Press and hold the volume-up button on your Surface, and, at the same time, press and release the power button. The Microsoft or Surface logo appears on your screen. Continue to hold the volume-up button. Release the button when the UEFI screen appears. You can also load the UEFI firmware settings menu through Windows.

Select the Start button , and then select Control Panel. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, and then, in the list of results, select Performance Information and Tools. Select View and print detailed performance and system information. In the System section, you can see what type of operating system you're currently ...

Rename the file. You can rename the file (or request that the sender rename the file) to use an extension that Outlook doesn't block. For example, you can rename file.exe to file.docx. Once the renamed file is sent (or received), save it and rename it with the original extension using the following steps. Locate the attachment in the email message.

Create and format a hard disk partition. To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, you must be logged in as an administrator, and there must be either unallocated disk space or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk. If there is no unallocated disk space, you can create some ...

Windows 10. Optimizing your drives can help your PC run smoother and boot up faster. To optimize them: Select the search bar on the taskbar and enter defrag. Select Defragment and Optimize Drives. Select the disk drive you want to optimize. Select the Optimize button.

Open Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab. Click Certificates, and then click the Personal tab. Important: If you digitally sign a document by using a digital certificate that you created, and then you share the digitally-signed file, other people cannot verify the authenticity of your ...

Under PC settings, tap or click Update and recovery, and then tap or click Recovery. Under Advanced startup, tap or click Restart now. Once your PC restarts, on the Choose an option screen, tap or click Troubleshoot. If you don't see the Startup Settings option, tap or click Advanced options. Tap or click Startup Settings and then Restart.

Here’s how to reset your Surface: Select Start > Settings > System > Recovery. Open Recovery. Next to Reset this PC, select Reset PC and choose an option: Keep my files —Reinstalls Windows 11 but keeps your personal files and any apps that came with your PC. This option removes changes you made to settings, as well as apps and drivers you ...

To create installation media, go to the software download website, where you'll find step-by-step instructions. On that website, you can select a version of Windows and create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD. To go directly to one of the versions, select one of these links: Windows 10 (Then select Download now.)

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.