This tutorial will show you how to change the timeout to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus.
If you turn on Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer, you can activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for a half second (500 ms) by default.
If you like, you can change the timeout delay to what you want for how long you need to hover over a window before it activates.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-2000-server/cc957203(v=technet.10)
Option One: Change Time to Activate...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus.
If wanted, you can turn on to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for a half second (500 ms).
The Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse setting is stored in the UserPreferencesMask binary value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop registry key for the current user.
Option One: Turn On or Off Activate Window on Hover by Mouse Pointer in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Activate Window on Hover by Mouse Pointer in Control...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Mouse ClickLock and change the ClickLockTime for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
ClickLock enables you to highlight or drag items without holding down the mouse button.
When ClickLock is turned on, you would briefly press the primary mouse button on an item until the click is "locked". You can now highlight or drag the item without having to hold down the mouse button. To release, you would press the primary mouse button again.
If needed, you can adjust how long (ClickLockTime) you need to hold down the mouse button before your click is "locked".
Option One: Turn On or Off Mouse ClickLock and Change ClickLockTime in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Mouse ClickLock in...
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse double-click speed for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can double-click on an item to open it by default in Windows.
The mouse double-click speed is how quickly you must click the mouse button to perform a double-click.
Some people double-click slower or faster than others, and each mouse may not always reactive the same.
If you find the mouse double-click speed too sensitive (fast) or not sensitive enough (slow), you can adjust the mouse double-click speed to what works best for you.
Option One: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Settings
Option Two: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Control Panel
Option Three: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Registry Editor...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off snap mouse pointer to default button when opening a supported dialog 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 Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button in Control Panel
Option Three: Turn On or Off Pointer Snap To Default Button using REG file
Turn...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the mouse pointer shadow for your account in Windows 10 and Window 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 enable to show shadows under the mouse pointer to help make it stand out better.
The mouse pointer shadow setting is saved to the UserPreferencesMask REG_BINARY value in the key below in Registry Editor.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Option One: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Shadow in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in Visual Effects Performance Options
Option Three: Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in Mouse...
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 Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails in Control Panel
Option Three: Turn On or Off Mouse Pointer Trails using REG file
Turn On or Off Enhance Pointer Precision in Settings
This...
This tutorial will show you how to use the Snipping Tool app to take and annotate screenshots to save or share 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 take a snapshot to copy words or images from all or part of your PC screen. Use Snipping Tool to make changes or notes, then save, and share.
References:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/tips/snipping-tool
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots-00246869-1843-655f-f220-97299b865f6b
Screenshots taken by the Snipping Tool are temporarily cached...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the profanity filter for voice typing for your account in Windows 11.
Voice typing allows you to enter text on your PC by speaking.
You can use voice typing commands to manually insert punctuation marks.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.4202 (24H2) and build 27881.1000 (Canary), Microsoft is starting to roll out a new setting that lets you control the profanity filter for voice typing. With this setting on, voice typing will continue to filter out profanity, masking it with asterisks, like it already did. With the setting off, it will type out your profanity like any other words.
Here's How:
1 Start voice typing (Win+H).
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button on the voice...
This tutorial will show you how to change what your pen shortcut button does when you single-click, double-click, or press and hold the shortcut button for your account in Windows 11.
You can pair a pen via Bluetooth to connect the pen with your Windows 11 PC and use with the pen menu.
You can customize what your pen does when you single-click, double-click, or press and hold the pen's shortcut button.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.4202 (24H2), if your PC supports pen and inking, you can configure the shortcut button (usually at the tail of your pen) to open Click to Do with a single-click, with a double-click, or by press and hold. You can add Click to Do as one of the four apps in the pen menu on your PC. If all slots for...
This tutorial will show you how to clear the Start menu Recommended section to always show empty for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu in Windows 11 is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The Recommended section on the Start menu shows a list of your recently added apps, recently opened items, and websites.
While you currently cannot remove the Recommended section on the Start menu, you can clear the Recommended section to always show empty.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.5025 (Beta 23H2) and build 26120.3380 (Beta/Dev 24H2), Microsoft is trying out a new change where we will recommend a snap group in the Recommended section of the Start menu based on two apps that are most likely to be...
This tutorial will show you how to change the color of the translucent selection rectangle for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The translucent selection rectangle is the box you see when you left click and hold, and then drag the pointer over items to select them when you release the left click.
The border color of the selection rectangle is solid blue by default.
The color inside the selection rectangle is a translucent version of the solid blue color by default.
If you like, you can change the border and/or inside color to the same or different custom color(s) of your choice.
If you change your theme, the translucent selection rectangle color will be changed to what is included in the theme.
The translucent selection...
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