Stay up to date with widgets - Microsoft Support
Each widget is powered by a different app or service. To see what is powering a widget, select More Options (…) in the upper-right corner of the widget, and look for the “Powered by” message at the bottom of the menu. Each individual widget is an extension of its corresponding app or service and is controlled by the settings for that app or service.
Install, manage, or uninstall apps in Microsoft Edge
Alternatively, you can install any website by going to the top corner of the browser and select Settings and more … > Apps > Install this site as an app. Once the application is installed, it will appear under edge://apps.
Applies To: Microsoft Edge
Download files from the web - Microsoft Support
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.
Learn about tracking prevention in Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Support
Select the level of tracking prevention that’s right for you: Basic: Blocks potentially harmful trackers but allows most other trackers and those that personalize content and ads. Balanced (Recommended): Blocks potentially harmful trackers and trackers from sites you haven’t visited.Content and ads will likely be less personalized. Strict: Blocks potentially harmful trackers and most ...
Applies To: Microsoft account dashboard
Troubleshoot Windows Media Player Errors - Microsoft Support
Repair or reset Windows Media Player: If Windows Media Player is not working properly, you can try to repair or reset it to its default settings.To do this, Select Start > Settings > Apps > Installed Apps.. Scroll down and click the three horizontal dots next to Windows Media Player and choose Advanced options, and click the Repair or Reset button. Note that resetting Windows Media Player will ...
Smart charging on Surface - Microsoft Support
Smart charging will be paused and allow a full battery charge until your Surface needs to turn it on again. It may take several days before smart charging turns on again and limits your battery capacity to 80%.
Fix problems with nearby sharing in Windows - Microsoft Support
Windows 11. Check your version of Windows. Ensure that both devices support Bluetooth 4.0 or higher with Low Energy (LE) support. To find out if Bluetooth LE is supported, on each PC, select the Start button, type device manager and select Device Manager from the list of results, expand Bluetooth, and then select the name of your Bluetooth radio adapter.
View hidden files and folders in Windows - Microsoft Support
Select the View tab and, in Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives and OK.
Managing Presence Sensing settings in Windows 11
Note: Some devices might have more than one presence sensor.If so, you can choose which one you want to use. May 2023 update for Windows 11 22H2 and later: Wake on approach can be enabled on systems that support S3 sleep state, such as desktops.For USB-connected presence sensors to work properly on these systems, you'll need to enable USB Wake Support (or a similarly named option) in BIOS ...
Protect yourself from phishing - Microsoft Support
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 ...