Windows 11 includes a built-in Eye Control feature that lets you operate your computer using only your eyes when paired with a compatible Tobii eye tracker. This accessibility tool enables you to move the mouse cursor, click, type, and launch apps by looking at the screen. The feature works with Tobii Eye Tracker 4C, Tobii … Read more
When you connect a game controller to Windows 11, the system may unexpectedly switch the primary input device from the mouse to the controller’s virtual cursor. This behavior, often called cursor hijacking, causes the mouse pointer to jump erratically or stop responding to physical mouse movements. The root cause is a feature called Game Controller … Read more
After waking your Windows 11 PC from sleep, your 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse may lose its custom sensitivity settings and revert to default values. This happens because the device driver or software does not retain user profile settings across the sleep and resume cycle. In this article, you will learn why SpaceMouse sensitivity resets after sleep and … Read more
Pressing Caps Lock by accident interrupts your typing flow. For many developers and power users, the Caps Lock key is rarely used and occupies prime keyboard real estate. Windows 11 includes a built-in utility called PowerToys that allows you to remap keys without installing separate third-party software. This article explains how to use PowerToys Keyboard … Read more
You enabled the “Enable Win32 long paths” Group Policy setting on Windows 11, but File Explorer still refuses to open or create files with paths longer than 260 characters. This happens because the policy alone does not apply to the Windows Shell, including File Explorer, which has its own separate long path limitation. This article … Read more
File Explorer crashing in Windows 11 can be frustrating, especially when you lose multiple open tabs. This usually happens due to a corrupted cache, a problematic add-on, or a memory issue within the File Explorer process itself. Windows 11 does not automatically reopen your previous tabs after a crash, but you can recover them using … Read more
You open your OneDrive folder and see two copies of the same file: one named ProjectReport.docx and another named ProjectReport-DESKTOP-ABC123.docx. This duplicate file behavior is confusing and wastes storage space. The root cause is a specific conflict resolution feature in OneDrive that appends your computer name when two devices edit the same file simultaneously. This … Read more
Your development drive on Windows 11 may be excluded from Microsoft Defender Antivirus scans, leading to false positive alerts for legitimate code, build artifacts, or container images. This exclusion is by design: Windows 11 automatically excludes Dev Drive volumes from real-time and scheduled scanning to improve performance during development tasks. However, this can cause Defender … Read more
SMB signing adds a digital signature to every Server Message Block packet exchanged between your Windows 11 computer and a remote file server. Without signing, an attacker on the same network can inject malicious packets into your SMB session, modify files as they travel, or steal credentials. This attack vector, known as an SMB relay … Read more
Junction points are a type of file system link in Windows 11. They redirect file operations from one folder to another without the user or software knowing. Backup software often treats junction points as real folders, not as pointers. This causes it to copy the same data multiple times or skip critical system files. This … Read more