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Custom speech recognition profiles in Windows 11 help your PC learn your voice, accent and vocabulary, so dictation produces fewer typing errors. A profile is the set of voice data…

Folder views in Windows 11 reset themselves because Windows assigns a default template to each folder based on what it holds, such as Documents or Pictures. File Explorer remembers a…

Kernel isolation memory integrity blocks malicious software from slipping bad code into the core parts of Windows 11 (and Windows 10, which reached end of support on October 14, 2025).…

Windows 11 reopens closed apps after a reboot because a built-in feature saves your open programs during shutdown and launches them again when you sign back in. This behavior is…

Live captions in Windows 11 turn spoken audio into on-screen text, which helps you follow videos, podcasts, and meetings. You can change how that text looks by adjusting the font…

Notification banners are the alerts that slide in at the bottom right of your screen when an app, a website or Windows itself has something to tell you. In Windows…

Windows 11 can reopen the apps that were running before a restart, such as browser windows, documents and media players. It saves the state of those apps when you shut…

Automatic Speech Recognition data in Windows 11 includes voice recordings and text dictionaries that the operating system saves to learn your voice commands and improve dictation accuracy. Clearing this stored…

Turning off the global screenshots and screen recording app permission in Windows 11 stops apps from capturing your display. This privacy setting covers single-frame screenshots and continuous video capture, and…

App access to contact lists in Windows 11 is controlled by the built-in privacy permissions. When a program asks for your address book, Windows checks the permission. If you have…

Text and image generation privacy permissions in Windows 11 control whether apps can send data from your screen and workflow to cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) features. These built-in generative tools…

Recommendations and offers in Windows 11 use data about your apps, hardware, and browsing to show tips and promotions in the Start menu and the Settings app. That data reaches…