Articles Tagged “Windows 11”
12 articles tagged “Windows 11”, newest first.
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Disk at 100%: What Do You Actually Have to Stop? — Telling SysMain, Windows Search, and Defender Apart
Isolate Windows 100% disk usage by throughput, response time, and files. Pause SysMain safely, narrow Windows Search, and analyze Defender without disabling it.
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Same 1 GB, Yet a Photo Folder Copies Slower Than a Single Video — Why?
Why same-size data copies at different speeds on Windows: file count, SSD and NAS latency, ZIP bundling, a create-transfer-extract comparison, and robocopy.
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What Is Windows' Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling? — Does Turning It On Make Your PC Faster?
An illustrated, non-technical guide to Windows' hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (HAGS): how it works, when to turn it on or off, why the setting may be m...
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Does Turning Off Memory Integrity (HVCI) Make Windows Faster? — What It Means, How to Do It, and How to Decide
Does turning off Memory integrity (HVCI) really speed up a Windows PC? When it can help, when it cannot, how to switch it off and back, and how to decide.
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Dark Mode and Contrast Themes in Windows Apps — DWM Dark Title Bars, System Theme Tracking in WinForms/WPF, and Drawing under High Contrast
How to make WinForms/WPF apps follow the dark mode and contrast themes of Windows 11. Covers DWM dark title bars, SetColorMode and ThemeMode in .NET 9/10, de...
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End of Servicing for Windows Printer Drivers — How Business Apps Should Prepare Their Report and Label Printing
Microsoft is phasing out v3/v4 printer drivers. What Windows protected print mode removes, and how to inventory and prepare report and label printing in busi...
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Windows Shell Integration Today — Context Menus, File Associations, and What Changed in Windows 11
Why Windows 11 hides context menus behind "Show more options": extension → ProgID → verb basics, classic shell-extension caveats, and the IExplorerCommand + ...
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What Is the TPM in Windows? — An Illustrated Guide to the "Safe That Never Lets Keys Out" and Measured Boot
An illustrated TPM guide. It covers keys that never leave the chip, PCRs and Measured Boot, BitLocker and Windows Hello, dTPM, fTPM and Pluton, Get-Tpm, and ...
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Locking Down Business Terminals with Kiosk Mode — Choosing Between Assigned Access and Shell Launcher, and Designing for Operation
How to build a Windows terminal dedicated to a single application, such as a reception kiosk or a device operator panel. Covers the differences between Assig...
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Which Windows Should You Put on an Industrial PC? — A Practical Guide to Windows IoT Enterprise / LTSC
A PC embedded in a piece of equipment is expected to run for ten years, yet ordinary Windows 11 receives an annual feature update and goes out of support in ...
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Practical Options After Windows 10 End of Support — A Decision Table for ESU, LTSC, and Replacement
Nine months on from the Windows 10 end of support in October 2025. This article organises what to do with the Windows 10 PCs still sitting in your organisati...
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What Is Windows Efficiency Mode? - The Green Leaf Icon and How to Turn It Off
What Efficiency mode and the green leaf icon mean in Windows 11 Task Manager, how to turn it off, how to minimize it across all processes with power mode or ...