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• Adjust display brightness and enable night light for eye comfort
• Set your preferred web browser as the default for all links
• Change your wallpaper
• Use Windows Clipboard History
• Connect a Bluetooth device
• Switch display projection modes between duplicate, extend, and second screen only
• Connect to a Wi-Fi network
• Navigate text and erase entire words at once with Ctrl modifier shortcuts
• Find saved Wi-Fi network password
• Find specific words or numbers inside web pages and documents using the search bar
• Enlarge the mouse cursor size and change its color for high visibility
• Make everything on your screen bigger
• Paste text as pure unformatted plain text across documents and browsers
• Print selected page ranges and save paper using the print custom range options
• Record high-definition video of your screen and audio using Windows built-in tools
• Find your computer specifications
• Snap and arrange two application windows side by side for multitasking
• Adjust screen timeout and sleep settings so your computer stays awake
• Switch between headphones, speakers, and external sound devices
• Take a screenshot of part of your screen
• Transfer photos from your phone to your computer
• Turn off distracting popup banners, website notifications, and chime alerts in Windows
• Turn on dark mode across Windows and apps to reduce eye strain
• Turn your Windows PC into a wireless Wi-Fi hotspot to share your internet with phones and tablets
• Turn on Night light to reduce eye strain
• Undo accidental changes across apps and files
• Link your WhatsApp account to your computer to send messages and files from your PC
• Zoom in or out and reset screen zoom
• Clone a GitHub project to your local computer using the terminal and git clone
• Auto-format document in VS Code
• Install Git version control on Windows
• Install Node.js and NPM on Windows
• Install npm packages and add project dependencies from the terminal
• Install Python and set up PATH
• Install Visual Studio Code
• Open a project workspace in VS Code
• Open and use the integrated terminal in VS Code
• Create an index.html file with starter HTML markup and preview it live in your browser
• Execute a Python script
• Set your permanent default app for any specific file type using Open with
• Merge multiple separate PDF files into a single organized document
• Transfer documents and folders safely to an external USB flash drive
• Copy words and numbers directly from images, photos, and screenshots using built-in OCR
• Extract all compressed files from a zip archive into a normal folder
• Find your downloaded files
• Free up hard drive space safely
• Create a compressed ZIP archive
• Temporarily stop OneDrive from uploading files, using internet bandwidth, or filling up cloud storage
• Pin frequently used folders to the File Explorer sidebar
• Recover a deleted file from the Recycle Bin
• Batch rename and number multiple files simultaneously
• Save any web page, receipt, or document as a portable PDF file without a printer
• Find documents by text inside their contents using File Explorer search filters
• Reveal hidden file extensions to identify file types and stay safe
• Sign and fill out PDF forms without printing
• Open an incognito or private browsing window so no browsing history, cookies, or searches are saved
• Update and change your Windows sign-in password or security PIN
• Verify Windows Security virus and threat protection status and run a scan
• Inspect website links before clicking to protect your accounts from phishing scams
• Clear stored website cache and cookies to protect privacy and fix website glitches
• Create a manual System Restore snapshot before making changes so you can roll back your PC if anything breaks
• Identify and close fake virus popup scams safely
• Lock your computer screen instantly
• Review and restrict application access to your webcam and microphone
• Disable slow startup applications
• Recognize and respond safely to fake tech support phone calls
• Uninstall unwanted programs and apps safely
• Check for and install official Windows security updates to keep your computer protected
• Reconnect an unresponsive Bluetooth accessory by turning Bluetooth off and on or re-pairing
• Clear stuck printer queues and cancel unresponsive print jobs
• Force close a frozen or unresponsive application
• Diagnose and fix a slow computer
• Find your computer's local IPv4 network address in Windows Settings or Command Prompt
• Fix display resolution and blurry screen scaling
• Rotate your screen orientation back to normal
• Safely unfreeze an unresponsive PC using shortcut resets or a physical power shutdown
• Fix microphone input and sound recording issues
• Identify and silence any browser tab making unexpected audio without closing it
• Troubleshoot and restore computer audio
• Reconnect an offline printer and resume printing
• Enable Memory Saver and tab sleeping in Chrome and Edge to free up gigabytes of RAM and speed up your PC
• Instantly restore accidentally closed browser tabs and lost web pages
• Reset and restart the graphics driver without rebooting your computer
• Fix keyboard language switching and correct input layout confusion
• Safely eject USB flash drives and external disks to prevent data loss
• Fix connected but no internet Wi-Fi issues