Windows 11

NOTE: Remember to open the Terminal or Powershell with extended Administrator privilages.

Microsoft Compatibility Checker

PC Health Check App

ISO Download

Win11_22H2_EnglishInternational_x64v1.iso

Official Download from Microsoft

tiny11

98Lite (if you understand this reference, you probably also need to take paracetamol for your joint pains) meets Windows 11.

Download from here.

Tom's Hardware review

HOWTO: DISABLE:

Windows File Compression

Terminal: fsutil behavior set disablecompression 1

To complete, the system will need to be rebooted.

Language Switcher icon or Language Bar from Taskbar

• Open Settings app
• Access the Time & language category
• Click on the Typing Settings page
• Access the Advanced keyboard settings
• Tick the box for 'Use the desktop language bar option'
• Click 'Language bar options'
• Tick the radio box under 'Language Bar'

HOWTO: ENABLE:

Legacy Context Menu

Terminal: reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
Powershell: New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" -Name 'InprocServer32' -Force

INFO:

Group Policy Editor (GPEDIT.MSC) For Home Edition

Terminal:

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )
FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )

Use The Print Screen Button To Open Screen Snipping Tool

2023-04-19 - This behaviour is soon to become the default action in a future update, presumably Microsoft will allow users to revert back to the old action...

• Settings
• Accessibility
• Interaction (section)
• Keyboard
• Toggle on 'Use the Print screen button to open screen snipping'

RSAT Installation

https://windowsreport.com/install-rsat-windows-11/

User Password, Change Via Commandline

https://pureinfotech.com/change-password-command-prompt-windows-11/

Voice Access

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/voice-access-command-list-dac0f091-87ce-454d-8d57-bef38d3d8563
• https://pureinfotech.com/enable-voice-access-windows-11-22h2/
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/use-voice-access-to-control-your-pc-author-text-with-your-voice-4dcd23ee-f1b9-4fd1-bacc-862ab611f55d

Vanilla Installation

Use the 'World' location option to avoid installing all the useless guff that comes with Windows.

Registry Tweaks

Change File Explorer To Act, Look And Feel Like It Does In Windows 10

Key	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions
Add Key	Blocked
Add String value	{e2bf9676-5f8f-435c-97eb-11607a5bedf7}

Disable Snap Layout

Key	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
Add Dword32	EnableSnapAssistFlyout
Values - Disable	0
Values - Enable	1

Disable Lockscreen

Key	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Add Dword32	NoLockScreen
Values - Disable	0
Values - Enable	1

Speed up shutdown

Key	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Change value of	WaitToKillServiceTimeout
Values - In milliseconds	2000

NOTE: Default value is 5000, the 2000 value shown above is just as an example.

Activate Verbose Mode

Key	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Add Dword32:	verbosestatus
Values - Disable	0
Values - Enable	1

Add program to context menu

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

Add key: Program you want to add (Notepad)

Add Key: command

under (default) add path to command "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe"

to get command path, right click on exe and select "Copy as path"

Disable Dynamic Search Box

Key	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SearchSettings
Add Dword32	IsDynamicSearchBoxEnabled
Values - Disable	0
Values - Enable	1

Remove Bing from Start

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

Add key: Explorer

Add Dword32: DisableSearchBoxSuggestions

Set value to 1

Bypass TPM and CPU checks for Windows Update

Key	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup
Add Dword32	AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU
Values - Disable	0
Values - Enable	1

Change Taskbar size

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Add Dword32: TaskbarSi

0 = smallest

1 = default

2 = large

Move the taskbar

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3

Double click on settings

change 03 value under FE to 01

00 Left side

01 Top

02 Right side

03 Bottom

Right, Left broken. Only Top, bottom (to work fully, move start menu to left) works

Restore Old Style Context Menu

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\

Add key: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}

Add key: InprocServer32

open, then close (Default) in "InprocServer32" with no value

restart explorer

Thanks to Cyber CPU

HOWTO: FIX

Address and Search Bars Missing In File Manager

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi2n7L2_ObE

Disable StartAllBack to see if that fixes the issue

Run System File Checker

The Service Cannot Accept Control Messages At This Time

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29761505/the-service-cannot-accept-control-messages-at-this-time

Voice Access (Speech Recognition)

Error 1002

• Reboot

No Access To Microphone

• Settings > App > Microphone access > Turn off access to all apps > Reboot system > Turn access to microphone back on.
• Settings > Accessibility > Check settings

Change Network DNS Servers

1. Settings
2. Network and Internet
3. WiFi
4. Hardware (wifi) Properties
5. IPv4 DNS Servers
6. Edit (manual)
7. Change IPv4 servers to 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1
8. Click OK

Windows 11 specs, features and computer requirements as of 2021-10-14

Ventoy 1.0.55: bypass Windows 11 requirements check during installation

Start Menu

https://www.minitool.com/news/move-windows-11-start-menu.html

Remove Recommended

Open Settings - Select "Personalization" (left-hand column) - Click on "Start" (right-hand column) - Turn off "Show recently opened items in Start, Jump Lists, and File Explorer"

Sync Center

https://www.ubackup.com/windows-11/enable-offline-files-windows-11.html

Change System Release Rollback To Sixty Days

Method One

Open a terminal as administrator, type the following to confirm current settings:

DISM.exe /Online /Get-OSUninstallWindow

After pressing enter, the returned data should show a line that reads:

Uninstall Windows : 10

To change to sixty days in the terminal type:

DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:60

Now, after pressing enter, the returned data should show a line that reads:

Uninstall Windows : 60

Method Two

Open regedit.exe

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup

In the right-hand pane, look for "UninstallWindow" if it is not there, create New / DWORD (32-bit) Value and call it

UninstallWindow

Change value to 60 on decimal

Thanks to Britec Computers

General Tweaks

1. https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/windows-11-tweaks.html
2. https://windowsreport.com/best-windows-11-tweaks/
3. https://geekflare.com/windows-11-tweaks-for-better-performance/
4. https://www.techradar.com/news/20-tips-and-tricks-for-windows-11
5. https://geekflare.com/windows-11-tweaks-for-better-performance/
6. https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-make-windows-11-look-like-windows-7
7. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/make-windows-10-look-like-windows-7
8. https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GQn6DjtNWY
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebqgGY8c6M

Features

https://uk.pcmag.com/migrated-3765-windows-10/136545/the-best-windows-11-tips-and-tricks

Third Party Apps

StartAllBack make Windows 11 look like Windows 10, or Windows 7.

Excellent for who for people who do not want to try and cope with change, be it because they have had a stroke (as had the customer I found StartAllBack for) or for those who are just bloody minded.

Debloat Tool

• https://christitus.com/windows-tool/