Microsoft generally releases the MSRT on a monthly cadence as part of Windows Update or as a standalone tool. (For exceptions, see Skipped releases.)Use this tool to find and remove specific prevalent threats and reverse the changes that they made (see Covered malware families).For comprehensive malware detection and removal, consider using Windows Defender Offline or Microsoft Safety Scanner.

Here are some tips to prepare your Excel spreadsheet for a mail merge. Make sure: Column names in your spreadsheet match the field names you want to insert in your mail merge.

The notification area is located at the right end of the taskbar. It contains icons you might find yourself selecting or pressing pretty often: battery, Wi-Fi, volume, Clock and Calendar, and action center.

The COUNTIFS function is similar to the COUNTIF function with one important exception: COUNTIFS lets you apply criteria to cells across multiple ranges and counts the number of times all criteria are met. You can use up to 127 range/criteria pairs with COUNTIFS. The syntax for COUNTIFS is: COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2],…)

If you are having trouble with the camera in Microsoft Teams, we have some suggestions to help you get back on track. Solutions include: closing camera-related apps, updating device drivers, checking privacy settings.

Updates for Windows Server 2022. Windows Server 2022 is the latest release in our Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). It builds on Windows Server 2019, our fastest adopted Windows Server ever.

Things to try first. Try these things first to help you fix or narrow down the connection problem. Run Get Help to troubleshoot and fix common connection problems. Right click the network icon in the right side of the taskbar and select Diagnose network problems or open Get Help for Network & Internet

Lithium-ion batteries wear out over time, which can result in a battery not holding a charge for as long as it did when it was new. Keeping the battery charged to 100% all the time can cause it to deteriorate faster.

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.

Bluetooth 4.0 (or later) 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. Right-click it, select Properties, select Details, and then select Bluetooth radio supports Low Energy Central ...