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The Advanced Boot Options screen lets you start Windows in advanced troubleshooting modes. You can access the menu by turning on your computer and pressing the F8 key before Windows starts.

Note: Microsoft is updating the way we ask for permission to use your voice data to improve Microsoft products that use our speech recognition technology.This may impact the data you see on your privacy dashboard. To learn more about these changes, see How does Microsoft protect my privacy while improving its speech recognition technology?

Tip: If you've already set up speech recognition, pressing Windows logo key +Ctrl+S opens speech recognition and you're ready to use it. If you want to retrain your computer to recognize your voice, press the Windows logo key , type Control Panel, and select Control Panel in the list of results. In Control Panel, select Ease of Access > Speech Recognition > Train your computer to better ...

Mismatched email domains- If the email claims to be from a reputable company, like Microsoft or your bank, but the email is being sent from another email domain like Gmail.com, or microsoftsupport.ru it's probably a scam.Also be watchful for very subtle misspellings of the legitimate domain name. Like micros0ft.com where the second "o" has been replaced by a 0, or rnicrosoft.com, where the "m ...

Find out how to submit a case review and learn more about your Xbox enforcements.

The info on this page applies to the following devices: Surface Book 3, Surface Book 2, Surface Book, Surface Go 4, Surface Go 3, Surface Go 2, Surface Go, Surface Laptop SE, Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Laptop Go 3, Surface Laptop Go 2, Surface Laptop Go, Surface Laptop (7th Edition) Surface Laptop 6 for Business, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Laptop 4, Surface Laptop 3 ...

Ensure these modes create an alert that is visible on your device. Make sure you have a device signal and Internet connection. Make sure your phone calls and text messages are getting through to your mobile device.

Learn how to enable live captions in Teams meetings and see real-time subtitles for what's said. Improve your accessibility and comprehension.

Use slicers to quickly filter data in Excel. 1. A slicer header indicates the category of the items in the slicer. 2. A filtering button that is not selected indicates that the item is not included in the filter.