Want to take your Windows demos or presentations to the next level? This is a tutorial with tips and tricks to improve the technical aspects of your demos for your audience. I’ll show you tips and tricks for demoing live or for screen capture recordings – and expose a few secrets along the way. In this video, I’ll focus on the steps to prepare a Windows 10 PC, as well as point out a few things along the way that at the time of this recording that are slightly different in Windows 11. The majority of what you're doing here is to remove distractions that are not part of the demo, make sure most people can easily view your screen and also eliminate indicators of time, like the clock or News and Interests that can quickly date your demo, if it's watched after presenting or recording. What I film with and use on my daily Microsoft Teams calls: Shure MV7 microphone: -US- https://amzn.to/3EZzqQA -UK- https://amzn.to/3GdJjfA -DE- https://amzn.to/3ZJ9gdW -CA- https://amzn.to/3K7ZtrI -ES- https://amzn.to/3MbGbEF -IT- https://amzn.to/3U5frYd Shure SM7B pop filter: -US- https://amzn.to/39lhjc5 Sony A7 II: -US- https://amzn.to/3OQxSgj -UK- https://amzn.to/40Cx04t -DE- https://amzn.to/3ZQwQWd -CA- https://amzn.to/42ULU7X -ES- https://amzn.to/3nH81P3 -IT- https://amzn.to/3K8Jk5s Samyang 35mm F1.8 AF Full Frame lens: -US- https://amzn.to/3MJGZOf -UK- https://amzn.to/3U5NsrJ -DE- https://amzn.to/3zrrC8k -CA- https://amzn.to/3K77Eob -ES- https://amzn.to/3KtSJGn -IT- https://amzn.to/3m38kmK Sony ZV-E10 camera: -US- https://amzn.to/3K95swp -UK- https://amzn.to/42ULwX3 -DE- https://amzn.to/3GfCslF -CA- https://amzn.to/3MaPWCU -ES- https://amzn.to/3K5JaMd -IT- https://amzn.to/3ZzxtTU Viltrox 23mm F1.4 AF lens: -US- https://amzn.to/41dgCaL -UK- https://amzn.to/3ztaJdE -DE- https://amzn.to/3U0Jb8Q -CA- https://amzn.to/3M9Yzha -ES- https://amzn.to/3lYXmi0 -IT- https://amzn.to/4329GP6 Ring light: -US- https://amzn.to/3OMsWsX Softbox diffuser: -US- https://amzn.to/3vDQLfb - Quick Links 00:00 Introduction 00:46 Starting state 01:43 Changing resolution and display scale 03:00 Removing desktop icons 03:10 Clearing the taskbar 04:20 Clearing the system tray 04:42 Removing the clock from view 06:07 Removing unneeded app shortcuts in the taskbar 06:44 Increasing font size in command line interfaces - like PowerShell, CMD or Terminal 07:31 Demo user profiles and closing thoughts #Windows10 #Windows11 #Microsoft