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Change Read Aloud Speed in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to change the reading speed for Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Read Aloud is a tool in Microsoft Edge that reads the text of a web page audibly. Listen as Microsoft Edge reads webpage content to you using AI-powered technology to parse the text. Whether listening is preferable to reading or you need to multitask, Microsoft Edge Read aloud frees you to sit back and listen or do other things. With many languages, accents, and natural-sounding voices to choose from, Read aloud can be customized to read your way. Learn how to tailor Read aloud to speak to you in the tone, language, and speed you prefer. Read aloud can be used both online and offline. With an...
Browsers and Mail
Change Read Aloud Voice in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how change the voice used for Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Read Aloud is a tool in Microsoft Edge that reads the text of a web page audibly. Listen as Microsoft Edge reads webpage content to you using AI-powered technology to parse the text. Whether listening is preferable to reading or you need to multitask, Microsoft Edge Read aloud frees you to sit back and listen or do other things. With many languages, accents, and natural-sounding voices to choose from, Read aloud can be customized to read your way. Learn how to tailor Read aloud to speak to you in the tone, language, and speed you prefer. Read aloud can be used both online and offline. With an active...
Browsers and Mail
Change Windows Terminal Language in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the Windows Terminal language for your account in Windows 10 and 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 the system default language by default, but you can select a preferred language to use in Windows Terminal instead. Reference...
Apps
Start and Close Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you different ways to start and close Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Read Aloud is a tool in Microsoft Edge that reads the text of a web page audibly. Listen as Microsoft Edge reads webpage content to you using AI-powered technology to parse the text. Whether listening is preferable to reading or you need to multitask, Microsoft Edge Read aloud frees you to sit back and listen or do other things. With many languages, accents, and natural-sounding voices to choose from, Read aloud can be customized to read your way. Learn how to tailor Read aloud to speak to you in the tone, language, and speed you prefer. Read aloud can be used both online and offline. With an active internet...
Browsers and Mail
Enable or Disable Secure DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off secure DNS in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. To navigate to a website, the browser needs to look up the network address (e.g. 93.184.216.34) for the host name (e.g. example.com) that’s used in the website’s URL. Secure DNS (DNS over HTTPS (DoH)) performs this lookup using a service over an HTTPS connection to the DNS service provider, thus protecting the lookups...
Browsers and Mail
Change Name of Microsoft Edge Browser windows
This tutorial will show you how to change the name of open Microsoft Edge browser windows on Windows 10 and Windows 11. When you switch between open windows in Windows 10/11, you will see the name of each window at the top to help ID them. Microsoft Edge allows you to name your browser windows. This feature is especially useful for those who work with multiple tabs and windows simultaneously. Managing multiple tabs and windows can be challenging, especially if you are working on a project that requires you to have several tabs open at once. This is where the Microsoft Edge window naming feature comes in handy. It allows you to name your windows according to the content that you have open in them. This way, you can quickly identify...
Browsers and Mail
Browse as Guest in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial below will show you how to browse a guest in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can browse using a guest profile in Microsoft Edge. Guest mode is a temporary instance of a fresh profile. It allows you to browse on another user's device without modifying the signed-in profile. Browsing data from Guest mode such as favorites, browsing history, passwords, and form fill data does not persist after you close all Guest mode windows. Downloaded files are stored on the device, but the history of the downloads is deleted. Guest mode allows you to browse the web without being signed in to other sites automatically. Microsoft Edge does not send websites any information to indicate that the user is browsing in Guest...
Browsers and Mail
Enable or Disable Notification Badging for Microsoft Accounts on Start menu in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing notification badging for Microsoft accounts on the Start menu and Settings for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 25290, Microsoft started a new exploration of badging on the Start menu with two new treatments that some Insiders in the Dev Channel will see. Microsoft is trying out different text variants within these treatments. Starting with Windows 11 build 23435 (Dev), Microsoft is continuing the exploration of badging on the Start menu with several new treatments for users logging in with local user accounts to highlight the benefits of signing in with a Microsoft account (MSA). Starting with Windows 11 build 23451 (Dev), Microsoft...
Personalization
Turn On or Off Show Encrypted or Compressed NTFS files in Color in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The NTFS file system volumes support file and folder compression on an individual file basis. The file compression algorithm used by the NTFS file system is Lempel-Ziv compression. This is a lossless compression algorithm, which means that no data is lost when compressing and decompressing the file, as opposed to lossy compression algorithms such as JPEG, where some data is lost each time data compression and decompression occur. The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on...
General
Open InPrivate Browsing window in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you different ways to open an InPrivate Browsing window in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11. InPrivate browsing is a private browsing mode. No browsing history, download history, cookies and site data, nor form fill data are remembered. Microsoft Edge saves downloaded files and any new favorites created while browsing InPrivate. Microsoft Edge will delete your browsing history, cookies, and site data, as well as passwords, addresses, and form data when you close all InPrivate windows. InPrivate browsing doesn’t keep you safer from malicious websites or provide additional ad blocking. Websites can still personalize content for you during your InPrivate browsing session because cookies and other site...
Browsers and Mail
Enable or Disable Share Microsoft Edge Browsing Data with other Windows Features
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off sharing your Microsoft Edge browsing data with other Windows features for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When Share browsing data with other Windows features is turned on by default, Microsoft Edge will connect local browsing data from your profile with the rest of Windows. Turning this feature on will help you find information from your history, favorites, top sites and recent tabs more easily using features such as the search box on the taskbar in Windows. If you turn off this feature Microsoft Edge will remove the data shared with Windows on the device and stop sharing any new browsing data from your profile. Reference...
Browsers and Mail
Change Maximum Days to Pause Windows Update in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the maximum days you can pause or effectively disable Windows Update for in Windows 11. Windows Update keeps Windows 11 updated by automatically downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes released by Microsoft. If you have a Windows Insider build of Windows 11 installed, you can only pause updates for a maximum of 1 week (7 days) by default until updates automatically resume. If you do not have a Windows Insider build of Windows 11 installed, you can pause updates for a maximum of up to 5 weeks (35 days) by default until updates automatically resume. You can manually change the maximum days you have available to pause Windows Update for however long you want instead...
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