====== Pro vs Home ====== * no UI language switch * no remote control ====== Win11 Setup ====== - initial setup - When setup to "Connect to wifi" part, press Shift+F10, it will pop up cmd, type OOBE\BYPASSNRO - then it reboot, network part shows a skip option, now skip wifi part to create a Local account - choose "continue with limited setup" - create admin account, set QuestionNAnswer - Privacy setting: off for all - Once login - create standard local user account - Settting > Accounts > Family & other users : other users - Add Account - enter username + pass + QuestionNAnswer - (optional) Custom Explorer - Menu > Option: General tab * Open Explorer to : This PC * (optional) Privacy: uncheck - show frequently used folder in quick access - Menu > Option: View tab - check "display full path in title bar" - uncheck "Hide extension for know file types" - Top part: Apply to All Folders - always show full list of Right-click-menu, run this cmd and restart reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f - use win7 alt+tab switch, so you can see switch option while keeping seeing current window layout (kill and restart Explorer to see effects) reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v AltTabSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f \\ {{:techwiki:win11:win11_alt_tab_better.png?400|}} - more win10 taskbar option and more explorer custom reg, ref to : https://www.askvg.com/tip-restore-windows-10-classic-taskbar-in-windows-11-along-with-classic-start-menu/ - stop peek when mouse hover on taskbar tab * ref: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/enable-or-disable-peek-in-windows-11.8420/ * method a: open SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe, uncheck Peek * method b: reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM" /v EnableAeroPeek /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f - (optional) Custom account setting - (optional) System:Notifications - OFF; uncheck Welcome/Offer/tip at bottom - (only once on admin) System:Nearby sharing - rename Device Name - Restart - Devices:AutoPlay - off - (only once on admin) Personalize:lock screen (to disable lock screen, and see directly on login screen, use this reg) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization] "NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001 or use this one line in cmd reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization" /v NoLockScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f - Personalize:Start * (optional) show recently opened item in Start/Jump/Explorer = off - Personalize:Start:Folders - show [Setting / Explorer / Documents / Network / Personal folder] - Personalize:Taskbar * OFF for [widgets, chat] * taskbar behaviors [align: left], [show on all display: off] - App:Startup - turn off [one drive] - Accounts:Sign-in options - turn OFF "use my sign-in info to automatically finish setup" - Time n Language: add input method - Privacy n Secuirty:General - turn OFF all - (optional) Privacy n Secuirty:Inking n typing - turn OFF personal dictionary - Privacy n Secuirty:Activity history - uncheck "Store my history" - Privacy n Secuirty:Search permission * turn OFF for "cloud content search" * (optional) turn OFF search History * turn OFF "show search highlight" - (only once in admin) Privacy n Secuirty:Account info - turn OFF - (optional) (only once in admin) Privacy n Secuirty:Contact - turn OFF - back to admin account, install all standard softwares **Common App** (once install once on admin account) * 7zip 64bit win: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html * firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ * chrome: https://www.google.com/intl/en_sg/chrome/ * xnview: https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads * notepad++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ * krita (image editor): https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/ * media player classic: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/files/MPC%20HomeCinema%20-%20x64/MPC-HC_v1.7.9_x64/ **some quality of life improvement tool for win11** * https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher **Extra App** * obs: https://obsproject.com/download ====== Win11 Tips and Tricks ====== **Take a delay screenshot** * some screenshot can't be take with press print-screen key, so open win11 new Snipping tool, you now have a delay option on the toolbar for you to set delay and click button to let it pop a freeze screen for screen after a delay ====== Problem and Solution ====== * turn off win11 disk bitlocker encryption * encryption is good, but when you want to recover data, it is troublesome, go setting > privacy security > device encryption : off