Tips for Windows 11

Windows 11 is new and it is here to stay.  Because it is a new operating system we are  going to show you 9 tips and features  that will make your life much easier. Before we start please like the video and  subscribe to the channel for more tech videos.  Also please check the timestamp in the description  of the video, down below, if you want  to get to a specific tip in the video. Tip 1: Lock Your PC Whenever you leave your Windows 11 PC,  it is a good habit to keep it locked  so that others can't use it.  Here are several ways to keep  your PC secure by locking it up. The absolute fastest way to lock your Windows  11 PC is by using a keyboard shortcut.  At any time, press Windows key+L on your keyboard, and Windows will lock and switch  to the login screen immediately. You can also lock your PC quickly using the Start  menu. To do so, click the Start button, then  select your account name in the lower-left corner  of Start. In the menu that appears, select Lock.  Your PC will lock, and you will  need to log in again to use it. You can also lock your PC automatically when  you walk away from it with a feature called  Dynamic Lock. First, you need to pair your  smartphone to your PC as a Bluetooth device.  Let's pair the phone with the PC. I will click on the Bluetooth Devices. Click Add Bluetooth Device.  Click Add device. Select Bluetooth. Here you should see your  phone. Please be sure that your phone is visible.  Follow the instructions to pair your device with the PC. After the device is connected let's continue  with the next steps. Now let's open Settings.  Click on the Account from the top. Click on  Sign-in Options. Scroll down to the Dynamic Lock  section and check the box beside Allow Windows to  automatically lock your device when you are away. Then, close Settings. The next  time you walk away from your PC,  Windows will detect that you moved and lock automatically. Tip 2: Turn On or Off File Explorer check boxes In Windows 11, File Explorer can show  check boxes on file icons whenever you  select them by default. It handy for  touchscreen devices, but if you want a cleaner look and don't need them. Here is  how you can enable them or disable them. Click on File Explorer. Now click on View. On this menu  go with the mouse over Show. Then click Item Check Boxes to remove or  add the checkmark. And thats all it takes. Tip 3: Change Which Desktop  Icons Appear on Windows 11 By default, windows 11 does not display on your  desktop any special icons such  as This PC or Recycle Bin. If you would like the classic Windows look, you  can enable special desktop icons easily. Here is how to do it.' First, right-click an empty spot on the desktop and select Personalize in the menu that appears. The Windows Settings app will open to the Personalization page.  In the list of Personalization  categories, select Themes. A special window titled "Desktop  Icon Settings" will appear. Click the Desktop Icons section. A new  window will appear. On this new windows  click the check box next to the icon you want  to display. For example, if you want to see  the Recycle Bin on your desktop, check  Recycle Bin. Click OK when you are done. Click OK to close the window. You can also close  the settings. When you look at your desktop,  you'll see the special icons you  checked in the Desktop Icon Settings. But what if you want to hide all the icons on  the desktop? Right-click on the desktop and  select View. Now uncheck the Show Desktop Icons  option. The desktop icons should be hidden now. Tip 4: Change the default browser in Windows 11 Microsoft has been trying to  convince people to use Edge.  The company has done all the tricks  to switch us to Microsoft Edge. To set the default web browser in Windows  11, you must first open the settings page.  An easy way to do this is to click on  the Start menu. Then click Settings.  Then, in the left sidebar click on Apps.  Now click or tap Default apps  in the right pane of the window. This opens the Default apps  page from the Settings app.  Here, you are going to have to find the  web browser you want to set as default. To do that, look for the section  Set defaults for applications. In the search field, type the name of that web browser. For instance, if you want to set Google Chrome  as your default Windows 11 browser, type chrome. Then, click or tap on the  appropriate search result. Alternatively, you could also just scroll  through the list of applications until you  find Google Chrome or any other web  browser you want to set as default.  Then, when you see it, click or tap on it. You should now see a list of file types and  link types that you can set the web browser  to open by default. For each file type  or link type, you also get to see the app  that's currently set as default. Scroll down  the list to locate the HTTP or HTTPS entry.  As you can see in the video are set by  default to open with Microsoft Edge. To change the default Windows 11 web browser,  click or tap on the HTTP or  HTTPS entry: either one is OK. That makes Windows 11 show you  a dialog asking you How do you  want to open this?. Then, it gives you  at least a few options to choose from,  depending on the number of web browsers you have installed on your computer or device. Click or tap on the browser you want  to set as default, and then press OK.  