This tutorial will show you how to change the drag and drop sensitivity to what you want for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default in Windows, if you drag an item by a distance of 4 pixels and leave it, it will result in a drag and drop operation.
When you drag and drop files and folders in Windows, they will get moved or copied by default based on the source and destination locations.
Many people find that it is way too easy for them to inadvertently drag and drop files from one folder to another with a default distance of 4 pixels.
If you increase the distance to say 50 pixels, then you will have to drag items (ex: text, files, folders, windows, etc...) by at least 50 pixels before it can drop. This can be helpful...
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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.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the facial recognition sign-in option and UAC credential provider for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Credential providers are the primary mechanism for user authentication—they currently are the only method for users to prove their identity which is required for sign in and other system authentication scenarios like UAC.
Microsoft provides a variety of credential providers as part of Windows, such as the facial recognition (Windows Hello), fingerprint recognition (Windows Hello), PIN (Windows Hello), security key, password, and picture password sign-in options.
Microsoft face authentication in Windows 10/11 is an enterprise-grade identity verification mechanism that's...
This tutorial will show you how to calibrate the color, brightness, and contrast of a display in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can improve the color on your display by using Display Color Calibration to make sure that colors appear accurately on your display.
Calibrating a display will create a new color profile for the display where the calibration tool is located. These color profiles are saved as a .icc file into the C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color folder.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use Display Color Calibration.
Option One: Calibrate Display Color, Brightness, and Contrast from Color Management
Option Two: Calibrate Display Color, Brightness, and Contrast from Settings
Option Three: Calibrate Display...
This tutorial will show you how to change the theme to light mode, dark mode, or use system setting in the Windows Terminal app 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.
You can select to use a light, dark, or Windows system settings theme in the Windows Terminal app.
Reference...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off having Windows Terminal open centered on the main display 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.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/startup#center-on-launch
Here's How:
1 Open Windows Terminal.
2 Click/tap on the down arrow button on...
This tutorial will show you how to change the default launch position of Windows Terminal when opened 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.
Changing the launch position of Windows Terminal sets the pixel position of the top left corner of the terminal window when opened. On a system with multiple displays, these coordinates are...
This tutorial will show you how to pin or unpin the Copilot side pane on the right side of your desktop for your account in Windows 11.
The Copilot setting in this tutorial is no longer available.
A preview of Copilot in Windows will start rolling out with the next wave of continuous innovation in Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361 on September 26, 2023. Copilot in Windows adds AI to your Windows 11 experience to help you find answers, complete tasks, and be more productive. With Copilot, people can quickly make sense of long articles on the web, craft and polish content, or create stunning images--all directly within the Windows 11 experience.
Windows Copilot will use the same Microsoft account (MSA) or Microsoft...
This tutorial will show you how to resize the width of the Copilot side pane on the right side of your desktop for your account in Windows 11.
The Copilot setting in this tutorial is no longer available.
A preview of Copilot in Windows will start rolling out with the next wave of continuous innovation in Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361 on September 26, 2023. Copilot in Windows adds AI to your Windows 11 experience to help you find answers, complete tasks, and be more productive. With Copilot, people can quickly make sense of long articles on the web, craft and polish content, or create stunning images--all directly within the Windows 11 experience.
Windows Copilot will use the same Microsoft account (MSA) or...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hide Terminal in the taskbar notification area when minimized 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 turn on the Hide Terminal in the notification area when it is minimized Windows Terminal setting, the Terminal taskbar icon for the opened window will get hidden to the...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off hide (minimize) the terminal window when you switch to another window 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 turn on the Automatically hide window Windows Terminal setting, the terminal window will automatically be minimized to taskbar as soon as you switch to another window...
This tutorial will show you different ways to create a new folder in Windows 11.
A folder is a location where you can store your files. You can create any number of folders and have folders inside other folders (subfolders).
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.3037 and build 22631.4830, Microsoft has added a New Folder option in the context menu when right-clicking locations in the navigation pane.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Word/create-a-new-folder
Option One: Create New Folder using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Create New Folder from File Explorer Command Bar
Option Three: Create New Folder from New Context Menu
Option Four: Create New Folder in "Save As" Dialog
Option Five: Create New Folder in "Export...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off autocorrect misspelled words for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 includes a spell checking feature for when you type words anywhere in Windows 11.
When autocorrect misspelled words is turned on, it will autocorrect your typed words on the fly if matched with the correct spelling of the word in your personal dictionary.
Option One: Turn On or Off Autocorrect Misspelled Words in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Autocorrect Misspelled Words using REG file
Turn On or Off Autocorrect Misspelled Words in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Time & language on the left side, and click/tap on Typing on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Typing settings...
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