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Enable or Disable Show Sponsored Quick Links on New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing sponsored Quick Links on the New Tab page 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. Quick Links are shortcuts of your most visited sites that show on the New Tab page by default. Microsoft Edge will also show sponsored quick links on the New Tab page by default. These sponsored quick links included advertising and suggested links. You can turn off showing...
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Enable or Disable Open New Tab Page Quick Links in New Tab in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off opening New Tab page Quick Links in a new tab by default 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. Quick Links are shortcuts of your most visited sites that show on the New Tab page by default. When you click/tap on quick links on the new tab page, they are opened in a new tab by default in Microsoft Edge. You can turn off "Open in a new tab" to have quick links open in...
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Enable or Disable Preload New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable preloading the New Tab page 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. Microsoft Edge preloads the New Tab page in the background by default so you can get to it faster. The content on the new tab page may include cookies, if you allow cookies. If you don't notice any performance difference and don't want yet another item loading in the background, you can turn off or...
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Enable or Disable Quick Links on New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing Quick Links on the New Tab page 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. Quick Links are shortcuts of your most visited sites that show on the New Tab page by default. Microsoft Edge will automatically add quick links of sites you visit most often to the New Tab page. You can always manually add, remove, or rename quick links as wanted. You can turn off or...
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Add or Remove Weather on New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing weather on the New Tab page in Microsoft Edge for your account 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. Weather will appear at the upper right corner on the New Tab page in Microsoft Edge. You can hover on the Weather icon to see basic weather information for your location, or click/tap on the Weather icon to see more information on the MSN Weather site. If you prefer not to see the Weather icon on your New...
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Enable or Disable News Feed on New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing the news feed on the New Tab page 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. The news feed in Microsoft Edge can be a handy feature, especially for people who like to stay up to date on what’s going on in the world today. Taking a quick glance at the news feed as you browse the internet is an easy way to keep up with current events. If you turn on the news...
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Disable Microsoft Edge asking to be Default Browser in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable the Microsoft Edge prompt asking to be the default browser 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. Occasionally, Microsoft Edge will automatically check if it's the default browser and will prompt you to make it the default browser if it's not. If you find this as a nag, you can disable the "Set Microsoft Edge as your default browser" prompt without having to set Microsoft Edge as your default...
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Add or Remove Apps on Sidebar in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to add (pin) or remove (unpin) apps on the sidebar in Microsoft Edge for your account 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. Microsoft Edge has a sidebar on the right side that includes apps like Action Center, Search, Tools, Games, and Microsoft 365, Outlook, Image Creator, and Drop by default you can add and remove. References: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2022/09/01/microsoft-edge-sidebar-multitask-smarter/...
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Enable or Disable Graphics Hardware Acceleration in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable "Use graphics acceleration when available" 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. Hardware acceleration is a feature enabled in Microsoft Edge by default that lets Microsoft Edge move all graphics and text rendering from the CPU to the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) when available. This frees up resources on your computer so it can run other applications faster. If...
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Change Startup Page for Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to change the startup page used when you open Microsoft Edge for your account 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. You can choose between three options below for which startup page(s) is opened when you open Microsoft Edge: Open the new tab page: (default) Open the new tab page each time Edge starts. Open tabs from the previous session: Restore your previous browsing session when Edge starts. If you clear browsing data each time...
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Disable Google Chrome asking to be Default Browser in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable the Google Chrome "Set as default" prompt asking to be the default browser for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Google Chrome will automatically check if it's the default browser each time you open it, and will prompt you to make it the default browser if it's not. If you find this as a nag, you can disable the "Set as default" prompt by Google Chrome to no longer see it without having to set Google Chrome as your default browser. Reference: https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled Disabling the "Set as default" prompt by Google Chrome will disable Google Chrome from checking if it's the default browser. This will also disable the...
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Enable or Disable Video Super Resolution (VSR) Enhancement in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable video enhancement with video super resolution (VSR) in Microsoft Edge for your account 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. Video super resolution uses machine learning to enhance the quality of video viewed in Microsoft Edge by using graphics card agnostic algorithms to remove blocky compression artifacts and upscale the video resolution, so you can enjoy crisp and clear videos on YouTube and other video...
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