To help protect your privacy, the new Microsoft Edge sets tracking prevention to balanced by default. For increased protection, you can switch your tracking prevention to strict or block all third-party cookies.

Microsoft Rewards has two status tiers: Level 1 and Level 2. Earn and keep Level 2 status by reaching 500 Microsoft Rewards points each month - no matter how you earn points, they all count toward your status.

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From the Start menu or apps list, press and hold (or right-click) an app, then, if available, select Pin to taskbar .

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Browse on the go with the new Microsoft Edge for Android and iOS devices. Microsoft Edge offers better protection and privacy, and can sync your favorites, passwords, and more across your desktop and mobile devices.

Optimizations for windowed games improves gaming on your PC by using a new presentation model for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 games that appear in a window or in a borderless window.

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.

Manually download a language for Cortana speech. Go back to Settings > Time & language > Language, select your new language, and then use the up-arrow button to move it to the top of the list and make it the default.

To control location for just your user account, switch the Let apps access your location setting On or Off.If "Location services is off" appears on the settings page, you won't be able to turn on the Let apps access your location setting for an individual user account.