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Open Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 11

General Open Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to open an elevated command prompt at boot in Windows 11. The Command shell is an entry point for typing commands in the Command Prompt console window. By typing commands at the command prompt, you can perform tasks on your computer without using the Windows GUI. If you are troubleshooting or unable to open a command prompt from within Windows 11, you can open a command prompt at boot to use instead. Option One: Open Command Prompt at Boot using Windows 11 Installation Media Option Two: Open Command Prompt at Boot from Advanced Startup Open Command Prompt at Boot using Windows 11 Installation Media 1 Boot from your Windows 11 installation USB, or ISO file if in a virtual machine. 2 Do step 3...
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Enable or Disable Visual Search Context Menu in Microsoft Edge

Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Visual Search Context Menu in Microsoft Edge

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search context menu in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Visual Search is a feature in Microsoft Edge that lets you search for images on Bing. Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image. Visual Search is available by default via image hover menu, context menu, and Alt+Shift+S keyboard shortcut. You can turn on or off Show Visual Search in context menu if wanted. EXAMPLE: Visual Search on context menu in Microsoft Edge Here's How: 1 Open Microsoft Edge. 2 Click/tap on the Setting and more (Alt+F) 3 dots button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below) 3 Perform an available...
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Enable or Disable Visual Search Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge

Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Visual Search Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search hover menu in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Visual Search is a feature in Microsoft Edge that lets you search for images on Bing. Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image. Visual Search is available by default via image hover menu, context menu, and Alt+Shift+S keyboard shortcut. You can turn on or off to Show hover menu on image hover, and add or remove sites to have the hover menu turned off for. Option One: Turn On or Off Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge in Settings Option Two: Turn Off Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge from Hover Menu Option Three: Turn On or Off Hover Menu for Sites in...
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Change UAC Behavior for Standard Users in Windows 11

Accounts Change UAC Behavior for Standard Users in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the User Account Control (UAC) prompt behavior only for standard users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. 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 User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users security policy setting determines the behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users. You can select one of the UAC prompt behaviors below to be used for...
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Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen in Windows 11

Network and Internet Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen in Windows 11

This tutorial will show how to add or remove the Network icon on the sign-in screens for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Network icon on the sign-in screen can allow users to change the network connectivity state of the computer without having to sign in to Windows. You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Network icon on the sign-in screen. Option One: Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen in Local Group Policy Editor Option Two: Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen using REG file EXAMPLE: Network icon on sign-in screen Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen in Local Group Policy Editor The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10/11 Pro...
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Add or Remove "Boot to Advanced Startup" Context Menu in Windows 11

System Add or Remove "Boot to Advanced Startup" Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add Boot to Advanced Startup to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 11. The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a companion operating system installed alongside Windows 11, typically in a separate partition, that can help with troubleshooting, recovery, or booting from external media, such as a USB stick. Advanced startup enables you to perform these actions: Start recovery (aka: Windows RE or WinRE), troubleshooting, and diagnostic tools. Boot from a disk (ex: USB or DVD) or device (UEFI only) Access the PC's UEFI firmware Restore Windows from a system image Choose default operating system to boot to on PC if multiple operating systems are installed When you boot to advanced...
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Add or Remove "Copy as path" Context Menu for Drives in Windows 11

Personalization Add or Remove "Copy as path" Context Menu for Drives in Windows 11

This tutorial will show how to add or remove the Copy as path context menu and Copy path from the File Explorer command bar menu for drives for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Copy path or Copy as path will copy the full path of selected items (files and folders) wrapped in quotes to the Clipboard so you can paste (Ctrl+V) the full path(s) of the item(s) where you like. The Copy as path context menu and Copy path from the File Explorer command bar menu is not available for drives by default, but can be added to be able to copy the full path of a selected drive (ex: "C:\") wrapped in quotes. This will also include mapped network drives (drive letter only). Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2)...
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Add or Remove Details tab in File Properties in Windows 11

General Add or Remove Details tab in File Properties in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Details tab from file properties for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can right click on a file and click/tap on Properties to see a Details tab. The Details tab allows you to see metadata information about the file. You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Details tab from file properties. EXAMPLE: Details tab in file Properties Here's How: 1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do. Add Details tab in File Properties for All Users This is the default setting A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below. Add_Details_tab_to_Properties_for_all_users.reg...
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Get List of Devices that Support Waking Computer in Windows 11

Devices Get List of Devices that Support Waking Computer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to get a list of devices that support or configured to wake the system from any sleep state in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When you put your computer to sleep, a device can automatically wake the computer if the device is currently configured (allowed) to wake the system from a sleep state. Some devices may support waking the system from a sleep state, but are not currently configured to wake the system. Knowing which devices that are currently configured to wake the system from any sleep state can be useful if you want to prevent a device from waking the computer. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options#devicequery Option...
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Add or Remove "Open as Portable Device" Context Menu in Windows 11

Devices Add or Remove "Open as Portable Device" Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Open as Portable Device context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Portable Devices (WPD) enables computers to communicate with attached media and storage devices. WPD provides a flexible, robust way for computers to communicate with music players, storage devices, mobile phones, cameras, and many other types of connected devices. When you open removable media or devices (ex: USB) as a portable device, programs or software run from that device will store their data on the portable device itself and should not require storage or registry changes on the computer which they are running on. To open removable media or device as a portable device in Windows, you...
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Add or Remove "Advanced security" Context Menu in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Add or Remove "Advanced security" Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Advanced security to the context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can use Advanced Security Settings to manually change the owner, change permissions, and set up advanced sharing settings for a selected item. Normally to open Advanced Security Settings for an item (ex: file, folder, or drive), you would need to right click on an item, click/tap on "Properties", click/tap on the "Security" tab, and click/tap on the "Advanced" button. If you like, you can add Advanced security to the context menu to make it easier to directly open Advanced Security Settings for an item as needed. While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove Advanced security to...
Privacy and Security
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Enable or Disable Untrusted Font Blocking in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Untrusted Font Blocking in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Untrusted Font Blocking for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design. To help protect from attacks that may originate from untrusted or attacker-controlled font files, Microsoft created the Blocking Untrusted Fonts feature. Using this feature, you can turn on a global setting that stops users from loading untrusted fonts processed using the Graphics Device Interface (GDI). Untrusted fonts are any font installed outside of the %windir%/Fonts directory. Blocking untrusted fonts helps prevent both remote (web-based or email-based) and local EOP attacks that can happen...
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