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Turn On or Off Add Screenshot Border for Snipping Tool in Windows 11

Apps Turn On or Off Add Screenshot Border for Snipping Tool in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off add border for each screenshot in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11. The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps. You can turn on or off to add a border to each screenshot taken by the Snipping Tool app. You can select a custom color and thickness for the border. Here's How: 1 Open the Snipping Tool app. (see screenshot below) 2 Click/tap on the See more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below) 3 Do step 4 (on) or step 5 (off) below for what you want. Turn on add border for...
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Enable or Disable Open Widgets Board on Hover in Windows 11

Apps Enable or Disable Open Widgets Board on Hover in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show widgets on hover for your account in Windows 11. Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage. Widgets help you stay on top of what’s important to you by bringing together personalized content from your favorite apps and services so you can have the latest info at a glance throughout your day. Say goodbye to constantly switching between apps, devices and websites—now you can...
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Enable or Disable Cortana in Windows 11

Apps Enable or Disable Cortana in Windows 11

⚠️ Starting with Windows 11 build 25967 (Canary), the Cortana app has been removed. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/end-of-support-for-cortana-d025b39f-ee5b-4836-a954-0ab646ee1efa This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Cortana for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Cortana is a personal productivity assistant in Microsoft 365, helping your users achieve more with less effort and focus on what matters. The Cortana app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 helps users quickly get information across Microsoft 365, using typed or spoken queries to connect with people, check calendars, set reminders, add tasks, and more. Cortana is still included in Windows 11, but will no longer be included in the first boot...
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Find All EFS Encrypted Files in Windows 11

General Find All EFS Encrypted Files in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to find and list all EFS encrypted files that belong to the current user on all connected NTFS local drives in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on NTFS file system volumes using a public-key system. Files or folders saved into an existing encrypted folder will automatically be encrypted by EFS. Option One: Find All Encrypted Files and Output List in Command Prompt Option Two: Find All Encrypted Files and Output List to Text File Find All Encrypted Files and Output List in Command Prompt 1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell...
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Open and Close Navigation Bar in Task Manager in Windows 11

General Open and Close Navigation Bar in Task Manager in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to open and close the navigation bar in Task Manager for your account in Windows 11. Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, processes details, and services in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, Microsoft has updated the design of Task Manager to match the new Windows 11 design principles. This includes a new hamburger style navigation bar and a new settings page. A new command bar on each page gives access to common actions. The dark theme has now been brought to Task manager and will automatically match the system-wide theme configured in the Settings app. You can open the Processes, Performance, App history...
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Find Compressed Files and Folders in Windows 11

General Find Compressed Files and Folders in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to find and list compressed files and folders in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The NTFS file system volumes support file compression on an individual file basis. The file compression algorithm used by the NTFS file system is Lempel-Ziv compression. This is a lossless compression algorithm, which means that no data is lost when compressing and decompressing the file, as opposed to lossy compression algorithms such as JPEG, where some data is lost each time data compression and decompression occur. Data compression reduces the size of a file by minimizing redundant data. In a text file, redundant data can be frequently occurring characters, such as the space character, or common vowels, such as the letters e...
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Add or Remove "Map network drive" and "Disconnect network drive" context menu in Windows 11

Network and Internet Add or Remove "Map network drive" and "Disconnect network drive" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Map network drive and Disconnect network drive context menu for specific or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can Map a network drive to access shared files on it from File Explorer in Windows without having to look for it or type its network address each time. A mapped network drive has the following characteristics: It has a drive letter assigned like any other partition in your system. It points to a network shared folder on another PC. It points only to resources found on your network. You need to know the user name and password credentials for the network drive (share) to connect to it. You must be signed in as and administrator to add or remove the "Map network drive"...
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Encrypt or Decrypt Files and Folders with EFS in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Encrypt or Decrypt Files and Folders with EFS in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to encrypt or decrypt a file or folder in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on NTFS file system volumes using a public-key system. Files or folders saved into an existing encrypted folder will automatically be encrypted by EFS. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/file-encryption Encrypted File System, or EFS, is not available in the Windows 10/11 Home edition. If you ZIP and EFS encrypted file or folder, the file or folder in the ZIP will not be encrypted. If an administrator changes or resets the password of a local...
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Remove Word from Custom Inking and Typing Dictionary in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Remove Word from Custom Inking and Typing Dictionary in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to remove a word from the custom inking and typing dictionary for your account in Windows 11. Custom inking and typing dictionary allows you to get better suggestions by creating a custom dictionary using your typing history and handwriting patterns. As part of inking and typing on your device, Windows collects unique words—like names you write—in a custom dictionary stored locally on your device, which helps you type and ink more accurately. The dictionary is used to make better suggestions and improve handwriting recognition for each of the languages you use. If you turn off Custom inking and typing dictionary, it will clear all words in your custom dictionary, and suggestions will no longer be...
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Add Word to Custom Inking and Typing Dictionary in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Add Word to Custom Inking and Typing Dictionary in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add a word to the custom word list in your personal dictionary for your account in Windows 11. Custom inking and typing dictionary allows you to get better suggestions by creating a custom dictionary using your typing history and handwriting patterns. As part of inking and typing on your device, Windows collects unique words—like names you write—in a custom dictionary stored locally on your device, which helps you type and ink more accurately. The dictionary is used to make better suggestions and improve handwriting recognition for each of the languages you use. If you turn off Custom inking and typing dictionary , it will clear all words in your custom dictionary, and suggestions will no longer...
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View Words in Custom Inking and Typing Dictionary in Windows 11

Privacy and Security View Words in Custom Inking and Typing Dictionary in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to view all words in your inking and typing dictionary for your account in Windows 11. Custom inking and typing dictionary allows you to get better suggestions by creating a custom dictionary using your typing history and handwriting patterns. As part of inking and typing on your device, Windows collects unique words—like names you write—in a custom dictionary stored locally on your device, which helps you type and ink more accurately. The dictionary is used to make better suggestions and improve handwriting recognition for each of the languages you use. The words in your custom dictionary are saved to the default.dic file in the %AppData%\Microsoft\Spelling\neutral folder for your account. If you...
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Turn On or Off Night Light in Windows 11

System Turn On or Off Night Light in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off night light for your account in Windows 11. Your display emits blue light—the kind of light you see during the day—which can keep you up at night. To help you get to sleep, turn on the night light and your display will show warmer colors at night that are easier on your eyes. The night light strength level is for the color temperature in Kelvin. You can set a strength level between 0 (6500K) to 100 (1200K) for whatever is comfortable to your eyes. You can turn on Schedule night light. Then, either select Sunset to sunrise, or select Set hours and enter custom times for the night light to automatically turn on and off. Night light isn't available if your device uses certain drivers...
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