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  • Windows 11 Settings Windows Update page with the Pause updates Pick a date calendar option
    Tutorials (How to) Windows Optimization

    How to Pause Windows 11 Updates (Pick Any Date and Keep It Paused)

    To pause Windows 11 updates until a date you choose, go to Settings > Windows Update, find Pause updates at the top of the page, and click Pick a date….

    Read More How to Pause Windows 11 Updates (Pick Any Date and Keep It Paused)Continue

  • Tutorial showing why to run DISM before sfc scannow to repair Windows 11 system files
    Windows Troubleshooting

    SFC Scannow Not Working? Run DISM First (The Correct Windows Repair Order)

    Run DISM before sfc /scannow, not after. SFC repairs damaged Windows system files by copying clean versions out of the local component store, so if that store is itself damaged,…

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  • Tutorial on how to find your BitLocker recovery key in Windows 11 when locked out
    Windows Troubleshooting Security & Privacy

    How to Find Your BitLocker Recovery Key in Windows 11 (Every Place It’s Saved)

    To find your BitLocker recovery key in Windows 11, sign in at account.microsoft.com/devices on a phone or a second computer, find the locked PC in the device list, click Show…

    Read More How to Find Your BitLocker Recovery Key in Windows 11 (Every Place It’s Saved)Continue

  • Ollama tutorial for beginners showing how to run AI models on your own PC for free
    Tutorials (How to) AI & Automation

    How to Run AI on Your OWN PC for FREE (Ollama Tutorial for Beginners)

    To run AI on your own PC for free, install Ollama on Windows, then raise the context length from its 4K default to at least 64K in Settings before you…

    Read More How to Run AI on Your OWN PC for FREE (Ollama Tutorial for Beginners)Continue

  • Claude Code building a custom Windows 11 ISO with debloat and autounattend automation
    Windows Customization AI & Automation Windows Install & Setup

    I Let Claude Build My Custom Windows 11 ISO and It Actually WORKED

    Claude Code running Opus 5 can build a bootable custom Windows 11 ISO from a single prompt. In my test it ran for 5 hours and 51 minutes with no…

    Read More I Let Claude Build My Custom Windows 11 ISO and It Actually WORKEDContinue

  • Free AI custom Windows 11 ISO build test showing the failed offline DISM debloat experiment
    Windows Customization AI & Automation Windows Install & Setup

    I Let a FREE AI Build My Custom Windows 11 ISO (It Did NOT Go Well)

    A free AI model running in OpenCode can do real work on an offline Windows 11 image — it removed the provisioned bloatware, injected my host drivers, edited the offline…

    Read More I Let a FREE AI Build My Custom Windows 11 ISO (It Did NOT Go Well)Continue

  • Local AI model hallucinating a fake Windows 11 registry key during an automated PC setup test
    AI & Automation

    I Gave a LOCAL AI Full Control of Windows 11… It Started Making Things Up

    I gave Qwen3 Coder 30B — a local AI model running on my own hardware through Ollama — full control of a fresh Windows 11 25H2 installation inside a VirtualBox…

    Read More I Gave a LOCAL AI Full Control of Windows 11… It Started Making Things UpContinue

  • Free local AI agent on Windows 11 tutorial using Ollama and OpenCode in a virtual machine, fully private
    Tutorials (How to) AI & Automation

    How to Run a FREE Local AI Agent on Windows (Nothing Leaves Your PC)

    You can run a completely free AI agent on Windows using Ollama and OpenCode — no subscription, no account, and nothing leaving your PC. Ollama runs the AI model on…

    Read More How to Run a FREE Local AI Agent on Windows (Nothing Leaves Your PC)Continue

  • Prompt injection explained: the hidden AI security risk for everyday AI users and coding agents
    Security & Privacy AI & Automation

    EVERY AI User Should Know About THIS Hidden Security Risk (Prompt Injection)

    Prompt injection is an attack where hidden text tricks an AI into following instructions it was never supposed to obey. Because an AI model cannot reliably tell your commands apart…

    Read More EVERY AI User Should Know About THIS Hidden Security Risk (Prompt Injection)Continue

  • Install Windows 11 in a free VirtualBox virtual machine — easy step-by-step setup tutorial
    Tutorials (How to) Windows Install & Setup

    How to Install Windows 11 in a Virtual Machine (FREE & Easy VirtualBox Setup)

    To install Windows 11 in a virtual machine, download the official Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft and the free, open-source VirtualBox, then create a new VM and point it at…

    Read More How to Install Windows 11 in a Virtual Machine (FREE & Easy VirtualBox Setup)Continue

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