How to configure Windows 11, including privacy, turning off adverts, start menu location, taskbar settings, and desktop and font scaling. Also includes editing the registry to reduce shutdown time, scale taskbar icons, and fix the context menu.
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What about file explorer tabs?
Thks very very, informative
I just love watching your videos and the way you teach people stuff.
Keith
Does it basically work same and Windows 10 when it comes to changing font size Etc?
With my macular degeneration I need all the help I can get.
Thanks Chris
Keith Kuhn
How does one go about turning off Microsoft's Secure boot? Seems a bit intrusive of Microsoft to take over my computer right from the get go. Are they the new owners of what was once mine? There is something very sinister about this taking over of all my files, documents, and information. Where does it go? Who now owns it? The Cloud?
I work with MP3 files a lot. I would love to have Windows Explorer columns default to desired columns, such as Name, Title, Size, Album Artist, etc etc. Is that possible?
Thank you
Ok 11 has ads built in !!! Just as well have ad fueled horrid chrome !
Because of windows 11, I format my PC,. and installed ,Garuda Linux for gaming my free time .
and I am so impressed with the performance.
I want to own my computer …not Microsoft !
As for some who think about games who need windows : They run all, so fast and smooth through Steam, even i got better perfomance than windows 10 in some games.
Thank you! I thought I got everything but there were a couple sneaky toggles in there I missed.
You videos are the BEST. 🙂
Thank you for this Christopher 👍.
Anybody know how to enable seconds in the task clock when system is Windows 11?
I'm not looking forward to having to set up a new PC I'll be making coming months but at least I can sort a few things out initially and try get Windows 11 workable.
I will most definitely but setting up a Linux OS drive tho and try move away from Windows on a day to day basis, for every task possible. I'm making the jump! 😊
Good video Chris! Thanks for always sharing with us!👍💖😎JP
7:36 🤯!!!! What?? I will never install win 11 on my pc!!
I use O&O ShutUp10++ to quickly update many of the privacy settings. I also rolled back Windows 10 start menu and Explorer navigation tabs.
Thanks Christopher, these tips were really helpful and i've implenented them all.
Thanks
Very useful video as I recently switched from years of Linux and Mac at work for WIndows as home system. Especially ads and privacy secition.
Microsoft truly are Evil Corp. Adverts in File Manager ?
I'm not gonna switch to Windows 11 unless I'm forced to. Windows 10 still has several years of support.
Can you show in a video where do I find my windows 11 product key, please?
I love what you guide
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Thank you so much Chris for sharing your insights especially on a topic like this. as much as i dislike the new changes coming from Microsoft I am always stuck using it and like to "fix" it each time there is a new iteration. your fixes should help the pain of the new OS. the more recommendations you have on these topics are most appreciated.
Excellent!!!
This YT video claims that is will become impossible to install anything but Windows and maybe Linux and no other OSes on PCs because TPM and bit locker, etc. How true is that?
https://youtu.be/LcafzHL8iBQ
Mr Chris, I'm thinking about buying laptop for my father – he needs it for office apps and some web based calculators plus YT. Should i get something with Intel Core i3-10110U or Intel Core i3-1115G4, will it be enough for like 5 years usage? (he needs to be on win 11 – job requirement – insurance companies) Or maybe overall wait for i3 12gen ? Or maybe you have other proposals in same price range? Thank you in advance. 🙂
Linux is far easier than windows in terms of privacy.
Most people don't know about tech.
I'm suspecting that there will be a lot of e-waste in the coming years.
Maybe by then i'll be piling up old pc's deemed unusable by microsoft.
A very useful and practical demonstration of how to set the defaults on the latest Windows 11, minus all the hysterical doom and gloom being made by other content providers – looking at you Linux people.
Linux Mint Cinnamon edition if you decide Windows 11 is not for you.
You the man !
Thank you Christopher.
>>Windows 11 is the future of computing…<<. I remember that Micro$oft said Windows 10 was going to be the final solution, to coin a phrase?
I’m on Ten and use ClassicShell to make it look like Seven – will this work in Eleven?
4:09 Appropriately this was recorded on April 20th (a.k.a 4-20), because a person needs to smoke a lot of the "demon weed" to deal with the stress of this new Windows release!
It's weird for me that the context menu hack isn't working for me, even though I'm doing it correctly and deleted it to try again and still no.
Is ther a way to change settings or change a graphics card on a HP Laptop notebook 17z-Va
Very nice tricks. Thanks a lot
Chris, not long ago I followed your excellent, crystal clear instructions for cloning and upgrading my old HP windows 10 A.I.O desktop from HHD to SSD, all is working fine, I now wish to upgrade my newer windows 11 mini-computers SSD to a higher SSD, can I follow the same procedures as HHD to SSD, or is there a different procedure, in fact, do you already have a page and procedures to do so?
Thanks !!!
It is interesting that this video is necessary. The consumer need advice on how to defeat the invasive and undesirable features that Microsoft built into their product. No doubt Microsoft hopes that most consumers will not be bothered with such product configuration, or will lack the skills to do so.
If you kept it going till now you have all the respect that I can give
The best part of this video is that you can tell he's trying really hard not to spend the whole video talking about how terrible all of this nonsense is. The cynicism still comes through in his voice sometimes, he can't help it.
Cheers, everything is nice and fine, but who is Stanley? 🙂
There can not be any privacy on a proprietary software operating system!
Don't use windows, rather everyone should use GNU+Linux
The best advice for Windows is to not use it.
Windows 11 is ransomware. Microsoft owns your PC but gives the user the illusion of control.