This guide details how students and users can mount and unmount a removable USB or thumb drive in the Windows Systems for Linux (WSL) environment. While Windows 11 facilitates easy mounting of removable drives, this process is more complex in the WSL environment. The guide also offers steps to manually mount external drives in the…

The post provides instructions for disabling automatic Voice Access startup after logging into Windows 11. Available only on Windows 11 PCs in the Microsoft Insider Preview program and supporting only English-US, Voice Access lets users control their PC and send texts using their voice. Disabling this feature is possible through the System Settings panel in…

This post outlines how to use mouse keys to control the pointer in Windows 11, a feature particularly helpful for people with vision impairments. Mouse keys allow users to manage the mouse through the numeric keypad. The guide also includes instructions on designating active mouse buttons and using specific keys for operations like clicking or…

This content guides users on toggling the Mono audio setting in Windows 11. By default, Windows 11 uses stereo audio, where left and right speakers play different sounds. For users wanting the same sound from both speakers, such as when using a single earbud, Mono audio is advised. The guide explains how to find this…

The post guides students and new users on how to enable or disable Wake Timers in Windows 11. Wake Timers allow scheduled tasks to be performed by waking the PC from sleep or hibernation, such as automatic updates. If the PC supports it, Wake-On-LAN is a preferable option for waking up the PC remotely.

The post discusses the method to configure a Windows 11 PC to wake up at a specified time. The user has to create a task in the Task Scheduler to initiate the PC from sleep or hibernation. Additionally, it instructs enabling Wake Timers for the task to work. This activity is valuable for remote access…

This post instructs on how to install Oracle Java JDK on Windows 11 for developing Java-based applications. It details steps to download and install the Java JDK package, then run the JAVA executable. It also explains how to add Java to the Windows PATH environment variable to enable code execution. Finally, it shows how to…

The post guides students and new users how to clear the printer queue in Windows 11. This can help resolve issues preventing users from printing new documents. The user must stop the Print Spooler service via the Services app, delete all files in the Print Spooler folder, and then restart the Print Spooler service or…

The post guides students and new users on how to add or edit Windows PATH environment variables in Windows 11. The PATH environment variable, a widely used variable in Windows, allows users to run executables from specified paths without needing to provide the full path to the executables or directories. Administrator privileges are necessary to…

This text provides a guide for deactivating the facial recognition login feature, Windows Hello, in Windows 11. Windows Hello offers personal and secure authentication options like PIN, face, or fingerprint. To disable it, users need to navigate through the System Settings pane, find the Sign-in options, expand the Facial Recognition (Windows Hello) section and click…