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Change Conversation Style for Copilot in Windows 11 and Windows 10
This tutorial will show you how to change the conversation style for the chat tone in Copilot for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Copilot setting in this tutorial is no longer available. Windows is the first PC platform to provide centralized AI assistance to you. Together with Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), Copilot in Windows helps you get answers and inspirations from across the web, supports creativity and collaboration, and helps you focus on the task at hand. Do more with Copilot in Windows. Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810 and Windows 10 build 19045.4593 (RP and Beta) Microsoft is evolving the Copilot** experience on Windows as an app that will be pinned to the taskbar. This enables users to get...
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Quit and Close OneDrive in Windows 10 and Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to close and quit syncing with OneDrive for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. With OneDrive, you can sync files and folders between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through the OneDrive website at OneDrive.com. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder in your OneDrive folder, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you’re offline. Whenever you’re online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically. OneDrive is set to start automatically when you...
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Open Copilot in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you different ways to open Copilot in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Windows is the first PC platform to provide centralized AI assistance to you. Together with Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), Copilot in Windows helps you get answers and inspirations from across the web, supports creativity and collaboration, and helps you focus on the task at hand. Do more with Copilot in Windows. Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810 and Windows 10 build 19045.4593 (RP and Beta) Microsoft is evolving the Copilot** experience on Windows as an app that will be pinned to the taskbar. This enables users to get the benefits of a traditional app experience, including the ability to resize, move, and snap the window. With...
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Change Default Profile in Windows Terminal app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the default shell profile to use when you open the Windows Terminal app for your account in Windows 11. Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts. Windows Terminal uses Windows PowerShell as the default shell profile when you open the Windows Terminal app. References...
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Turn On or Off Include System Audio when Recording with Snipping Tool in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off include system audio by default when a screen recording starts with the Snipping Tool app for your account 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. Snipping Tool app version 11.2307.44.0 introduces support for optionally recording your PC audio and voice overs using a microphone. New app settings let you configure the default audio recording settings for new screen recordings, and if you have multiple recording devices, you can select your preferred recording device before you start recording. Here's...
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Remove Background of Image in Photos app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to remove the background of any image using the Photos app in Windows 11 and Windows 10. The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery. Microsoft is adding an option to remove the background of an image in the Photos app starting with version 2023.11110.8002.0 rolling out to all Windows Insiders. References: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/17/windows-photos-gets-background-remove-and-replace-along-with-other-improvements/...
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Replace Background of Image in Photos app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to replace the background of any image with a solid color using the Photos app in Windows 11 and Windows 10. The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery. Microsoft is adding an option to replace the background of image with a solid color in the Photos app starting with version version 2023.11110.8002.0 rolling out to all Windows Insiders. References: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/17/windows-photos-gets-background-remove-and-replace-along-with-other-improvements/...
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Import Photos and Videos from Device with Photos app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to import photos and videos from connected devices using the Photos app in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery. You can import photos and videos you have stored on a camera’s SD card, a USB drive, a phone, or on another device. Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/see-all-your-photos-c0c6422f-d4cb-2e3d-eb65-7069071b2f9b Here's How: 1 Connect the device containing the image(s) or video(s) you want to import to your PC via USB. 2 Open the Photos app. 3...
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Disable Uninstall Entries for Apps in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable an app's uninstall entry in both "Settings > Apps > Installed Apps" and "Control Panel > Programs and Features" for your account or all users in Windows 11 and Windows 10. You can disable the ability to uninstall an app in Settings > Apps > Installed Apps and Control Panel > Programs and Features without removing the app's uninstall entry. This way the app is still listed, but its "Uninstall" option is disabled (grayed out). You must be signed in as an administrator to disable uninstall entries for apps for all users. This will only apply to uninstall entries for desktop apps/programs. This does not apply to Microsoft Store apps. Option One: Disable Uninstall Entries for App(s) Option...
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Turn On or Off Delete Confirmation in Photos app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing a confirmation dialog when deleting items or folders in the Photos app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery. You can choose Do not show this message again for the delete confirmation dialog when deleting items (ex: images) or folders in the Photos app. Option One: Turn Off Delete Confirmation in Photos app from Confirmation Dialog Option Two: Turn On or Off Delete Confirmation in Photos app from Settings EXAMPLE: Confirmation...
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Change Zoom Preference for Photos app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the zoom preference when you open and view photos and videos that are smaller then the Photos app window for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery. You can choose to zoom to fit window or view at actual size by default when you open and view photos and and videos that are smaller then the Photos app window. EXAMPLE: Image open in Photos app Here's How: 1 Open the Photos app. 2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon at the top. (see screenshot...
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Change Mouse Wheel behavior for Photos app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse wheel behavior when viewing a singe image in the Photos app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery. You can choose to have the mouse wheel either zoom in or out or view next or previous items when viewing a single image opened in the Photos app. Ctrl + mouse wheel will still always zoom in or out. EXAMPLE: Image open in Photos app Here's How: 1 Open the Photos app. 2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon at the top. (see...
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