Microsoft Windows 11 User Guide

Microsoft Windows 11

Usage Instructions

Desktop Overview

The desktop provides quick access to essential features:

• Start Menu: The entry point for your device, allowing access to applications, folders, and settings.
• Taskbar: Displays applications in use and allows switching between them.
• Notification Area: Displays important information about your device’s usage.
• Search Pane: Allows easy searching through files, applications, and other items on your device.

Presentation of the Start Menu

The Start Menu offers several functionalities:

• User Session Management: Logout, lock the user session.
• Parameters: Open device settings.
• Power Options: Power off, restart, or sleep your device.
• Applications List: All installed applications are listed here.

Note: To display an item as a tile, right-click on it and select the ‘Pin to Start’ option. To remove a tile, right-click on it and select ‘Unpin from Start’.

Presentation of the Action Centre

The Action Centre provides quick access to various settings:

• Connecting to a wireless Wi-Fi network: Fill in the key before making the connection.
• Pairing your device with a Bluetooth device.
• Activate/Deactivate Airplane Mode: Airplane mode disables wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

To activate airplane mode: [Instructions missing from original text]

To disable airplane mode: [Instructions missing from original text]

System Restoration

WARNING: Make a backup of your important data before running this option.

This option allows you to restore your device or access the device’s firmware settings, change Windows boot settings, or restore Windows from a disk image.

Changing the Default Username

Warm Tip: For the convenience of all users, this laptop directly skips the tedious registration process and enters the Windows 11 desktop as soon as it is turned on. It is brand new. Please feel free to use it!

To change the default username, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the Windows icon, then select ‘Computer Management’.
2. Click ‘Users’.
3. Select the name you want to revise, then type the new name you prefer.
4. After that, reboot the computer; the setting will be finished after the computer reboots.

OVERVIEW

Windows 11 Overview

Presentation of the interface

Note: The interface may vary by country, model or version of Windows@ 11

• The start menu is the entry point for your device. It allows you to access I applications, folders and settings.
• The taskbar displays the applications in use and allows you to switch between them.
• The notification area displays important information about the use of your device.
• The search pane allows you to easily search through your files, applications and other items on your device.

Start menu

Presentation of the start menu

Note: The interface may vary by country, model or version of

• Windows@ 11. The Start menu is the entry point for your device.
• It allows you to access applications, folders and settings.

Presentation of the action centre

Note: The interface may vary by country, model or version of

• Windows@ 11 The action center groups all notifications from your applications. The lower part provides the main shortcuts useful for setting up your device.

Connecting to a wireless Wi-Fi network

Your device is equipped with a Wi-Fi module. Connecting to a Wi-Fi wireless network will allow you to access the Internet, check your e-mails, perform device updates or access a home or business network.

To connect, follow • If Wi-Fi is not enabled, click on the these steps:

• Click on the in the notification area.
• Select your wireless network from the
• Click on “Connect”. If your wireless network requires a security key, fill in the key before making the connection.

Pairing your device with a Bluetooth device

• Your device is equipped with a Bluetooth module. This one allows you to connect it to a Bluetooth device (mouse, portable speakers…)
• To connect the two devices, follow these steps:
• Go to the Start menu and select Settings.
• Click on the “Devices” section and select “Bluetooth and other devices”.
• Select the option “Add Bluetooth or other device.”
• Let the assistant guide you.

Activate the Airplane mode

Airplane mode disables wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

To activate airplane mode:

• Click on the icon in the notification area.
• Click on the button

To disable the airplane mode:

• Click on the icon in the notification area.
• Click on the button .

System restoration

WARNING:

Make a backup of your important data before running this option. Windows@ 11 offers several recovery options to restore the factory configuration:

• Keep my files: Reset your device by keeping your personal files.
• Delete all: Restores the factory configuration of your device.
• Make a backup of your important data before running this option.
• Retrograde to the previous version of Windows@ 11: Use this option if you are having trouble with your device after the system update.
• Advanced boot: This option allows you to boot from an external device or access the device’s firmware settings or change Windows boot settings or restore Windows from a disk image.
• To perform a restoration operation, follow the following steps
• Go to the Start menu and select Settings.
• Click on the “Update and security” section and select “Recovery”.
• Select the restoration option to be executed.
• Warm Tip: For the convenience of all users, this laptop directly skips the tedious registration process and enters the Windows 11 desktop as soon as it is turned on. It is brand new. Please feel free to use it!

To change the default username, follow these steps:

Revise the User Name:In 

1. the image below, right-click the Windows icon, then select Computer Management.
2. Then Click Users
3. Select the name which you want to revise, type the Name which you prefer;
   
4. After that reboot the computer, the setting will be finished after the computer reboot.

MORE INFORMATION

• Discover more features on Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US

Warnings:

This device complies with Industry Canada’s licence-exempt RSSs

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause interference and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.