Windows 11 Tips For now, I'll only put Windows 11 unique things here, most of Win 11 responds to the Windows 10 stuffCan't expand start menuWhat the hell? It's bad enough that half of the space is devoted to recommended junk, but no room for all my shortcuts. If you can handle more menu items on a cell phone, why not on a real computer?Just buy Start11, very flexible and very useful. You can get a windows 10 start menu, or windows 8 or windows 7. You can easily alternate between the menu of your choice and the stock windows 11 menu.Lock Screen timeoutThis is really irritating, one computer when updated to 11 constantly times out quickly and lock screen.First check the screensaver:screensaver (none) and uncheck the box: "on resume, display login screen"Edit power plan timeoutsNow go to power options edit power planset sleep timer to never (at least on plugged in)Disable or delay lock screen password when the screen turns offaccounts: sign in optionsunder additional options: if you've been away, when should windows require you to sign in?on my computers, the setting was grayed outin this case: Win + R’ and then type secpol.mscnavigate to local policies: security options, then search: ‘Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit’. Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Policies -> System delete the inactivityTimeoutSecs key --------------------One new item is the unattended sleep time in advanced power settings in control panel under power optionsIf it does not show, use this: First, change sleep settings as usualNext set system unattended sleep time in advanced settings. To make it show:powercfg -attributes SUB_SLEEP 7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0 -ATTRIB_HIDEThis is usually set to default 2 minutesNext you want to change the "Console lock display off timeout"This is set to 1 minute by defaultComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8ec4b3a5-6868-48c2-be75-4f3044be88a7set the attribute from 1 to 2, and now it will show in the "DISPLAY" section of the advanced power settings. Next change the ScreenSaveTimeOut, my Lenovo kept changing it to 600 (seconds) no matter what I did. Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeOutAdobe Acrobat DC tipsYeah, not windows 11 specific, but this stupid program puts up all kinds of menus and crap when 99% of the time all you want is a fast pdf reader without eating the entire screen. go to ” C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\RdrApp\ENU”Create a subfolder called “Disabled”Move “AppCenter_R.aapp”, “Home.aapp”, and “Viewer.aapp” to the “Disabled” folderGetting the old Microsoft office picture managerlast version that had this is office 2010You can download the 2010 Sharepoint designer for free.... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16573Then do a custom install and block everything except the Microsoft Office Picture Manager. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8ec4b3a5-6868-48c2-be75-4f3044be88a7put a 2 in for attributes, mine was 1 now in the power options, under advanced settings, the Display category will show "Console lock display off timeout", and yes it was set to 1 minute for plugged in and on battery..!! Be sure to move the start button from the default center to left first. C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe https://www.mediafire.com/file/0u819qv1n76n6e9/Start_Menu.rar/file updating issues overall error:something went wrong... error code 0xc1900101 Matching Profile found: FindAbruptDownlevelFailure - 55882B1A-DA3E-408A-9076-23B22A0472BDSetupDiag version: 1.6.2107.27002System Information: Machine Name = GREG-PC Manufacturer = Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Model = Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 HostOSArchitecture = 1033 FirmwareType = UEFI BiosReleaseDate = 20211113000000.000000+000 BiosVendor = BiosVersion = F15 HostOSVersion = HostOSBuildString = 19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406 TargetOSBuildString = 10.0.22000.194 (co_release_svc_prod1.210911-1543) HostOSLanguageId = HostOSEdition = Professional RegisteredAV = Avast Antivirus FilterDrivers = FileInfo UpgradeStartTime = 2/13/2022 10:18:35 AM UpgradeEndTime = 2/13/2022 12:20:28 PM UpgradeElapsedTime = 02:01:53 CV = JD0YWqBfd0Okriz4 ReportId = Error: SetupDiag reports abrupt down-level failure.Last Operation: FinalizeError: 0xC1900101 - 0x50016LogEntry: 2022-02-13 12:17:10, Error MOUPG CDlpActionFinalize::ExecuteSetupPlatformFinalize(1192): Result = 0xC1900101[gle=0x8007000d]Refer to "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Debug/system-error-codes" for error information.Last Setup Phase:Phase Name: Finalize Phase Started: 2/13/2022 12:16:08 PM Phase Ended: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM Phase Time Delta: 00:00:00 Completed Successfully? False Error: SetupDiag reports abrupt down-level failure.Last Operation: FinalizeError: 0xC1900101 - 0x50016