This tutorial will show you how to create (add) or remove a passkey saved to your Android phone for your Microsoft account.
Passkeys are a replacement for your password. With passkeys, you can sign into your Microsoft personal, work or school account using your face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key. Signing in with a passkey is simple, fast, and helps protect you against phishing attacks.
Passkeys are supported on desktop and mobile browsers. You can use Windows Hello on Windows 10/11 devices to sign into your account with a passkey.
When you sign in to your Microsoft account, you can use your passkey by choosing Sign-in options and then selecting face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key. Your device will open a security window, and...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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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
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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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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to change the background image 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.
When you open the new tab page in Microsoft Edge, it shows the Bing daily image by default.
When you have background turned on for the Edge new tab page, you can change the new tab page background to any image or video background you want.
Here's How:
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Perform either action below to...
This tutorial will show you how to change the Narrator modifier key for your account in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen.
You can choose what modifier key you want to use in Narrator commands. Both the Caps lock and Insert keys serve as your Narrator key by default. You can use either of these keys in any command that uses the Narrator key. The Narrator key is referred to as simply “Narrator” in commands. You can change your Narrator key in Narrator settings.
Note: If you’re using a Japanese 106 keyboard, Insert and NonConvert are your default Narrator keys.
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This tutorial will show you how to bypass the Windows 11 CPU, RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0 system requirements allowing you to clean install or upgrade to Windows 11 on a unsupported PC that doesn't meet these requirements.
Installing Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 minimum system requirements is not recommended. If you choose to install Windows 11 on ineligible hardware, you should be comfortable assuming the risk of running into compatibility issues.
If you like, you can bypass the check for TPM 2.0 (at least TPM 1.2 is required) and the CPU family and model.
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that...
This tutorial will show you how to open speech recap while using Narrator in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26200.5516 (Dev), build 26120.3653 (Beta 24H2), build 22635.5160 (Beta 23H2), build 26100.3902 (RP 24H2), and build 22631.5261 (RP 23H2), Microsoft is introducing a new feature—speech recap —designed to help you keep track of what Narrator has spoken and access it for quick reference. With speech recap, you can quickly access spoken content, follow along with live transcription, and copy what Narrator last said—all with simple keyboard shortcuts.
Live transcription of Narrator speech is useful for Assistive Technology (AT)...
This tutorial will show you how to add Install to the context menu of .cab files for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A cabinet is a single file, usually with a .cab extension, that stores compressed files in a file library. The cabinet format is an efficient way to package multiple files because compression is performed across file boundaries, which significantly improves the compression ratio.
You can use the DISM /Add-Package command with Windows cabinet (.cab) files to install or remove updates, service packs, language packs, and to enable or disable Windows features.
This DISM command can be used to make installing a Windows Update CAB file easy with a single click in the CAB file context menu.
If you have the .cab file...
This tutorial will explain each partition of the default partition layout created when you clean install Windows 10 or Windows 11 on a blank hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drives (SSD).
When you clean install Windows 10/11 to a blank unallocated disk with UEFI, the disk is formatted using a GUID partition table (GPT) file system.
The default partition layout for UEFI-based PCs is: an EFI System Partition, an MSR, a Windows partition, and a Recovery Partition.
This layout lets you use Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption or Device Encryption through both Windows and through the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).
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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to open Quick Settings for all or specific users in Windows 11.
Quick Settings (Win+A) gives you quick access from the taskbar corner to commonly used settings and apps like Volume, Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Rotation lock, Battery saver, Accessibility, Night light, Mobile hotspot, Nearby sharing, Cast, and Project. Directly above your Quick Settings, you will see media playback controls when playing music or videos in Microsoft Edge or streaming music in apps like Spotify.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22610, you can disable opening the Quick Settings flyout via group policy.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the Quick...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable safeguard holds for feature updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Feature updates are new versions of Windows that are released via Windows Update twice a year usually around spring and fall.
Microsoft uses quality and compatibility data to identify issues that might cause a Windows client feature update to fail or roll back. When Microsoft finds such an issue, Microsoft might apply holds to the updating service to prevent affected devices from installing the update in order to safeguard them from these experiences. Microsoft also use holds when a customer, a partner, or Microsoft internal validation finds an issue that would cause severe impact (for example, rollback of the update...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to move or install apps from the Microsoft Store on non-system drives for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Apps from the Microsoft Store are installed on the Windows C: system drive by default.
Users can select to move apps already installed from the Microsoft Store to another internal or external local drive if wanted.
Users can also select to have new apps from the Microsoft Store installed to another internal or external local drive by default if wanted.
Disabling the ability to move or install apps from the Microsoft store on non-system drives does not affect any apps that had been previously moved or installed on non-system drives.
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This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the Game Bar for your account or all users in Windows 11.
You can open the Game Bar to take control of all your favorite gaming activities while playing on your Windows 11 device.
The Home Bar is the bar at the top of the Game Bar screen. Your favorites will appear on the Home Bar for quicker access to widgets.
The Controller Bar is a view of the Game Bar that allows you to quickly access games and apps using any Xbox controller.
Uninstalling the Game Bar app will remove the ability to open the Game Bar (Win+G).
Option One: Uninstall Game Bar for Current User
Option Two: Uninstall Game Bar for All Users
Option Three: Reinstall Game Bar for Current User
EXAMPLE: Game...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable always running an app in compatibility mode for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Most apps (and other programs, like games or utilities) that were created for earlier versions of Windows will work in the most recent version of Windows 11, but some older ones might run poorly or not at all.
You can use compatibility mode to run the program using settings from an earlier version of Windows. Try this setting if you know the program is designed for (or worked with) a specific version of Windows.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-older-apps-or-programs-compatible-with-windows-10-783d6dd7-b439-bdb0-0490-54eea0f45938
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