For example, if you want to change the default browser to Chrome, select Chrome and press OK. That it! Now you have a new default browser in Windows 11,  so all websites should open in it from now  on. However, you might also want to make the  same changes for other file types and link  types. Just follow the same procedure to  set Chrome or any other browser as default for  opening FTP connections, HTML documents, etc. Tip 5: Enable Hibernate In Windows 11 Start Menu  When you Hibernate your computer, Windows 11  quickly takes a snapshot of the data present  in the RAM and saves the data to a file  on the storage drive. This means that all  open applications, files, and folders will not be  closed and instead be saved to the storage drive.  When you turn on the PC again, Windows 11  restores the saved data to turn on your PC faster. If you click on the start menu you will not see  a hibernate option on Windows 11 by default. Let's activate this option. Tap on the search button. Write power plan. In the results click on "Choose a power plan  On the left pane click on "Choose what the  power buttons do". Now click on "Change  settings that are currently unavailable".  Now select Hibernate. Click on Save changes. When you go now on the power button you  will see the new option to Hibernate. Tip 6: Get Rid of Teams on Windows 11 If Microsoft Teams is getting on your nerves in Windows 11  popping up when you log in, always  running in the background,  or launching when you click the Chat  taskbar icon ”here how to get rid of it. By default, Windows 11 shows a Teams Chat icon  in your taskbar (that looks like a purple  word bubble with a camera icon inside). If  you like to hide it, right-click the  taskbar and select Taskbar Settings. Expand the Taskbar Items section if necessary,  then flip the switch beside Chat to Off.If you would like to remove Microsoft Teams from your application list, it fairly easy to do. First,  open Settings by clicking the Start  menu and then clicking Settings.  In Settings, click Apps,  then select Apps & Features. Scroll down in the Apps List and locate Microsoft Teams.  Click the three vertical dots button beside its entry and select “Uninstall.Settings will ask you to confirm with  a pop-up. Click Uninstall again. After a moment, Microsoft Teams will completely vanish from the list of installed Apps. Tip 7: Snap Layouts & Snap Groups Windows 11 includes a convenient Snap feature that automatically resizes and moves your Windows to predefined areas of the screen, and it can  also configure them in six different patterns. While Windows 10 also included a similar feature, Windows 11 extends it with more complex layouts and a handy pop-up snap guide that appears if  you hover your mouse cursor over the maximize button in the top-right corner of any window. Tip 8: Different backgrounds on separate desktops Windows 11 supports multiple desktops.  One small hack I learned using Windows  11 is that you can customize the desktop background for every desktop you have. Go with the mouse over the multi-desktop button. Now go with the mouse over Desktop  1. Right-click it. A new menu wil pop up. Click on Choose background. On the personalize your background selector choose "Picture". This hack will not work with color. Select the picture or add a new picture you  want. after you finish close this window.  Do the same for the second Desktop.  Now you see I have two desktops with  2 backgrounds. That is pretty cool. Tip 9: Connect to a hidden WiFi Network Usually, Wi-Fi networks broadcast their name to all devices within range, making it easy for the users to select the network they want to connect to.  When a network is configured as hidden, it does  not broadcast its name. Instead, the client device  must make contact, by broadcasting the correct  name of the network it trying to connect to. To connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network, you need to know the following details: The exact name of the network • The security type The password, also known, as the security key used by the hidden network  The most straightforward method of connecting  your Windows 11 device to a hidden Wi-Fi network  is by accessing Quick Settings. First, make  sure your Wi-Fi adapter is turned on and you  are in the range of the hidden network you want to connect to. Click or tap on any of the Wi-Fi, volume, or battery icons in the  lower right corner of the screen.  In the Quick Settings window, press  the arrow next to the Wi-Fi symbol. Windows 11 displays a list of all the Wi-Fi  networks that are in the range of your device.  Look for an entry named Hidden network.  It should be the last entry on the list.  If the entry is present, click on it to select it,  then click on Connect. Also, tick the  Connect automatically checkbox if  you plan to use this Wi-Fi network regularly  and don't want to connect manually each time. Type the network name and press Next. Now, enter the password or the security key  of the hidden Wi-Fi network and press Next. Your Windows 11 laptop or tablet  will connect to the hidden network. These are 9 tips that you  can use on your Windows 11.  