Activating Windows. See Activate Windows for general info about activation, including how to choose your activation method.. See Reactivating Windows after a hardware change for more info about reactivating Windows 11 after making a significant change to your device's hardware.. See Activate Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 for info about activation of earlier versions of Windows.

There are also different levels of permission: Can view allows the recipient to only view the file or folder; they cannot make changes to it. This can be further restricted by selecting the Can't download option, which means they cannot save a local copy.. Can edit allows the recipient to view and make changes to the file or folder.. Can't download allows the recipient to only view the file or ...

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Voice typing. In Windows 11, dictation has been updated and renamed as voice typing. Like dictation, voice typing uses online speech recognition technologies to power its speech-to-text transcription service. You no longer need to turn on the Online Speech recognition setting to use voice typing.

Notes: To add a Microsoft gift card to your account, go to redeem.microsoft.com.Learn more about how to Redeem a gift card or code to your Microsoft account.. If you want to edit an existing payment method, read Update a Microsoft account payment method.. Not all payment methods are supported in all regions.

Select Battery & charging and from the Smart charging section, select Charge to 100%.. 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%.

Create a channel from a team name: Select either See all of your teams or See all your teams and channels to see a list of the teams you belong to.. Locate the team you'd like to add a channel to. To the right of the team name, select More options > Add channel.. Fill in some quick details about your channel by choosing a name, entering an optional description, and a channel type.

In this section: Import contacts to classic Outlook. Export contacts from classic Outlook. Import contacts to classic Outlook using a .csv file. At the top of your Outlook ribbon, choose File.. If your ribbon doesn't have a File option in the top left corner, you're using an older Outlook version. See What version of Outlook do I have? to get to the import instructions for your version of Outlook.

There are different ways to pin apps or shortcuts to the Start menu. For example: In the Search box on the taskbar or on the Start menu, type the name of the app you want to pin. Right-click on the app, then select Pin to Start . From Explorer, right-click on a folder and select Pin to Start For websites, open Edge and navigate to the website you want to pin.

Codes are 25 characters long, include both numbers and letters, and follow a 5x5 format—five blocks of five characters. Codes can be digital or physical cards that you purchase from Microsoft or a trusted retailer.