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Enable or Disable Periodic Scanning in Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Periodic Scanning in Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Periodic Scanning in Microsoft Defender Antivirus when you have a 3rd party antivirus program installed in Windows 11. Microsoft Defender Antivirus is an antivirus software that is included in Windows 11 and can help protect your device from viruses, malware, and other threats. Limited periodic scanning is a special type of threat detection and remediation that can be enabled when you have installed another antivirus product on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 device. This feature only uses a limited subset of the Microsoft Defender Antivirus capabilities to detect malware, and will not be able to detect most malware and potentially unwanted software. Also, management and reporting...
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Disable Collect App Usage Data by Amazon Appstore for WSA in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Disable Collect App Usage Data by Amazon Appstore for WSA in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to disable allowing the Amazon Appstore to collect information on the frequency and duration of use of downloaded apps from the Appstore for you account in Windows 11. The Amazon Appstore app gets installed as part of installing Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA). WSA enables your Windows 11 device to run Android apps available from the Amazon Appstore. By default, the Amazon Appstore collects information on the frequency and duration of use of downloaded apps in order to improve the Appstore experience and the quality of apps Amazon make available. Amazon may also share aggregated or other non-personally identifiable app usage information with developers to help them improve their apps. If you don't...
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Enable or Disable Choose Privacy Settings Experience at Sign-in in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Choose Privacy Settings Experience at Sign-in in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the "Choose privacy settings for your device" experience at sign in for specific users or all users in Windows 11. When signing in to a new user account for the first time or after an update in some scenarios, that user may be presented with a screen that prompts the user to choose privacy settings for their account. If you like, you can disable showing the "Choose privacy settings for your device" experience at sign in. Users will still be able to manually change these privacy settings below at anytime. Enable or Disable Location Services in Windows 11 Enable or Disable Improve Inking and Typing in Windows 11 Enable or Disable Tailored Experiences in Windows 11 Enable or Disable...
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Check if Process is using Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Check if Process is using Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to check if a process is using Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 10 an Windows 11. Hardware-enforced Stack Protection offers robust protection against Return Oriented Programming (ROP) exploits since it maintains a record of the intended execution flow of a program. The Kernel Mode Hardware Enforced Stack Protection security feature is applicable to Windows 11, version 22H2 and above, and provides additional security enhancement for kernel code. You can use Task Manager to understand the state of enforcement of processes for Hardware-enforced Stack Protection. Reference...
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Enable or Disable Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection for all users in Windows 11. Core isolation is a security feature of Microsoft Windows that protects important core processes of Windows from malicious software by isolating them in memory. It does this by running those core processes in a virtualized environment. Hardware-enforced Stack Protection offers robust protection against Return Oriented Programming (ROP) exploits since it maintains a record of the intended execution flow of a program. The Kernel Mode Hardware Enforced Stack Protection security feature is applicable to Windows 11, version 22H2 and above, and provides additional security enhancement for kernel code. For code...
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Enable or Disable Core Isolation Memory Integrity in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Core Isolation Memory Integrity in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off core isolation memory integrity in Windows 11. Core isolation is a security feature of Microsoft Windows that protects important core processes of Windows from malicious software by isolating them in memory. It does this by running those core processes in a virtualized environment. Memory integrity, also known as Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI) is a Windows security feature that makes it difficult for malicious programs to use low-level drivers to hijack your computer. It is designed to prevent attacks from inserting malicious code into high-security processes. A driver is a piece of software that lets the operating system (Windows in this case) and a device (like a...
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Add Lock Drive with BitLocker Context Menu in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Add Lock Drive with BitLocker Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add Lock Drive to the context menu of all unlocked fixed and removable drives encrypted by BitLocker to lock the drive on demand in Windows 10 and Windows 11. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers. You can turn on BitLocker to encrypt the operating system drive (Windows drive), fixed data drives (internal hard drives), and removable data drives (external hard drive or USB flash drive). You can choose how you want to unlock an encrypted data drive: with a password or a smart card. For removable data drives encrypted...
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Add or Remove "Advanced security" Context Menu in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Add or Remove "Advanced security" Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Advanced security to the context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can use Advanced Security Settings to manually change the owner, change permissions, and set up advanced sharing settings for a selected item. Normally to open Advanced Security Settings for an item (ex: file, folder, or drive), you would need to right click on an item, click/tap on "Properties", click/tap on the "Security" tab, and click/tap on the "Advanced" button. If you like, you can add Advanced security to the context menu to make it easier to directly open Advanced Security Settings for an item as needed. While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove Advanced security to...
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Enable or Disable Untrusted Font Blocking in Windows 11

Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Untrusted Font Blocking in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Untrusted Font Blocking for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design. To help protect from attacks that may originate from untrusted or attacker-controlled font files, Microsoft created the Blocking Untrusted Fonts feature. Using this feature, you can turn on a global setting that stops users from loading untrusted fonts processed using the Graphics Device Interface (GDI). Untrusted fonts are any font installed outside of the %windir%/Fonts directory. Blocking untrusted fonts helps prevent both remote (web-based or email-based) and local EOP attacks that can happen...
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Hide or Show App and Browser Control page in Windows Security

Privacy and Security Hide or Show App and Browser Control page in Windows Security

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the App & browser control page in Windows Security for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Security provides built-in security options to help protect your device from malicious software attacks. App & browser control in Windows Security provides the settings for Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which helps protect your device from potentially dangerous apps, files, websites, and downloads. App & browser control includes the following features: Smart App Control provides enhanced protection from untrusted apps in Windows 11. Reputation-based protection leverages what Microsoft knows about various sites, services, and publishers, as well as threats we've seen in action to...
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Hide or Show Ransomware Data Recovery area in Windows Security

Privacy and Security Hide or Show Ransomware Data Recovery area in Windows Security

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the Ransomware data recovery area on the Virus & threat protection page in Windows Security for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Security provides built-in security options to help protect your device from malicious software attacks. The Ransomware data recovery area is included on the Virus & threat protection page in Windows Security. Ransomware detection notifies you when your OneDrive files have been attacked and guides you through the process of restoring your files. Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) designed to block access to your files until you pay money. You can hide the Virus & threat protection page or the Ransomware data recovery area from...
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Hide or Show Device Performance and Health page in Windows Security

Privacy and Security Hide or Show Device Performance and Health page in Windows Security

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the Device performance & health page in Windows Security for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. To help you keep your device secure, Windows Security monitors your device for security issues and provides a health report, which appears on the Device performance & health page. The Health report alerts you to common issues in four key areas and offers recommendations to remedy them. You can hide the Device performance & health area from users on the device. This option can be useful if you don't want users to see or have access to user-configured options for these features. If you hide the Device performance & health section in Windows Security and try to directly open it (ex...
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