Windows 11

Windows Security is the built-in security app in Windows 11. It handles virus protection, shows your protection status, and manages the firewall. Microsoft Defender and the other core protection tools…

Point-in-time restore in Windows 11 rolls your computer back to an earlier working state. It helps when a bad update, a broken app, or a wrong setting has caused trouble.…

To find the hardware ID in Windows 11, open Device Manager, double-click the device, go to the Details tab, and pick Hardware Ids from the Property list. To see the…

The Phone Link app in Windows 11 lets you change your Android phone’s ringer mode between sound, vibrate, and silent from your computer screen. The feature needs an Android 7.0…

Playing a sound from your PC lets you use Windows 11 to find a lost Android phone. It might be under the couch cushions or in another room. The feature…

Phone Link lets you control your phone’s Do Not Disturb setting from your Windows 11 PC. If you searched for how to control a Windows PC from your phone, note…

The Microsoft Teams icon can show up in two places on the Windows 11 taskbar: in the system tray near the clock, and (on some builds) as a Chat icon…

The taskbar corner overflow menu in Windows 11 holds up to 15 background apps behind a small upward-pointing arrow (the chevron), so your screen stays clean. It tucks away less-used…

The Windows 11 startup sound is the short chime that plays while your PC boots. Whether it plays out of the box depends on your PC and how Windows was…

Delivery Optimization is a built-in Windows 11 feature that lets your PC share downloaded updates and apps with other computers. It speeds up downloads and can cut down on internet…

Delivery Optimization in Windows 11 includes a built-in Activity Monitor. It shows how your PC shares download and upload bandwidth with other devices. It reports your average download speed and…

Delivery Optimization is a built-in Windows 11 feature that manages how much internet bandwidth your PC uses to download system updates and apps in the background. Out of the box,…

Delivery Optimization is the Windows 11 service that shares pieces of system updates and app downloads with other PCs, on your local network or on the internet. It can eat…

The Delivery Optimization cache in Windows 11 stores files from past Windows updates and app downloads so your PC can share them with other devices on your network. Over time,…

Setting a data limit on your Wi-Fi in Windows 11 helps you stay within the internet allowance on your plan. Windows tracks your network usage in the background. It shows…