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Activate Windows - Microsoft Support
To check activation status in Windows 11, select the Start button, and then select Settings > System and then select Activation .. Your activation status will be listed next to Activation.. Check activation status in Settings. You'll see one of these activation status messages on the Activation page:
Protect yourself from phishing - Microsoft Support
First time, infrequent senders, or senders marked [External] - While it's not unusual to receive an email or Teams message from someone for the first time, especially if they are outside your organization, this can be a sign of phishing.Slow down and take extra care at these times. When you get an email or a Teams message from somebody you don't recognize, or that Outlook or Teams identifies ...
Windows location service and privacy - Microsoft Support
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.
How to use the taskbar in Windows - Microsoft Support
These are the buttons and bars that sit right next to your Start button and cannot be moved.. Search on the taskbar can be set in four ways: either to Search box, which includes a full text box to enter your search (or your Bing Chat prompt; see Using the new Bing on the Windows taskbar for more) into plus additional search highlights, Search icon and label (displaying as a search icon and ...
Record a meeting in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support
Notes: Meeting recordings won't capture whiteboards, annotations, shared notes or content shared in the stage view by apps, and also won't include videos or animations embedded in PowerPoint Live presentations.
Applies To: Microsoft Teams
Import Gmail contacts to Outlook - Microsoft Support
After you export your contacts, use Excel to open the CSV file and check that there's data. When you close the file, Excel will prompt you a few times with "are you sure you want to save it in CSV format?"
Applies To: Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013
Optimizations for windowed games in Windows 11
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.
How to use focus in Windows 11 - Microsoft Support
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.
Use Game Mode while gaming on your Windows device
Prevents Windows Update from performing driver installations and sending restart notifications; Helps achieve a more stable frame rate depending on the specific game and system
What is a Microsoft account? - Microsoft Support
What is a Microsoft account used for? You need a Microsoft account to sign in to your Windows pc, Xbox console, or any of Microsoft’s products and services, including Office, Outlook.com, OneDrive, Xbox Live, Microsoft 365, Family Safety, Skype, Bing, Microsoft Store and MSN.
Applies To: Microsoft account dashboard