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Turn Off BitLocker for Drive in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Turn Off BitLocker for Drive in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn off BitLocker for an encrypted drive in Windows 10 and Windows 11. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers. You can turn on BitLocker to encrypt the operating system drive (Windows drive), fixed data drives (internal hard drives), and removable data drives (external hard drive or USB flash drive). When you turn off BitLocker for a drive encrypted by BitLocker, it will completely decrypt the drive. It is required to unlock the BitLocker encrypted drive before being able to turn off BitLocker for the drive. You...
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Turn On or Off Auto-unlock for BitLocker Drive in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Turn On or Off Auto-unlock for BitLocker Drive in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off auto-unlock for a fixed or removable data drive encrypted by BitLocker for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers. You can turn on BitLocker or Device Encryption to encrypt the operating system drive (Windows drive), fixed data drives (internal hard drives), and removable data drives (external hard drive or USB flash drive). If BitLocker or Device Encryption has been turned on for the operating system drive, you can set BitLocker to automatically unlock fixed...
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Delete Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Delete Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to manually delete all or specific Recall snapshots for your account in Windows 11. Recall is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents. Recall doesn't record audio or save continuous video. It also doesn’t save game video when Game Mode is active on platforms that support it. You're always in control of what's saved as a snapshot. You can...
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Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection for Drive in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection for Drive in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to suspend (pause) or resume BitLocker protection for a drive encrypted by BitLocker or Device Encryption in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Device Encryption is a Windows feature that enables BitLocker encryption automatically for the Operating System drive and fixed drives. When you first sign in or set up a device with a Microsoft account, or work or school account, Device Encryption is turned on and a recovery key is attached to that account. If you're using a local account, Device Encryption isn't turned on automatically. Unlike BitLocker Drive Encryption, which is available on Windows Pro, Enterprise, or Education editions, Device Encryption is available on a wider range of devices, including those...
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Change Maximum Storage Duration for Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Change Maximum Storage Duration for Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the maximum system storage duration limit for Recall snapshots to be deleted for your account, specific users, or all users in Windows 11. Recall is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents. Recall doesn't record audio or save continuous video. It also doesn’t save game video when Game Mode is active on platforms that support it...
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Change Maximum Storage Size for Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Change Maximum Storage Size for Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the maximum system storage size allowed to be used for Recall snapshots for your account, specific users, or all users in Windows 11. Recall is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents. Recall doesn't record audio or save continuous video. It also doesn’t save game video when Game Mode is active on platforms that support it. To...
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Enable or Disable Help Improve Recall Snapshots Filtering in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Help Improve Recall Snapshots Filtering in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off sending optional app and website filter data to Microsoft to help improve Recall snapshots filtering for your account in Windows 11. Recall is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents. Recall doesn't record audio or save continuous video. It also doesn’t save game video when Game Mode is active on platforms that support it...
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Enable or Disable Filter Sensitive Information on Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Filter Sensitive Information on Recall Snapshots in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Filter sensitive information" on Recall snapshots for your account in Windows 11. Recall is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents. Recall doesn't record audio or save continuous video. It also doesn’t save game video when Game Mode is active on platforms that support it. You're always in control of what's saved as a...
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Enable or Disable Block All Incoming Connections in Windows Firewall

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Block All Incoming Connections in Windows Firewall

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable "shields up" mode in Windows Firewall to quickly "Block all incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed apps" on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Windows Firewall or Microsoft Defender Firewall is a security feature that helps to protect your device by filtering network traffic that enters and exits your device. This traffic can be filtered based on several criteria, including source and destination IP address, IP protocol, or source and destination port number. Windows Firewall can be configured to block or allow network traffic based on the services and applications that are installed on your device. This allows you to restrict network traffic to only those...
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Run TPM Troubleshooter in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Run TPM Troubleshooter in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to run the TPM Troubleshooter in Windows 11. The TPM Troubleshooter is no longer available in Windows 11 24H2. However, the Windows Security page will still show any issues found with the TPM. Windows 11 requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 or higher. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that is designed to carry out cryptographic operations. The chip includes multiple physical security mechanisms to make it tamper resistant, and malicious software is unable to tamper with the security functions of the TPM. If your trusted platform module (TPM) isn't working properly you may...
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Enable or Disable Windows Security Virus and Threat Protection Notifications

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Windows Security Virus and Threat Protection Notifications

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable non-critical virus & threat protection notifications from Windows Security for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Notifications page of Windows Security settings lets you configure what kind of notifications you want to receive. The Virus & threat protection notifications below are purely informational and none of them require immediate action from you. You'll always receive notifications when there's a problem that requires immediate action. The settings on this page simply let you specify whether you want to know things such as that a threat was successfully blocked, or that a malware scan completed uneventfully. Recent activity and scan results Threats found, but no...
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Enable or Disable System Guard Secure Launch for Firmware Protection in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable System Guard Secure Launch for Firmware Protection in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Microsoft Defender System Guard Secure Launch for firmware protection in Windows 10 and Windows 11 Secured-core PCs. Microsoft has worked with OEM partners to offer a special category of devices called Secured-core PCs. The devices ship with additional security measures enabled at the firmware layer, or device core, that underpins Windows. Secured-core PCs help prevent malware attacks and minimize firmware vulnerabilities by launching into a clean and trusted state at startup with a hardware-enforced root of trust. Virtualization-based security comes enabled by default. And with built-in hypervisor protected code integrity (HVCI) shielding system memory, Secured-core PCs ensure that...
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