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Windows Hello facial recognition lets you sign in to Windows 11 with your face instead of typing a password. Windows compares your face against a stored template and unlocks the…

Shared Experiences in Windows 11 links your computer to nearby devices over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you can pick up a task on another screen where you left off. You…

Windows 11 lets you choose which taskbar shows your open apps when you use multiple screens. Go to Settings › Personalization › Taskbar › Taskbar behaviors and use the dropdown…

Mobile hotspot power saving in Windows 11 turns off your wireless sharing connection when no devices are using it, to save battery. Windows waits about 5 minutes of zero device…

Mobile hotspot in Windows 11 turns your PC into a portable Wi-Fi router. It shares your computer’s internet connection with up to 8 other devices at the same time. The…

Compact OS in Windows 11 compresses the core operating system files to free up roughly 2 GB of storage. It works best on small solid-state drives, and on most modern…

Automatic capitalization on the Windows 11 touch keyboard turns the first letter of every new sentence into an uppercase letter, so you don’t have to tap Shift each time. You…

Mobile hotspot in Windows 11 lets you share your computer’s internet connection with up to 8 nearby devices over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. It turns your PC into a small wireless…

Reset PIN at sign-in in Windows 11 is controlled by the I forgot my PIN link on the sign-in screen, and you can turn that link on or off with…

A PIN change in Windows 11 happens in Settings › Accounts › Sign-in options, where you select PIN (Windows Hello) and then Change PIN. A Windows 11 PIN is a…

You can reset your Windows 11 PIN whether you forgot the current one or just want a new one. This guide covers both cases: resetting from Settings while you are…

A PIN in Windows 11 lets you sign in with a short code instead of your full account password. It works through Windows Hello, a built-in sign-in system that ties…