====== 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
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- 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