Things to know about PCs

Just going to keep some notes here as I get used to this PC.

Mine needed to charge all night or something. It didn’t work at first
Instead of a command key for the main modifier, there’s the Ctrl key – which is pretty far to the left
There a key called “The Windows Icon Key” that you can use for some combos
It will open up the “Start” Menu which is a very silly place
In the bottom left of the start menu there’s a little gear where you can get to the settings
The backspace on this machine will really fly if you hold it down so, watch out!
On the various buttons and interfaces, I’ve found that I have to hit them twice to get them to register – often.
To take a screenshot in Windows 11 there a built-in program. Windows + Shift + S
As you can tell – all of the shortened words like PrtScn are terrible.
The first thing I wanted to do was install Camtasia. They don’t have ScreenFlow for the Mac. I happened to already have a license. That prompted me to install 1Password and its extension for the Edge browser.
Windows wouldn’t let me install Camtasia because it wasn’t from the Windows Store. This is because it comes with Windows Home S (which apparelty means safe).
So, I installed that.
Then installed Camtasia.
BTW the keyboard on this thing isn’t bad. It also has a touch screen which will be interesting. The scroll behavior feels a little “Jacked” and glitchy.
Then I recorded me looking for the accessibility controls. And I found them – but not where I would have expected. Camtasia quit and the recording was lost. Felt pretty sketchy.
It turns out they call the accessibility area “Ease of Access”
I wanted to try the “Forced colors” – or whatever they are calling it now.
Looking at system > displays, or Personalization didn’t get me there – but it made a suggestion for “High Contrast”
It turns out you can toggle it with Alt + Shift + PrtScn will toggle it
I guess Windows has a built-in screen reader now called “Narrator.”
You can hit the window key and start typing and it’s like Spotlight so, if you want to get to high contrast of narrator – that is fast.
To turn Narrator on or off, you can use Windows + Ctrl + Enter
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edge://flags
Overscroll history navigation: Disable ?
Smooth Scrolling: Disable
Then you have to restart Edge (which it will prompt you)
There are some fun sounds

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