1. Clipboard History (Win + V)

Tired of losing copied text? Enable Clipboard History and access your last 25 copied items. A lifesaver for multitaskers and writers.

2. Focus Sessions in Clock App

Built-in Pomodoro productivity tool with Spotify and To Do integration. Great for staying on track without third-party apps.

3. Snap Layouts Power Move

Right-click the maximize button on any window for custom snap layouts. Now even supports triple-screen setups in 2025.

4. God Mode Folder

Create a folder named GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} to access every control panel option in one place.

5. Virtual Desktops with Custom Backgrounds

You can now assign unique wallpapers to each virtual desktop for better organization and context switching.

6. Quick Settings Personalization

Click the volume or battery icon, then hit the pencil icon to customize your Quick Settings panel. Add night light, hotspot, or projection.

7. Voice Typing with Auto-Punctuation (Win + H)

Dictate emails, notes, or blog posts with automatic punctuation. Works surprisingly well for hands-free productivity.

8. Windows Copilot (AI Assistant)

Accessed via Win + C, Copilot is Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant that helps with writing, troubleshooting, summarizing, and even code suggestions.

9. Hidden Touchpad Gestures

Three-finger swipe up = task view. Four-finger tap = action center. Customize gestures in Settings > Touchpad.

10. Nearby Share (Windows’ AirDrop)

Quickly share files between PCs using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, even when offline. Found in the Share menu of File Explorer.

11. Alt + Tab + Search

Hold Alt + Tab, then start typing to search open windows. Way faster than manually cycling.

12. Power Automate Desktop

Pre-installed in Windows 11 Pro. Automate tasks like file renaming, data entry, app launching — without writing code.

13. File Explorer Tabs

No more opening multiple Explorer windows — use tabs like a browser for cleaner navigation.

14. Emoji Panel (Win + .)

More than just emojis: use for symbols, kaomoji, and clipboard history. Helpful in messaging, coding, and docs.

15. DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

In Settings > Network > Ethernet/Wi-Fi > DNS settings. Adds encryption to DNS queries for better privacy.

16. Dynamic Refresh Rate

On supported displays, Windows can dynamically switch refresh rates for power savings and smoothness.

17. Advanced Alt+Tab Settings

Customize what appears in Alt+Tab — only windows or include browser tabs (Edge). Find it in Multitasking settings.

18. Task Manager Efficiency Mode

Right-click a process and toggle Efficiency Mode to reduce background resource usage without killing it.

19. System-wide Live Captions (Win + Ctrl + L)

Automatic, on-screen subtitles for any audio — even offline. Excellent for accessibility or noisy environments.

20. Storage Sense Auto Cleanup

Found in Settings > Storage. Automatically delete temp files, OneDrive cloud-only files, and Recycle Bin items on a schedule.

Final Thoughts

Windows 11 in 2025 is loaded with smart features that can boost your productivity, protect your privacy, and improve accessibility — if you know where to find them. Start with a few of these hidden gems and you might just fall in love with your desktop all over again.

Have a favorite Windows 11 trick we missed? Drop it in the comments!

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Also Read: disable use printer offline

Try Restart:

Before starting the troubleshooting, best to restart both computer and printer, power off, and power on again

Also Read: printer offline issue windows 10

Run Printer troubleshooter:

Most of the Printer issues been fixed if you run a Printer troubleshooter in Windows 10

• Open Settings
• Select Update and Security
• Select Troubleshoot
• Select Run the troubleshooter on Printer
• Wait for this to check and fix the issues

Also See: Print spooler keep stopping automatically on Windows 10

Checking Printer Ports:

The printer port needs to be configured correctly to fix the printer connectivity issues

• Open Settings
• Select Devices
• Select Printer & Scanners
• Select affected printer from the list and click Manage
• Select Printer Properties
• Select Ports from Printer Properties
• Change different ports and try if this fixing the port in use error

Also Read: How to resolve the Print Spooler service crash issue (Print spooler service is not running)

Update latest Printer Driver:

Try to update the latest print driver from the printer manufacture which might fix all your printer related issues

• Open Start Menu
• Open Device Manager Window
• Locate the Printer on the left side of the window
• Expand the icon of the printer
• Right-click on the printer icon in the Device manager
• Select Update Driver
• also, Try Uninstall and re-install
• Restart the PC

Also Read: Print spooler stopping automatically on Windows 10

Also try to remove and re-connect the printer cable from the computer, remove and restart the PC and re-connect again

Hope the above steps help you to fix the “Port in use, please wait” error on your Windows 10 PC

