Windows 11 includes multiple Copilot experiences, including the Copilot app, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Edge, Office apps, Notepad, and Outlook. The Copilot chatbot app and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app can be fully uninstalled from Settings. Copilot inside Office apps, Microsoft Edge, Notepad, and Outlook cannot be uninstalled but can be disabled. Disabling Copilot removes AI buttons, sidebars, and prompts without affecting core app functionality. You can completely uninstall Copilot from Windows 11 , and in this guide, I’ll walk you through the exact steps to remove it from your system and disable every remaining integration....

To offline virus scan on Windows 11, open Windows Security > Virus & threat protection , click “Scan options,” select “Microsoft Defender Offline” scan. After the scan, you can find the Microsoft Defender Offline scan results on Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Protection history . Although Windows 11 is a secure system, you may sometimes come across malware or other malicious software that would be difficult to remove while the operating system is running....

To download the official Windows 11 25H2 ISO file for arm64 computers, open the Microsoft download page, select the “Windows 11 (multi-edition ISO for Arm64)” option, confirm the language, and click on “Download.” You can also use the UUP Dump script to download the installation files and create a custom ISO file, which you can use with the Rufus tool to create a bootable USB installer. UPDATE 10/3/2025: If you have an ARM-based computer (such as a Copilot+ PC with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor, Surface Pro (11th Edition), or Laptop (7th Edition)), you can get the ISO file for Windows 11 25H2 to perform a clean install of the operating system or create a virtual machine on supported hardware....

Microsoft Launcher for Android is a great alternative to default launcher experience to customize your phone experience. Microsof integrated Cortana into the app allowing you to use the assistant to do things like make a call, schedule meetings, change the wallpaper, read headlines, and Continue on PC. The only caveat about is that Cortana isn’t available in all regions. However, if you happen to be located in a country where the assistant isn’t supported, you can still enable it by making a simple change to the Microsoft Launcher settings....

The Windows Terminal app lets you change the theme mode from light to dark and vise versa to personalize the experience manually. Or you can use the option that allows the Windows Terminal app to switch themes automatically as you change the system color theme on Windows 10 . If you prefer the dark theme when typing commands, you can change theme mode from the “Appearance” settings page or editing the “Settings....

To enable “Do Not Track” on Edge, open Settings > Privacy, search, and services , and turn on the “Do Not Track requests” toggle switch. On Chrome, open Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies , and turn on the “Do Not Track request with your browsing traffic” toggle switch On Firefox, open Settings > Privacy & security , and turn on the “Send websites a “Do Not Track” request” toggle switch....

Although the latest version of Windows Technical Preview, build 9879, includes some interesting tweaks around the user-interface, new features for OneDrive, and other features such as Storage Sense, one feature missing in the build is Continuum . Recently Microsoft showed a new mode in Windows 10 that allows convertible devices such as the Lenovo Yoga and Surface Pro 3 to switch from a desktop-optimized to a touch-optimized mode, making easier for users with these devices to better navigate and interact with the new operating system....

Microsoft is working on a new Advanced settings page to replace the For Developers experience. If you want to enable the new page, you have to run the vivetool /enable /id:56005157 in the latest preview of Windows 11 in the Dev or Beta Channel. UPDATED 5/22/2025: On Windows 11 , Microsoft has replaced the “For Developers” page with the “Advanced” settings page from the Settings app, and in this guide, I’ll explain the steps to enable this change on your installation....

On Windows 11 , you can enable an option to download and install the latest non-security updates automatically ahead of monthly Patch Tuesday updates, and in this guide, you will learn how. As part of the maintenance process for the operating system, Microsoft releases quality updates (also known as “cumulative updates”) every second Tuesday of the month. Also referred to as “Patch Tuesday” or “Update Tuesday.” Internally, these updates are known as the “B” release because they roll out during the second week of the month....

(New) To enable sudo on Windows 11, open Settings > System > Advanced , turn on “Enable sudo,” and choose the “Inline” option. (Old) Open Settings > System > For developers , turn on “Enable sudo,” and choose the “Inline” option. You can also open Command Prompt or PowerShell (admin) and run the sudo config –enable normal command. UPDATED 10/27/2025: On Windows 11 , it’s now possible to enable “sudo,” and in this guide, I will outline the steps to complete this configuration....

