keeps Windows 11 updated by automatically downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes when released by Microsoft (unless you’re on a metered connection, then updates won’t download until you get them).
Occasionally, your PC might need to restart to finish installing the updates. You can set active hours to let Windows know when you're usually using your PC to help prevent inconvenient restarts. The default active hours is 8 AM (8 on 24 hour clock) for Start time and 5 PM (17 on 24 hour clock) End time.
If wanted, you can disable automatic updates so you...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable opening the Advanced Options dialog in Indexing Options in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
You can disable the Advanced button in Indexing Options to prevent changing file settings, index location, rebuild index...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable opening the Modify Indexed Locations dialog in Indexing Options for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
The search index only includes your selected locations by default. These locations can be filtered...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allowing words that contain diacritic characters to be treated as separate words in the search index in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
Diacritics are marks added to a letter or phoneme to indicate a special...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable including encrypted files in the search index in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
Windows Search supports indexing encrypted files on local file systems, enabling users to index and search the properties and...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the search indexer backoff feature in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
When you first run indexing, it can take up to a couple hours to complete. After that, indexing will run in the background on your PC as you use...
This tutorial will show you how to temporarily pause search indexing in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
When you first run indexing, it can take up to a couple hours to complete. After that, indexing will run in the background on your PC as you use it, only...
This tutorial will show you how to enable automatic backup of the system registry to the RegBack folder when the computer restarts in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 10, version 1803, Windows no longer automatically backs up the system registry to the RegBack folder when the computer restarts, and creates a RegIdleBackup task to manage subsequent backups. Windows stores the task information in the Scheduled Task Library, in the Microsoft\Windows\Registry folder. The task has the following properties:
If you browse to the \Windows\System32\config\RegBack folder in File Explorer, you will still see each registry hive, but each file is 0 kb in size.
This change is by design, and is intended to help reduce the...
This tutorial will show you how to get and install Insider preview builds of Windows 11 on your Windows 11 PC.
Flighting is the process of running Windows Insider Preview Builds on your device. When you run these early versions of Windows and give Microsoft feedback, you can help Microsoft shape the future of Windows. Once you've registered for the Windows Insider Program, you can run Insider Preview builds on as many devices as you want, each in the channel of your choice.
Beta (25H2 or 26H1)
Experimental (26H2) for latest features
Experimental (26H1)
Experimental (Future Platforms)
Release Preview (24H2, 25H2, 26H1, 26H2)
The Beta channel is for early adopters and IT professionals who want to see what we plan to ship in the coming...
This tutorial will show you how to change the storage location of the search index in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
By default, all the properties of your files are indexed, including file names and full file paths. For files with text, their contents are indexed...
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