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Turn On or Off Enhance Pointer Precision in Windows 11

Devices Turn On or Off Enhance Pointer Precision in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off enhance pointer precision 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. Enhance pointer precision is a form of pointer acceleration that determines how fast the pointer moves in response to movements of the mouse. Enhance pointer precision makes the pointer work more accurately when you're moving the mouse slowly, but it can make the pointer less precise in other situations. Your mileage may vary. The MouseSpeed, MouseThreshold1, and MouseThreshold2 string values in the HKCU\Control Panel\Mouse key in Registry Editor determine when and...
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Adjust Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 11

Devices Adjust Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to adjust touchpad sensitivity for your account in Windows 11. If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you may need to adjust the touchpad sensitivity for your needs. AAP is a feature of Precision Touchpads that suppresses certain actions like mouse moves and taps for a short time after keyboarding events. The specific timeouts depend on the type of action and the region of the touchpad receiving input, as well as the user setting called Touchpad sensitivity found in Touchpad settings. More sensitive means less time is spent suppressing input after keyboarding events. Maximum sensitivity means AAP timeouts are zero and AAP is not in effect. Touchpad sensitivity is how...
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Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Windows 11

Devices Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the keyboard character repeat rate for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can change the keyboard character repeat delay and rate for when you press and hold down a key. The repeat delay is the pause between pressing a key and when it starts repeating. The repeat rate is the speed at which it repeats. Option One: Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Settings Option Two: Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Keyboard Properties Option Three: Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Registry Editor Change Keyboard Character Repeat Rate in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Keyboard on the right side...
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Hide or Show Drive Letters in File Explorer in Windows 11

Devices Hide or Show Drive Letters in File Explorer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show drive letters in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A drive letter is a single alphabetic character A through Z that has been assigned by Windows to a physical drive or drive partition connected to the computer to reference the drive by. Option One: Hide or Show Drive Letters in File Explorer in Folder Options Option Two: Hide or Show Drive Letters in File Explorer using REG file EXAMPLE: Hide or Show Drive Letters in File Explorer > This PC Hide or Show Drive Letters in File Explorer in Folder Options 1 Open Folder Options. 2 Click/tap on the View tab. (see screenshot below) 3 Check (show - default ) or uncheck (hide) Show drive letters for what...
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Check If PC Has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in Windows 11

Devices Check If PC Has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in Windows 11

A NPU (Neural Processing Unit), or AI processor, is a specialized accelerator that handles artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tasks right on your PC instead of sending data to be processed in the cloud. The GPU and CPU can also process these workloads, but the NPU is especially good at low-power AI calculations. The AI PC represents a fundamental shift in how computers operate. It is not a solution for a problem that didn’t exist before. Instead, it promises to be a huge improvement for everyday PC usages. References: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/all-about-neural-processing-units-npus-e77a5637-7705-4915-96c8-0c6a975f9db4...
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Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in Windows 11

Devices Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you different ways to check the amount of available free and used storage space on drives in Windows 11. Free space tells you how much available storage space you have left of the drive's capacity size. Used space tells you how much storage space you have currently used of the drive's capacity size. Option One: Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in File Explorer Option Two: Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in Properties Option Three: Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in Settings Option Four: Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in System Information Option Five: Check Free and Used Storage Space on Drives in Resource Monitor Option Six: Check Free and Used Storage Space...
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Check Graphics Card (GPU) Temperature in Windows 11

Devices Check Graphics Card (GPU) Temperature in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to check and monitor the current GPU temperature from within Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you have a graphics card or dedicated graphics, you can check and monitor the GPU temperature in Celsius from Task Manager. Checking your GPU temperature can be handy to make sure the GPU is within nominal ranges (65C to 85C OR 149F to 186F) and not overheating. Integrated graphics is not supported. Here's How: 1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc). 2 Click/tap on the Performance tab. (see screenshots below) 3 Click/tap on the GPU # (ex: "GPU 1") for your graphics card or dedicated graphics. 4 You will now see the current GPU Temperature. Task Manager will automatically update the GPU Temperature based on...
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Test Microphone in Windows 11

Devices Test Microphone in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to test a microphone to hear how recorded audio will sound in Windows 11. In Windows 11, you can test your microphone to see the result percentage of total input volume. Starting with Windows 11 build 26052 (Dev and Canary), you can now choose either a Default or Communications test mode for audio processing to hear how recorded audio will sound. Here's How: 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Sound on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Sound Settings 3 Under the Advanced section, click/tap on All sound devices. (see screenshot below) 4 Under Input devices, click/tap on the microphone (ex: "Logitech BRIO") you want to test. (see...
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Find Printer Share Name in Windows 11

Devices Find Printer Share Name in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to find the share name of a shared printed connected to a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC so other computers on the same network can add the shared printer. In Windows 10 and Windows 11, you can share your printer with many PCs on your network. To share a printer from the PC that the printer is connected to (the primary PC) with secondary PCs that the printer is not connected to, you must set up sharing settings for the printer, connect the printer to the primary PC (either wirelessly or by using a USB cable), and then turn on the printer. Also make sure the primary PC is turned on, connected to the printer, and connected to the network. It is required to share the printer connected to a PC before other PCs...
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Change Mouse Scrolling Direction in Windows 11

Devices Change Mouse Scrolling Direction in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the scrolling direction of the mouse scroll wheel for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows uses reverse scrolling by default, but you can use natural scrolling if wanted. Reverse scrolling = When you roll the mouse scroll wheel back, the scroll bar moves down as the page scrolls in an upward direction. When you roll the mouse scroll wheel forward, the scroll bar moves up as the page scrolls in a downward direction. Natural scrolling = When you roll the mouse scroll wheel back, the scroll bar moves down as the page scrolls in a downward direction. When you roll the mouse scroll wheel forward, the scroll bar moves up as the page scrolls in an upward direction...
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Check if Disk Drive uses MBR or GPT Partition Style in Windows 11

Devices Check if Disk Drive uses MBR or GPT Partition Style in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to check if a disk drive is using the GPT (GUID Partition Table) or MBR (Master Boot Record) partition style in Windows 11. Disks can be divided into multiple chunks called partitions. Each partition - even if there's only one - has to have a partition style - GPT or MBR. Windows uses the partition style to understand how to access the data on the disk. Most PCs use the GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk type for hard drives and SSDs. GPT is more robust and allows for volumes bigger than 2 TB. The older Master Boot Record (MBR) disk type is used by 32-bit PCs, older PCs, and removable drives such as memory cards. Master Boot Record (MBR) disks use the standard BIOS partition table. GUID partition table...
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Find File System of Drive in Windows 11

Devices Find File System of Drive in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you different ways to find out which file system a connected drive has been formatted with in Windows 11. A file system enables applications to store and retrieve files on storage devices. Files are placed in a hierarchical structure. The file system specifies naming conventions for files and the format for specifying the path to a file in the tree structure. Windows 11 supports the FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and ReFS file systems for drive volumes or partitions on a disk. References: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/file-systems https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc778296(v=ws.10) Option One: Find File System of Drive in Disk...
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