This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected for your account in Windows 11.
If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad and you like to use an external USB or Bluetooth mouse, you can set to automatically disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected and automatically enable the touchpad when the mouse is disconnected.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/component-guidelines/touchpad-tuning-guidelines#leave-touchpad-on-when-a-mouse-is-connected
Option One: Turn On or Off Leave Touchpad On when Mouse Connected in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Leave Touchpad On when Mouse Connected using REG file
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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
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
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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 download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.
Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11.
The Flight Hub can also help you keep updated on which Windows 11 builds have an ISO available.
Option One: Download Latest Windows 11 64-bit ISO using Media Creation Tool
Option Two: Download Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO from Microsoft
Option Three: Download Windows 11 Insider 64-bit ISO from Microsoft
Option Four: Download Windows Server Insider ISO from Microsoft
Option Five: Download Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO or Windows Server ISO from UUP Dump...
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) and build 26120.3653 (Beta), 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) trainers, teacher of students with visual impairments (TSVI) who support students in class and...
This tutorial will show you how to bypass the Windows 11 CPU, RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0 system requirements allowing you to clean install or upgrade to Windows 11 on a unsupported PC that doesn't meet these requirements.
Installing Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 minimum system requirements is not recommended. If you choose to install Windows 11 on ineligible hardware, you should be comfortable assuming the risk of running into compatibility issues.
If you like, you can bypass the check for TPM 2.0 (at least TPM 1.2 is required) and the CPU family and model.
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that...
This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11.
File Explorer in Windows 10 has a ribbon, tabs, and a title bar with color. The ribbon includes common tasks, such as copying and moving, creating new folders, emailing and zipping items, and changing the view. The tabs change to show extra tasks that apply to the selected item. You can hide or show the ribbon on demand.
In Windows 11, Microsoft made File Explorer modern with a clean look and brand-new command bar instead of the ribbon.
If you prefer, you can restore the classic File Explorer with ribbon in Windows 11.
Option One: Temporarily Open File Explorer with Ribbon
Option Two: Create Shortcut to...
This tutorial will show you how to backup and restore a specific or all Wi-Fi network profiles on any Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC.
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.
When you connect to a Wi-Fi network for the first time, Windows will automatically add a profile for the Wi-Fi network. The saved profile contains the SSID (network name), security key (password), and connection and security properties used to connect to this specific Wi-Fi network.
Restoring a backed up Wi-Fi network profiles can be much easier than having to manually add and connect to a Wi-Fi network again.
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This tutorial will show you how to quit (exit) the Copilot app for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.
When you open the Copilot app, a Copilot notification icon will appear on the taskbar system tray.
Even if you close the Copilot app, the Microsoft Copilot process will still run in the background with the Copilot icon on the taskbar system tray.
You will need to quit Copilot to fully exit and close the Copilot app and remove the Copilot icon from the taskbar system tray.
EXAMPLE: Copilot app
Here's How:
1 Right click on the Copilot icon on the taskbar system tray. (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on...
Accounts Enable or Disable Enhanced Anti-Spoofing for Windows Hello Facial Recognition in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable requiring enhanced anti-spoofing protection for Windows Hello facial recognition sign-in authentication for all users in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
You can use Windows Hello to sign in using facial recognition with your PC's infrared camera or an external infrared camera.
After you set up facial recognition to sign in to Windows with, you can enable Enhanced facial recognition protection for all users.
Enabling Enhanced facial recognition protection might increase sign-in errors, and disables Windows Hello facial authentication on devices that don't support enhanced anti-spoofing.
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This tutorial will show you how to downgrade from Windows 11 Pro, Education, or Enterprise to Windows 11 Home without losing anything.
You may find yourself needing or wanting to downgrade from the Windows 11 Pro, Education, or Enterprise edition to the Windows 11 Home edition.
A direct downgrade from Windows 11 Pro, Education, or Enterprise to Windows 11 Home is not supported, and would normally require a clean install of Windows 11 Home resulting in the loss of all your data.
Using a workaround in this tutorial, you can downgrade your device from Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Education, or Windows 11 Enterprise to the Windows 11 Home edition without data loss.
You must be signed in as an administrator to downgrade to the Windows 11...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the 3D Objects, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and/or Videos folder(s) in File Explorer > This PC for all users in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 25136 and build 22621.160, Microsoft is introducing a refreshed layout of the left navigation pane in File Explorer which makes it easy for you to navigate to folders that matter to you.
Known Windows Folders which are available by default in the navigation pane are no longer displayed as a "Folders" group under This PC to keep that view focused for your PC’s drives.
If you like, you can add the 3D Objects, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and/or Videos folder(s) back under "Folders" in File...
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).
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