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  2. Windows Spotlight - Wikipedia

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    Windows Spotlight is a feature included with Windows 10 and Windows 11 which downloads images and advertisements from Bing and displays them as background wallpapers on the lock screen. In 2017, Microsoft began adding location information for many of the photographs.

  3. Windows wait cursor - Wikipedia

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    The Windows wait cursor, informally the Blue circle of death (known as the hourglass cursor until Windows Vista) is a throbber that indicates that an application is busy performing an operation. It can be accompanied by an arrow if the operation is being performed in the background. The wait cursor can display on programs using the Windows API.

  4. Lock screen - Wikipedia

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    Since Windows XP, the lock function has also been bound to the keyboard shortcut⊞ Win+L. [18] On Windows 8 , the lock screen was re-designed to closer resemble those used by mobile operating systems; users can choose a distinct wallpaper for use on the lock screen, which now also displays a clock, calendar events, and notifications from other ...

  5. F-Lock - Wikipedia

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    Many Windows/PC users have found a workaround using Microsoft's Intellitype Pro software, which allows a user to assign keystrokes/macros to the function and accessory keys. For example, assigning a macro {Press F1} to the function key F1 renders the F-lock issue moot, since the OS will interpret the key press as F1 regardless of the F-lock state.

  6. Windows 8 - Wikipedia

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    10 GB free space, after the out-of-box experience completes Standard buttons Power, Rotation lock, Windows key, Volume up, Volume down: Screen: Touch screen supporting a minimum of 5-point digitizers and resolution of at least 1024×768. The physical dimensions of the display panel must match the aspect ratio of the native resolution, which can ...

  7. Clear view screen - Wikipedia

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    Other common names for it include "clear sight", "spin window", "Kent Screen" and "rotating windshield wiper". Clear view screens were patented in 1917 by Samuel Augustine de Normanville and Leslie Harcourt Kent as a stand-alone pillar-mounted screen, [ 1 ] with later patents for telescope and optics covers, followed by the more familiar ships ...

  8. Switch your Inbox style in AOL Mail

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    1. Click the Settings icon | select More Settings. 2. Click Viewing email. 3. Under Inbox style, select Unified Inbox or use New/Old Mail. 4. Click Back to Inbox or Back to New Mail when done.

  9. Warded lock - Wikipedia

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    A warded lock (also called a ward lock) is a type of lock that uses a set of obstructions, or wards, to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. The correct key has notches or slots corresponding to the obstructions in the lock, allowing it to rotate freely inside the lock.