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Change URL of Favorites in Microsoft Edge in Windows 11

Browsers and Mail Change URL of Favorites in Microsoft Edge in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the URL address of a favorite in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can keep track of the websites you visit frequently by adding them as favorites in Microsoft Edge. You can organize these favorites into folders how you like. Occasionally, you may need or want to change the URL address of an existing favorite to update it. If you are signed in to Microsoft Edge with your Microsoft account and turned on sync favorites, then any favorite you change the URL for will automatically sync and get changed on all devices you sign in to Microsoft Edge with the same Microsoft account with sync favorites turned on. Option One: Change URL of Favorite in Microsoft Edge...
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Rename Favorites in Microsoft Edge in Windows 11

Browsers and Mail Rename Favorites in Microsoft Edge in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rename a favorite or Favorites folder in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can keep track of the websites you visit frequently by adding them as favorites in Microsoft Edge. You can organize these favorites into folders how you like. Occasionally, you may need or want to rename an existing favorite or folder. If you are signed in to Microsoft Edge with your Microsoft account and turned on sync favorites, then any favorite or folder you rename will automatically sync and get renamed on all devices you sign in to Microsoft Edge with the same Microsoft account with sync favorites turned on. Option One: Rename Favorite or Folder in Microsoft Edge from Favorites Bar...
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Sign in or Sign out of Microsoft Edge in Windows 11

Browsers and Mail Sign in or Sign out of Microsoft Edge in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to sign in or sign out of a profile in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Signing into Microsoft Edge with a Microsoft account will enable syncing your browsing data across all your devices signed-in to Microsoft Edge with the same Microsoft account. When you sign in to sync to Microsoft Edge, you can easily browse the web from any of your devices, keep your favorites organized, and always pick up right where you left off. When you’re signed in, Microsoft Edge syncs your favorites, passwords, history, extensions, settings, open tabs, autofill form entries (such as your name, address, and phone number), payment info, and other data types across the devices you use with this...
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Customize DLNA Media Streaming Settings in Windows 10 and Windows 11

Network and Internet Customize DLNA Media Streaming Settings in Windows 10 and Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to customize DLNA media streaming settings for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. DLNA media streaming allows you to share media from your account's personal Music, Pictures, PlayLists, and Videos folders to other users (same computer), computers, and DLNA supported devices on your network. It also allows you to receive media from other computers and DLNA supported devices. If you turned on DLNA media streaming, you can choose what is streamed by default to all or specific computers and devices on your network. Option One: Customize Default Media Streaming Settings Option Two: Customize Media Streaming Settings for Specific Device Customize Default Media Streaming Settings The default...
Network and Internet
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Delete Theme in Windows 11

Personalization Delete Theme in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to delete a theme in Windows 11. A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers. You can delete a saved custom .theme, saved .deskthemepack, theme from Microsoft, theme from Microsoft Store, Windows default theme, or high contrast theme you no longer want. Option One: Delete Theme for Current User in Settings Option Two: Delete Theme for Current User in Control Panel Option Three: Delete Theme for Current User in File Explorer Option Four: Delete Windows Default Theme in File Explorer for All Users Option Five: Delete High Contrast Theme in File Explorer for All Users Delete Theme for Current User in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I)...
Personalization
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Use Recall with Snapshots in Windows 11

Apps Use Recall with Snapshots in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to use Recall with snapshots of your activity to find and jump back into what you have seen before on your Windows 11 Copilot+ PC. 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...
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Check Drive for Errors with CHKDSK (Check Disk) in Windows 11

Devices Check Drive for Errors with CHKDSK (Check Disk) in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to run CHKDSK to check a drive for file system errors in Windows 11. Checking your drives for errors every once in a while can help fix some performance issues. Drive errors can usually be caused by bad sectors, improper shutdowns, bad software, corruption, physical damage, etc... CHKDSK (Check Disk) checks the file system and file system metadata of a volume (drive) for logical and physical errors. The chkdsk command is used to check the integrity of the file system on the hard drive and make necessary fixes. The command can also fix bad sectors on your hard drive. Bad sectors are divided into "Soft bad sectors" and "Hard bad sectors". "Soft bad sectors" are logical bad sectors, and chkdsk can easily...
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Enable or Disable BitLocker to Unlock OS drive at Startup with PIN and USB in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable BitLocker to Unlock OS drive at Startup with PIN and USB in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable BitLocker to unlock the operating system drive at startup with a PIN or USB flash 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. New files are automatically encrypted when you save them to a drive encrypted by BitLocker. However, if you copy these files to another drive or a different PC not encrypted by BitLocker, the files are automatically decrypted. BitLocker checks the PC during startup for any conditions that could represent a security risk (for example, a change to...
Privacy and Security
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Open Quick Settings in Windows 11

General Open Quick Settings in Windows 11

This tutorial will show different ways on how to open Quick Settings 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 25967 (Canary), build 26052.1100 (Dev), and build 26100.712 (RP), Microsoft is trying out a scrollable view of quick settings to some Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel as part of evaluating...
General
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Enable or Disable Disk Write Caching for Internal Storage Devices in Windows 11

Devices Enable or Disable Disk Write Caching for Internal Storage Devices in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable disk write caching for internal storage devices in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Disk Write Caching for internal storage devices is enabled by default. Write caching improves system performance by allowing Windows to cache disk write operations in system memory until it is written to the disk. This allows the system and apps to run faster by allowing them to continue without waiting on data write requests to be written to the disk. However, a power outage or equipment failure might result in data loss or corruption if not written to the disk from the cache yet. While it's recommended to leave write caching enabled for drives, you can disable write caching for devices if wanted or...
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Enable or Disable Storage Sense Cleanup of Temporary Files in Windows 11

System Enable or Disable Storage Sense Cleanup of Temporary Files in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allow Storage Sense to cleanup temporary files for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Storage Sense can automatically free up drive space for you by getting rid of items that you don't need, like temporary files and items in your Recycle Bin. Storage Sense is off by default. If your PC runs into low disk space and you have not interacted with Storage Sense in the past, Windows may turn on Storage Sense to manage select temporary files, then notify you. If you prefer, you can choose to turn Storage Sense off right away or after the low disk state is resolved. If Storage Sense is turned on with the default settings, it will run when your device is low on disk space and will...
System
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Hide or Show Widgets in Widget Menu on Game Bar in Windows 11

Gaming Hide or Show Widgets in Widget Menu on Game Bar in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show widgets in the Widget Menu on the Home Bar of the Game Bar screen for your account 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. The Widget Menu on the Home Bar allows you to open installed widgets, and add or remove favorite widgets on the Home Bar. You can choose to hide or show the following widgets in the widgets menu: Xbox Achievements – Track your games’ progress and see what you’ve unlocked. Xbox Chat - Send and receive chat or party chat messages with your friends. Xbox Looking for Group – Use Looking for Group to find players...
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