This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable tracking prevention in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Microsoft Edge includes built-in tracking prevention, to keep your browsing activity free from online trackers. The tracking prevention feature in Microsoft Edge protects users from online tracking by restricting the ability of trackers to access browser-based storage as well as the network.
Websites use trackers to collect data about your browsing behavior. Trackers collect data about how you interact with a site, such as the content you click on. They also enable functionality on some websites, such as comments sections, buttons to share articles to social media, and personalized ads...
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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 allow or block third-party cookies in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device by websites you visit. They serve various purposes, such as remembering login credentials, site preferences, and tracking user behavior.
Third-party cookies are cookies not from the same site or domain, and are primarily used for web tracking as part of advertising.
Turning on Block third-party cookies prevents sites from using cookies that track you across the web, but features on some sites may break.
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Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Preload Pages for Faster Browsing and Searching in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable preload pages for faster browsing and searching in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default, Microsoft Edge uses cookies to remember your preferences to preload pages you might visit in the background for faster browsing and searching, even if you don't visit those pages.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#bkmk_usecookiestopreload
Option One: Turn On or Off Preload Pages for Faster Browsing and Searching in Microsoft Edge for Current User from Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Preload Pages for Faster...
This tutorial will show you how to quit (exit) the Copilot app for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.
When you open the Copilot app, a Copilot notification icon will appear on the taskbar system tray.
If you turned on the On close, keep the app running Copilot setting, the Microsoft Copilot process will still run in the background with the Copilot icon on the taskbar system tray even if you close the Copilot app.
You will need to quit Copilot to fully exit and close the Copilot app and remove the Copilot icon from the taskbar system tray.
EXAMPLE: Copilot app
Here's How:
1 Right click on the Copilot icon on...
Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Share Additional OS Regional Format with Sites in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable sharing additional operating system (OS) regional format with sites in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default, Microsoft Edge provides operating system (OS) regional preference information to help website authors create regional experiences on their website, when viewing your site using Microsoft Edge. This feature allows website authors to deliver value to users who specifically change their regional preferences in the OS to reflect their personal preferences.
Users want to see dates, times, numbers, and other formatting printed according to their preferences. For example, the US geographic region translates 7/2/2022 into July 2nd...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable text prediction in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can write with speed and confidence with the help of AI-powered text predictions. This AI-powered tool predicts what you're going to write next, allowing you to complete sentences more efficiently and stay focused on your writing goals.
Microsoft Edge automatically provides word and sentence predictions in certain text boxes on the web. These predictions are only visible to you and are not inserted into the text box until you click/tap on the Tab key or Right Arrow key to accept them. Password fields will not offer text predictions.
If the Use text prediction toggle is turned on...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing the downloads menu when a download starts in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When a download starts in Microsoft Edge, the downloads menu will show by default to help let you know.
EXAMPLE: Downloads menu in Microsoft Edge
Here's How:
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Setting and more (Alt+F) 3 dots button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Downloads or Accessibility in the left pane. (see screenshot below)
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Turn on (default)...
This tutorial will show you how to manually reset and rebuild the search index for accurate search results in Windows 11.
Indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when your searching it for files, emails, or other local content.
The search index only includes your selected locations by default. These locations can be filtered for what file types (extensions), file properties, and file contents you want indexed.
You can choose to use Classic or Enhanced search indexing mode for where your PC will search for files.
The index uses the Windows Search service and runs as the Searchindexer.exe process in the background. The index will automatically rebuild and update for changes made to the included locations since the...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Pin to Start context menu item for all users in Windows 11.
The section at the top of the Start menu :win: is called the Pinned section. This section consists of pins arranged in a grid. The items in this section are a subset of all the apps installed on the PC; not all installed apps are included in this section by default. The number of rows and items in this view are consistent across device panel sizes.
You can Pin to Start an app, drive, file, folder, library, or site to Start.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Pin to Start context menu.
This will not affect the Pin to Start context menu in the Start menu.
EXAMPLE: "Pin to Start" context menu...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Reset Permissions" context menu to reset effective permissions of files and folders back to their default inherited permissions in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
On NTFS and ReFS volumes, you can set security permissions on files and folders. These permissions grant or deny access to the files and folders.
Every container (ex: folder) and object (ex: file) on the PC has a set of access control information attached to it. Known as a security descriptor, this information controls the type of access allowed to users and groups. The security descriptor is automatically created along with the container or object that is created.
When you are a member of a group (ex: "Administrators") that...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable network connectivity during Modern Standby while on battery and/or plugged in on a Windows 10 and Windows 11 device.
In Windows 10 and Windows 11, there are two power models for PCs: S3 and Modern Standby (S0 Low Power Idle). The S3 power model is an older standard and is not capable of the instant on that consumers expect from modern devices. Modern Standby is capable of leveraging all the capabilities of a modern chipset and can be integrated across the breadth of tablets and PCs today. The first iteration of Modern Standby was Connected Standby, which first shipped in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Modern Standby expands upon the Windows 8.x Connected Standby concept, allowing for...
This tutorial will show you how to opt in or out of receiving push notifications from ElevenForum.com when a new Windows 11 Insider Build is released by Microsoft.
When you opt in to receive push notifications when a new Insider Build is released, you will get a notification from ElevenForum.com in the lower right corner of your PC's screen, and a site notification in your browser.
If you are set to get Insider Builds in Windows 11, then these push notifications can be helpful in getting a head start preparing to check for updates.
Here's How:
1 While signed in to the site with your account, click/tap on your Account button on the toolbar, and click/tap on Preferences. (see screenshot below)
2 Do step 3 (opt in) or step 4 (opt...
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