This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Open desktop background file location on the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Windows Spotlight.
You can add a Open desktop background file location context menu to find and open directly to the image file location of your current picture, slideshow, or Windows Spotlight desktop background with the image selected.
This can make it easy to find and save the current desktop background image as wanted.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Open desktop background file location context menu, but all users can use this context menu...
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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
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
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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
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the desktop background for your account in Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Windows Spotlight image.
You can enable or disable showing the desktop background on all desktops and displays at once on demand.
When the desktop background is disabled, it will show as a solid black color until enabled again. When the desktop background is enabled again, your currently set desktop background will show again.
EXAMPLE: Desktop background settings removed when disabled
Here's How:
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Ease of Access Center icon.
2 Click/tap on the Make the computer...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable changing the desktop background for specific or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Windows Spotlight image.
You can disable changing the desktop background to prevent unwanted changes to the desktop background.
You must be signed in as and administrator to enable or disable changing the desktop background.
Option One: Enable or Disable Changing Desktop Background for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Two: Enable or Disable Changing Desktop Background for All Users using REG file
EXAMPLE: Desktop background settings disabled in Windows 11
Enable...
This tutorial will show you how to watch and unwatch forums and threads for your account here at ElevenForum.com.
When you post a thread or post in a thread here at ElevenForum.com, that thread will automatically be added to your watch list, and you will receive alerts and emails by default to notify you of any replies in the watched thread.
You can easily manage your watched forums and threads to either unwatch or enable/disable email and alert notifications for them.
You must be logged in to the site to manage your watched forums and threads.
Option One: Turn On or Off Automatically Watch Threads in Preferences
Option Two: Watch and Unwatch Forums from Forum
Option Three: Watch and Unwatch Threads from Thread
Option Four...
This tutorial will show you how to disable the "Microsoft Edge is no longer supported on this version of Windows" warning for all users in Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.
Microsoft Edge reached end of support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 on January 10, 2023.
You will now always see a "Microsoft Edge is no longer supported on this version of Windows. Upgrade to Windows 10 or later to get regular feature and security updates from Microsoft Edge." warning at the top of Microsoft Edge by default.
You can close the unsupported OS warning for the current session of Microsoft Edge, but it will just show again the next time you reopen Microsoft Edge.
References...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Search button on the taskbar for your account or all users in Windows 11.
The Search button on the taskbar allows you to quickly use Windows Search (Win+S) to search for apps, documents, email, files, folders, music, people, photos, settings, and videos on your device, and to search the web.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hide-and-unhide-your-search-box-in-windows-6d8252b7-864f-c1b6-6a56-3eea0cda08dc
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/customizing-search-on-the-windows-11-taskbar/ba-p/3730314
The Search button on the taskbar also allows you to quickly open your Top apps and Recent apps, and perform Quick searches to web search for...
This tutorial will show you different ways to maximize an open window for your account in Windows 11.
You can maximize a window in Windows 11 to "fit to screen" or "fill the screen" with the window.
When the window is maximized, you can restore it back to its original size and position when wanted.
Option One: Maximize Window using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Maximize Window using Double Click
Option Three: Maximize Window using Drag to Top
Option Four: Maximize Window using Maximize Caption Button
Option Five: Maximize Window using Title Bar Menu
Option Six: Maximize Window using Taskbar Menu
Option Seven: Maximize Window from Taskbar Thumbnail Preview
Option Eight: Maximize Window from Task Manager
Maximize Window using...
This tutorial will show you how to change the touch keyboard layout for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 includes a touch keyboard you can click/tap on to enter text. This can be handy if you have a PC with a touchscreen without a physical keyboard.
There are four different layouts you can use when inputting text with the touch keyboard. Select the keyboard settings icon in the upper-left corner of the touch keyboard to view and switch between options.
Select the icons just below the layout options to dock and undock your keyboard. This allows you to keep it in a stationary position or move it to a different place on your screen to best fit your workstyle.
Starting with Windows 11 build 25179 and now for all in Windows 11...
This tutorial will show you how to flush your DNS resolver cache in Windows 11, Windows10, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome.
A DNS (Domain Name System) resolver cache is a temporary database, maintained by Windows, that contains records of all your recent visits and attempted visits to websites and other Internet domains.
The Internet relies on the Domain Name System (DNS) to maintain an index of all public websites and their corresponding IP addresses. Every time a user visits a website by its name (such as "tenforums.com"), the user's web browser initiates a request out to the Internet, but this request cannot be completed until the website name is converted into an IP address.
This conversion process is called name resolution and...
This tutorial will show you how to change the number of characters to scroll horizontally at a time for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If your mouse has a wheel that supports horizontal scrolling, under Horizontal Scrolling, you can change the number of characters you want to scroll horizontally when you tilt the wheel to the left or right.
You can perform any of the following actions to scroll horizontally with your mouse:
Press and hold the Shift while scrolling up (scroll left) and down (scroll right) with the mouse scroll wheel.
Press the middle mouse button once to see a circle with two arrows inside pointing left and right, and move your mouse pointer left and/or right.
In a scrollable window, tilt the wheel (if...
This tutorial will show you how to change the text cursor blink rate for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
The text cursor is that blinking line at the end of what you are typing in Windows.
The cursor blink rate is how often the text cursor blinks.
The default cursor blink rate is every 530 milliseconds, but you can stop or change this blink rate to be slower or faster.
Reference:
CursorBlinkRate
Option One: Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Keyboard Properties
Option Two: Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Registry Editor
Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Keyboard Properties
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Keyboard icon.
2 Click/tap on the Speed tab in Keyboard...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Control Panel in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
You can use Control Panel to change settings for Windows. These settings control nearly everything about how Windows looks and works, and you can use them to set up Windows so that it's just right for you.
When you open the Control Panel, you can select to view the Control Panel in either the Category, Large icons, or Small icons view.
The Control Panel is in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app, which offers a more modern and streamlined experience.
While the Control Panel still exists for compatibility reasons and to provide access to some settings that have not yet...
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