This tutorial will show you how to enable and disable fullscreen optimizations for apps and games for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Microsoft wanted to create the best gaming experience possible, so they enhanced the current Full Screen Exclusive (FSE) mode by creating Fullscreen Optimizations. Fullscreen Optimizations was designed for gamers to experience the best aspects of both FSE and borderless windowed mode, allowing games to take up the entire screen, run at full speed, support fast alt-tab switching, and support for overlays.
When using Fullscreen Optimizations, your game believes that it is running in Fullscreen Exclusive, but behind the scenes, Windows has the game running in borderless windowed mode. When a game...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use ViVeTool to enable or disable hidden features in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.- Brink
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
This tutorial will show you different ways to uninstall or reinstall the Copilot app for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Learn about this picture" desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.- Brink
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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
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.- Brink
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Clean Install Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable double-click to maximize windows vertically for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
In Windows, you can maximize a window vertically by performing one of the following actions:
While the window is active, press the Shift + Windows + Up arrow keys to maximize the window vertically, and press the Shift + Windows + Down arrow keys to restore/minimize the window vertically.
Move the pointer to the top or bottom border of a window until the pointer turns into a double arrow, and double click/tap.
If you like, you can disable the ability to double-click to maximize windows vertically without affecting being able to use the keyboard shortcut to maximize...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a custom "Edit or Run with" cascading context menu for PowerShell .ps1 files for all users in Windows 11.
A PS1 file is a script, or cmdlet, used by Windows PowerShell.
The Edit or Run with cascading context menu includes the following items for PS1 files:
Run with PowerShell
Run with PowerShell as administrator
Run with PowerShell 7
Run with PowerShell 7 as administrator
Edit with PowerShell ISE
Edit with PowerShell ISE as administrator
Edit with PowerShell ISE (x86)
Edit with PowerShell ISE (x86) as administrator
Edit with Notepad
Edit with Notepad as administrator
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove this context menu.
It is required to install PowerShell 7...
This tutorial will show you how to quickly generate a new Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A GUID is a 128-bit integer (16 bytes) that can be used across all computers and networks wherever a unique identifier is required. Such an identifier has a very low probability of being duplicated.
GUIDs identify objects such as interfaces, manager entry-point vectors (EPVs), and class objects. A GUID is a 128-bit value consisting of one group of 8 hexadecimal digits, followed by three groups of 4 hexadecimal digits each, followed by one group of 12 hexadecimal digits. The following example GUID shows the groupings of hexadecimal digits in a GUID: 6B29FC40-CA47-1067-B31D-00DD010662DA
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This tutorial will show you how to hide or show Filmstrip at the bottom of the Photos app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
By default, Filmstrip is turned off in the Photos app.
When Filmstrip is turned on, it appears at the bottom of the photo viewer showing thumbnails of all image and video files inside the same folder location. The filmstrip allows you to quickly scroll and open your images and videos directly within the viewer.
You can also select multiple items from the...
This tutorial will show you how to set a Wi-Fi network to be treated as a metered or unmetered connection on your Android phone.
Wi-Fi is a wireless local area network (WLAN) technology and standard that uses high-frequency radio waves to provide wireless Internet and network connections to your device.
If your network has a data limit, you can set your Wi-Fi as metered. When your network is metered, you have more control over how much data your phone or tablet uses through downloads and other apps.
By default, your Android phone is set to Detect automatically if your Wi-Fi network is a "Metered network". You can set it to Treat as metered or Treat as unmetered for the Wi-Fi network instead to be certain.
Reference...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing notifications on the lock screen for your account or all users in Windows 11.
The lock screen (aka: welcome screen) is the stand by screen you see at startup, when you lock the computer, or when you sign out and are idle at least one minute.
The lock screen displays a background image, time, date, detailed status of selected app, and notifications by default.
When you dismiss the lock screen, you will see the sign-in screen.
Reference:
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/configuring-weather-and-more-on-the-lock-screen-in-windows-10-and-11.23928/
It is required to have notifications turned on to be able to turn on or off show notifications on the lock screen.
Option One: Turn On...
This tutorial will show you different ways to open Windows Terminal in Windows 11.
Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/
Option One: Open Windows Terminal from Win+X Quick Link Menu
Option Two: Open Windows Terminal from Start Menu
Option Three: Open Windows Terminal from Search
Option Four: Open Windows Terminal...
This tutorial will show you different ways to change the lock screen background to Windows Spotlight, a picture, or slideshow for your account in Windows 11.
The lock screen (aka: welcome screen) is the screen you see at startup and when you lock (Win+L) the PC. You will need to dismiss the lock screen to to see the sign-in screen and sign in to Windows.
You can customize your lock screen. You can change your lock screen background to Windows Spotlight, a picture, or a slideshow. You can also choose an app to show detailed status on the lock screen.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.3281 (Beta/Dev 24H2), Microsoft is trying out a few different treatments for the top right hotspot (“Like the image that you see”) on the lock screen...
This tutorial will show you how to change the default action to take when closing the lid of your laptop in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The lid switch close action specifies the action to take when the system lid is closed.
Users can specify one of the following actions to take:
Do Nothing = No action is taken when the system lid is closed.
Sleep = The system enters sleep when the system lid is closed.
Hibernate = The system enters hibernate when the system lid is closed.
Shut Down = The system shuts down when the system lid is closed.
Option One: Change Lid Close Action for Current Power Plan in Settings
Option Two: Change Lid Close Action for Current Power Plan in Power Options
Option Three: Change Lid Close Action for Specific...
This tutorial will show you how to manually refresh (re-scan) the list of available Wi-Fi networks in Windows 11.
Wi-Fi is a wireless local area network (WLAN) technology and standard that uses high-frequency radio waves to provide wireless Internet and network connections to your Windows device.
If your PC has a Wi-Fi adapter, you will see a list of all available Wi-Fi networks by name (SSID) within range of your area by default to select to connect to.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26002 (Canary), Microsoft is beginning to roll out a new refresh button on the Wi-Fi Quick Settings flyout so you can now refresh the list of wireless networks available. There is also indication of scan progress to help you find nearby networks if the...
This tutorial will show you how to rotate an image in Windows 11.
Windows includes a built-in feature in File Explorer allowing you to quickly rotate an image file to the left and right, and automatically save the rotation change.
You can also use the built-in Paint and Photos apps to rotate images in Windows.
Option One: Rotate Image using File Explorer Command Bar
Option Two: Rotate Image using Context Menu
Option Three: Rotate Image in Photos app
Option Four: Rotate Image in Paint app
Rotate Image using File Explorer Command Bar
1 Open File Explorer (Win+E).
2 Navigate to and select the image file(s) you want to rotate. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Rotate left or Rotate right on the command bar until the image is...
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