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SIM card settings for this PC are in Settings › Network & internet › Cellular on Windows 11. Open that page to switch cellular data on or off, choose which…
The taskbar keeps disappearing in Windows 11 most often for one of three reasons. Automatically hide the taskbar is turned on, a full-screen app is covering it, or Windows Explorer…
Resetting touchpad settings in Windows 11 returns tap, scroll, zoom and gesture options to the values Windows ships with. The quickest way is the Reset button on the Touchpad page…
OneDrive settings open from the cloud icon at the right end of the Windows 11 taskbar. Select the icon, select the gear labelled Help & Settings, then select Settings. This…
Restart to update on idle is a Microsoft Edge feature you have to switch on yourself. It closes and reopens the browser while you are away from your computer, so…
Windows 11 can automatically save videos to a second drive once you change one setting in Storage and move the Videos folder. The setting is under Settings › System ›…
An InPrivate window in Microsoft Edge is a private browsing window that deletes your browsing history, cookies and site data once you close all InPrivate windows. To open one, press…
Windows 11 keeps a record of every sign-in on your PC, both successful and failed. You can read it in the Security log in Event Viewer. To see it, open…
Windows Spotlight changes your desktop photo on a schedule. To stop it, switch the background to a picture, solid color or slideshow. To turn it off, follow these steps: Open…
Power & sleep settings shut down the screen and put the PC to sleep, but they cannot switch Windows 11 off at a set time. To schedule a real shutdown,…
A hard disk drive (HDD) stores data on spinning magnetic platters, while a solid-state drive (SSD) stores it on flash memory chips with no moving parts. To check which one…
Power Options is the classic page for managing power plans, sleep timers and the power button. A power plan is a saved group of settings for sleep, display and performance.…
Change how Windows 11 shows dates, times, numbers and currency by picking a regional format. The setting is called Regional format, and you pick it at Settings › Time &…
Copilot Cowork can automatically create tabs, take screenshots, and interact with web pages for you in the Copilot app. The setting Allow Cowork to take actions on your behalf controls…
Copilot in Microsoft Edge uses your browsing data as context when you ask it questions. The Context Clues setting controls that access. This tutorial shows you how to turn Allow…
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