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Enable or Disable Point-in-time Restore in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the point-in-time restore feature in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2), build 29576.1000 (Experimental Future Platforms), build 26100.8728 (RP 24H2), and build 26200.8728 (RP 25H2), Microsoft introduced point-in-time restore for Windows. This flexible recovery feature empowers you to quickly roll your device back to a previous state—helping minimize downtime and simplify troubleshooting when disruptions strike. Whether you’re dealing with a widespread outage or a one-off issue, point-in-time restore helps recover your system (including apps, settings, and user files) to get you back to productivity faster. Point-in-time restore enables users to...
Backup and Restore
Enable or Disable Windows Hypervisor Platform in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Windows Hypervisor Platform for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Windows Hypervisor Platform (WHP) is a virtualization feature in Windows that adds an extended user-mode API for third-party virtualization stacks and applications (ex: VirtualBox or QEMU) to create and manage partitions at the hypervisor level, configure memory mappings for the partition, and create and control execution of virtual processors. It enables these applications to leverage the underlying hardware virtualization capabilities of Hyper-V. References: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/api/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/api/hypervisor-platform/hypervisor-platform...
Virtualization
Enable or Disable Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11. Quick machine recovery (QMR) is a feature that enables the recovery of Windows devices when they encounter critical errors that prevent them from booting. QMR automatically detects, diagnoses, and remediates boot critical issues from WinRE, helping restore productivity without requiring hands on, in-person intervention. This feature can automatically search for remediations in the cloud and recover from widespread boot failures, significantly reducing the burden on IT administrators when multiple devices are affected. Building on the foundation of Startup Repair, quick machine recovery uses a secure and connected Windows Recovery Environment to...
System
Clear and Reset Quick Machine Recovery Settings in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) settings back to default in Windows 11. Quick machine recovery (QMR) is a feature that enables the recovery of Windows devices when they encounter critical errors that prevent them from booting. QMR automatically detects, diagnoses, and remediates boot critical issues from WinRE, helping restore productivity without requiring hands on, in-person intervention. This feature can automatically search for remediations in the cloud and recover from widespread boot failures, significantly reducing the burden on IT administrators when multiple devices are affected. Building on the foundation of Startup Repair, quick machine recovery uses a secure and connected...
System
Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable launch folder windows in a separate explorer process by default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Each process running in Windows is assigned a unique decimal number called the process ID (PID) to identify an active process. This number is used to specify the process when for example attaching a debugger to it. By default, all File Explorer windows, including the desktop shell, run in a single explorer.exe process. If one File Explorer window hangs or crashes, it will cause all File Explorer windows running in the same process to hang or crash until the process restarts. You are able to use the Open in new process context menu to manually open folder windows (File...
General
Enable or Disable Task View Hints for Xbox Mode in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing accessibility control hints in Task View for Xbox Mode for your account on Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.8328 (24H2), build 26200.8328 (25H2), and build 28000.2179 (26H1), Xbox mode is now available on Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. Xbox mode is a console inspired, dedicated gaming experience that gives players a controller-optimized way to navigate and play on Windows. When using Xbox mode, Windows will start your gaming home app to use as a launcher for your games and apps and games will be run full screen. Once you’ve entered Xbox mode, you’ll see the Xbox home screen and can access your games, including Xbox, Game Pass, Xbox...
Gaming
Enable or Disable Xbox Mode Prompts on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing the enter and exit Xbox mode confirmation prompts for your account on Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.8328 (24H2), build 26200.8328 (25H2), and build 28000.2179 (26H1), Xbox mode is now available on Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. Xbox mode is a console inspired, dedicated gaming experience that gives players a controller-optimized way to navigate and play on Windows. When using Xbox mode, Windows will start your gaming home app to use as a launcher for your games and apps and games will be run full screen. Once you’ve entered Xbox mode you’ll see the Xbox home screen and can access your games, including Xbox, Game Pass, Xbox Play...
Gaming
Insert and Edit Tables in Notepad on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to insert and edit tables in your document in the Notepad app on Windows 11. 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 11.2510.6.0 and higher to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, Microsoft is expanding lightweight formatting in Notepad with support for tables. You can now easily insert tables in your document to help structure your notes. To get started, look for the new Table option in the formatting toolbar or by adding them using Markdown syntax directly. Once inserted, you can perform quick edits to add or remove rows and columns in the right-click context menu or from the...
Apps
Enable or Disable Xbox Mode in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Xbox mode for full screen gaming for your account on Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.8328 (24H2), build 26200.8328 (25H2), and build 28000.2179 (26H1), Xbox mode is now available on Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. Xbox mode is a console inspired, dedicated gaming experience that gives players a controller-optimized way to navigate and play on Windows. When using Xbox mode, Windows will start your gaming home app to use as a launcher for your games and apps and games will be run full screen. Xbox mode requires Windows 11 version 24H2 or later, and is only available in supported markets. References...
Gaming
Enter and Exit Xbox Mode in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enter and exit Xbox mode for full screen gaming for your account on Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.8328 (24H2), build 26200.8328 (25H2), and build 28000.2179 (26H1), Xbox mode is now available on Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. Xbox mode is a console inspired, dedicated gaming experience that gives players a controller-optimized way to navigate and play on Windows. When using Xbox mode, Windows will start your gaming home app to use as a launcher for your games and apps and games will be run full screen. Once you’ve entered Xbox mode, you’ll see the Xbox home screen and can access your games, including Xbox, Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere, and your...
Gaming
Enable or Disable Preloading File Explorer in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off File Explorer window preloading for faster launch times for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2), Microsoft is exploring preloading File Explorer in the background to help improve File Explorer launch performance. This shouldn’t be visible to you, outside of File Explorer hopefully launching faster when you need to use it. If you do encounter any issues, please file them in the Feedback Hub under Files Folders and Online Storage > File Explorer Performance, or Files Folders and Online Storage > File Explorer. ⚠️ If you don't have preloading File Explorer available yet in the builds above and would like to try it now, then you can...
General
Enable or Disable Fluid Dictation in Voice Typing on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the fluid dictation feature in voice typing for your account on Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs. Voice typing allows you to enter text on your PC by speaking. You can use voice typing commands to manually insert punctuation marks. Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2) and build 28020.1803 (Canary 26H1), following the introduction of Fluid dictation for voice access users, Microsoft is also now introducing it for voice typing users on NPU devices. Fluid dictation makes voice-based dictation smoother and smarter by automatically correcting grammar, punctuation, and filler words as you speak, reducing the need for manual editing. Powered by on-device small language models...
Accessibility

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