And Other Printer problems and issues with the solution

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Also Read: How to Re-enable device accidentally disabled by the user

Now we are in the world, every company is moving towards the bring your own device (BYOD) policy for employees using there own personal devices to connect to the organizational networks and access the organizational data with secure remote access

So who owns the device and how the device and user access the organizational networks, different joining methods been used

Also Read: What is Enterprise Joined /On-premises DRS Joined / Workplace Join Devices

Azure AD registered:

• Azure AD registered device is Users personal device owned by User, to make sure to meet the minimum security requirement to connect to the corporate network/data
• Connect using users local ID or Personal ID like Hotmail/Google accounts
• Authentication using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
• Supports local and cloud applications
• Manage the device using mobile device management (MDM) and Conditional access policies on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
• Can be used to connect personally-owned laptops and mobile phones

Also Read: How to Move or Migrate On-Premises AD Account between Domain/Forest without losing the Azure AD Data

Azure AD joined:

• Azure AD joined device is a corporate-owned device
• Connect using Azure AD accounts
• Authentication using only Azure AD
• Supports cloud applications with SAML and Oauth
• Manage the device using mobile device management (MDM) and Conditional access policies on Azure AD
• Can be used to connect corporate-owned laptops and mobile phones

Also Read: Can we deploy an On-Premises AD, and synchronize all the already created accounts from Office365/Azure AD to On-Premises AD?

Hybrid Azure AD joined:

• Hybrid Azure AD joined device is a corporate-owned device, existing on-prem AD devices are joined to Azure AD
• Connect using On-prem AD and Azure AD accounts
• Authentication using On-prem AD (Local AD Domain) and Azure AD
• Supports cloud applications with SAML and Oauth
• Supports Local application with Kerberos, NTLM, and LDAP
• Manage the device using Group policy
• Can be used to connect corporate-owned laptops

Also Read: Understand how On-Premises Active Directory object get synchronized to Azure AD (Run Profiles Explained)

Domain Joined Devices:

• Domain Joined Devices native domain members on On-prem AD
• Connect using On-prem AD accounts
• Authentication using only On-prem AD (Local AD Domain)
• Supports Local application with Kerberos, NTLM, and LDAP
• Manage the device using Group policy
• Can be used to connect corporate-owned desktops and member servers

Also Read: Configure Multi-Factor Authentication on ADFS (Globally or relying party trust)

Azure AD registered and Azure AD joined devices are managed on Azure AD using conditional access policies

Hybrid Azure AD joined and Domain Joined Devices are almost like a native domain desktop, Hybrid Azure AD joined is taking advantage of the cloud without losing the On-prem AD features

MS link which discusses more features like supported by each  Azure Active Directory device deployments

Also Read: Comparing ADFS vs Passthrough authentication solutions: Which one is better suits your requirement

Also Read: How to Rename an Azure Resource Group (RG)

Active Directory  Interview Questions and Answers

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Also Read: How to Move or Migrate On-Premises AD Account between Domain/Forest without losing the Azure AD Data

Only administrator can enable the Azure device, normal user can’t enable there registered Azure device, Admin should have Cloud Device Administrator role to enable, disable, and delete devices in Azure AD

Also Read: Can we deploy an On-Premises AD, and synchronize all the already created accounts from Office365/Azure AD to On-Premises AD?

How to enable the Device in the Azure portal:

The administrator will need to re-enable the registered Azure device. by going to Azure Active Directory, select Devices and select the checkmark next to the device to Enable

Or search the user from Azure Active Directory and select device, this will list all registered devices for the users, admin can select any device from the list and enable it

you can also try to re-register the device to fix the issue, if you are syncing the device from on-premises AD then it automatically enabled when the next sync cycle completed

Also Read: Understand how On-Premises Active Directory object get synchronized to Azure AD (Run Profiles Explained)

Different types of device registration are there on Azure AD, you should know on which type you have to register to fix the issue like Azure AD registered device, Azure AD joined device, Hybrid Azure AD joined device, will discuss more this in my upcoming post

Also Read: What is EnterpriseJoined /On-premises DRS Joined / Workplace Join Devices

Active Directory (AD) Real Time Interview Questions and Answers

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Also Read: How to configure Azure Active Directory Application accessible only for certain users

Enterprise Joined, On-premises DRS Joined, Workplace Join Devices all are the same concept, users join their personal devices to the company network to access company application and resource in a secure way, will provide SSO (Single-Sign-On) to the workplace resources and applications

We are having a different type of device registrations Today, EnterpriseJoined is quite an old Device Registration Service from Windows Server 2012 R2 ADFS ( Active Directory Federation Services) and can be replaced with Azure DRS like Azure AD Joined or Hybrid AD Joined

Also Read: Active Directory Types: Difference between Active Directory Vs Azure Active Directory Vs Hybrid Azure AD and AAD DS

EnterpriseJoined is on-premises deployments using Windows Server 2012 R2 DSR to provide conditional access and Single-Sign-On to on-premises applications.

