Windows Security provides built-in security options to help protect your device from malicious software attacks. To access the features described below, tap the Windows Start button, type windows security, select it from the results, and then select Device security. Notes: What you actually see on the Device security page may vary depending ...

Trackers collect data about how you interact with a site, such as the content you click on. They also enable functionality on some websites, such as comments sections, buttons to share articles to social media, and personalized ads. Some trackers collect data about you across multiple sites. For example, a tracker could track when you go to ...

What is: Multifactor Authentication. When you sign into your online accounts - a process we call "authentication" - you're proving to the service that you are who you say you are. Traditionally that's been done with a username and a password. Unfortunately, that's not a very good way to do it. Usernames are often easy to discover; sometimes ...

Select your profile picture > current status > Duration . Under Status, select the status you want to show going forward. Under Reset status after, select the amount of time you want that status to last. Or, if none of the suggested time frames work for you, select Custom under Reset status after and enter the date and time. Select Done.

IMPORTANT This update is not needed and will not be offered if your Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) meets any of the following conditions: If the WinRE recovery partition does not have sufficient free space.

Surface. If you're not sure which pen you have, use this page to help you identify it and see what features are available. For info on how to use your pen, go to How to use your Surface Pen. Note: Your Surface Pen might work with other Surface and Windows PCs. To check if it works, go to Use a Surface Pen with another Windows PC.

Open OneDrive settings (select the OneDrive cloud icon in your notification area, and then select the OneDrive Help and Settings icon then Settings .) Go to the Sync and back up tab. Select Manage Back up. To start backing up a folder, toggle any folder that says Not backed up, and then select Save changes . To stop backing up a folder, select ...

Tip: If you've already set up speech recognition, pressing Windows logo key +Ctrl+S opens speech recognition and you're ready to use it. If you want to retrain your computer to recognize your voice, press the Windows logo key , type Control Panel, and select Control Panel in the list of results. In Control Panel, select Ease of Access > Speech Recognition > Train your computer to better ...

Windows 10. On a PC running Windows 10, select Start > File Explorer, or select File Explorer from the taskbar. Press and hold (or right-click) the MP4 file you want to play, select Open with , and then choose your preferred file player from the list of applications. Play MP4 files in Windows 10 by right-clicking the file and choosing what ...

Under Personalization & advertising, turn on or off the setting for Allow Microsoft to save your browsing activity including history, usage, favorites, web content, and other browsing data to personalize Microsoft Edge and Microsoft services like ads, search, shopping and news.