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Brink · Feb 22, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change the size (view layout) of desktop icons for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The desktop (Win+D) is your home screen and working space in Windows that contains the taskbar and any icons (ex: shortcuts, files, folders, etc...) you add to and arrange on the desktop. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hide-or-resize-desktop-icons-2b9334e6-f8dc-7098-094f-7e681a87dd97 Option One: Change Size of Desktop Icons using Scroll Wheel Option Two: Change Size of Desktop Icons using Context Menu Option Three: Change Size of Desktop Icons using Keyboard Shortcut Option Four: Change Size of Desktop Icons using BAT file Change Size of Desktop Icons using Scroll Wheel 1...

Brink · Aug 16, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to manually sync Sticky Notes for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. You can sign in to Sticky Notes to sync your notes to the cloud so that you can see the same notes on the web and across apps and your favorite devices. To see your sticky notes on your favorite devices on the web, you'll need...

Brink · Aug 16, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Sticky Notes delete confirmation for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. Note deletion is permanent. It cannot be undone. You can minimize the chance of deleting notes by mistake by making sure you've turned on the note deletion warning. Reference...

Brink · Aug 16, 2022

This tutorial will provide you with a list of keyboard shortcuts for the Sticky Notes app in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. Many users find that using an external keyboard with keyboard shortcuts for Sticky Notes on Windows helps them work more efficiently. For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier...

Brink · Aug 15, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change the color of sticky notes for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. You select to have your sticky notes use a Light, Dark, or Use my Windows mode color mode. The color mode changes the background and font colors of the note and the note list to either light or dark, but not the note...

Brink · Aug 15, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to delete a note in Sticky Notes for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. You can delete sticky notes you no longer want. References: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/delete-a-sticky-note-af6d68dc-7803-4962-9d83-a82306928141...

Brink · Aug 15, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable insights for Sticky Notes for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. If you type notes that contain a date, time, phone number, or address, Insights (when turned on) will offer ways to interact with the note, such as by adding a reminder to your Outlook calendar if you type a...

Brink · Aug 15, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to sign in or sign out of Sticky Notes for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows. On Windows 10 and Windows 11, you don’t need to be signed in to your Microsoft account to start using Sticky Notes. Just open Sticky Notes and starting jotting away. Sticky Notes will open where you left them. You...

Brink · Aug 13, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to open the Touch Keyboard in Windows 11. Windows 11 includes a touch keyboard you can click/tap on to enter text. This can be handy if you have a PC with a touchscreen without a physical keyboard. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-to-know-the-touch-keyboard-004f3d67-855b-27f0-6f7c-d5145f691181 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/prevent-the-touch-keyboard-from-appearing-e2b05375-908d-45ec-b7f7-729349a10c7a Option One: Open Touch Keyboard when Tap Text Field Option Two: Open Touch Keyboard when Tap Text Field with Pen Option Three: Open Touch Keyboard from Taskbar System Tray Icon Option Four: Open Touch Keyboard in Settings EXAMPLE: Touch keyboard Open Touch...

Brink · Aug 9, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable to display information about previous logons during sign-in for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Display information about previous logons during user logon policy displays information about previous logons and logon failures to the user (local account or Microsoft account). A message appears after the user signs in that displays the date and time of the last successful sign-in by that user, the date and time of the last unsuccessful sign-in attempted with that user name, and the number of unsuccessful sign-ins since the last successful sign-in by that user. This message must be acknowledged by the user clicking on OK before the user is presented with the Windows desktop...

Brink · Aug 8, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to add (assign) or remove (unassign) mount point folder paths for a drive or volume in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can mount (make a drive accessible) in a folder rather than a drive letter if you want. This makes the drive appear as just another folder. When you mount an internal or external drive in an empty folder, you will be able to access the contents of the drive from the path of the folder. The contents of the drive will still physically be located on the drive. Anything you save into this folder will actually be saved to the drive. You can mount a drive or volume with or without a drive letter as an empty folder. You can use this folder's path to save, copy, move, etc... to the drive...

Brink · Aug 7, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to change a drive letter in Windows 11. A drive letter is a single alphabetic character A through Z that has been assigned by Windows to a physical drive or drive partition connected to the computer to reference the drive by. If you don't like the drive letter assigned to a drive, you can change it. References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-a-drive-letter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/restore-system-boot-drive-letter You must be signed in as an administrator to change a drive letter. If you change the drive letter of a drive where Windows or apps are installed, apps might have trouble running or finding...

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Personalization Change Size of Desktop Icons in Windows 11

Apps Manually Sync Sticky Notes in Windows 11

Apps Enable or Disable Sticky Notes Delete Confirmation in Windows 11

Apps Keyboard Shortcuts for Sticky Notes in Windows 11

Apps Change Color of Sticky Notes in Windows 11

Apps Delete Sticky Notes in Windows 11

Apps Enable or Disable Insights for Sticky Notes in Windows 11

Apps Sign in or Sign out of Microsoft Sticky Notes in Windows 11

Accessibility Open Touch Keyboard in Windows 11

Accounts Display Information about Previous Logons during User Sign-in in Windows 11

Devices Mount Drive as Folder in Windows 11

Devices Change Drive Letter in Windows 11

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