This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically start Narrator after sign-in for your account in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. IT lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/chapter-1-introducing-narrator-7fe8fd72-541f-4536-7658-bfc37ddaf9c6#WindowsVersion=Windows_11
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/complete-guide-to-narrator-e4397a0d-ef4f-b386-d8ae-c172f109bdb1
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically start Narrator before sign-in for all users in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. It lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/chapter-1-introducing-narrator-7fe8fd72-541f-4536-7658-bfc37ddaf9c6#WindowsVersion=Windows_11
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/complete-guide-to-narrator-e4397a0d-ef4f-b386-d8ae-c172f109bdb1
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Narrator for your account in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen.
Narrator lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.
Narrator can use installed legacy and natural voices.
Specific commands let you navigate Windows, the web, and apps. Navigation is available using headings, links, landmarks, and more. You can read text (including punctuation) by page, paragraph, line, sentence, word, and character, as well as...
This tutorial will show you how to show drive letters before or after drive labels (name) in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A drive letter is a single alphabetic character A through Z that has been assigned by Windows to a physical drive or drive partition connected to the computer to reference the drive by.
EXAMPLE: Show drive letters before or after name in File Explorer > This PC
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (before) or step 3 (after) below for what you would like to do.
Show Drive Letters Before Name in File Explorer
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Show_drive_letters_before_name_for_current_user.reg...
This tutorial will show you how to change the color of highlighted text for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you highlight text in system windows and dialogs in Windows, the highlighted text color will be white by default.
If you change your theme, the highlighted text color will be changed to what is included in the theme.
The translucent selection rectangle color will affect how your highlighted text color looks blended with it.
Part One: Select and Get RGB Color(s)
Part Two: Change Color of Highlighted Text
EXAMPLE: highlighted text color
OneSelect and Get RGB Color(s)
1 Open the Paint (mspaint.exe) app.
2 Click/tap on the Edit Colors button in the ribbon on the far right. (see screenshot below)
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Installation and Upgrade Upgrade to Latest Windows 11 from Windows 10 or 11 with Windows 11 Installation Assistant
This tutorial will show you how to upgrade to the latest Windows 11 build from Windows 10/11 with the Windows 11 Installation Assistant.
The Windows 11 Installation Assistant allows you to upgrade a Windows 10/11 PC directly to the latest Windows 11 build.
Before you begin, check to see if the following conditions apply to you:
You have a Windows 10/11 license.
Your PC must have Windows 10, version 2004 or higher installed to run Installation Assistant.
Your PC meets the Windows 11 device specifications for upgrade requirements and supported features. Certain features require additional hardware. It is also recommend that you visit your PC’s manufacturer’s website for information about updated drivers and hardware compatibility.
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Show window contents while dragging for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows will show window contents while dragging by default.
If you like, you can turn off Show window contents while dragging to only show window outline while dragging.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-2000-server/cc978609(v=technet.10)
Option One: Turn On or Off Show window contents while dragging in Visual Effects Performance Options
Option Two: Turn On or Off Show window contents while dragging using REG file
EXAMPLE: "Show window contents while dragging" turned off
Turn On or Off Show window contents while dragging in Visual Effects...
This tutorial will show you how to sign in to Windows 11 with your account.
Having different accounts on a shared PC lets multiple people use the same device, all while giving everyone their own sign-in info, plus access to their own files, browser favorites, and desktop settings.
You can add a local user account (an offline account) or Microsoft account for a user to sign in to the PC with.
When a user signs in to Windows, the system loads their profile. Because each user has a unique user account, this allows multiple users to share a computer. When a user signs in, the desktop settings, files, favorites, and history they see are theirs; they cannot be accessed by other users. When that user signs out, their profile is preserved...
This tutorial will show you how to expand or collapse groups in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
In Windows, you can change the group by view of a folder in File Explorer to have all items in the folder grouped by the name, date, date modified, size, type, total size (build 22494), and more file detail you want, and have all items in the folder arranged in ascending (alphabetical ) or descending order.
When you have a folder's contents in groups, you can expand (show) or collapse (hide) a group or all groups in the opened folder window.
Option One: Expand or Collapse Group using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Expand or Collapse Group using Group Arrow
Option Three: Expand or Collapse Group using Double...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off align desktop icons to grid for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The desktop (Win+D) is your home screen and working space in Windows that contains the taskbar and any icons (ex: shortcuts, files, folders, etc...) you add to and arrange on the desktop.
If you turn on Align icons to grid, your desktop icons will automatically be snapped into place on an invisible grid on your screen. The grid keeps the icons aligned with each other to prevent them from overlapping.
If you turn off Align icons to grid, your desktop icons will no longer be snapped into place by grid.
Option One: Turn On or Off Align Icons to Grid on Desktop using Context Menu
Option Two: Turn On or Off...
This tutorial will show you how to open Task View in Windows 11.
Task View is a multiple desktops manager that allows you to quickly switch between all of your open apps on multiple desktops. This makes multitasking and organizing with your opened apps much easier.
Once you open Task View, and you can press the Escape key to exit and close Task View without having to switch desktops.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26052 (Canary and Dev), the preview thumbnail title in the taskbar, ALT + Tab and Task View for File Explorer windows will now indicate if that window includes multiple tabs.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-more-done-with-multitasking-in-windows-b4fa0333-98f8-ef43-e25c-06d4fb1d6960
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This tutorial will show you different ways to switch between open windows for your account in Windows 11.
When you have multiple windows open in Windows 11, you can easily and quickly switch between them.
Starting with Windows 11 build 23560 (Dev), build 22635.2771 (Beta), build 22631.2787 (RP), and build 22631.2792 Microsoft is beginning to roll out the ability to use Copilot in Windows with ALT + TAB. Using the ALT + TAB hotkey now displays the thumbnail preview for Copilot in Windows among the other thumbnail previews of open windows, which you can switch between by pressing Tab.
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