This tutorial will show you how to set up and create a Windows 11 virtual machine with Hyper-V on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
Windows 11 has all the power and security of Windows 10 with a redesigned and refreshed look. It also comes with new tools, sounds, and apps. Every detail has been considered. All of it comes together to bring you a refreshing experience on your PC.
Hyper-V enables running virtualized computer systems on top of a physical host. These virtualized systems can be used and managed just as if they were physical computer systems, however they exist in virtualized and isolated environment. Special software called a hypervisor manages access between the virtual systems and the physical hardware resources...
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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use ViVeTool to enable or disable hidden features in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.- Brink
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
This tutorial will show you different ways to uninstall or reinstall the Copilot app for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Learn about this picture" desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.- Brink
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server ISO or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.- Brink
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.- Brink
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Clean Install Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Recall Feature in Windows 11
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to delete your Bing search history associated with your Microsoft account in the cloud on Windows 11 device.
Windows Search lets you search from your taskbar to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s on your device, in the cloud, or on the web.
Windows Search can personalize your search results by including your content from OneDrive, SharePoint, Outlook, Bing, and other services.
If you turn on the Microsoft account setting for Cloud content search, Windows Search will show results from items in your personal OneDrive, Outlook, and other Microsoft services. If you search the web or get web search suggestions with Windows Search, Bing will personalize your results. You can also earn Microsoft...
This tutorial will show you how to back up the BitLocker recovery key for a drive in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers.
BitLocker is the Windows encryption technology that protects your data from unauthorized access by encrypting your drive and requiring one or more factors of authentication before it will unlock it.
Windows will require a BitLocker recovery key when it detects a possible unauthorized attempt to access the data. This extra step is a security precaution intended to keep your data safe and secure. This can...
This tutorial will show you how to change the icon of a folder in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, File Explorer will show a thumbnail preview of folder contents on the folder's icon. Usually, the last item added to the folder will show as a thumbnail preview on the folder's icon.
You can change the folder icon to show any custom icon you want instead of the folders' default icon or thumbnail preview.
Option One: Change Folder Icon
Option Two: Restore Default Folder Icon
Change Folder Icon
1 Right click on the folder you want, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)
2 Perform the following steps: (see screenshots below)
Click/tap on the Customize tab.
Click/tap on the Choose Icon...
This tutorial will show you how to change the name of an operating system on the boot options menu in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If you have more than on operating system installed on your computer, you will see a boot options menu at startup to Choose an operating system.
The items that appear in the Windows Boot Manager are the descriptions of each operating system entry on the boot option menu.
You can change the name of an operating system on the boot options menu to what you want to make it easier to recognize.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/changing-the-friendly-name-of-a-boot-entry
EXAMPLE: Operating Systems listed on boot options menu
Here's How:
1 Open an elevated...
This tutorial will show you how to change the boot menu time-out value in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If you have more than on operating system installed on your computer, you will see a boot options menu at startup to Choose an operating system.
You can change how long to wait idle on the Choose an operating system screen before the default operating system runs automatically. The default boot menu time-out value is 30 seconds.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/changing-the-boot-menu-time-out
Option One: Change Boot Menu Time-out to Choose an Operating System in Boot Options
Option Two: Change Boot Menu Time-out to Choose an Operating System in System Properties
Option Three: Change Boot...
This tutorial will show you how to boot from a bootable USB flash drive at boot or from within Windows 11 PC or Surface devices.
Option One: Boot from USB Drive from Advanced Startup (WinRE)
Option Two: Boot from USB Drive from Boot Menu
Option Three: Boot from USB Drive on Surface devices
Boot from USB Drive from Advanced Startup (WinRE)
1 Connect the bootable USB drive.
2 Boot to Advanced Startup (WinRE).
3 Click/tap on Use a device. (see screenshot below)
4 Click/tap on the USB drive you want to boot from. (see screenshot below)
5 The computer will now restart and boot from the selected USB drive.
Boot from USB Drive from Boot Menu
1 Connect the bootable USB drive.
2 Turn on or restart your PC.
3 Keep tapping the...
This tutorial will show you how to install fonts for your account or all users in Windows 11.
A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design.
Windows comes with a variety of fonts, and you can download others from the Microsoft Store, a website (ex: Google Fonts), or other online source.
Make sure any downloaded font file is a True Type (.ttf) or OpenType (.otf) file to be used with Windows.
Fonts installed all users are referenced in this registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.1843 (Dev), Microsoft is beginning to roll out a change that redirects links for the Fonts Control Panel page to the...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off save search history on this device for your account in Windows 11.
Windows Search lets you search from your taskbar to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s on your device, in the cloud, or on the web.
Windows Search saves your recent search history locally on your device by default to help you find things faster. For example, you might discover that an app is ranked higher in your results if you’ve searched for it before.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-search-and-privacy-99fb8251-7260-1cd6-1bbb-15c2370eb168
Turning off "Search history on this device" will not clear recent device search history.
Option One: Turn On or Off Recent Search History...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Enable forced button/lid shutdown" in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The Enable forced button/lid shutdown power plan setting in Power Options specifies the type of system shutdown that occurs when the lid is closed or the power button is pressed if the Lid close action and/or Power button action is set to Shut down.
When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is turned off (default), a normal full shutdown of the computer is performed.
When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is turned on, a forced shutdown of the computer is performed. This forces running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer. Any open documents might not be saved and data loss could occur...
This tutorial will show you how to remove linked Windows 10 or Windows 11 PCs and Xbox consoles devices from your Microsoft account.
When you sign in to a device with your Microsoft account, that device will get added and linked to your Microsoft account.
When you add a device to your Microsoft account, you can access online features for your device from your Microsoft account devices page at Microsoft.
If you no longer use a device or sign in to the device with your Microsoft account, you can remove the device from your Microsoft account devices list to unlink it.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/remove-a-device-from-your-microsoft-account-dda2c664-9d57-e5db-acf0-67f14d5fdf3c...
This tutorial will show you how to show or hide fonts for your account in Windows 11.
A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design.
In Windows 11, you can install fonts for only your account (current user) or for all users on the computer. After installing fonts, they are available to all apps on the computer.
You can uninstall a font when you no longer need it if wanted.
You can also hide and show fonts as needed without uninstalling the font. Hiding a font can be useful when you want to keep the font but don’t want it appearing in apps.
If you have multiple added languages, you might not want the fonts from the other language to appear in apps unless you...
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