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Windows Security is the built-in app in Windows 11 that manages Microsoft Defender Antivirus (the scanner that checks files for malware) and Microsoft Defender Firewall. To turn it on, open…
Image Creator is Microsoft’s free AI tool that turns a written description into pictures. The quickest way to use it on Windows 11 is to open bing.com/images/create in Microsoft Edge…
Is Windows listening to the wrong microphone, or to none at all? This guide shows you how to choose the right one, set its volume, and control which apps can…
Music albums in Windows 11 are stored in the Music folder of your user profile, at C:\Users\USERNAME\Music, unless you or an app saved them somewhere else. The quickest way to…
Xbox Game Bar in Windows 11 records game clips with one keyboard shortcut, Windows key + Alt + R. It can also run in the background so you save a…
Windows 11 has two built-in screen recorders, Snipping Tool and Xbox Game Bar. Clipchamp, Microsoft’s video editor, can also record your screen. Snipping Tool records the full screen or any…
A theme is a saved bundle of appearance settings. Windows 11 themes change the desktop background, accent color, sounds, and mouse cursor in one step, and the quickest way to…
Adding multiple monitors in Windows 11 means connecting a second display to your PC and setting it to Extend these displays, which turns both screens into one large desktop. Windows…
There is no separate OpenSSH Windows 11 download. OpenSSH Server is an optional Windows feature, and one PowerShell command, Add-WindowsCapability, downloads and installs it from Windows Update. OpenSSH Server lets…
Windows slow access after password usually means a pile of startup apps, OneDrive syncing, and pending Windows Update work. All of them compete for the disk and processor the moment…
Press Windows + Shift + S to capture part of your screen. The screen dims, and you drag a box around the area you want. Windows saves the picture either…
Screen brightening for Windows Hello face sign-in lets Windows 11 temporarily brighten your display while the camera looks for your face in a dark or dimly lit room. You turn…
Microsoft account benefits in Windows 11 Settings is a new discovery feature that lists the services your Microsoft account unlocks on a PC. The quickest way to find it is…
The battery icon in Windows 11 sits in the system tray, the group of small icons at the right end of the taskbar. Most laptops and tablets show it automatically,…
Privacy settings in Windows 11 live in Settings › Privacy & security. That page controls what Windows collects about you, which apps can use your camera, microphone and location, and…
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