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Overview of Windows tips and tricks

21/12/2023

In our «Windows tips» series, we regularly introduce handy functions and tricks for the Microsoft operating system. Here’s an overview of all our tips from 2023.

Since mid-2023, the Editorial Team’s been regularly providing you with tips for Windows 11. Most of them work on Windows 10, too. Our tips are designed to remind you of handy functions or show you new ones. In this article, I’ve listed all of them by topic. I’ll add new ones as soon as they’re published.

Display and usability tips

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Windows tip: using the taskbar killer feature
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: scale and text size
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: talk, don’t type
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: how to disable ads
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: add Delete to Alt + Tab
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: how to get the most out of your screenshot key
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: get your windows organised quickly
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: shake one window to minimise all others
by Martin Jud

Desktop and taskbar tips

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Windows tip: how to change and use quick settings
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: how multiple desktops work
by Florian Bodoky
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Windows tip: use the Power User menu
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: launch Web applications from the taskbar
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: start programs with a batch file
by Florian Bodoky
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Windows tip: using the taskbar killer feature
by Martin Jud

Hardware tips

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Windows tip: improving battery life and processor power
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: how to find missing device drivers
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: how to find out which processor you have
by Kevin Hofer

Dangerous tip

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Windows tip: how to disable virus protection for specific files, folders or processes
by Martin Jud

Command line tip (command prompt, console, PowerShell)

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Windows tip: use console commands systemwide
by Martin Jud
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Windows tip: how to efficiently filter and save data records with a script
by Florian Bodoky

Context menu tips

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Windows tip: how to add any command to the context menu
by Florian Bodoky
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Windows tip: how to get the old context menu back
by Florian Bodoky

Organising and backup tips

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Windows tip: how to "unclutter" Windows 11
by Florian Bodoky
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Windows tip: how to delete nasty partitions on USB sticks
by Florian Bodoky
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Windows tip: how to use system restore points
by Florian Bodoky

Windows search tip

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Windows tip: how to get better search results in Windows
by Florian Bodoky
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Windows tip: how to remove web results from your Windows 11 search
by Florian Bodoky