If you’re having sound or audio problems, the following suggestions might help. The tips are listed in order, so start with the first one, see if that helps, and then continue to the next one if it doesn’t.

Once you've allowed microphone access to your apps, you can change the settings for each app. In Microphone settings, go to Choose which Microsoft apps can access your microphone, and turn on apps you want to use with it.For desktop apps, make sure that Allow desktop apps to access your microphone is turned on.

If the USB recovery drive doesn’t work on your Surface. If you can’t boot from your USB recovery drive or don’t see the Recover from a drive option, you may need to ensure that the boot-from-USB function in the Surface BIOS is enabled or configure the boot order so the USB drive is the first option. For more info, see Boot Surface from a USB device.

Learn how to open and run DxDiag.exe on Windows to collect device information and troubleshoot DirectX sound and video issues.

Find out how to use Game Bar to capture game play, chat with friends, track achievements, and more.

Important: Under normal circumstances, there’s no need for you to change UEFI settings.If you change these settings, you risk the security of your Surface. But if you ever need access to the firmware features of your Surface, here's the basic info:

Устранение неполадок с аксессуарами Bluetooth. Если вы можете включить Bluetooth, но у вас возникают проблемы со связыванием или использованием аксессуара Bluetooth, см. следующие действия, которые помогут вам устранить ...

In the search box on the taskbar, type Create a restore point, and select it from the list of results.

如果你会定期使用此 Xbox 主机，请将其设为你的常用 Xbox，以便离线玩你拥有的游戏。有关如何将主机设为常用 Xbox 的信息，请参阅指定常用 Xbox。

Virtualization lets your PC emulate a different operating system, like Android™ or Linux. Enabling virtualization gives you access to a larger library of apps to use and install on your PC.