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Windows 11 includes two options for quickly switching between open apps and other windows, Alt-Tab and Task view.
Alt-Tab
Alt-Tab is the simplest and oldest multitasking user interface in Windows, and it works much as it did in Windows 10 and previous … Continue reading Alt-Tab and Task View (24H2)
Quick settings is a new Windows 11 feature that appears when you click the Network, Volume, or Power buttons in the Taskbar’s system tray. As its name suggests, Quick settings provides easy access to commonly needed system settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetoot… Continue reading Quick Settings (24H2)
As with its predecessors, Windows 11 offers an integrated Search feature that’s accessible from the Taskbar or Start. Search helps you find apps and documents on your PC as you would expect, but it also searches the web and can find other types of file… Continue reading Search (24H2)
Windows 11 includes a Widgets feature that consists of a Widgets button at the far left of the Taskbar and a pop-up widget board that displays notifications–for news, and more superfluous information–widgets, and a Microsoft Start news and general in… Continue reading Widgets (24H2)
Like its predecessor, Windows 11 violates your privacy by default, and it will do so even more frequently if you let it. And while it provides a sea of privacy-related options to configure, it’s not possible to fully disable certain behaviors using the… Continue reading Customize Your Windows 11 Privacy Settings (24H2)
The Windows 11 Lock screen appears when you wake up, power on, or unlock your PC. When you tap a key, click the mouse, or touch the display, the Sign-in screen appears so you can access the Desktop and get to work.
Get to know the Lock and Sign-in scre… Continue reading Customize the Lock and Sign-In Screens (24H2)
Windows 11 usually does a good job of configuring your PC to use its display at its native resolution and an optimal display scaling value based on its physical size and other factors. But you should still review these settings and ensure that they and… Continue reading Customize the Display (24H2)
After you upgrade to or install Windows 11, or have signed in to a new Windows 11 PC for the first time, you should ensure that everything is working properly and prepare your PC for the work ahead. This chapter can help: Here, we provide a list of sev… Continue reading Windows 11 Personalization First Steps (24H2)
With each passing version of Windows 11, Microsoft has made it ever more difficult for power users to configure the system to their liking so that it can steer them toward using more of its products and services. We see this hostility throughout the sy… Continue reading Overcome Windows 11 Setup Annoyances (24H2)
The Windows 11 Out of Box Experience (OOBE) is part of Windows 11 Setup, and it’s the first thing you will see when you purchase a new Windows 11-based PC and turn it on for the first time.
Those who perform a clean install of Windows 11 will step thro… Continue reading Step-By-Step: Windows 11 Setup Out-of-Box Experience (24H2)