This tutorial will show you how to make a phone call from your phone in the Phone Link app on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your iPhone or Android phone, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more — all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard.
You can make and receive phone calls through your linked phone via the Phone Link app on your PC.
To make and receive phone calls in the Phone Link app, it is required to have Bluetooth turned on, paired, and connected for both your PC and linked phone. Your PC is required to have a...
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
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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
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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 different ways to find out which file system a connected drive has been formatted with in Windows 11.
A file system enables applications to store and retrieve files on storage devices. Files are placed in a hierarchical structure. The file system specifies naming conventions for files and the format for specifying the path to a file in the tree structure.
Windows 11 supports the FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and ReFS file systems for drive volumes or partitions on a disk.
References:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/file-systems
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc778296(v=ws.10)
Option One: Find File System of Drive in Disk...
This tutorial will show you how to add "Restart Explorer" to the desktop context menu of all users in Windows 11.
The explorer.exe process is the user shell for Windows, and is used by such items as the desktop, File Explorer, Start menu, notification area, and taskbar. Restarting the explorer.exe process is to stop and start it to effectively refresh explorer.exe. When the explorer.exe process has been stopped (aka: "end task"), you will see a blank black desktop with your mouse pointer showing until explorer.exe has been started again.
If you are having issues with the explorer.exe process (ex: hang), restarting the explorer.exe process may sort it without having to restart the computer.
If you are applying a registry tweak...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the fingerprint sign-in option and UAC credential provider for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Credential providers are the primary mechanism for user authentication—they currently are the only method for users to prove their identity which is required for sign in and other system authentication scenarios like UAC.
Microsoft provides a variety of credential providers as part of Windows, such as the facial recognition (Windows Hello), fingerprint recognition (Windows Hello), PIN (Windows Hello), security key, password, and picture password sign-in options.
If your Windows 11 device has a built-in fingerprint sensor or connected fingerprint reader, you can set up the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the password sign-in option and UAC credential provider for all local accounts in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Credential providers are the primary mechanism for user authentication—they currently are the only method for users to prove their identity which is required for sign in and other system authentication scenarios like UAC.
Microsoft provides a variety of credential providers as part of Windows, such as the facial recognition (Windows Hello), fingerprint recognition (Windows Hello), PIN (Windows Hello), security key, password, and picture password sign-in options.
You can disable the ability to use a password to sign in to Windows and provide UAC credentials for all local...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable launch folder windows in a separate explorer process by default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Each process running in Windows is assigned a unique decimal number called the process ID (PID) to identify an active process. This number is used to specify the process when for example attaching a debugger to it.
By default, all File Explorer windows, including the desktop shell, run in a single explorer.exe process. If one File Explorer window hangs or crashes, it will cause all File Explorer windows running in the same process to hang or crash until the process restarts.
You are able to use the Open in new process context menu to manually open folder windows (File...
This tutorial will show you how to find the IP address of a network printer in Windows 11.
An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that identifies a device on the internet or a local network.
You may need your network printer's IP address to connect, troubleshoot, or configure it.
Option One: Find IP Address of Printer in File Explorer
Option Two: Find IP Address of Printer in Settings
Option Three: Find IP Address of Printer in Devices and Printers
Find IP Address of Printer in File Explorer
This option requires the network printer to be connected and running.
1 Open File Explorer (Win+E).
2 Click/tap on Network in the navigation pane of File Explorer. (see screenshot below step 3)
3 Under Printers...
This tutorial will show you different ways on how to manually change the time zone for all users in Windows 11.
A time zone is a geographical region in which the same time is used. Typically, but not always, adjacent time zones are one hour apart. The time in any of the world's time zones can be expressed as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
You can choose to let Windows 11 set your time zone automatically based on your region, or you can set the time zone manually.
Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, if location settings are disabled, a warning is now shown to the user, urging them to enable location settings to ensure accurate time zone adjustments. This warning provides helpful...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable whether the SMB client will require encryption for all users in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 25982 (Canary), SMB now supports requiring encryption of all outbound SMB client connections. With this new option, administrators can mandate that all destination servers support SMB 3.x and encryption, and if missing those capabilities, the client won’t connect. This enforces the highest level of network security as well as bringing management parity to SMB signing, which allows both client and server requirements.
SMB Encryption supplies SMB data end-to-end protection from interception attacks and snooping. It first shipped in SMB 3.0 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove folders on Start next to the Power button for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files.
In Windows 11, you can choose which folders appear at the bottom on Start next to the Power button.
You can add or remove the Settings, File Explorer, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Network, and Personal folder folders on Start.
These folders on Start next to the Power button settings are saved to the VisiblePlaces REG_BINARY value in the registry key below for the current user...
Network and Internet Enable or Disable Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR) in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR) support for all users in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 25982 (Canary), client-side DNR is now supported in Windows 11. DNR support is not available on non-Insider Windows builds yet.
Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR) is an upcoming IETF standard to discover encrypted DNS servers. Before DNR, devices getting DNS server from their local network would not be able to use encrypted DNS without manually finding out the IP address of their desired encrypted DNS server and configuring it on client-side. DNR enables devices to use encrypted DNS protocols like DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) on the...
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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