Out of the box, Windows 11 ships with defaults that favour convenience, energy efficiency, and telemetry-driven features — but those same defaults can make a new PC feel noisy, slow, or invasive. This piece explains six specific settings that are worth turning off (or at least reconfiguring) on...
background processes
desktop shortcuts
disk i/o
displaytimeout
encryption
enterprise management
focus assist
it provisioning
local data
notifications
onedrive
performance
power settings
privacy
recall
search indexing
sleep mode
startup programs
system settings
windows 11
I have a dual monitor system with W-7 Pro
Power settings are to turn off the display after one hour and has been doing that for a year.
A couple of days ago, System just started to turn off the displays after about 60 seconds.
They come right back with a mouse shake or keyboard tap.
Set for 1...
Power Supply Settings.
I have a HP Pavilion Elite m9040n and Win 7 64-bit. with Super-Anti-Spyware professional and Microsoft Security Essentials.
I would like the Super-Anti-Spyware to run a daily scan starting at 2:00 AM and MSE to run a weekly scan on Sunday at 2:00 AM.
My power supply is...
antivirus
computer maintenance
daily scan
displaytimeout
hp pavilion
microsoft security essentials
pc performance
power management
power supply
scan schedule
scheduling
security software
settings
sleep mode
super-anti-spyware
system configuration
troubleshooting
user guide
weekly scan
windows 7