If you have an Nvidia graphics card, you might have seen Nvidia High Definition Audio as an option in the audio drop-down in the Windows taskbar. While most people probably ignore it and use external speakers connected to the PC’s motherboard, Nvidia’s digital audio solution can sometimes improve the audio on your PC if your display has built-in speakers.

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Linux may have a fantastic Command-Line Interface, but Windows 11 is a lot better than its predecessors when it comes to supporting powerful terminal commands. There’s a lot you can do with the default terminal app on Microsoft’s flagship OS. And that’s before you attempt to install WSL2, which brings a plethora of Linux commands to Windows.

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The NTUSER.DAT file is essential for loading user preferences and should not be deleted or edited. Windows hides the NTUSER.DAT file by default, but it can be made visible by enabling the Show Hidden Files option and browsing to your User folder. Hidden in every user profile is a file named NTUSER.DAT. This file contains the settings and preferences for each user, so you shouldn’t delete it and probably shouldn’t edit it. Windows automatically loads, changes, and saves the file for you.

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Use File Explorer to check your free disk space by opening it and clicking on “This PC” to see the amount of free disk space.

You can also check your free space in the Settings app. Oepn Settings, navigate to System > Storage, and then click “View Storage on Other Drives.” Sometimes it feels like you never have enough free disk space. Every app you install takes up valuable room on your main drive, and you might eventually run out.

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• Open Windows Settings, click “Gaming,” then click the “Enable Game Bar” switch to the “Off” position to disable the Game Bar completely.
• Untick the box next to “Allow Your Controller to Open the Game Bar” to disable the Xbox button on your controller.
• Microsoft’s Game Bar in Windows 10 is a handy way to call up an overlay of useful widgets using the Windows+G keyboard shortcut. But not everyone needs it, and if you’d like to disable it (or enable it again later), all it takes is a visit to Settings.

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The term “bottleneck” describes a performance limitation caused by the “weakest” component in your computer. Every PC will have a slight bottleneck, but as long as you stay within reasonable hardware boundaries, you can enjoy smooth gameplay across the board.

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• SmartScreen provides an extra layer of security and can protect your PC from malicious content.
• Disabling SmartScreen may allow malicious applications to slip through undetected.
• To disable SmartScreen, open Windows Security, then navigate to App and Browser Control > Reputation-Based Protection Settings, then toggle the SmartScreen filters off.

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To view your list of blocked contacts on Android, go to the Phone app or Google Contacts app and select “Blocked Numbers” from the settings. The Messages app can also show you all texts from blocked numbers, and you can check if you’ve been blocked by calling from another phone.

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