IMPORTANT Starting on January 15, 2020, a full-screen notification will appear that describes the risk of continuing to use Windows 7 Service Pack 1 after it reaches end of support on January 14, 2020. The notification will remain on the screen until you interact with it. This notification will only appear on the following editions of Windows 7 Service Pack 1:

Surface devices get updates through Windows Update. Find out what's included in each update and how to manually update your Surface. Select your device from the following list to see its update history.

Advanced Systems Format (.asf) The Advanced Systems Format (ASF) is the preferred Windows Media file format. With Windows Media Player, if the appropriate codecs are installed on your computer, you can play audio content, video content, or both, that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs and that is stored in an .asf file.

Here's how: Open the new Microsoft Edge , select Settings and more at the top of the window, and then select Settings .

Back up the registry manually. Select Start , type regedit.exe in the search box, and then press Enter.If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

When you start a focus session, a focus timer will appear on screen. To use additional focus tools in the Clock app, expand the focus timer to get the full view of the Clock app.

On your computer, click Start, type cmd, and then press Enter.; At the prompt, type ipconfig/all, and then press Enter.; Find your network connection (for example, look for Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection or Wireless Adapter Local Area Connection).

This article describes an update for Universal C Runtime (CRT) in Windows. Before you install this update, check out the prerequisites section.. About this update. The Windows 10 Universal CRT is a Windows operating system component that enables CRT functionality on the Windows operating system.

Devices running Windows 11 version 22H2 and older. If you're running Windows 11 version 22H2 and older, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 or any other earlier OS version, your device will not be affected by the MSDT Troubleshooter retirement.

The chat provider is the underlying service that Copilot in Windows uses to communicate with you. The chat provider platform is important because it's possible for you to copy and paste sensitive organizational information into the chat.