Windows 11

A workgroup is a simple way to group PCs on a home or small office network so they can share files and printers. In Windows 11, you change the workgroup…

SSHFS (SSH File System) lets you open a folder on a remote Linux machine as if it were on your own PC. It works over an SSH connection, so the…

Sign-in options on the Windows 11 lock screen let you pick a different way to log in, such as a PIN, face, fingerprint, or security key. To use one, dismiss…

Copilot can import your Microsoft Edge browsing data, such as cookies, history, passwords, payment info, and autofill entries, so it can tailor what it shows you inside the app. You…

Copilot keeps a record of what you type and the replies it gives you. You can download that record as a CSV file, which is a plain-text table you can…

A Windows Hello PIN is a short code that signs you in to Windows 11 in place of your account password. It belongs to Windows Hello, the sign-in feature that…

Running New-Guid in PowerShell prints a new GUID (globally unique identifier) in a few milliseconds. You do not need administrator rights to do it. This works in Windows PowerShell 5.1,…

You find sync and backup for Google Drive under Preferences › Folders from your computer, once Google Drive for desktop is installed and you are signed in. To set it…

Cancelling a Microsoft 365 subscription happens on your Microsoft account website, not in a Windows 11 setting. To cancel a Microsoft subscription, sign in at account.microsoft.com/services, open the subscription with…

OneDrive sync is the setting that keeps your files in the cloud and on this laptop matching each other. You can pause it, choose which folders it copies, or stop…

Windows 11 has no “Sign in with Google” option, but you can still use a Gmail address to sign in. You do this by making a Microsoft account that uses…

Windows 11 controls how long your PC waits before it locks or asks for your password again with two separate timers. The first timer sets how many idle minutes pass…

Text and image generation in Windows 11 is a privacy setting that controls which apps can use the AI models built into Windows to write text or create images. You…

Shared experiences in Copilot let Copilot work with Bing, Edge, and MSN (Microsoft’s news and information site). Your activity in those apps can shape what Copilot suggests, and your Copilot…

Microsoft Family Safety is the free parental-controls service that sets screen time limits for a child’s Windows 11 account. Windows 11 has no screen time page in Settings, so you…