Windows 11 has a lot of options for improving both the sights and sounds of Windows for those users who need some help. Whether you’re adjusting these options for yourself or have been designated as ‘tech support’ for an older user, there are a lot of options to choose from. For the full list, go to the Start menu and click Settings (the gear image), choose the ‘Accessibility’ option in the left column and go exploring; below, I’m listing only the features that I’ve applied for multiple users. For each, I will give instructions that start on that Accessibility screen, in the order they appear there, screen features first, and then audio.

Continues in the free April 2026 PC Updater News, or read back issues here.

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Windows 11 just won’t shut up. OneDrive this, backup that, and it’s all a distraction from getting work done. In the free February 2026 PC Updater News, learn how to turn off the notifications and popups. And turn ON the Emojis icon, which also inserts international characters, not just :-). Back issues and subscriptions are here.

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Windows 11 is noisy. Popups and ads everywhere, and they’re mostly OneDrive advertisements. In the free February 2026 PC Updater News, learn how to turn off the notifications and popups. And turn ON the Emojis icon, which also inserts international characters, not just :-). Back issues and subscriptions are here.

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Nope, not really. Office isn’t $10 or $19 like those ads are showing on major sites. Those ads you’re seeing are scams. The correct price for Microsoft Office is either totally FREE for the web-page version, or around $149 for the one-time purchase that is good for a few years, until the patches expire. And there are monthly versions for business, too. Read more in the free December 2025 PC Updater News, or subscribe and read back issues here.

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The annual feature update for Windows 11 from October 2025 is behaving itself, and installing without issues, so go ahead and install it on workstations and laptops. There are a few new features, and they’re listed in the free December 2025 PC Updater News. Back issues and a free subscription are here.

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When you save a web page, Windows just makes a mess, and it tends to break Windows maximum filename length rules. So don’t do that, print it to PDF instead.

Here’s what to do instead of saving, in the free November issue of PC Updater News, or get back issues and a free subscription here.

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It’s that time. The time when turkeys send email. No, that’s an insult to our dinners. Around the holidays, expect and delete seasonal attempts to hack you and your email and bank accounts.

• Shipping and tracking fakes with bad attachments.
• Receipts for expensive goods you didn’t order, with a convenient cancellation phone number that will make full use of any card number you provide.
• Donation links for the holidays, and for any new disaster that’s in the news.

Here’s what to look for, the free November issue of PC Updater News, or get back issues and a free subscription here.

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There are hundreds of Windows Shortcuts. Do you know Ctrl-Z? It’s UNDO. Here are the basics to memorize, and some new ones to consider learning. That, and more on Windows 10 Patching after October 14, 2025, and Word will start to save to OneDrive by default this month, all in the September PC Updater News.

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The option to get an additional year of security updates in Windows 10 has landed at the Microsoft store, above. That, and more on Windows Shortcuts, and Word will start to save to OneDrive by default this month, all in the September PC Updater News.

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So many deadlines are coming soon. For Windows 11, watch out for the end of security updates of the 23H2 (2023 second half) feature edition, ending November 11, 2025.

In the free August PC Updater News, here’s how to check if your version of Windows is about to stop updating. Free issue here or back issues and subscriptions at https://startupware.com/news

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