If the device is Joined to an on-premises Device Registration Service then the same device cannot join to AzureAdJoined as this device part of EnterpriseJoined, the device needs to be un-registred from on-premises DSR and re-register to AzureAdJoined

Also Read: How to Move or Migrate On-Premises AD Account between Domain/Forest without losing the Azure AD Data

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is used for Active Directory (AD) domain-joined devices or users personal devices to manage effectively with the help of Microsoft Intune Device Management

Also Read: Understand how On-Premises Active Directory object get synchronized to Azure AD (Run Profiles Explained)

Also Read: Configure Multi-Factor Authentication on ADFS (Globally or relying party trust)

Active Directory  Interview Questions and Answers

Windows Server Administrator Interview Questions and Answers

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There is an easy way to capturing packets using Windows native tool netsh, and this will work in Windows server operating systems like Windows Server 2016/2019 and also Client OS like Windows 10

Also Read: Active directory Troubleshooting (Part1 – Diagnostics Logging)

How to Run the Netsh Trace to collect the logs:

• Open CMD prompt as an Administrator
• And RUN below Command
  • netsh trace start capture=yes maxsize=1024M tracefile=c:\Output.etl
• If you want to continues run even the system reboots then use the below command with a persistent switch
  • netsh trace start capture=yes maxsize=1024M persistent=yes tracefile=c:\Output.etl

You can change the log file location and file name, also the file size

Also Read: Windows 10 can’t connect to Internet and showing limited connectivity (WiFi and other wired LAN network)

How to Stop the Netsh Trace to collect the logs:

• Open CMD prompt as an Administrator
• And RUN below Command
  • netsh trace stop
• This might take some time to generate the report

Output file .etl can be open through Microsoft Message Analyzer and Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 tools for the analysis

Also Read: Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 10 Slowness Problems

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 is not showing all the packets once Filter applied:

While analyzing the trace output file .etl, you won’t able to see all the captured logs due to the parser profile

How to fix Microsoft Network Monitor issue to see all the logs after filtered

• Open Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4
• Select “parser profile” on the right side of the console
• Select “parser profile Options” from the drop-down list
• Select “Windows” on General tap
• And Select “Set As Active”
• Click “OK”

Now you will see all the captured logs

Also Read: AD Slow Authentication and prompting for credentials again and again

You can also use the scenario switch for different requirements, below command list all the available scenario, this will capture only the required traffic to reduce the file space and system load

netsh trace show scenarios

netsh trace start scenario=wlan capture=yes maxsize=1024M tracefile=c:\Output.etl

Hope this helped you to understand the netsh trace and how this can be used for troubleshooting the Windows and network issues

Also See: Active Directory real time issues and solutions

Also Read: Windows Server 2019 Features

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Also Read: Active Directory Types: Difference between Active Directory Vs Azure Active Directory Vs Hybrid Azure AD and AAD DS

How to restrict the users application access:

• Login to Portal.azure.com with Global Admin access
• Select Enterprise Applications
• Search the Application you want to configure
• And Select Properties, on the application page
• You can see the “User assignment required” on the right-side console
• Select “Yes”
• Select “Save”

This will enforce only assigned users can able to access the applications, access can also be configured for Groups

Also Read: How to Move or Migrate On-Premises AD Account between Domain/Forest without losing the Azure AD Data

How to assign permission to Users and Groups for Application Access:

• Login to Portal.azure.com with Global Admin access
• Select Enterprise Applications
• Search the Application you want to configure
• And Select “Users & Groups”, on the application page
• Click “Add Users” and select the Users or Groups who want to access the application which will assign the required permissions
• see the “Assign”

Also Read: Can we deploy an On-Premises AD, and synchronize all the already created accounts from Office365/Azure AD to On-Premises AD?

