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Custom speech recognition profiles in Windows 11 help your computer learn your voice, accent, and vocabulary, so dictation produces fewer typing errors. Standard speech engines often struggle with distinct vocal…

Folder views in Windows 11 reset themselves because Windows assigns a default template to each folder based on what it holds, such as Documents or Pictures. File Explorer remembers a…

Kernel isolation memory integrity blocks malicious software from slipping bad code into the core parts of Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is also called hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI). It…

Windows 11 reopens closed apps after a reboot because a built-in feature saves your open programs during shutdown and launches them again when you sign back in. This behavior is…

Live captions in Windows 11 turn spoken audio into on-screen text, which helps you follow videos, podcasts, and meetings. You can change how that text looks by adjusting the font…

Notification banners are the alerts that slide in at the bottom right of your screen when an app, a website or Windows itself has something to tell you. In Windows…

Windows 11 can reopen the apps you had running before a restart, such as browser windows, documents and media players. It does this by saving the state of those apps…

Automatic Speech Recognition data in Windows 11 and Windows 10 includes voice recordings and text dictionaries that the operating system saves to learn your voice commands and improve dictation accuracy.…

Turning off the global screenshots and screen recording app permission in Windows 11 stops apps from capturing your display. This is a privacy setting. It covers both single-frame screenshots and…

App access to contact lists in Windows 11 is controlled by the built-in privacy permissions. When a program asks for your address book, Windows checks the permission. If you have…

Text and image generation privacy permissions in Windows 11 control whether apps can send data from your screen and workflow to cloud-based artificial intelligence features. These built-in generative tools create…

Recommendations and offers in Windows 11 track your apps, hardware, and browsing history to show you tips and promotions in the Start menu and Settings. Telemetry (data sent to Microsoft…

Location tracking in Windows 11 privacy settings gathers data from nearby Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth beacons, IP addresses, and cellular hardware to work out where your device is. Turning off the…

Live Captions in Windows 11 turns the audio on your PC into on-screen text, and it uses language models that run locally on the device. Basic captions in a supported…

Persistent app window sizes in Windows 11 keep your open programs right where you left them when you unplug and plug back in an external monitor. Windows normally shuffles open…