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Brink · Sep 22, 2021

This tutorial will show you how to choose a power plan to be the current active power scheme used by default for your account in Windows 11. A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme. Changes made to a power plan settings will affect all users that use the same power plan as their current active power plan. Windows 11 includes the following power plans by default: Balanced = Offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don't. This is the best power plan for most people. Allows you to change your Power...

Brink · Jun 3, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove showing frequent folders (locations) in Quick access in File Explorer Home for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22593, Quick access in File Explorer (Win+E) is now called Home. The name Quick access has been repurposed for the pinned/frequent Folders section, and Pinned files is now called Favorites to align with Office and OneDrive. Recent and pinned files (Favorites) displayed in Home are now searchable using the search box in File Explorer even if they are not local files, so you can find Office files recently shared with you. Home in the navigation pane is the default homepage of File Explorer (Win+E) that allows you to quickly access and view your...

Bree · May 30, 2022

When making your first Macrium Reflect image of your PC the final test that the image is full and complete would be to boot from the Reflect rescue media and perform a full restore. This is not something you'd want to risk trying just as a test, so many do not do a restore until circumstances mean that they have to do it for real. That is perhaps not the best time to learn how to restore, and it's certainly a very bad time to find out that your image is missing an important partition. This article offers a safe way to practice a full bare metal restore to a new machine, without risking destroying your PC if it goes badly wrong. Rather than restoring to your (perhaps only) PC the restore will be performed in a Virtual Machine (VM)...

Brink · Feb 14, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to upload and attach a image or file into your post here at ElevenForum.com. There is a 2 MB maximum file size limit that you can upload and attach to the forum. Option One: Insert Image into Post Option Two: Attach File into Post Option Three: Attach Image into Post Option Four: Insert Multiple Images into Post Option Five: Change Size of Image in Post Option Six: Change Alignment of Image in Post Insert Image into Post 1 Place the cursor where you want to insert the image at in the post editor. (see screenshot below step 2) 2 Click/tap on the Insert image (Ctrl+P) button on the toolbar of the post editor. (see screenshot below) 3 Perform one of the following actions: (see screenshots below)...

Brink · Jun 17, 2021

The method in this tutorial no longer works starting with Windows 11 build 22000.65. The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files. Windows 11 comes with a new Start menu without live tiles. If you do not like the new Start menu in Windows 11, you can restore the classic Start menu similar to the Windows 10 Start menu. This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic Start menu for your account in Windows 11. EXAMPLE: Default and classic Start menu in Windows 11 Here's How: The downloadable .bat files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Start_ShowClassicMode DWORD 0 or <delete> = Default...

Brink · May 29, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to check battery usage per app for your account in Windows 11. You can check battery usage per app to see which apps might be using more battery in the background. Some apps let you manage background activity. If you find that an app is using a lot of battery when running in the background, you can change the Let this app run in the background setting for apps that allow it. Here's How: 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Power & battery on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Power & battery settings 3 Click/tap on Battery usage on the right side to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4) 4 Under Battery levels, select Last 24 hours...

Brink · May 9, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable always use Last Active Click on the taskbar for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store icons aligned to the center by default. The taskbar corner includes the notification area icons, Quick Settings (Win+A), and Notification Center (Win+N) with the clock and calendar. When you have more than one window open for an app, you can hover over or click/tap on the app's icon on the taskbar to see thumbnail previews of the open windows to switch between them by default. The Last Active Click feature...

Brink · May 28, 2022

This tutorial will you show to change the default action when typing into list view in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. In Windows, you can change the default action when typing into list view in File Explorer to either Automatically type into the Search Box or Select the typed Item in the view. Automatically type into the Search Box - When you type in File Explorer in list view, it will automatically be typed into the Search Box to give search results from within the currently open folder or drive. Select the typed Item in the view - This is the default setting. When you type in File Explorer in list view, it will automatically jump to and select the first file name in sort by order that begins with what...

Brink · May 27, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Desktop Stickers for all users in Windows 11. Desktop Stickers is a feature in Windows 11 that allows you to choose and edit stickers for your wallpaper when using a picture and choose Fill for your desktop background image. Using the new sticker editor you can pick, place, and resize stickers as you like. It can be accessed through Settings or by right-clicking your desktop. When you change your desktop background picture, your stickers will still remain. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/education/windows/edu-stickers The Desktop Stickers feature is currently not officially released to Windows 11 yet, but if you would like to give Desktop Stickers a play with now...

Brink · May 27, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing folder merge conflicts for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you copy or move a folder into a destination that already contains a folder with the exact same name, Windows will automatically replace the destination folder by default. If any files have the same names, you will still be asked if you want to replace those files with a file merge conflict dialog. If you like, you can enable to show folder merge conflicts to confirm if you want to replace (merge) the destination folder instead of automatically by default. Enabling or disabling folder merge conflicts will not affect file merge conflicts like below. Option One: Enable or Disable Folder Merge...

Brink · May 24, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show Narrator Home when Narrator starts for your account in Windows 11. Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. It lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents. Every time you turn on Narrator you’ll go to Narrator Home, which gives you one place where you can open everything you need, whether you want to change your Narrator settings or learn basics with QuickStart. The links at Narrator Home include QuickStart, Narrator guide...

Brink · May 23, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Narrator keyboard shortcut for your account in Windows 11. Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. It lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents. You can use the Win+Ctrl+Enter keyboard shortcut to toggle Narrator on or off. If you like, you can disable the Narrator keyboard shortcut to prevent mistakenly turning on or off Narrator with it. Option One: Turn On or Off Narrator Keyboard Shortcut in Settings Option Two...

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System Change Power Plan in Windows 11

General Add or Remove Frequent Folders in Quick Access in Windows 11

Virtualization Testing Macrium Reflect restore using VirtualBox virtual machine

Site Usage Upload and Attach Images and Files in Post at ElevenForum.com

Personalization Restore Classic Start Menu in Windows 11

System Check Battery Usage per App in Windows 11

Personalization Enable or Disable Always Use Last Active Click on Taskbar in Windows 11

General Change Action "When typing into list view" in File Explorer in Windows 11

Personalization Enable or Disable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11

General Enable or Disable Folder Merge Conflicts in Windows 11

Accessibility Enable or Disable Show Narrator Home when Narrator Starts in Windows 11

Accessibility Enable or Disable Narrator Keyboard Shortcut in Windows 11

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