1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,660 Windows 11 is here and although Microsoft is of course promising the moon as usual 2 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:09,020 There are some changes from Windows 10 that you might not be super thrilled about 3 00:00:09,540 --> 00:00:14,180 Imagine that so here are five features that we think it's a good idea for you to go and tweak right now 4 00:00:14,340 --> 00:00:22,660 If you've already installed Windows 11 It's impossible not to notice how the icons on the taskbar including the start button are now aligned to the center of the screen 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,580 Maybe Microsoft is trying to copy macOS or maybe they just thought it looked prettier 6 00:00:26,580 --> 00:00:32,980 But regardless of what the real reason was many folks immediately wondered if they could just put everything back to the left 7 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:36,860 Turns out you sure can just open up the settings app and you'll see a 8 00:00:37,300 --> 00:00:41,300 Personalization and taskbar menu choose that then hit taskbar behaviors 9 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:46,460 And you'll see an option to align everything to the left that's got intended our next tip will address another feature 10 00:00:46,460 --> 00:00:51,340 That's frustrating for power users the new right-click Context menu in Windows Explorer 11 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:56,180 Microsoft tried to simplify it by putting common options like copy paste delete and rename 12 00:00:56,420 --> 00:01:01,980 Up top as icons but other options such as send to and create shortcut are hidden now 13 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:05,500 So you might want to get the old-style menu back if you find yourself missing those 14 00:01:06,380 --> 00:01:10,060 Unfortunately, there's not a simple switch in the settings app for this 15 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,900 So you'll need to do a little digging around in 16 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,000 You guessed it the registry 17 00:01:16,780 --> 00:01:20,940 Fortunately, it's just a matter of creating a new key in the right spot and tweaking a couple of values 18 00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:24,300 We're gonna link full instructions for how to do this down in the video description 19 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:28,820 So you can copy and paste the correct values instead of trying to type them out yourself moving on 20 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:33,380 It's not surprising that Windows 11 features some icons on the taskbar for Microsoft services 21 00:01:33,380 --> 00:01:39,020 You may have no interest in using probably the most obvious of these is chat 22 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:45,780 Which is a new app that's kind of like Microsoft Teams except it's geared more towards users than businesses and organizations 23 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:52,940 Nice try Microsoft But most of your users probably rely much more on a chat app like signal or telegram or WhatsApp 24 00:01:52,980 --> 00:02:00,380 And simply have no use for Microsoft chat So that icon is just wasting space on your taskbar to remove it just go to your settings app 25 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:05,740 Go to personalization then taskbar You'll find an options group that lets you show or hide taskbar buttons 26 00:02:05,820 --> 00:02:11,020 Just disable chat to reclaim that space now. Let's talk a bit about the start menu 27 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:20,820 Gone is the big list of folders and shortcuts We've been used to since the days of Windows 95 with the new start menu relying a lot more on keyword searches and automatically 28 00:02:20,860 --> 00:02:30,540 Recommended shortcuts based on your usage patterns But you can still pin frequently accessed system folders like downloads and documents to the new start menu if you'd like in your settings app 29 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:35,700 Go to personalization then start then folders where you can toggle what you'd like to see on and off 30 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:42,780 Unfortunately, it looks like the registry tweaks that some people were using to bring back the Windows 10 start menu in pre-release build of Windows 11 31 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:49,540 No longer work bummer But we say possibly the most consequential tweak for last disabling 32 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:56,740 virtualization based security or VBS in a nutshell VBS is an advanced security features that has been documented to slow down 33 00:02:56,940 --> 00:03:02,340 performance particularly in gaming and while VBS shouldn't be an issue if you've upgraded from Windows 10 34 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:06,940 It can actually be enabled by default if you do a clean install of Windows 11 35 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:09,660 Or if you bought a PC that shifts with it 36 00:03:10,060 --> 00:03:14,420 Fortunately, it's pretty easy to turn off if you know what to look for in the settings app 37 00:03:14,420 --> 00:03:17,780 Go to privacy and security then Windows security then device security 38 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:25,280 You should see something that says core isolation details click that then toggle off the switch under memory integrity 39 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:29,980 See what I meant about knowing what to look for restart your computer and VBS should be disabled 40 00:03:29,980 --> 00:03:35,220 You can confirm this actually by checking Windows's Windows's Windows system information app 41 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:38,700 What are your pro tips for Windows 11? Let us know in the comments below 42 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:42,860 But it would really be nice if Microsoft could just give us what we want in the first place wouldn't it? 43 00:03:42,860 --> 00:03:47,180 So thanks for watching guys if you liked this video hit like hit subscribe and hit us up in the comment section with your 44 00:03:47,180 --> 00:03:49,740 Suggestions for topics that we should cover in the future