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Enable or Disable Page Colors in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable page colors for sites in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Do you have trouble reading web pages due to their color schemes? Is the text too bright or too dark? Do links blend into the background? Or perhaps you want to change the way your browser looks. If so, try the new Page colors feature in Microsoft Edge. The Page colors feature is especially useful for users who have vision impairments, color blindness, or light sensitivity. However, it can also help reduce eye strain and fatigue when browsing for long periods of time. You can exclude specific websites from being affected by Page colors. By default, Page colors are applied to web pages only when...
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Turn On or Off Custom Scrollbars in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off custom scrollbars in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft released a setting aimed at improving your scrolling experience on the web: Turn off custom scrollbars. This setting allows you to disable the customizations that web developers might have added to their sites in Microsoft Edge. While many website authors customize scrollbars to achieve a unique style, Microsoft heard from users that not everybody likes using them. Certain users always prefer to see the default browser scrollbars as this improves consistency and accessibility for them. By making it possible for you to disable custom scrollbars, Microsoft aims to accommodate these preferences...
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Disable Microsoft Edge from creating desktop shortcut in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to permanently disable creating a Microsoft Edge desktop shortcut whenever updated for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. Lately, whenever Microsoft Edge gets updated in Windows, a Microsoft Edge desktop shortcut is automatically created. You can manually delete this Microsoft Edge desktop shortcut, but it will just get created again after the next update. You must be signed in as an administrator to disable...
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Uninstall or Reinstall New Outlook for Windows app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the new Outlook for Windows app for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The new Outlook for Windows app is a best-in-class email experience that is free for anyone with Windows. Easily connect and coordinate your personal and work email accounts and calendars in one app. Write clear, concise mails and get intelligent suggestions with built-in AI. Seamlessly attach important documents and photos to any note. With the new Outlook for Windows, you can stay on top of it all, for free. This app will replace the Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps beginning in 2024. If you don't want the new Outlook for Windows app, you can easily uninstall it for only your...
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Turn On or Off Fade Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off fade sleeping tabs in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. The sleeping tabs feature in Microsoft Edge makes background tabs sleep after two hours of inactivity by default in order to free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other applications on your device. Sleeping tabs will fade to indicate they’ve released resources. To resume a sleeping tab, click/tap on it like a...
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Turn On or Off Resource Controls for how much RAM can be used by Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off resource controls to control how much system RAM (memory) Microsoft Edge can use for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. In a controlled rollout for some in the latest Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev builds, you can now turn on or off Resource controls in Microsoft Edge. When this is on, you can control how much RAM (memory) Microsoft Edge can use When you're PC gaming or Always. Starting with Microsoft Edge Beta 125, if you want to have even more control over how much memory your browser uses, Microsoft is introducing the new resource controls setting to set how much RAM Edge can use. Depending on the limit you set, resource controls can affect your browser...
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Enable or Disable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 11. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen protects against phishing or malware websites and applications, and the downloading of potentially malicious files. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen helps protect your device from malicious sites and downloads while you browse the web in Microsoft Edge. You can turn on or off Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge if wanted in Windows 11. On = Warns users that sites and downloads are potentially dangerous but allows the action to continue while running in Microsoft Edge. Off = Turns off Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, so a user isn't alerted or...
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Enable or Disable "Rewrite with Copilot" in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the "Rewrite with Copilot" feature in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When you have the Rewrite with Copilot feature turned on in Microsoft Edge, you'll get help writing on the web with AI that allows you to generate ideas for writing, elaborate, re-write, change tone, format and more. How do I access and use Rewrite? When you’re writing in the Edge browser, simply use your cursor highlight a passage that you want to try rewording, and you’ll see the Rewrite menu appear for you to click. When you click Rewrite, Copilot will generate a first draft to suggest rewording. From there, you can select from tones, lengths, and formats to try on...
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Enable or Disable Tab Performance Detector in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the tab Performance detector in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. Microsoft Edge proactively takes steps to minimize resource usage when your device is under pressure to keep your device running smoothly. One way Microsoft Edge does this is by putting tabs to sleep when memory pressure is detected on your device. Sometimes the proactive steps that Microsoft Edge...
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Edit Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to edit saved website passwords in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser included in Windows 11 is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. When you visit a website that requires you to sign in, Microsoft Edge will ask if you want your user name and password remembered. The next time you visit the site, the browser will automatically finish filling in your account info. Sometimes the URL for a website may change, or you changed your username...
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Turn On or Off Always Show Scrollbars in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off always show scrollbars in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser included in Windows 11 is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. Microsoft Edge will always show scrollbars by default while browsing sites. If you turn off always show scrollbars in Microsoft Edge, the scrollbar will only faintly show while scrolling, and only fully show while hovering on the scrollbar. The always show scrollbars on/off toggle setting is...
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Enable or Disable Add Profile in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to add a new profile in Microsoft Edge for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Profiles in Microsoft Edge allow you to separate your browsing data into independent profiles. Data associated with one profile is separate from data associated with other profiles. Your personal favorites and history, for example, aren't synchronized with your work account if you set each up in different profiles. However, users can easily switch between existing profiles in Microsoft Edge without the need for passwords. If users have access to the same device, users may create another profile on the same version of Microsoft Edge without the permission of the current profile owner...
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