How to spot a "fake order" scam. A popular tactic of criminals is the "fake order" scam. The way it works is that you get a message, usually in email or text, that appears to be a routine confirmation for an order. Of course, you never ordered whatever product or service it's confirming. The message looks common enough, and it says that money ...

If you feel like you’ve been the target of a technical support scam, you can help Microsoft stop cybercriminals by reporting it. Learn more about avoiding technical support scams.

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Find the information you need to build, run, and grow your small business with Microsoft 365. Find help and how-to articles for Windows operating systems. Get support for Windows and learn about installation, updates, privacy, security and more.

You can use a voice typing language that's different than the one you've chosen for Windows. Here's how: Search for the language you'd like to install, then select. or install any optional language features you'd like to use. These features, including speech recognition, aren't required for voice typing to work.

How to earn Microsoft Rewards points. It’s easy to rack up Microsoft Rewards points and earn your way toward great rewards like gift cards, movies, games, nonprofit donations, and more. Stay signed in with your Microsoft account and you'll earn points for doing the things you already do.

Select your Xbox profile (or select Choose a profile and sign in to your account). Select My profile > Customize profile, and then select your current gamertag. Under Choose your new gamertag, enter the gamertag that you want in the available text box, and then select Check availability.

There are a number of possible explanations for why verification codes don't always arrive. Read through the list of the most common causes, and see if any of them apply to you, or use our troubleshooter to help guide you.

Download the Microsoft 365 Access Runtime which allows you to run Microsoft 365 Access applications if you don't have the desktop version of Microsoft 365 Access and need to use an application built to run with Access 2010 or later.

Organize email by using inbox rules in Outlook.com or Outlook on the web. Use Clutter to sort low priority messages in Outlook on the web. Learn how to block someone or add email addresses to the safe senders list in Outlook on the web.