Note: If you don't see the Favorites icon in your browser bar, select Settings and more > Settings > Customize appearance, and under Customize toolbar > Select which buttons to show on the toolbar, turn on the Favorites button toggle.

If you don't wish to participate in the Microsoft Rewards program, follow the instructions on the opt out page. Opt out. Know that if you opt out, you'll lose all of your available points.

Set, modify, or manage these notifications: Tap General Activity and toggle notifications on or off for Mentions, Meetings, Calls, and more.

Learn how to remove malware from your PC. Use Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows 10 or Windows 11 to scan your PC for malware, viruses, or other threats.

To access your sign-in options, go to Start > Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options.. Or just select this button: Go to Sign-in options. Change or manage your password or PIN. To change your password or PIN, go to Start > Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options. Select PIN (Windows Hello), and then select Change PIN.

Follow these steps to automatically diagnose and repair Windows security problems by turning on UAC, DEP protection, Windows Firewall, and other Windows security options and features.

Select a feature from the Widget Menu and it’ll pop up as a widget. Many of these can be moved, resized, or pinned to your screen. Widget menu (1) – Select the Widget menu icon to open a list of activities to choose from.

You can make additional apps available for automatic startup. The apps will show up in the options you see on the Startup page in Settings as you set apps to run automatically when you start your device (when selected, the apps might show in your taskbar or elsewhere—or the apps might start behind the scenes). To see which apps are available, go to Start > Settings > Apps > Startup.

Note: If the device was set up, or if BitLocker was turned on, by somebody else, the recovery key may be in that person’s Microsoft account. On a printout: You may have printed your recovery key when BitLocker was activated. Look where you keep important papers related to your computer.

Sign in to the Xbox app, and then select Social.; There are two ways to mute a player from here: If they’re in your friends list, select their profile from Friends, and then select the More actions button .; If they’re not in your friends list, select Search > People, and then enter their gamertag.When you’ve found the player for whom you’re searching, select their profile, and then ...