Please like the video and subscribe to the  channel for more tech videos. Also, tell  us in the comments what makes your life easier on Windows 11. Thank you and have a great day! Windows 11 is new and it is here to stay.  Because it is a new operating system we are  going to show you 9 tips and features  that will make your life much easier. Before we start please like the video and subscribe to the channel for more tech videos.  Also please check the timestamp in the description of the video, down below, if you want  to get to a specific tip in the video. Tip 1: Lock Your PC Whenever you leave your Windows 11 PC,  its a good habit to keep it locked  f so that others can not use it. Here are several ways to keep  your PC secure by locking it up. The absolute fastest way to lock your Windows  11 PC is by using a keyboard shortcut.  At any time, press Windows key+L on your keyboard,  and Windows will lock and switch to the login screen immediately. You can also lock your PC quickly using the Start  menu. To do so, click the Start button, then  select your account name in the lower-left corner  of Start. In the menu that appears, select Lock.  Your PC will lock, and you will  need to log in again to use it. You can also lock your PC automatically when  you walk away from it with a feature called  Dynamic Lock. First, you need to pair your  smartphone to your PC as a Bluetooth device.  Let's pair the phone with the PC. I will click on the Bluetooth Devices. Click Add Bluetooth Device. Click Add device.  Select Bluetooth. Here you should see your  phone. Please be sure that your phone is visible.  Follow the instructions to  pair your device with the PC.  After the device is connected let's continue with the next steps. Now let's open Settings.  Click on the Account from the top. Click on  Sign-in Options. Scroll down to the Dynamic Lock  section and check the box beside Allow Windows to  automatically lock your device when you are away.  Then, close Settings. The next  time you walk away from your PC,   Windows will detect that you  moved and lock automatically. Tip 2: Turn On or Off File Explorer checkboxes In Windows 11, File Explorer can show  checkboxes on file icons whenever you   select them by default. It’s handy for  touchscreen devices, but if you want a  cleaner look and don't need them. Here is  how you can enable them or disable them. Click on File Explorer. Now click on View. On this menu  go with the mouse over Show. Then click  Item Check Boxes to remove or  add the checkmark. And that is all it takes. Tip 3: Change Which Desktop  Icons Appear on Windows 11 By default, Windows 11 does not display on your desktop any special icons such  as This PC or Recycle Bin. If you would like the classic Windows look, you  can enable special desktop icons easily. Here is how to do it.' First, right-click an empty spot on the desktop  and select Personalize in the menu that appears. The Windows Settings app will open  to the Personalization page.  In the list of Personalization  categories, select Themes. A special window titled "Desktop  Icon Settings" will appear. Click the Desktop Icons section. A new  window will appear. On this new windows  click the check box next to the icon you want to display. For example, if you want to see the Recycle Bin on your desktop, check  Recycle Bin. Click OK when you are done. Click OK to close the window. You can also close  the settings. When you look at your desktop,  you'll see the special icons you  checked in the Desktop Icon Settings. But what if you want to hide all the icons on  the desktop? Right-click on the desktop and  select View. Now uncheck the Show Desktop Icons option. The desktop icons should be hidden now. Tip 4: Change the default browser in Windows 11 Microsoft has been trying to  convince people to use Edge.  The company has done all the tricks  to switch us to Microsoft Edge. To set the default web browser in Windows  11, you must first open the settings page.  An easy way to do this is to click on  the Start menu. Then click Settings.  Then, in the left sidebar click on Apps.  Now click or tap Default apps in the right pane of the window. This opens the Default apps page from the Settings app.  Here, you are going to have to find the web browser you want to set as default. To do that, look for the section  Set defaults for applications. In the search field, type  the name of that web browser. For instance, if you want to set Google Chrome  as your default Windows 11 browser, type chrome. Then, click or tap on the  appropriate search result. Alternatively, you could also just scroll  through the list of applications until you  find Google Chrome or any other web  browser you want to set as default.  Then, when you see it, click or tap on it. You should now see a list of file types and  link types that you can set the web browser  to open by default. For each file type  or link type, you also get to see the app  that currently set as default. Scroll down  the list to locate the HTTP or HTTPS entry.  As you can see in the video are set by default to open with Microsoft Edge. To change the default Windows 11 web browser,   click or tap on the HTTP or HTTPS entry: either one is OK. That makes Windows 11 show you  a dialog asking you How do you  want to open this? Then, it gives you  at least a few options to choose from,  depending on the number of web browsers you  have installed on your computer or device. Click or tap on the browser you want  to set as default, and then press OK.  