Note: This setting might not work for all the applications, as this setting only available on the Azure enterprise application and not for App registration

Also Read: Understand how On-Premises Active Directory object get synchronized to Azure AD (Run Profiles Explained)

Other Azure AD Topics

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Also Read: Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 10 Slowness Problems

All your phone data will be available handy on your Windows 10 desktop devise, you can use the photo taken on your mobile phone and edit it on your desktop editor, I use this feature for writing a blog with the images from the phone, you can also check the SMS and also reply them, even you can call to your phone contact from your desktop

Also Read: Why Chrome & Edge have so many processes in Windows 10

Download “Your Phone” App from Microsoft Store

Select Android or iOS and Click Continue

Sign in with Microsoft account

Just access the given link from your phone, this will download and install “Your Phone Companion” application from the Google Play store

Also Read: Windows 10 Homegroup Problems and Solution: How to Get the Password and Setup Homegroup in Windows 10

Once installed, open “Your Phone Companion” and scan the QR code from your desktop

This will ask for application access permission on your mobile, now you can open “Your Phone” application and get all the phone Notification and access the SMS, Photos’, and Call details and many more

Also Read: Can we fix all Windows 10 problems? Re-install Windows 10 without affecting current settings

You can customize the experience using a setting option like how you need to notify and what features are required and other personalization settings

Also Read: How to Fix High RAM/CPU Memory Usage on Windows 10

Other latest Windows 10 Tips

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Also Read: How to Fix High RAM/CPU Memory Usage on Windows 10

Each running applications have their background processes on the Windows system which users the system resources like CPU, memory, disk, network, GPU and others, Windows task manager been used to check all the current running process with resource utilization status

All modern web browsers use the advantage of Windows 10 multi-process architecture, it runs each tab, plug-ins, and other web apps in separate processes to improve the efficiency and avoid the browsers crash if one of the plug-in issues

Also Read: Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 10 Slowness Problems

This also prevents the system failures by running multiple isolated small number of processes, the system will work fine even one of the process got hung or over-utilized

also notice inactive browser tab is not using more system resource which improves the performance

Also Read: Can we fix all Windows 10 problems? Re-install Windows 10 without affecting current settings

Also Read: Windows 10 Homegroup Problems and Solution: How to Get the Password and Setup Homegroup in Windows 10

Other latest Windows 10 Tips

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Also Read: Compare Installed Windows Security Patches with other Servers

Is the August 11, 2020 patch only to identify the device which uses the Non-secure RPC usage or it will fix or Enforces secure RPC connection? and if so what is the impact if we have any device using Non-secure RPC

Microsoft included the fix for the many vulnerabilities, so we have to patch ASAP.

With respect to Netlogon Vulnerability, Yes it is fixing or Enforcing secure RPC usage for all the Windows-based devices (not for the Non-Windows devices)

Also Read: Planning safe Decommission of Domain Controller (Decommission of Active Directory site) Without Impacting Users

Is the August 2020 patch will affect the non-secure clients?

NO: There is no impact as this is Enforcing secure RPC usage only for the Windows based devices which is supported natively without any outage unless you have very old legacy Windows Operating systems (OS)

Windows 2000 and above are not impacted

Also Read: How do I find what is accessing my LDAP Server and what LDAP query used and how many queries for a period of time?

Any known list of affected devices which use the Non-secure RPC?

Only the Non-Windows devices are still using the Non-secure RPC and you have to install the August 11, 2020 update and extract the event ID 5829 from the Domain Controllers System event logs to get the affected non-compliant device list

How we can fix/remediate the non-compliant devices?

Once you have the list of affected non-compliant devices then raise it with the vendor to get the fix to supports secure RPC with Netlogon secure channel

Also See: How secure channel determine the Domain controller in cross-forest

What happen to the non-compliant devices after February 9, 2021 Enforcement Phase?

Try to get remediated with the help of vendor support, if still want to continue to use these non-compliant devices connected to you Domain Controller then you have to create security filtered GPO to Allow vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connections

Note: it’s not recemented to use non-compliant devices with can be a security risk to your environment

Also Read: How to troubleshoot workstation Trust relationship issues on Domain

Event ID: 5827, 5828, 5830, 5831 and 5829 Not Visible on Domain Controller event logs after August 2020 Update

Currently, we only need to look for Event ID 5829, Check the System event logs on the Domain controller, if no event then there is no non-compliant devices are connecting to the particular Domain Controller

Event ID 5827 and 5828: only available if any Non-secure RPC connections are denied.

Event ID 5830 and 5831: if any Non-secure RPC connections are allowed through GPO (Allow vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connections)

Event ID 5829: whenever non-compliant devices are connecting using Vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection, this can be used to collect the non-compliant devices and needs to be remediated before February 9, 2021 Enforcement Phase

Also Read: Difference between Windows cumulative update and native Microsoft Windows update

Hope this will clarify all the queried related to Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability and August 11, 2020 patches

More about Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 

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