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Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off tap touchpad with a two fingers to right-click for your account in Windows 11. If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can turn on or off its Taps settings for what you want. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/component-guidelines/touchpad-tuning-guidelines#tap-with-two-fingers-to-right-click Option One: Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click in Settings Option Two: Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click using REG file Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side...
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Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Single Finger to Single-Click in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off tap touchpad with a single finger to single-click for your account in Windows 11. If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can turn on or off its Taps settings for what you want. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/component-guidelines/touchpad-tuning-guidelines#tap-with-a-single-finger-to-single-click Option One: Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Single Finger to Single-Click in Settings Option Two: Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Single Finger to Single-Click using REG file Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Single Finger to Single-Click in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices...
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Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the touchpad for your account in Windows 11. If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can enable or disable the touchpad on demand. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-touchpad-use-and-settings-6c32fd32-23f4-c2d3-a3f9-cfc70feff233 Option One: Turn On or Off Touchpad in Settings Option Two: Turn On or Off Touchpad using REG file Turn On or Off Touchpad in Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touchpad on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Touchpad settings 3 Click/tap on Touchpad to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4) 4 Turn On...
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Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the pointer Snap To default button option 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. To speed up the process of selecting a choice when a dialog box appears, you can turn on the Snap To mouse properties option to Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box. Option One: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button in Control Panel Option Two: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button using REG file Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button in Control Panel 1 Open the Control Panel (icons view)...
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Turn On or Off Show Pointer Location when Press CTRL Key in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show location of the pointer when the Ctrl key is pressed 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. Windows 11 gives you a fast way to find your mouse pointer by circling it when you press the Ctrl key. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-your-mouse-pointer-fast-dbc1d222-778c-da15-5218-cb8336074554 The Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key setting and others are saved together in the UserPreferencesMask binary value in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop location for the...
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Change Inactivity Timeout for Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to change the background tab inactivity timeout for sleeping tabs in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. The sleeping tabs feature in Microsoft Edge makes background tabs sleep after two hours of inactivity by default in order to free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other applications on your device. Sleeping tabs will fade to indicate they’ve released resources. To resume a...
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Add and Remove Sites from Sleeping Tabs Exclude List in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to add and remove sites on an exclude list to the never put these sites to sleep in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. The sleeping tabs feature in Microsoft Edge makes background tabs sleep after two hours of inactivity by default in order to free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other applications on your device. Sleeping tabs will fade to indicate they’ve released...
Browsers and Mail
View Windows Security Protection History in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to view the protection history of Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows Security in Windows 11. The Protection History page in the Windows Security app is where you can go to view recommendations and actions that Microsoft Defender Antivirus has taken on your behalf, Potentially Unwanted Apps that have been removed, or key services (ex: SmartScreen) that are turned off. Protection History only retains events for 15 days by default, after which they will automatically be cleared from history. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/protection-history-f1e5fd95-09b4-46d1-b8c7-1059a1e09708 Here's How: 1 Open Windows Security. 2 Click/tap on Protection history. (see screenshot below)...
Privacy and Security
Choose where to get apps in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to choose where apps can be installed from for all users in Windows 11. To help protect your PC and keep it running smoothly, Microsoft recommends only installing apps from the Microsoft Store. You can choose where you can get apps from and if you want to see app recommendations when you try to install an app from outside of the Microsoft Store. The Application Installation Control feature let's you choose to get apps from: Anywhere - Users will be able to install both desktop and Store apps without getting a message dialog. Anywhere, but let me know if there's a comparable app in the Microsoft Store Anywhere, but warn me before installing an app that's not from the Microsoft Store - Users will be able...
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Add or Remove Select Context Menu in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Select context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You have many options to select items in File Explorer (Win+E) and on the desktop (Win+D) in Windows 11. If wanted, you can add a Select context menu to Select all, Select none, and Invert selection items from instead of just from the command bar in File Explorer. You can right click on a window/desktop background or on one or more selected items, and click/tap on Show more options to see the Select context menu item. Select context menu items Description Select all Select all items on the desktop or currently active open window. Select none Unselect all items on the desktop or currently active open window...
Personalization
Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off displaying mouse pointer trails 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. You can turn on to display pointer trails to see where the mouse is moving on the screen. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-windows-easier-to-see-c97c2b0d-cadb-93f0-5fd1-59ccfe19345d Option One: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails in Control Panel Option Two: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails using REG file Turn On or Off Enhance Pointer Precision in Control Panel 1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the...
Accessibility
Add or Remove Windows C Drive in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Windows C: Drive in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. All drives are shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default. Removable drives are shown as separate groups in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default in addition to being shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane. You could Pin to Quick access the Windows C: drive to also have it under the Home group in the navigation pane. If you like, you can add the Windows C: Drive as its own separate group to the top or bottom of the navigation pane of File Explorer for even easier and faster access. EXAMPLE: Windows "C: Drive" at top or bottom of...
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