For example, if you want to change the default  browser to Chrome, select Chrome and press OK. That it! Now you have a new default browser in Windows 11,  so all websites should open in it from now  on. However, you might also want to make the  same changes for other file types and link  types. Just follow the same procedure to  set Chrome or any other browser as default for  opening FTP connections, HTML documents, etc. Tip 5: Enable Hibernate In Windows 11 Start Menu  When you Hibernate your computer, Windows 11 quickly takes a snapshot of the data present  in the RAM and saves the data to a file  on the storage drive. This means that all  open applications, files, and folders will not be  closed and instead be saved to the storage drive.  When you turn on the PC again, Windows 11  restores the saved data to turn on your PC faster. If you click on the start menu you will not see  a hibernate option on Windows 11 by default. Let activate this option. Tap on the search button. Write power plan. In the results click on "Choose a power plan On the left pane click on "Choose what the  power buttons do". Now click on "Change  settings that are currently unavailable".  Now select Hibernate. Click on Save changes. When you go now on the power button you  will see the new option to Hibernate. Tip 6: Get Rid of Teams on Windows 11 If Microsoft Teams is getting on your nerves in Windows 11 popping  up when you log in, always running in the background,  or launching when you click the Chat  taskbar icon  here how to get rid of it. By default, Windows 11 shows a Teams Chat icon  in your taskbar (that looks like a purple  word bubble with a camera icon inside). If  you would like to hide it, right-click the taskbar and select Taskbar Settings.  Expand the Taskbar Items section if necessary,  then flip the switch beside Chat to Off. If you would like to remove Microsoft Teams from your application list, it fairly easy to do. First,  open Settings by clicking the Start  menu and then clicking Settings.  In Settings, click Apps,  then select Apps & Features.Scroll down in the Apps List  and locate Microsoft Teams.  Click the three vertical dots button  beside its entry and select “Uninstall.Settings will ask you to confirm with  a pop-up. Click Uninstall again.  After a moment, Microsoft Teams will completely  vanish from the list of installed Apps. Tip 7: Snap Layouts & Snap Groups Windows 11 includes a convenient Snap feature  that automatically resizes and moves your Windows to predefined areas of the screen, and it can  also configure them in six different patterns. While Windows 10 also included a similar feature,  Windows 11 extends it with more complex layouts  and a handy pop-up snap guide that appears if  you hover your mouse cursor over the maximize  button in the top-right corner of any window. Tip 8: Different backgrounds on separate desktops Windows 11 supports multiple desktops. One small hack I learned using Windows  11 is that you can customize the desktop  background for every desktop you have.  Go with the mouse over the multi-desktop button. Now go with the mouse over Desktop  1. Right-click it. A new menu will  pop up. Click on Choose background. On the personalize your background selector choose  "Picture". This hack will not work with color. Select the picture or add a new picture you  want. after you finish close this window.   Do the same for the second Desktop.  Now you see I have two desktops with  2 backgrounds. That is pretty cool. Tip 9: Connect to a hidden WiFi Network Usually, Wi-Fi networks broadcast their name to all devices within range,  making it easy for the users to select the network they want to connect to. When a network is configured as hidden, it does  not broadcast its name. Instead, the client device must make contact, by broadcasting the correct  name of the network it trying to connect to. To connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network,  you need to know the following details: The exact name of the network • The security type The password, also known, as the  security key used by the hidden network  The most straightforward method of connecting  your Windows 11 device to a hidden Wi-Fi network is by accessing Quick Settings. First, make  sure your Wi-Fi adapter is turned on and you  are in the range of the hidden network you want  to connect to. Click or tap on any of the Wi-Fi,  volume, or battery icons in the lower right corner of the screen.   In the Quick Settings window, press  the arrow next to the Wi-Fi symbol. Windows 11 displays a list of all the Wi-Fi networks that are in the range of your device. Look for an entry named Hidden network. It should be the last entry on the list.  If the entry is present, click on it to select it,  then click on Connect. Also, tick the  Connect automatically checkbox if  you plan to use this Wi-Fi network regularly  and don't want to connect manually each time. Type the network name and press Next. Now, enter the password or the security key of the hidden Wi-Fi network and press Next. Your Windows 11 laptop or tablet  will connect to the hidden network. These are 9 tips that you can use on your Windows 11.