Battery Life: Lowering your refresh rate can save battery power by reducing the amount of energy your display consumes.This can be useful when you are using a laptop or tablet and want to extend your battery life.

Note: If you start to play a DVD or VCD in the Player Library, the Player automatically switches to Now Playing mode. The Blu-ray Disc format is not supported in Windows Media Player. To play a Blu-ray Disc, you need to use a non-Microsoft program that supports Blu-ray playback and a device capable of reading Blu-ray Discs.

Learn how to manage extensions in Microsoft Edge, including adding, disabling, or removing them as needed.

To see if your device is compatible: Look for your device in the list of Surface models that can be upgraded to Windows 11.. If you're not sure which Surface device model you have, look in the Surface app.

Learn how to close your Microsoft account and understand the potential impact on other apps and services.

Note: If you signed in with a Microsoft account such as an Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live, or MSN email account instead of your work or school account, sign out, and then sign in again using the correct account. Not sure which account you're signed in with? Select Account manager in the Outlook navigation header. If you're not signed in with the account you want, select Sign out and start the ...

Sign in to a work/school account using a remote computer. Many apps allow you to authenticate by entering a code on another device such as a PC.

If prompted, enter your password. However, if you have two-factor authentication set up, you might see a window asking you to Create an app-specific password.To obtain an app-password, do the following:

Try it! Universal search. Select Search on the taskbar or press Windows logo key + S, then type what you want to find.You'll get personalized search results for people, email, and files in local and shared sites, or from the web. Desktop groups

Windows 11 lets you quickly check your network connection status. Select the Start button, then type settings.Select Settings > Network & internet.The status of your network connection will appear at the top.