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.
Usability tips
Guide
Windows tip: how to use touchpad gestures
Martin Jud
284
Guide
Windows tip: use touchscreen gestures
Martin Jud
130
Guide
Windows tip: talk, don’t type
Martin Jud
152
Guide
Windows tip: add Delete to Alt + Tab
Martin Jud
9541
Guide
Windows tip: Alt+Enter helps in games and Excel
Martin Jud
3110
Guide
Windows tip: how to get the most out of your screenshot key
Martin Jud
9842
Guide
Windows tip: shake one window to minimise all others
Martin Jud
5521
Guide
Windows tip: how to sign out with one click
Richard Müller
6532
Guide
Windows tip: Folder Options from A to Z
Florian Bodoky
5211
Display tips
Guide
Windows tip: scale and text size
Martin Jud
4310
Guide
Windows tip: get your windows organised quickly
Martin Jud
578
Guide
Screen upside down? Here’s how to turn it back again – or sideways on purpose
Martin Jud
288
Guide
Windows tip: how to disable ads
Martin Jud
20585
Desktop and taskbar tips
Guide
Windows tip: how to change and use quick settings
Martin Jud
170
Guide
Windows tip: using the taskbar killer feature
Martin Jud
14225
Guide
Windows tip: how multiple desktops work
Florian Bodoky
249
Guide
Windows tip: use the Power User menu
Martin Jud
28150
Guide
Windows tip: launch Web applications from the taskbar
Martin Jud
277
Guide
Windows tip: start programs with a batch file
Florian Bodoky
227
Hardware tips
Guide
Windows tip: improving battery life and processor power
Martin Jud
4919
Guide
Windows tip: how to find missing device drivers
Martin Jud
6414
Guide
Windows tip: how to find out which processor you have
Kevin Hofer
163
Dangerous tip
Guide
Windows tip: how to disable virus protection for specific files, folders or processes
Martin Jud
4334
Command line tip (command prompt, console, PowerShell)
Guide
Windows tip: use console commands systemwide
Martin Jud
544
Guide
Windows tip: how to efficiently filter and save data records with a script
Florian Bodoky
151
Context menu tips
Guide
Windows tip: how to add any command to the context menu
Florian Bodoky
323
Guide
Windows tip: how to get the old context menu back
Florian Bodoky
4225
Organising and backup tips
Guide
Windows tip: how to "unclutter" Windows 11
Florian Bodoky
30070
Guide
Windows tip: how to delete nasty partitions on USB sticks
Florian Bodoky
318
Guide
Windows tip: how to use system restore points
Florian Bodoky
191
Windows search tip
Guide
Windows tip: how to get better search results in Windows
Florian Bodoky
124
Guide
Windows tip: how to remove web results from your Windows 11 search
