This tutorial will show you how to open speech recap while using Narrator in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26200.5516 (Dev), build 26120.3653 (Beta 24H2), build 22635.5160 (Beta 23H2), build 26100.3902 (RP 24H2), and build 22631.5261 (RP 23H2), Microsoft is introducing a new feature—speech recap —designed to help you keep track of what Narrator has spoken and access it for quick reference. With speech recap, you can quickly access spoken content, follow along with live transcription, and copy what Narrator last said—all with simple keyboard shortcuts.
Live transcription of Narrator speech is useful for Assistive Technology (AT)...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
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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
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Clean Install Windows 11
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to add Install to the context menu of .cab files for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A cabinet is a single file, usually with a .cab extension, that stores compressed files in a file library. The cabinet format is an efficient way to package multiple files because compression is performed across file boundaries, which significantly improves the compression ratio.
You can use the DISM /Add-Package command with Windows cabinet (.cab) files to install or remove updates, service packs, language packs, and to enable or disable Windows features.
This DISM command can be used to make installing a Windows Update CAB file easy with a single click in the CAB file context menu.
If you have the .cab file...
This tutorial will explain each partition of the default partition layout created when you clean install Windows 10 or Windows 11 on a blank hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drives (SSD).
When you clean install Windows 10/11 to a blank unallocated disk with UEFI, the disk is formatted using a GUID partition table (GPT) file system.
The default partition layout for UEFI-based PCs is: an EFI System Partition, an MSR, a Windows partition, and a Recovery Partition.
This layout lets you use Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption or Device Encryption through both Windows and through the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).
Reference...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to open Quick Settings for all or specific users in Windows 11.
Quick Settings (Win+A) gives you quick access from the taskbar corner to commonly used settings and apps like Volume, Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Rotation lock, Battery saver, Accessibility, Night light, Mobile hotspot, Nearby sharing, Cast, and Project. Directly above your Quick Settings, you will see media playback controls when playing music or videos in Microsoft Edge or streaming music in apps like Spotify.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22610, you can disable opening the Quick Settings flyout via group policy.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the Quick...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable safeguard holds for feature updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Feature updates are new versions of Windows that are released via Windows Update twice a year usually around spring and fall.
Microsoft uses quality and compatibility data to identify issues that might cause a Windows client feature update to fail or roll back. When Microsoft finds such an issue, Microsoft might apply holds to the updating service to prevent affected devices from installing the update in order to safeguard them from these experiences. Microsoft also use holds when a customer, a partner, or Microsoft internal validation finds an issue that would cause severe impact (for example, rollback of the update...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to move or install apps from the Microsoft Store on non-system drives for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Apps from the Microsoft Store are installed on the Windows C: system drive by default.
Users can select to move apps already installed from the Microsoft Store to another internal or external local drive if wanted.
Users can also select to have new apps from the Microsoft Store installed to another internal or external local drive by default if wanted.
Disabling the ability to move or install apps from the Microsoft store on non-system drives does not affect any apps that had been previously moved or installed on non-system drives.
You must be signed in as...
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the Game Bar for your account or all users in Windows 11.
You can open the Game Bar to take control of all your favorite gaming activities while playing on your Windows 11 device.
The Home Bar is the bar at the top of the Game Bar screen. Your favorites will appear on the Home Bar for quicker access to widgets.
The Controller Bar is a view of the Game Bar that allows you to quickly access games and apps using any Xbox controller.
Uninstalling the Game Bar app will remove the ability to open the Game Bar (Win+G).
Option One: Uninstall Game Bar for Current User
Option Two: Uninstall Game Bar for All Users
Option Three: Reinstall Game Bar for Current User
EXAMPLE: Game...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable always running an app in compatibility mode for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Most apps (and other programs, like games or utilities) that were created for earlier versions of Windows will work in the most recent version of Windows 11, but some older ones might run poorly or not at all.
You can use compatibility mode to run the program using settings from an earlier version of Windows. Try this setting if you know the program is designed for (or worked with) a specific version of Windows.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-older-apps-or-programs-compatible-with-windows-10-783d6dd7-b439-bdb0-0490-54eea0f45938
You cannot use...
This tutorial will show you how to change the size of taskbar thumbnail previews for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The setting in this tutorial no longer works starting with at least Windows 11 version 24H2.
The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store icons aligned to the center by default. The taskbar corner includes the notification area icons, Quick Settings (Win+A), and Notification Center (Win+N) with the clock and calendar.
When you hover the pointer over an icon on the taskbar for an open window, it will show a thumbnail preview of the open window.
If you like, you can...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable archive apps for your account, specific accounts, or all users in Windows 11.
To save storage space and Internet bandwidth, Microsoft Store apps you do not use frequently will be archived automatically. Your files and other data will be saved. The next time you use an archived app, it will connect to the Internet to restore the full version (if it's still available).
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-applicationmanagement#allowautomaticapparchiving
Option One: Turn On or Off Archive Apps for Current User in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Archive Apps for Specific User in Registry Editor
Option Three: Enable or Disable...
This tutorial will show you how to restore any missing default Send to context menu items for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Send to context menu allows you to quickly send a copy of items (ex: files, folders, libraries) to Bluetooth device, Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Documents, Mail recipient, and removable and network drives.
To move an item instead of copy and item, you can right click or press and hold on a file or folder, click/tap on Show more options, click/tap on Send to, press and hold the Shift key, and click/tap on a drive or folder location in the Send to context menu.
EXAMPLE: Send to context menu
Here's How:
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the...
This tutorial will show you how to share files using the drag tray in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.4950 (Beta 23H2), build 27818.1000 (Canary), build 26120.3671 (Beta 24H2), and build 26200.5518 (Dev), sharing files in Windows is getting a lot easier and quicker with our new drag tray feature. When you start dragging a local file with mouse (or touch) from File Explorer or your desktop, a handy tray appears at the very top of your screen allowing you to drop the file into one of the displayed apps or choose “More…” to open the Windows share window.
If you don't have the drag tray feature available in the builds above yet, then you can enable it using the ViVeTool command below.
Enable drag tray feature: vivetool...
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