If your system is asking you for your BitLocker recovery key, the following information may help you locate your recovery key and understand why you're being asked to provide it. Important: Microsoft support is unable to provide, or recreate, a lost BitLocker recovery key.

Depending on your product and if it's still in support, Microsoft support experts are available to help you with a broad selection of support options and able to address product and service challenges for a more personalized experience.

Learn how to update drivers in Windows using Device Manager to update or reinstall a driver.

To turn Microsoft Defender Firewall on or off: Select Start , then open Settings . Under Privacy & security , select Windows Security > Firewall & network protection . Open Windows Security settings. Select a network profile: Domain network, Private network, or Public network.

After this time, you may be billed, and you’ll need to request a refund to cancel your order. For more info about digital game pre-orders, see: Pre-order Xbox digital games in the Microsoft Store. Visit the links below to find out about refunds for other types of products: Xbox subscription cancellations and refunds.

Sign in to account.microsoft.com/devices with your account. Locate the device that you want to check the warranty on, then select Info & support. In Device coverage, you'll see what kind of warranty coverage your device has and how much time is left.

Enable automatic out of office replies from Outlook for Android or Outlook for iOS. Use rules to send an out of office message. How to send automatic out-of-office replies from Outlook (depending on the type of email account you have).

Find your notifications. Windows 11 puts notifications in Notification Center—right on the taskbar—where you can get to them instantly. Notifications at a glance. Select the date and time in the taskbar to open the Notification Center.

To send an SMS text message, first you need to have a little Skype Credit. You can then send an SMS text message to any contact that has a saved phone number. Note: Sending SMS to US numbers is restricted unless you have a US Skype Number set up as your caller ID. From Chats :

Choose how much information you want to share with Microsoft by changing your privacy settings. To do this, select Start , then open Settings , and select Privacy & security . You'll see a list of general privacy options. There are links to specific privacy settings on the left of the page.