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

Updates to the default screen and sleep settings now help you use energy more efficiently and extend battery life. You can find efficiency settings in Windows 11 at Settings > System > Power & battery.. For a guided walkthrough of how each of the power and battery settings can improve your device's performance, click the button to open the Get Help app:

To help protect your privacy, the new Microsoft Edge sets tracking prevention to balanced by default. For increased protection, you can switch your tracking prevention to strict or block all third-party cookies.

Discover the latest updates for Windows 10, including improvements and fixes, known issues, and guidance on how to get the update.

Billing & payments. Your dashboard is also where you can: Buy, renew, or cancel a subscription.

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

Notes: Reinstalling Windows 11 using installation media while choosing to ‘Keep nothing’ (a clean install) will automatically enable reserved storage if the partition you reinstall Windows to is 20GB or larger. Reserved storage sets aside disk space to be used by updates, apps, temporary files, and system caches, thus improving the day-to-day function of your PC by ensuring that critical ...

There are a few common scenarios in which Windows running on a PC might be discovered to be non-genuine during validation. Repairs. If your PC has been repaired, you might start to see messages on your desktop that Windows isn't genuine.

Why accounts are locked and disabled. Microsoft accounts are usually locked if the account holder has violated our Microsoft Services Agreement.Here are some common reasons why accounts are locked, though not all account locks occur for these reasons:

To check activation status in Windows 11, select the Start button, and then select Settings > System and then select Activation .. Your activation status will be listed next to Activation.. Check activation status in Settings. You'll see one of these activation status messages on the Activation page: