This tutorial will show you how to adjust the opacity level of your strokes with the Pencil and Brush tools in the Paint app in Windows 11.
The Paint app included in Windows 11 is a simple and powerful graphics editor with a range of uses. You can edit images quickly or create masterpieces with the tools in this app. Once you’re done, you’ll be able to save and share your files in almost any format.
Starting with Paint app version 11.2508.361.0 for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, Microsoft is adding an opacity slider, giving you control over the transparency of your strokes with the Pencil and Brush tools.
Here's How:
1 Open the Paint app.
2 Select a Pencil or Brush tool on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)
3 Adjust the...
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Enable or Disable Drop Tray in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Drop Tray feature for all users in Windows 11.- Brink
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Transfer Files and Settings to New Windows 11 PC using Windows Backup app
This tutorial will show you how to transfer your files, settings, and preferences from your previous (old) Windows 10/11 PC to your new Windows 11 PC during Windows Setup.- Brink
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Hidden Feature Flags in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hidden experimental feature flags in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.- Brink
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Learn about this picture" desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.- Brink
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server ISO or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.- Brink
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.- Brink
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Clean Install Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off use check boxes to select files, folders, and drives for your user account in Windows 11.
You can use check boxes to make selecting multiple items in any order easier in File Explorer and on the desktop in Windows.
When check boxes is turned on, you can hover the pointer over each item to reveal the check box to check (select) or uncheck (unselect) it.
If you have a tablet, convertible, or 2-in-1 type device in tablet/slate mode, then check boxes will always be used even if turned off.
If you still have check boxes even after turning off check boxes using an option in this tutorial, then you may be stuck in Tablet mode.
Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe), and go to the key below...
This tutorial will show you how use the Quick Markup tool in the Snipping Tool app to annotate live on your screen in Windows 11.
The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps.
Starting with Snipping Tool version 11.2508.24.0 on Windows 11, Microsoft is introducing Quick markup – a faster way to annotate your screenshots and streamline your workflow. Quick markup lets you draw live on your screen in real time.
EXAMPLE: Quick markup button on Snipping Tool toolbar
Here's How:
1 Perform either action below:
Press the Win :win: + Shift + S keys.
Press the Print...
This tutorial will show you how to save your creation as an editable .paint project file from the Paint app in Windows 11.
The Paint app included in Windows 11 is a simple and powerful graphics editor with a range of uses. You can edit images quickly or create masterpieces with the tools in this app. Once you’re done, you’ll be able to save and share your files in almost any format.
Starting with Paint app version 11.2508.361.0 for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, Microsoft is introducing two powerful enhancements that bring more flexibility to your creative workflow. First, Microsoft is introducing project files, you can now save your creation as an editable Paint project file and seamlessly pick up where you left off. When you’re...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the language bar on the taskbar and sign-in screen for your account in Windows 11 without having to remove all extra languages and/or keyboard layouts.
When you have more than one language and/or keyboard layout installed, you will see the language bar (input indicator) on the taskbar system tray area and sign-in screen by default.
The language bar allows you to switch between your added languages and keyboard layouts as needed.
EXAMPLE: Language bar on taskbar and sign-in screen
Here's How:
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Time & language on the left side, and click/tap on Typing on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Typing settings
3 Click/tap on Advanced...
This tutorial will show you how to use the desktop language bar on taskbar language bar for your account in Windows 11.
In Windows, you can change your keyboard layout to type in another language or input method you want to use..
The language of your keyboard layout controls the characters that appear on your screen when you type. By using the different layouts, you can type all the characters for the language, including diacritics such as the umlaut (ä) in German and the tilde (ñ) in Spanish.
When you add a language, the default keyboard layout for the language will be installed by default.
You can install additional keyboards for language-specific key layouts and input options. Adding an input language lets you set a...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off use a different keyboard layout for each app window for your account in Windows 11.
In Windows, you can change your keyboard layout to type in another language or input method you want to use..
The language of your keyboard layout controls the characters that appear on your screen when you type. By using the different layouts, you can type all the characters for the language, including diacritics such as the umlaut (ä) in German and the tilde (ñ) in Spanish.
When you add a language, the default keyboard layout for the language will be installed by default.
You can install additional keyboards for language-specific key layouts and input options. Adding an input language lets you set a...
This tutorial will show you how to open the clipboard for your account in Windows 11.
When you copy content on your PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste.
If you turn on clipboard history, you can paste multiple items from your clipboard history, and you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud.
Size limitations are 4 MB per item. Text, HTML, and Bitmap file formats are supported.
Your clipboard history is limited to 25 copied entries. Older items—unless they're pinned—are removed automatically to make room for new clipboard items.
Clipboard history automatically gets cleared each time you restart your PC, except for the items you’ve pinned.
Turning...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable clipboard history for your account or all users in Windows 11.
When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste.
Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard.
Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22463, when you have a file or folder selected in File Explorer, you can now use CTRL + Shift + C to copy the path to...
This tutorial will show you how to go back to the previous Windows from Windows 11 without losing your documents, photos, and other personal files.
Windows 11 gives you the ability to uninstall and go back (roll back) to a previous version of Windows.
When you upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 10, repair install Windows 11, reset Windows 11 with "Keep my files", or update to a new version of Windows 11 (ex: Windows Update), a copy of the previous installation is saved to the Windows.old folder in the root directory of the Windows 11 drive as a backup. This backup will allow you to be able to go back to the previous Windows for up to a 10 days after upgrading to Windows 11 if you should want to.
Going back to the previous Windows...
This tutorial will show you how to clear the Start menu Recommended section to always show empty for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu in Windows 11 is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The Recommended section on the Start menu shows a list of your recently added apps, recently opened items, and websites.
While you currently cannot remove the Recommended section on the Start menu, you can clear the Recommended section to always show empty.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.5025 (Beta 23H2) and build 26120.3380 (Beta/Dev 24H2), Microsoft is trying out a new change where Microsoft will recommend a snap group in the Recommended section of the Start menu based on two apps that are most likely to...
This tutorial will show you how to change the Remote Desktop port on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 computer.
You can use Remote Desktop to connect to and control your PC from a remote device by using a Microsoft Remote Desktop client (available for Windows, iOS, macOS and Android). When you allow remote connections to your PC, you can use another device to connect to your PC and have access to all of your apps, files, and network resources as if you were sitting at your desk.
When you connect to a computer (either a Windows client or Windows Server) through the Remote Desktop client, the Remote Desktop feature on your computer "hears" the connection request through a defined listening port (3389 by default). You can change that...
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