{"id":26505,"date":"2023-07-30T08:17:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T12:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=26505"},"modified":"2023-07-30T08:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T12:37:05","slug":"26505-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/26505-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick and Easy Windows 11 Tips: The Win-X Menu, the Action Center, and the Notification Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Quick and Easy Windows 11 Tips: The Win-X Menu, the Action Center, and the Notification Center<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Windows 11 is built on Windows 11 and although they look different, under the hood they are a lot alike. Because of this basic similarity, most of our tips are for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Today, we have two quick tips for Windows 11 although Windows 10 users have the same basic features, they look and work somewhat differently on Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Windows 11&#8217;s Win X Menu<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Windows 11&#8217;s Windows Key + X menu is similar to Windows 10&#8217;s, however since Windows 11 does not have the option to right-click on the taskbar to open Task Manager the Win X menu offers a quick way to open Task Manager as well as a quick way to uninstall apps and programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Just hold down the Windows key and tap the X key to open the Win X menu on Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/winx11.png\" alt=\"Windows 11 - Windows Key + X menu - Cloudeight InfoAve\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">As you can see you can open the Task Manager, File Explorer, Run, Power Options, and Shut down, restart, sign out &#8211; just like Windows 10. But Windows 11 also has &#8220;Installed apps&#8221; on this menu. When you click on Installed apps, you can view all your installed programs and apps and quickly uninstall a program or app.\u00a0 Once &#8220;Installed apps&#8221; opens, find the program or app you want to remove, click on the three-dot icon next to it, and click &#8220;Uninstall&#8221;. That&#8217;s all there is to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/winx11b.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"539\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Oh, and one more thing, you can open the Task Manager on Windows 11 (or Windows 10) by right-clicking on the taskbar and choosing &#8220;Task Manager&#8221; or you can use the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keyboard shortcut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Windows 11 Action Center<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In Windows 11 the Action Center is split into two separate panels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Notification Center &amp; the Calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Click on the Time and Date on the taskbar to open the Notification center and the Calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/winx11b.png\" alt=\"Windows 11 Notification Center &amp; Calendar - Cloudeight InfoAve\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Settings Panel in Windows 11&#8217;s Action Center<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">To open the separate Settings panel, click on one of the following: The Speaker, Network connection, or Battery icon. This Action Center Settings panel consists of your PC&#8217;s connectivity options, brightness and volume controls, and accessibility features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/winx11f.png\" alt=\"Windows 11 tips - Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"550\" height=\"820\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">To add or remove items from the Action Center Settings Panel, click the Pencil icon. You can unpin a feature to remove it from the panel or click on Add and then select a feature to add to the panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/win11x2a.png\" alt=\"Windows 11 Action Center Panel - Cloudeight\" width=\"504\" height=\"714\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We hope this helps you get to know Windows 11 a little bit better!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Quick and Easy Windows 11 Tips: The Win-X Menu, the Action Center, and the Notification Center Windows 11 is built on Windows 11 and although they look different, under the hood they are a lot alike. Because of this basic similarity, most of our tips are for both Windows 11 and Windows 10. 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