Quick fix: Open Edge. Click your profile icon (top right). Click + Add profile. Pick “Add a personal profile” or “Add work profile.” Sign in with the work or personal Microsoft account. Each profile has its own bookmarks, history, passwords, extensions. Switch via the profile icon. Pin separate profiles to taskbar for one-click access. One … Read more
Quick fix: Windows Search only indexes folders that are part of the Search Index. To add a folder: Settings → Privacy & security → Searching Windows → Add an excluded folder & Customize search locations here. Or open Indexing Options (Control Panel) → Modify → tick folders to include. Wait for re-index (can take 30 … Read more
Quick fix: Install Microsoft PowerToys from Microsoft Store. Open PowerToys → Keyboard Manager isn’t the right module; instead, look for Awake or write a custom one. Actually, the simplest: install CapsLock Indicator from the Microsoft Store, or use the legacy Caps Indicator third-party tool. PowerToys doesn’t have a built-in CapsLock indicator yet — but PowerToys … Read more
Quick fix: Open Command Prompt (Admin). Run: powercfg /hibernate off. The hiberfil.sys file (often 4-10GB+) is deleted. Hibernate is now disabled. You won’t see Hibernate in the Power menu. Sleep mode still works. To re-enable: powercfg /hibernate on. The hibernation file (hiberfil.sys) stores RAM contents on disk when you hibernate, so the PC can resume … Read more
Quick fix: Open Settings → Network & internet → Wi-Fi → Hotspot 2.0 networks. Toggle Let me use Online Sign-Up to get connected to off. Or directly: open Network & sharing center → Change adapter settings → right-click Wi-Fi → Properties → Configure → Advanced → find Hotspot 2.0 / Passpoint → disable. Wi-Fi will … Read more
Quick fix: Open Edge → edge://settings/reset. Click Restore settings to their default values. This resets startup pages, search engines, extensions to default but keeps your bookmarks, history, and saved passwords. For a deeper reset, sign out of sync first to avoid syncing your reset state back to other devices. Edge accumulating issues: slow startup, mystery … Read more
Quick fix: Open PowerShell (Admin). Run: Get-BitLockerVolume. Output shows all drives with their encryption status, percentage, and protection on/off. For one drive: Get-BitLockerVolume -MountPoint “C:”. For brief summary: manage-bde -status C:. BitLocker can be active, suspended, decrypting, or off. PowerShell’s Get-BitLockerVolume cmdlet shows encryption status at a glance. Useful for: confirming protection after enabling, checking … Read more
Quick fix: Open Command Prompt (Admin). Run: vssadmin list shadowstorage to see current allocation. To resize: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=C: /on=C: /maxsize=20GB. This caps shadow storage at 20GB. To remove cap: use /maxsize=UNBOUNDED. Shadow copies older than the cap auto-delete. Shadow Copy (Volume Shadow Copy Service) creates point-in-time snapshots of disk content. Used by System … Read more
Quick fix: Open PowerShell (Admin). Run: Start-Process “cleanmgr.exe” -ArgumentList “/sagerun:1” -Verb RunAs. For Storage Sense specifically (not Disk Cleanup): there’s no direct CLI; trigger via registry: schtasks /run /tn “\Microsoft\Windows\DiskCleanup\SilentCleanup”. This runs the same cleanup that Storage Sense would. Storage Sense is the Windows 11 setting that auto-deletes temp files, old downloads, recycle bin items … Read more
Quick fix: Microsoft Store doesn’t officially support pre-fetching apps. To download a large app efficiently: ensure PC is on Wi-Fi (not metered). Open the Store → pick app → Get. Download starts. To pause and resume: Library → pending downloads. To download faster: ensure Delivery Optimization is on (Settings → Windows Update → Advanced → … Read more