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Brink · Sep 22, 2021

This tutorial will show you how to choose a power plan to be the current active power scheme used by default for your account in Windows 11. A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme. Changes made to a power plan settings will affect all users that use the same power plan as their current active power plan. Windows 11 includes the following power plans by default: Balanced = Offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don't. This is the best power plan for most people. Allows you to change your Power...

Brink · May 29, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to check battery usage per app for your account in Windows 11. You can check battery usage per app to see which apps might be using more battery in the background. Some apps let you manage background activity. If you find that an app is using a lot of battery when running in the background, you can change the Let this app run in the background setting for apps that allow it. Here's How: 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Power & battery on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Power & battery settings 3 Click/tap on Battery usage on the right side to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4) 4 Under Battery levels, select Last 24 hours...

Brink · May 1, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change the priority of notifications in notification center for your account in Windows 11. Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders. Windows 11 shows notifications on the lock screen (Win+L), Notification Center (Win+N), and notification banners at the lower-right corner of the screen above the taskbar on the main display. You can change the priority of notifications from apps for the order to show them in the notification center. Priority of Notifications Description Top Show at the top of notification center. High Show above normal priority notifications in notification center. Normal Show below high priority notifications in notification center. Option One...

Brink · Oct 12, 2021

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hibernate and restore or delete the hiberfil.sys file in Windows 11. Hibernate is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops, and might not be available for all PCs. (For example, PCs with Modern Standby may not have hibernate available.) While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk to the hiberfile (C:\hiberfil.sys), and then turns off your computer. Hibernate uses less power than sleep and when you start up the PC again, you’re back to where you left off (though not as fast as sleep). Use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop or tablet for an...

Brink · Apr 14, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off mono audio for your account in Windows 11. Windows lets you convert stereo sound into a single channel with mono audio so you can hear everything, even if you're using just one headphone. People with partial hearing loss or deafness in one ear can turn on mono audio to have Windows play audio from both the left and right audio channels into both ears (channels) when using headphones, so they don’t miss any sounds. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-windows-easier-to-hear-9c18cfdc-63be-2d47-0f4f-5b00facfd2e1#WindowsVersion=Windows_11 If you turn on mono audio, it will disable the spatial sound setting. Option One: Turn On or Off Mono Audio in Quick...

Brink · Apr 10, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to check your device performance and health report in Windows 11. To help you keep your device secure, Windows Security monitors your device for security issues and provides a health report, which appears on the Device performance & health page. The Health report alerts you to common issues in four key areas and offers recommendations to remedy them. The Health report starts off by showing you the last time a Device Health scan was run. The time displayed should be basically the current time, as Windows Security tries to run a Device Health scan when you open the Device performance & health page. Beyond the time of last scan you'll see the status of the key areas that Device Health monitors: Storage...

Brink · Apr 2, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change when to automatically put the computer to sleep when idle in Windows 11. Sleep uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. You don’t have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining because Windows automatically saves all your work and turns off the PC if the battery is too low. Use Sleep when you’re going to be away from your PC for just a little while. The sleep idle timeout specifies the duration of inactivity before the system automatically enters sleep. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-adjust-power-and-sleep-settings-in-windows-26f623b5-4fcc-4194-863d-b824e5ea7679...

Brink · Apr 1, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to link your Microsoft account to your Windows 11 digital license. Activation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine and hasn’t been used on more devices than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow. When installing Windows 11, the digital license associates itself with your device's hardware. When you add a Microsoft account to Windows 11 as an administrator, the Windows 11 digital license will automatically be linked to the Microsoft account. Linking your Microsoft account with your digital license will allow automatic activation once your PC is connected to the internet and you sign in to Windows 11 with your Microsoft account as an administrator. If you make significant hardware...

Brink · Mar 31, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change the product key in Windows 11. A Windows product key is a 25-character code used to activate Windows. It looks like this: PRODUCT KEY: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX Depending on how you got your copy of Windows 10 or Windows 11, you'll need either a 25-character product key or a digital license to activate it. A digital license (called a digital entitlement in Windows 10, Version 1511) is a method of activation in Windows 10 and Windows 11 that doesn't require you to enter a product key. Without one of these, you won't be able to activate your device. Sometimes you may need to change the product key in Windows 11 if you used a generic key, skipped entering product key during a clean install...

Brink · Mar 27, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change the name of an operating system on the boot options menu in Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you have more than on operating system installed on your computer, you will see a boot options menu at startup to Choose an operating system. The items that appear in the Windows Boot Manager are the descriptions of each operating system entry on the boot option menu. You can change the name of an operating system on the boot options menu to what you want to make it easier to recognize. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/changing-the-friendly-name-of-a-boot-entry EXAMPLE: Operating Systems listed on boot options menu Here's How: 1 Open an elevated...

Brink · Mar 26, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change the boot menu time-out value in Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you have more than on operating system installed on your computer, you will see a boot options menu at startup to Choose an operating system. You can change how long to wait idle on the Choose an operating system screen before the default operating system runs automatically. The default boot menu time-out value is 30 seconds. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/changing-the-boot-menu-time-out Option One: Change Boot Menu Time-out to Choose an Operating System in Boot Options Option Two: Change Boot Menu Time-out to Choose an Operating System in System Properties Option Three: Change Boot...

Brink · Mar 19, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Enable forced button/lid shutdown" in Windows 11 and Windows 10. The Enable forced button/lid shutdown power plan setting in Power Options specifies the type of system shutdown that occurs when the lid is closed or the power button is pressed if the Lid close action and/or Power button action is set to Shut down. When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is turned off (default), a normal full shutdown of the computer is performed. When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is turned on, a forced shutdown of the computer is performed. This forces running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer. Any open documents might not be saved and data loss could occur...

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System Change Power Plan in Windows 11

System Check Battery Usage per App in Windows 11

System Change Priority of Notifications in Notification Center in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 11

System Turn On or Off Mono Audio in Windows 11

System Check Device Health Report in Windows 11

System Change When to Put Computer to Sleep Timeout in Windows 11

System Link Microsoft Account to Windows 11 Digital License

System Change Product Key in Windows 11

System Change Operating System Name on Boot Options Menu in Windows 11

System Change Boot Menu Time-out to Choose an Operating System in Windows 11

System Turn On or Off "Enable forced button/lid shutdown" in Windows 11

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