Windows 11 includes a new setting and service recommendation feature.

 

Windows 11 includes a new setting and service recommendation feature.

Windows 11 includes a new Start menu, notification center, and an improved Windows Settings app, among other things. However, some of its default settings may not provide the best performance, and you will most likely experiment with the default configurations.

If you make unrecommended changes to Windows 11, a new notification will appear in the Settings app advising you to undo the changes.

You can, for example, change the default power settings to prevent the screen from turning off completely. When the device is running on battery power, users can set different preferences than when it is plugged into a power source. If you set either of the options to "never," you will receive the following notifications:

Ø  Because the screen is set to never turn off, it consumes more power.

Ø  Sleep has been set to Never, which consumes more power.


These alerts will include an action button that will allow you to return to the recommended settings. That is, you can use the action button to disable the "Never" option for screen and sleep settings.

It's worth noting that desktops only have the plugged-in screen timeout option, whereas devices with a battery have two screen timeout options: battery and plugged-in.

The recommendations will not be limited to the default settings in Windows 11. For example, the Settings app can notify you when your Microsoft 365 subscription is about to expire. Microsoft 365 alerts will appear on the Settings app's homepage, as shown in the screenshot below.



“Microsoft 365 is about to expire. Turn on billing to keep your subscription,” reads the alert, which includes a new action button that allows you to renew the subscription or enable recurring billing.

Health advice for storage

Windows 11 also includes a built-in feature that alerts users if their NVMe SSD drive is experiencing hardware issues. The notification will prepare users for the worst-case scenario and give you enough time to backup the data to another drive or cloud storage.

For the time being, this feature is only intended to work with NVMe solid-state drives, but Microsoft may add support for additional drives in the future.

The warning will be displayed in both the Settings app and the notifications center, and it will advise users to back up any data on the SSD for obvious reasons. The notification will launch the disk management panel in Settings, which will display more detailed information about the health of the storage drive.

In addition to these quality enhancements, the Windows 11 Settings app now includes new Control Panel features and support for advanced personalization controls.

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