Note: If you forgot your account info and had to reset your security info, you must wait 60 days before closing your account.

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.

Set up PC folder backup. Open OneDrive settings (select the OneDrive cloud icon in your notification area, and then select the OneDrive Help & Settings icon then Settings.). Open OneDrive settings (select the OneDrive cloud icon in your notification area, and then select the OneDrive Help and Settings icon then Settings.)

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 is a highly compatible and in-place update to .NET Framework 4.8. It includes native support for the Arm64 architecture (Windows 11+), accessibility improvements as well as other improvements.

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To activate using your digital license, you'll need to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro: Save your work and close any open apps.

Click Save to save the console update.zip file to your computer.; Unzip the file by right-clicking on the file and selecting Extract all from the pop-up menu.

Why some files won't open in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer uses add-ons such as Adobe Reader to view some files in the browser. If a file that needs an add-on won't open, you might have an older version of the add-on, which needs to be updated.

Examples To view your System Information, type: msinfo32 To create an .nfo file in the folder C:\Temp with a name of Test.nfo, type:. msinfo32 /nfo C:\TEMP\TEST.NFO To create a .txt file in the folder C:\Temp with a name of Test.txt, type:. msinfo32 /report C:\TEMP\TEST.TXT To view System Information from a remote computer with a UNC name of BIGSERVER, type: