Windows 11 Settings You Should Change Right Now!

Windows 11 for the most part is a great operating system. It does have some settings and features that might be annoying to some. To improve your overall experience with Windows 11, I’ll go over the settings in several categories you should consider changing.

Windows 11 Tips & Tricks Playlist

MORE VIDEOS TO WATCH:

0:00 Intro
0:04 Tweak Windows Update Options
1:02 Change Start Button Alignment
1:38 Change Privacy Settings
2:11 Remove Bloatware
2:42 Enable Dark Mode
3:04 Remove Widgets
3:25 Change Power Plan
4:00 Stop Notifications
4:20 Show Hidden Files
4:47 Automatic File Management
5:13 Start Menu Quick Access
5:48 Adjust Visual Effects
6:42 Change Default Browser
7:20 Change PC Name

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[BrettInTech]

What settings do you change when setting up your PC?

[Glenda]

Extremely helpful (as always)! Thank you.

[edv]

Thanks a ton ! I adjusted some settings on my Windows 10 computer following your video.

[GrdShftR]

great video man. very simple and well organized. i found it very helpful for my new pc build with a fresh win 11 install and getting some of my foundations laid in the OS.

[Frazer]

Thank you so much for these wonderful tutorial instructions. Easy to follow and implement. My Windows 11 is running much better now. Cheers!

[Steven.]

Thanks for this interesting suggestion 🎉

[UnfilteredMedic]

A few of these are good to know.
I'm just a few weeks into a new desktop PC and W11.

[mike_nba]

This video came in clutch as i am about to do a new build with windows 11 for the first time! 💯

Very useful information as usual! With Windows 11, if I have a program open (say Chrome) and do not interact with it for a while, at some point the icon disappears from the taskbar. I can make it reappear by changing the taskbar to autohide and back, but this is cumbersome. Do you know if there's a settings that can be done so as to prevent icons of running programs from disappearing from the taskbar?

[obasaar]

Hello, I am grateful for your attention and your time in creating, producing, and editing this video full of wonderful information! Thank you!

[easttennstudent]

Just saw this video in my Google feed. Subscribed!

[Aloha_XERO]

OMG I just finished going through all my settings from both windows and my ASUS 1:37 you were not kidding “ more than the previous operating systems is an absolute understatement x10
I kind of miss the old bloat ware from the early 2000’s it was for sure a Hindenburg. Today’s terminology should have a term that really reflects the sneaky nature of settings, configurations and policies… I miss the day when internet was just for chatting and downloading music while searching for video codecs that didn’t give you a virus

[rawbeekay]

Thank you so much for taking your time to relieve me off this stress, I almost uninstalled windows 11 coz alot wasn't adding up for me. Bravo😊

[maikerujzon]

thank you Brett! how about windows defender settings? i think i need to change it, do you have any tutorial here? more power!

[grahamrankin]

I noted that in 11, i am not able create new folders in File Explorer. Is there a way to enable to create new folders? I can create a new folder in Office 365.

[mccasalicellist]

Do you use any app to change the aspect of your folders? I just upgraded to Windows11 but while the desktop looks the same, the folders inside look different....

[martintolley]

I don't have Edge as a default, but MS keeps persistently over and over again asking me if I want to make it so. Is there a "NO and STOP asking me" setting?

[vhimnation]

Please where can I get the window 11 to download???

[sapelesteve]

🤔🤔Is this a new channel? Or did you change the name from "Tech Gumbo" to "Brett In Tech". Just curious and great content as usual! 👍👍

[dontworrybehappy]

Last year, we succesfully set up a Windows 11 laptop with an offline we wanted to download other browsers & drivers for our laser printers. Then it forced us to create a MS account.
Tomorrow, we want to set up another Windows 11 laptop & need to know how to avoid the MS demand, when we want to download Vivaldi, or Brave, or our printer drivers. HELP?