Category: Windows

The post provides a guide on how to enable or disable the feature to right-click using the lower right corner of the touchpad in Windows 11. It also introduces other settings regarding the device’s touchpad, such as the ability to mimic mouse actions, use various gestures, and entirely disable the touchpad. The path to these…

The article provides detailed instructions on how to enable or disable the “tap twice and drag” feature on the touchpad of a Windows 11 device to multi-select items. It explains how to access the device’s System Settings and navigate to the Touchpad settings. There, users can check or uncheck a designated box to switch the…

The text provides a guide for Windows 11 users, particularly students and beginners, on how to enable or disable the ‘tap touchpad with two fingers to right-click’ function. This is managed through the System Settings pane, within the Bluetooth & Devices > Touchpad settings. The guide mentions that users can modify other touchpad settings to…

The post provides instructions for Windows 11 users on how to enable or disable the touchpad tap feature using a single finger for single-click actions. Users can manipulate these settings via the System Settings pane in the Bluetooth & devices > Touchpad settings area. The guide also highlights the function of mimicking mouse actions through…

This text explains the process of manually clearing Windows Security Protection history events on Windows 11, which by default are only retained for two weeks. To do so, users must be logged in as an administrator, navigate to a specific path within File Explorer, and delete the Service folder, then restart their computer.

The post provides a guide for changing the retention period of Windows Security Protection history events on Windows 11. The default setting automatically removes these events after two weeks. The post instructs on adjusting this length of time, even setting it to infinite retention, using specific commands in PowerShell.

The blog post guides Windows 11 users on how to access the Protection History page of the Windows Security app. Here, they can monitor actions taken by Microsoft Defender Antivirus including the removal of Potentially Unwanted Apps, turning off critical services, and understanding threat alerts. Protection History retains data for two weeks, after which events…

The post provides step-by-step instructions on how to password-protect PDF documents using Windows. It introduces PDFEncrypt, a free, open-source Windows app, enabling encryption without having to purchase extensive software. Ensuring protection, only a user with the correct password can decrypt and read the content. A new password-protected version is saved separately, leaving the original file…

The tutorial outlines how to disable Google Chrome’s internal PDF viewer so PDF files always open externally in apps like Adobe Reader. This involves modifying browser settings or, for an administrative, registry-based option, making changes to Windows registry. The tutorial asserts that some business environments may find external PDF applications more effective than Chrome’s internal…

The article provides a guide on how to prevent users from changing proxy settings on Windows 11. Businesses often use proxy servers to manage network traffic. But users may adjust or bypass these servers, which can be prevented by locking the proxy settings using Local Group Policy Editor or Windows Registry in the Windows 11…