Category: Windows 11

During the Windows 11 unveil event, Microsoft briefly mentioned improvements coming to Windows Update with the next version of the operating system. According to Microsoft, in Windows 11, updates will be 40% smaller compared to Windows 10. What Microsoft did not tell us about updates in Windows 11 is that the system will try to predict how long it will take to install pending updates.

You can quickly disable a network adapter in Windows 11 using one of the following methods reviewed in this post. The easiest one is the Settings app, but you can also use the device manager, Command Prompt, PowerShell, and the classic Network Connections folder.

You can enable Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) on Windows 11 in order to allow the OS to switch between a lower refresh rate and a higher refresh rate based on your activity. This allows Windows to lower the display refresh rate for text and other simple tasks. For gaming, it will raise to say 120Hz if display supports that.

Here's how to install the new Microsoft Store for Windows 11 if your preview setup doesn't include the updated app. Alongside Windows 11, on June 24, 2021, Microsoft announced a brand-new marketplace. Apart from fresh and significantly better design and Android apps support, the new Microsoft Store brings tons of new policies for developers that make publishing and maintaining apps much easier. Developers can use their own content delivery network and payment systems without sharing fees with Microsoft. Also, Microsoft Store now accepts virtually any app.

In Windows 11, you can change the touch keyboard size and theme. Microsoft significantly reworked the touch keyboard in the latest OS. It now comes with a new design and a bunch of customization options. You can change its size and create custom themes similar to how keyboards work on Android and iOS. Here is how to change touch keyboard size and create custom themes in Windows 11.

Here is how you can set an animated user profile image in Windows 10 and Windows 11. For example, you can set to a video. While Microsoft officially does not allow using videos or animations as profile images, a simple trick can bypass that limitation.

Here is how to open the Win + X menu in Windows 11. It remains available in the latest version of the operating system.

The first preview build comes with new boot animation in Windows 11. While we got a new Windows logo, the system still uses an almost ten-year-old spinner on the boot screen. A new loading animation previously appeared in a leaked Windows 10X build, but that operating system recently bit the dust. Windows 11 has borrowed from now-deceased Windows 10X many new features and design ideas, including the new boot animation.

Here's how you can open Quick Settings in Windows 11, a new flyout that allows changing essential operating system options with a single click. You can access either from the taskbar, touch screen, or with a keyboard shortcut.

You can reset taskbar corner overflow icons (notification area or tray icons) in Windows 11 if they look messed up or broken. Windows 11 taskbar includes a notification corner at the right edge.