This tutorial will show you how to pin and unpin notifications from your linked Android or iPhone in the Phone Link app for your account on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android or iPhone mobile device, you can view and manage your mobile notifications on your PC.
After you provide permission on your Android or iPhone phone, notifications from your phone will appear on your PC.
You can pin notifications to the top in the Phone Link app when you need to have them readily available and accessible.
You can unpin notifications when you no longer need then pinned.
Notifications from messages will not stay pinned, but can still be found in Messages until deleted.
EXAMPLE: Pinned...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to clear (dismiss) notifications from your linked Android or iPhone in the Phone Link app for your account on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android or iPhone mobile device, you can view and manage your mobile notifications on your PC.
After you provide permission on your Android or iPhone phone, notifications from your phone will appear on your PC.
When you open and read a notification in the Phone Link, it automatically gets dismissed by default. You can also manually dismiss specific notifications one at a time, or dismiss all notifications at once.
Dismissing a notification in the Phone Link app on your PC also removes it from your linked mobile...
This tutorial will show you how to add (pin) or remove (unpin) Android phone apps as favorites in the Phone Link app for your account on a Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC.
You can tap into the power of Phone Link app with Link to Windows integration on select Surface Duo and Samsung devices to instantly access your Android phone’s mobile apps directly from your Windows PC.
You can pin your Android apps to your Phone Link favorites for quicker access.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/mobileapps/use-apps-from-your-android-device-on-your-pc
Option One: Add Apps to Favorites in Phone Link
Option Two: Remove Apps from Favorites in Phone Link
Add Apps to Favorites in Phone Link
1 Open the Phone Link app on...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Fast Boot in UEFI BIOS firmware settings for Windows 11.
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a standard firmware interface for PCs, designed to replace BIOS (basic input/output system). This standard was created by over 140 technology companies as part of the UEFI consortium, including Microsoft. It's designed to improve software interoperability and address limitations of BIOS.
Windows utilizes the UEFI to support the handoff of system control from the SoC firmware boot loader to the OS. The UEFI environment is a minimal boot OS upon which Windows devices are booted and the OS runs.
Fast Boot is a feature in UEFI/BIOS that reduces your computer boot time with...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off always move windows to top when activating for mouse hover for your account in Windows 11.
If you turn on Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer, a window will be moved to the top by default when you activate the window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer.
You can turn on or off Move window to top when activating for mouse hover.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.4202 (24H2), Mouse settings are now easier to access under Settings > Accessibility > Mouse and Mouse pointer and touch, with no need to open Control Panel.
The Move window to top when activating for mouse hover setting is stored in the UserPreferencesMask binary value in the...
This tutorial will show you how to change the timeout to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus.
If you turn on Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer, you can activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for a half second (500 ms) by default.
If you like, you can change the timeout delay to what you want for how long you need to hover over a window before it activates.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-2000-server/cc957203(v=technet.10)
Option One: Change Time to Activate...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus.
If wanted, you can turn on to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for a half second (500 ms).
The Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse setting is stored in the UserPreferencesMask binary value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop registry key for the current user.
Option One: Turn On or Off Activate Window on Hover by Mouse Pointer in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Activate Window on Hover by Mouse Pointer in Control...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Mouse ClickLock and change the ClickLockTime for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
ClickLock enables you to highlight or drag items without holding down the mouse button.
When ClickLock is turned on, you would briefly press the primary mouse button on an item until the click is "locked". You can now highlight or drag the item without having to hold down the mouse button. To release, you would press the primary mouse button again.
If needed, you can adjust how long (ClickLockTime) you need to hold down the mouse button before your click is "locked".
Option One: Turn On or Off Mouse ClickLock and Change ClickLockTime in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Mouse ClickLock in...
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse double-click speed for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can double-click on an item to open it by default in Windows.
The mouse double-click speed is how quickly you must click the mouse button to perform a double-click.
Some people double-click slower or faster than others, and each mouse may not always reactive the same.
If you find the mouse double-click speed too sensitive (fast) or not sensitive enough (slow), you can adjust the mouse double-click speed to what works best for you.
Option One: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Settings
Option Two: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Control Panel
Option Three: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Registry Editor...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off snap mouse pointer to default button when opening a supported dialog for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The mouse pointer, which is sometimes referred to as the cursor, is a bitmap that specifies a focus point on the screen for user input with the mouse.
To speed up the process of selecting a choice when a dialog box appears, you can turn on the Snap To mouse properties option to Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box.
Option One: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button in Control Panel
Option Three: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button using REG file
Turn...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the mouse pointer shadow for your account in Windows 10 and Window 11.
The mouse pointer, which is sometimes referred to as the cursor, is a bitmap that specifies a focus point on the screen for user input with the mouse.
You can enable to show shadows under the mouse pointer to help make it stand out better.
The mouse pointer shadow setting is saved to the UserPreferencesMask REG_BINARY value in the key below in Registry Editor.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Option One: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Shadow in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in Visual Effects Performance Options
Option Three: Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in Mouse...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off displaying mouse pointer trails for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The mouse pointer, which is sometimes referred to as the cursor, is a bitmap that specifies a focus point on the screen for user input with the mouse.
You can turn on to display pointer trails to see where the mouse is moving on the screen.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows/make-windows-easier-to-see
Option One: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails in Control Panel
Option Three: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails using REG file
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