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Enable or Disable Personalized Experiences on Microsoft Store app in Windows 11

Apps Enable or Disable Personalized Experiences on Microsoft Store app in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off personalized experiences in the Microsoft Store app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Turning on the personalized experiences setting in the Microsoft Store app will personalize your experiences and recommendations based on your activity on Microsoft Store. If you turn off personalized experiences, you will no longer get personalized experiences and recommendations based on your activity on Microsoft Store. They will be generic experiences and recommendations instead. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-settings-for-recommendations-offers-in-windows-11-807608ee-3de2-4498-8e7c-eb10d655567f Here's How: 1 Open the Microsoft Store app. 2...
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Backup and Restore Microsoft Defender Firewall Settings and Rules in Windows 11

Backup and Restore Backup and Restore Microsoft Defender Firewall Settings and Rules in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to backup (export) and restore (import) Microsoft Defender Firewall settings and rules in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows helps safeguard your device by filtering network traffic and blocking unauthorized access. It reduces the risk of network security threats by restricting or allowing traffic based on various properties such as IP addresses, ports, or program paths. You can backup (export) your Microsoft Defender Firewall settings and rules to make it easy to restore (import) them all at once as needed. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/firewall-and-network-protection-in-the-windows-security-app-ec0844f7-aebd-0583-67fe-601ecf5d774f You must be...
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Reset Microsoft Defender Firewall Settings to Default in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Reset Microsoft Defender Firewall Settings to Default in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to reset Microsoft Defender Firewall settings and rules back to default in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows helps safeguard your device by filtering network traffic and blocking unauthorized access. It reduces the risk of network security threats by restricting or allowing traffic based on various properties such as IP addresses, ports, or program paths. If someone, or something, has made changes to your Windows Firewall settings that is causing things not to work properly you can reset the settings back to the way they were when you first got the computer. If you are joined to a work or school organization that has applied any policies to configure the firewall, those...
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Enable or Disable Personalized Ads and Offers for Microsoft Account

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Personalized Ads and Offers for Microsoft Account

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing personalized ads and offers for your Microsoft account wherever you sign in with your Microsoft account, including when you sign in using different browsers. Personalized ads are advertisements that Microsoft believes will be more interesting and useful to you based on data from your devices and other data you share with Microsoft, including your searches, site visits, and topics you often explore. Microsoft does not show personalized ads if you have turned off the setting on this page. Personalized offers is when you see a personalized promotion for a feature, app, service, or hardware sold by Microsoft or one of Microsoft partners in a Microsoft product. Unlike ads, Microsoft...
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Enable Automatic Backup of System Registry when Restart in Windows 11

Backup and Restore Enable Automatic Backup of System Registry when Restart in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable automatic backup of the system registry to the RegBack folder when the computer restarts in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Starting with Windows 10, version 1803, Windows no longer automatically backs up the system registry to the RegBack folder when the computer restarts, and creates a RegIdleBackup task to manage subsequent backups. Windows stores the task information in the Scheduled Task Library, in the Microsoft\Windows\Registry folder. The task has the following properties: If you browse to the \Windows\System32\config\RegBack folder in File Explorer, you will still see each registry hive, but each file is 0 kb in size. This change is by design, and is intended to help reduce the...
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Check Battery Status for Estimated Time and Percentage Remaining in Windows 11

System Check Battery Status for Estimated Time and Percentage Remaining in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to check the battery status for estimated time and percentage remaining in Windows 11. If you have a Windows 11 device that runs on battery power, you can check the battery status to see the estimated time and percentage remaining battery life left to know when to charge the battery. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7019 (24H2) and build 26200.7019 (25H2), the new and improved battery icons, featuring color indicators and battery percentage, now appear in the lower-right corner of the lock screen. They have been designed to communicate the battery status of your PC with just a quick glance. References...
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Add Create Restore Point Context Menu in Windows 11

Backup and Restore Add Create Restore Point Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Create Restore Point context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Turning on system protection for a drive allows System Restore to include the drive when restore points are created so you can undo undesired system changes by reverting to a previous point in time. System Restore monitors system changes and saves the system state as a restore point. If a system problem develops as a result of a system change, you can return the system to a previous state using the data from a restore point. Restore points are created to let users select a previous system state. Each restore point contains the required information to restore the system to the selected state. Restore points...
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Enable or Disable Copilot in New Outlook for Windows and Web

Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Copilot in New Outlook for Windows and Web

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Copilot in Outlook.com for the web and new Outlook for Windows app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Copilot in Outlook helps you manage and triage your email and time more efficiently. It provides personalized suggestions, summaries, and insights to help you stay on top of things and save time. Whether you need help drafting the appropriate email response, schedule meetings in a few clicks, find key information in an email thread, or make sure your message has the right tone and clarity, Copilot can help you achieve your goals. When logged into Outlook with an account that has access to Copilot Pro or AI credits through a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription...
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Enable or Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Reserved Storage feature in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Disabling reserved storage will free up the hard drive space reserved by reserved storage. To make sure your device can successfully update and that it runs its best, Windows reserves a portion of storage space on your device for use by temporary files, caches, and other files. When your device is low on space, Windows will clear reserved storage so it can be used for other processes, like a Windows update. Reserving storage also helps keep disk space usage on your device more predictable and more stable. How does it work? When apps and system processes create temporary files, these files will automatically be placed into...
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Enable or Disable Click to Do in Windows 11

Apps Enable or Disable Click to Do in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Click to Do feature for your account, specific users, or all users on Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs. Click to Do (preview) helps you get things done faster by identifying text and images on your screen that you can take actions with. Click to Do analyzes what's on screen and then you can choose the text or image you want to take action on. The analysis of this screenshot is always performed locally on your device. Analysis only begins after you actively engage with Click to Do and ends when you exit Click to Do. Click to Do only identifies text and images, not the content of those text or images. It does not analyze any content in, for example, minimized applications that are not on...
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Remotely Lock Windows 11 PC from Android Mobile Devices

Phone Remotely Lock Windows 11 PC from Android Mobile Devices

This tutorial will show your how to remotely lock your Windows 11 PC from the Link to Windows app on your Android phone mobile device. When you pair your Android device to your Windows PC using the Link to Windows app on your Android device and Phone Link on your PC, you can seamlessly transfer (share) content between your PC and mobile devices. The Link to Windows app version 1.25071.155 or higher on your Android phone includes a refreshed experience for Windows Insiders. This update brings a modernized design, smarter onboarding, and new ways to access content and remotely control your PC including the ability to lock your PC from your Android phone when connected. Requirements to try out the new refreshed Link to Windows...
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Hide or Show Notification Icons on Taskbar System Tray in Windows 11

Personalization Hide or Show Notification Icons on Taskbar System Tray in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to show or hide notification icons that appear in the taskbar corner overflow menu or system tray for your account in Windows 11. The taskbar corner overflow menu (Show hidden icons menu) in Windows 11 shows the hidden notification icons on the system tray for apps. You can turn on or off system tray icons to appear either on the system tray (on) or in the taskbar corner overflow menu (off). If you turn off an app's notification icon, its icon will show in the taskbar corner overflow menu and not on the taskbar system tray. If you turn on an app's notification icon, its icon will show on the taskbar system tray and not in the taskbar corner overflow menu. Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1344...
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