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The “Check for updates” button in Windows 11 lets you search for the latest system patches from Microsoft by hand. Hiding it removes that manual option from the Windows Update…

Snap groups in Windows 11 bundle your open windows together so you can switch back to a whole set of apps at once. You can do this from Alt+Tab, Task…

Last Active Click in Windows 11 lets you jump straight to your most recent window for an app by clicking its taskbar icon, bypassing preview thumbnails entirely. This hidden setting…

Adding or removing file types for the Windows 11 search index lets you control what Windows searches through when you type in the taskbar. The search index is a catalog…

Windows 11 Search builds an index, which is a database of file details, so you can find documents, apps and emails quickly. Indexing file contents by file type lets Windows…

Microsoft Edge toolbar buttons are the small icons next to the address bar. They give you quick access to tools like Collections, history, or extensions. In Microsoft Edge version 120…

Indexing file contents in Windows 11 lets Windows search inside the text of your documents, PDFs, and emails, not just their file names. You can turn this on or off…

Windows 11 does not remember mounted VHD and VHDX files (virtual hard disk files that show up as extra drives). After a restart they are disconnected, and you have to…

Preloading the New Tab page in Microsoft Edge loads page data in the background so a new tab opens almost instantly. The cost is that Edge keeps that page ready…

Dual booting Windows 11 alongside Windows 10 sets up a startup menu on your PC. Each time you turn the computer on, you choose which operating system to run. This…

Automatically find additional relevant search index locations is a Windows 11 search feature. It watches which files you work with and adds folders outside the usual ones (Documents, Pictures, Desktop…

The date format in Windows 11 controls how days, months and years appear on the taskbar, in File Explorer and in most apps. This guide shows how to change the…

An eSIM is a digital SIM card built into your hardware. It lets your Windows 11 PC connect to 4G or 5G cellular networks without a physical card. Many laptops…

The Windows HDR Calibration app fine-tunes your monitor’s brightness and color so High Dynamic Range (HDR) games and movies look correct. This free official tool runs through 4 test patterns…

The power button on the Windows 11 Start menu lets you shut down, restart, or put your computer to sleep from the Start menu. Windows 11 Version 23H2 shows this…