On Windows 10, you can add and remove Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections quickly . However, you won’t find an option to export existing settings that you can import onto another device. Although setting up a VPN connection is not a difficult task, the ability to export and import settings can always make configuring the same connections on multiple computers faster or when you want to move a VPN connection with a specific configuration to another device....

In Windows 8, Microsoft is introducing two new innovated and very helpful features to recover Windows: Remove everything (formerly known as Reset your PC ) and Refresh your PC . They both offer a unique ways to restore and to fix most issues in a Windows 8 PC. This is what the software giants calls Push Button Reset . On paper, these features are great, because they also allow you to recover without using the installation DVD or USB drive....

If you use the desktop version of Outlook, there’s a chance that you may eventually get the “Sending and receiving reported error “0x80004005”: The operation failed’” when trying to send or receive new emails. The error 0x80004005 is a common problem in Outlook, whether you’re using the email client from Microsoft 365 , Office 2019, Office 2016, or earlier versions, and it could be caused by a number of reasons, including from a third-party antivirus blocking scripts, malicious attack, missing or corrupt keys in the Registry, or a problem with your Outlook profile....

OneDrive usually installs automatically on every new installation of Windows 10 , and the sync client is even preserved during upgrades. However, because it’s now possible to uninstall the OneDrive client , the reset process threats it as other application, as such it’s removed when you’re trying to recover your system to the default factory settings. The issue with this behavior is that it gives users the impression that something went wrong with the reset process as OneDrive goes missing after a reset, and Windows 10 doesn’t make it intuitive to get it back....

To fix the printer spooler on Windows 11, open Services , select and open the “Print Spooler” service properties, and stop the service. Then open the “printers” folder and delete its contents. Finally, start the “Print Spooler” service again. Another way to repair the print spooler is to open Command Prompt (admin) and run the “net stop spooler,” “del /Q /F /S “%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers*.*,”” and “net start spooler” commands. UPDATED 11/24/2025: On Windows 11 , you can fix the printer spooler in at least two ways, and in this guide, I will teach you how to resolve this problem....

It appears that users are experiencing some sort of huge battery drain bug in Windows RT 8.1 that is basically affecting all Surface RT tablets running the latest preview version of the operating system. This battery related issue popped up at the Microsoft forums and now it seems that a particular workaround solves the problem for many users. At the Microsoft forums a new thread states that after installing Windows RT 8....

When it comes to improving your PC in some way, sometimes simple tweaks are just worth trying. This is the case of a recently uncovered method that allows to make Microsoft Surface tablet more touch responsive by simply modifying the Windows 8 Registry. The finding appeared at the XDA Developers Forum by user tamarasu, and it involves the modification of a registry key. So far, many people found that the tweak works and it is something easy to do....

To use tabs on File Explorer, use “Ctrl + T” to create or “Ctrl + W” to close tabs and “Ctrl + Tab” (or Ctrl + number ) to cycle through. You can also right-click a tab to access the context menu, close or duplicate tabs, and you can drag tabs in and out of the window. On Windows 11 , File Explorer has tabs that allow you to open multiple folders or drive locations within a single window, similar to how you use tabs in a web browser....

On Windows 10 , the taskbar is the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen and gives you quick access to the Start menu, search, and pinned and running applications. By default, the taskbar is located at the bottom of the screen, but you can always position it on any side to fit your workflow or reset it to its default location. In this guide , you will learn the steps to relocate the taskbar to any side of the desktop on Windows 10....

To search inside a “tar.gz” file on Windows 11, open Ubuntu on WSL and run the “tar -tf TAR.GZ-FILE-PATH | grep SEARCH-TERM” command, and to extract a specific file, run the “tar -xvf TAR.GZ-FILE-PATH –wildcards SEARCH-TERM -C EXTRACT/PATH” command. On Windows 11 , if you use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you can quickly search for content inside a “tar.gz” (tarball) without extracting it, and in this guide, you will learn how....