This tutorial will show you how to change the language used by Copilot's voice to talk to you with in Microsoft Edge, on the Web, and Windows 11.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.
Microsoft Copilot Voice uses advanced speech recognition and natural language processing to understand your spoken words and engage in conversation with you.
Copilot is set to auto-detect the voice language by default, but you can select to have Copilot always use a specific voice language instead if wanted.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-copilot-voice-with-microsoft-copilot-efad42fc-d593-49c6-98bf-5ed94c881c32...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to change the display language used by Copilot on the Web and Copilot app in Windows 11.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.
When you sign in to Copilot with your Microsoft account Copilot uses your Microsoft account to provide personalized assistance and access by default to a wide range of features. For example, saving and syncing your Copilot chat history on all devices you sign in to Copilot with the same Microsoft account.
The display language is the UI language used in Copilot. You can change the Copilot UI display language to any supported language on demand as wanted.
Copilot will automatically recognize the language...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing the Recommended section instead of Quick access in File Explorer Home for your account in Windows 11.
Home in the navigation pane of File Explorer allows you to quickly access and view your pinned locations, frequent folders, and recent files from one location in the sections below:
Quick access = Displays up to 13 folders that you pinned or frequently opened on the system.
Favorites = Pinned files.
Recent (Recent files) = Displays up to 25 files that you most recently opened.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7309 (24H2), build 26200.7309 (25H2), and build 28000.1643 (26H1), the Recommended section in File Explorer now makes it easier to access files you frequently use or...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Customize tab on the properties page and Customize this folder context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can right click on a folder or non-OS drive, and click/tap on Properties to see a Customize tab.
You can right click on the background of an open folder or non-OS drive, and click/tap on Show more options (Shift+F10) to see the Customize this folder context menu. If you click/tap on the Customize this folder context menu item, it will open the Customize tab on the properties page of the folder or non-OS drive.
The Customize tab allows you to change the folder template, folder picture, and folder icon if supported by the folder or non-OS drive.
You must be...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable letting Copilot access the microphone for your account in Windows 11.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.
You can use a microphone connected to your PC to have a voice conversation with Copilot, and to use Hey Copilot.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-copilot-voice-with-microsoft-copilot-efad42fc-d593-49c6-98bf-5ed94c881c32
Option One: Turn On or Off Copilot Access to Microphone in Copilot Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Copilot Access to Microphone in Windows Settings
Turn On or Off Copilot Access to Microphone in Copilot Settings
1 Open the Copilot app.
2 Sign in to...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off keeping the Copilot app running in the background when you close the Copilot app for your account in Windows 11.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.
Starting with Copilot app version 146 and higher, you can turn on or off keep the Copilot app running on close.
When turned on, the Copilot app will stay running in the background on close, and the Copilot icon will continue to show on the taskbar system tray to reopen or quit Copilot from.
When turned off, the Copilot app will fully close on close.
EXAMPLE: Copilot icon on taskbar system tray
Here's How:
1 Open the Copilot app.
2 While in full view...
This tutorial will show you how to find the last system boot date and time in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
This can be handy if you need to know the last boot up date and time of your system.
Here's How:
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.
2 Copy and paste the appropriate command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Windows PowerShell
(Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime
OR
Command Prompt
powershell -command "(Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime"
That's it,
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If you have a Windows 11 in S mode edition installed, you will only be able to install apps from the Microsoft Store only. If you want to install an app that isn't available in the Microsoft Store, you'll need to switch out of S mode.
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Notepad is a fast and simple text editor that can be used to view, edit, and search through plain text documents instantly.
Starting with Notepad version 11.2311.33.0, you can now easily access Notepad for file modifications directly from File Explorer. Just right-click on any file or multiple files in File Explorer to find the Edit in Notepad option in the context menu, a quick and streamlined way to open and edit files in Notepad.
If you don't want this new Edit in Notepad item in the context menu, it can be removed.
Option One: Add or Remove "Edit in Notepad" Context Menu for Current User
Option Two...
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You can use Event Viewer to view the date, time, and user details of all restart and shutdown event logs.
The event ID's below will show you these details.
Event ID
Description
41The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
1074Logged when an app (ex: Windows Update) causes the system to restart, or when a user initiates a restart or shutdown.
6006Logged as a clean shutdown. It gives the message "The Event log service was stopped".
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