Learn how to receive a refund or exchange for items purchased from Microsoft.

Use the Xbox mobile app, the Xbox Game Pass app, or the Microsoft Store on PC to remotely install games—so your games are ready when you are.

Find out how to change privacy settings for your camera and microphone in Windows.

Learn how to use Narrator, a screen-reading app built into Windows, with this complete guide and how-to articles.

Learn how to use the taskbar features in Windows. Hide the taskbar, pin an app, change the location, and more with taskbar settings.

The Basics of Search. Returning search results is no easy feat, and involves complex, near-instantaneous algorithmic calculations. A search for something as simple as “cat” could yield over 55 million results.

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a technology built into Windows that helps protect you from malicious code launching from areas of memory that have been designated as for data only.

Windows 11, version 21H2; July 9, 2024—KB5040431 (OS Build 22000.3079) June 11, 2024—KB5039213 (OS Build 22000.3019) May 14, 2024—KB5037770 (OS Build 22000.2960)

Smart App Control is a feature of Windows 11 that helps to block malicious, untrusted, or potentially unwanted apps from running on your device.

Learn how to redeem your Microsoft Rewards points for a huge variety of great products and sweepstakes.