This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable changing the theme for all or specific users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers.
You must be signed in as and administrator to enable or disable changing the theme.
Option One: Enable or Disable Change Theme for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Two: Enable or Disable Change Theme for All Users using REG file
EXAMPLE: Change theme disabled
Enable or Disable Change Theme for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10/11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.
All...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to save your custom theme to a .theme or .deskthemepack file in Windows 11.
A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers.
You can save your custom theme to a .theme or .deskthemepack file.
When you save your custom theme to a .theme file, it is saved to the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder for the current user. The saved theme will now be available to select when changing your theme.
A .deskthemepack file can be used as a backup and for sharing your custom theme. The person you shared the .deskthemepack file with can double click/tap on the .deskthemepack file to save and apply the theme to their account.
Option One...
This tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent themes to change desktop icons for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows includes the common This PC (aka: Computer), User's Files, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel shortcuts that you can add or remove as icons on your desktop.
Changing your theme can also change your desktop icons to what's included in the theme.
Option One: Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons in Desktop Icon Settings
Option Two: Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons using REG file
EXAMPLE: desktop icons
Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons in Desktop Icon Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap...
This tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent themes to change desktop icons for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The mouse pointer, which is sometimes referred to as the cursor, is a bitmap that specifies a focus point on the screen for user input with the mouse.
You can change the mouse pointer style, color, and size to make it easier to see in Windows 11.
Changing your theme can also change your mouse pointers to what's included in the theme.
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (allow) or step 3 (prevent) below for what you would like to do.
Allow Themes to Change Mouse Pointers
This is the default setting
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below...
Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable real-time protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Microsoft Defender Antivirus is an antivirus software that is included in Windows 10/11 and can help protect your device from viruses, malware, and other threats.
Real-time protection consists of always-on scanning with file and process behavior monitoring and heuristics. When real-time protection is on, Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects malware and potentially unwanted software that attempts to install itself or run on your device, and prompts you to take action on malware detections.
While real-time protection is off, files you open or download won’t be scanned for threats.
You must be signed...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically copy changes to screenshot to clipboard in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11.
The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps.
You can turn on or off to have Snipping Tool automatically copy edits to your screenshot to your clipboard.
Here's How:
1 Open the Snipping Tool app. (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on the See more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn On (default) or Off Automatically copy changes for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off multiple windows in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11.
The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps.
You can turn on multiple windows in Snipping Tool to open new screenshots in different windows instead of the same window.
Here's How:
1 Open the Snipping Tool app. (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on the See more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn On or Off (default) Multiple windows for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close the Snipping...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off ask to save edited screenshots in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11.
The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps.
You can turn on or off to have Snipping Tool ask to save edited screenshots if unsaved when you close the Snipping Tool app.
Screenshots taken by the Snipping Tool are temporarily cached in the %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbw\TempState folder for the current user.
You may be able to recover missing screenshots from this folder location if they haven't yet been...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off add border for each screenshot in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11.
The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps.
You can turn on or off to add a border to each screenshot taken by the Snipping Tool app. You can select a custom color and thickness for the border.
Here's How:
1 Open the Snipping Tool app. (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on the See more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Do step 4 (on) or step 5 (off) below for what you want.
Turn on add border for...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show widgets on hover for your account in Windows 11.
Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage.
Widgets help you stay on top of what’s important to you by bringing together personalized content from your favorite apps and services so you can have the latest info at a glance throughout your day. Say goodbye to constantly switching between apps, devices and websites—now you can...
⚠️ Starting with Windows 11 build 25967 (Canary), the Cortana app has been removed.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/end-of-support-for-cortana-d025b39f-ee5b-4836-a954-0ab646ee1efa
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Cortana for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Cortana is a personal productivity assistant in Microsoft 365, helping your users achieve more with less effort and focus on what matters. The Cortana app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 helps users quickly get information across Microsoft 365, using typed or spoken queries to connect with people, check calendars, set reminders, add tasks, and more.
Cortana is still included in Windows 11, but will no longer be included in the first boot...
This tutorial will show you how to find and list all EFS encrypted files that belong to the current user on all connected NTFS local drives in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on NTFS file system volumes using a public-key system.
Files or folders saved into an existing encrypted folder will automatically be encrypted by EFS.
Option One: Find All Encrypted Files and Output List in Command Prompt
Option Two: Find All Encrypted Files and Output List to Text File
Find All Encrypted Files and Output List in Command Prompt
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