Windows 11

Screen brightness on a Windows 11 laptop is changed with the sun-icon key on the top row of the keyboard, called the function row. Press it to make the screen…

Windows 11 can show up to two extra clocks beside your main taskbar clock, and each one can show a different time zone. This helps when you work with people…

Privacy settings in Windows 11 decide which apps can use your camera, microphone, location, screenshots and personal information. Most of these controls sit in Settings › Privacy & security. Each…

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) runs a real Linux system inside Windows 11. You can install it with one command, wsl --install, typed into a terminal that has administrator rights.…

Advanced Startup Options is a blue recovery menu in Windows 11 that you can open from the sign-in screen, even when you can’t get to the desktop. It runs from…

Windows 11 can turn off your Bluetooth adapter to save power, which makes your mouse, keyboard, or headphones drop out. You can stop this by changing one setting in Device…

Copilot keeps a list of your past chats, so you can find an old one again from the Copilot app or the Copilot website. You need to sign in with…

Chat history is the Copilot setting that lets Copilot Memory use your earlier chats when it answers. This tutorial shows you how to turn that setting on or off for…

Web search in Copilot lets the Microsoft AI assistant pull up-to-date information from the web when it answers your questions. It is on by default. When it is on, Copilot…

A temporary chat with Copilot is a chat that does not use or change Copilot’s memory. Copilot is Microsoft’s AI assistant. You can use it to get answers, make images,…

Windows 11 has no setting called “keyboard battery saving mode.” Instead, you save keyboard battery life by combining a few settings that already exist in Windows 11 and on your…

Windows 11 checks are quick, and the PC Health Check app gives a clear pass or fail answer in about a minute. Microsoft’s PC Health Check is a free app…

Windows 11 turns the display off about one minute after you lock the PC. The normal screen timeout setting does not control this timer. To change it, you reveal a…

Windows 11 shows your TPM details on the Security processor details page, found under Device security in Windows Security. A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a chip or firmware feature…

Windows 11 lets you choose what your laptop does when you close the lid. You can pick Do nothing, Sleep, Hibernate or Shut down. You can set a different choice…