This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off display additional keys pressed when using pen for your account in Windows 11.
You can pair a pen via Bluetooth to connect the pen with your Windows 11 PC and use with the pen menu.
You can customize what your pen does and how it works with your PC.
For example, you can choose to display additional keys pressed when using your pen. These additional keys would be the Shift, Ctrl, Alt, and Win :win: modifier keys showing under the pen cursor when pressed.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-a-pen-with-windows-1fb0a437-e31b-4d3a-8810-9cb6f0f11207
Option One: Enable or Disable Display Additional Keys Pressed when using Pen in Settings
Option Two: Enable or...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using your pen as a mouse for your account in Windows 11.
You can pair a pen via Bluetooth to connect the pen with your Windows 11 PC and use with the pen menu.
You can customize what your pen does and how it works with your PC.
For example, you can choose to use your pen as a mouse. This allows your pen to behave like a mouse instead of scrolling or panning the screen.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-a-pen-with-windows-1fb0a437-e31b-4d3a-8810-9cb6f0f11207
Option One: Enable or Disable Use Pen as Mouse in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Use Pen as Mouse using REG file
Enable or Disable Use Pen as Mouse in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Bluetooth Swift Pair for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Bluetooth is a short range wireless technology which enables wireless data transmission between two Bluetooth enabled devices located nearby each other.
There are many different types of Bluetooth enabled devices you can add and pair to your PC, such as mobile phones, wireless headsets, speakers, fitness trackers, mouse, keyboard, etc...
Swift Pair in Windows 11 lets you quickly pair a supported Bluetooth device with your PC. If the Bluetooth device supports Swift Pair, you’ll receive a notification when it's nearby and you put it into pairing mode to make it discoverable.
References...
This tutorial will show you how to pair a pen with your Windows 11 PC.
You can pair a pen via Bluetooth to connect the pen with your Windows 11 PC and use with the pen menu.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-a-pen-with-windows-1fb0a437-e31b-4d3a-8810-9cb6f0f11207
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/pair-a-bluetooth-device-in-windows-2be7b51f-6ae9-b757-a3b9-95ee40c3e242
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-bluetooth-problems-in-windows-723e092f-03fa-858b-5c80-131ec3fba75c
Here's How:
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side. (see screenshot below step 4)
Open Bluetooth & devices settings
3 Turn on Bluetooth if not already.
4 Click/tap on Add...
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse hover time for an auto select or open event for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
The mouse hover time is the time in milliseconds that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered over an item before an event happens. For example:
Hover pointer over icon on taskbar before thumbnail preview of open window displays.
Hover pointer over file, folder, or drive in File Explorer or on desktop to auto select when using Single-click to open an item (point to select).
The default mouse hover time is 400 milliseconds, but you can change this time if wanted.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.4202 (24H2), Microsoft is starting to make more mouse related settings...
This tutorial will show you how to find and see the current UEFI/BIOS firmware version in Windows 11.
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a standard firmware interface for PCs, designed to replace BIOS (basic input/output system). This standard was created by over 140 technology companies as part of the UEFI consortium, including Microsoft. It's designed to improve software interoperability and address limitations of BIOS.
Windows utilizes the UEFI to support the handoff of system control from the SoC firmware boot loader to the OS. The UEFI environment is a minimal boot OS upon which Windows devices are booted and the OS runs.
Knowing the current UEFI or BIOS version will let you know if you have the most up-to-date...
This tutorial will show you how to see which Bluetooth version you have on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC.
Bluetooth is a short range wireless technology which enables wireless data transmission between two Bluetooth enabled devices located nearby each other.
There are many different types of Bluetooth enabled devices you can add and pair to your PC, such as mobile phones, wireless headsets, speakers, fitness trackers, mouse, keyboard, etc...
Bluetooth accessories sometimes require a minimum Bluetooth specification (version) in order to work with full functionality.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-bluetooth-version-is-on-my-pc-f5d4cff7-c00d-337b-a642-d2d23b082793...
This tutorial will show you how to restart the video graphics drivers of your display adapter(s) in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows includes an easy method to restart your graphics drivers on demand as needed. This includes restarting NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel graphics drivers.
If your display seems to be having an issue like a black screen, screen frozen, keyboard and mouse inputs not responding, you could try restarting the graphics drive to see if it may solve the issue without needing to restart the computer.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/troubleshooting-black-or-blank-screens-in-windows-51ef7b96-47cb-b454-fcab-fac643784457
Here's How:
1 Press the Win + Ctrl + Shift + B keys.
2 Your screen will now...
This tutorial will show you how to add Optimize to the context menu of drives in Windows 10 and Windows 11 to make it easier to optimize and defrag drives on demand.
Optimizing your drives can help your PC run smoother and boot up faster.
Windows 11 includes Optimize Drives that will automatically retrim a SSD or defrag a HDD as needed.
Retrim = Generates TRIM and Unmap hints for all currently unused sectors of the SSD or NVMe volume, notifying the underlying storage that the sectors are no longer needed and can be purged. This can recover unused capacity on thinly provisioned drives.
Defrag = Locates and consolidates fragmented files on local HDD volumes to improve system performance.
Optimize Drives runs automatically on a weekly...
This tutorial will show you how to reset all AutoPlay settings to default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
AutoPlay lets you choose an action for different kinds of media when you plug in a device or insert media. You can set AutoPlay to open different kinds of content, such as photos, music, and video on different kinds of media, such as drives, CDs, DVDs, cameras, and phones. For example, you can use AutoPlay to select an app that will automatically open photos on a removable drive when you plug it into your PC. With AutoPlay, you don't have to open the same app or reselect preferences every time you plug in a certain device.
When the Shell detects the insertion of new media or the attachment of a hot-plug device, the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable AutoPlay for non-volume devices for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
AutoPlay lets you choose an action for different kinds of media when you plug in a device or insert media. You can set AutoPlay to open different kinds of content, such as photos, music, and video on different kinds of media, such as drives, CDs, DVDs, cameras, and phones. For example, you can use AutoPlay to select an app that will automatically open photos on a removable drive when you plug it into your PC. With AutoPlay, you don't have to open the same app or reselect preferences every time you plug in a certain device.
When the Shell detects the insertion of new media or the attachment of a hot-plug...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off AutoPlay for all media and devices in your account in Windows 11.
AutoPlay lets you choose an action for different kinds of media when you plug in a device or insert media. You can set AutoPlay to open different kinds of content, such as photos, music, and video on different kinds of media, such as drives, CDs, DVDs, cameras, and phones. For example, you can use AutoPlay to select an app that will automatically open photos on a removable drive when you plug it into your PC. With AutoPlay, you don't have to open the same app or reselect preferences every time you plug in a certain device.
When the Shell detects the insertion of new media or the attachment of a hot-plug device, the...
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