Codecs allow you to play different formats of audio and video files. Media Player supports a wide variety of codecs. Most are included out of the box; some additional codecs can be installed from the Microsoft Store.

Stay connected to friends across your social networks while gaming on a Windows device. Link your favorites such as Discord, Reddit, Steam, Twitch, and more.

In Windows 11, it is essential that you link your Microsoft account with the Windows 11 digital license on your device. Linking your Microsoft account with your digital license allows you to reactivate Windows using the Activation troubleshooter whenever you make a significant hardware change.

To share a file or folder in File Explorer, do one of the following: Right-click or press a file, select Give access to > Specific people.. Select a file, select the Share tab at the top of File Explorer, and then in the Share with section select Specific people.. Select a user on the network to share the file with, or select Everyone to give all network users access to the file.

When you’re away from your console or your Windows 10/11 device, you can still get ready to play your next Xbox console game. Use Xbox app on mobile or Xbox.com to remotely install games—so your games are ready when you are.

When you record game clips and capturing screenshots, you can share those highlights with your closest friends or entire gaming communities

Unhide a chat. Unhide a chat that you've hidden before by using search. In the Search box at the top of Teams, type the name of the person you were chatting with and select it from the list of returned names. You'll see that the chat history is hidden and the name appears in italic text to mark it as hidden.

Reputation-based protection: This section allows you to configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which is a security feature that protects from phishing attacks, malware, and potentially unwanted applications.It provides reputation-based protection by evaluating websites and downloads against a list of known malicious sites and files

Microsoft Edge for desktop. Go to Settings and more > Settings > Profiles > Sync to sync your favorites, browser settings, personal info, passwords, browsing history, open tabs, extensions, and collections.. Go to Settings > Profiles > Personal info and do any of the following:. To turn autofill on or off, change the Save and fill basic info setting to On or Off.

On the Insert tab, select Pictures > Picture from File.. Browse to the picture you want to insert, select it, and then select Insert. Select the picture to show the Picture Format tab.. On the Picture Format tab, select Crop, and then crop the signature.. Right-click the picture, and then select Save as Picture to save it as a separate file you can use in other documents.