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When you’re away from your console or your Windows 10/11 device, you can still get ready to play your next Xbox console game. 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.

How to maximize battery health. Like all batteries, lithium-ion cells are consumables that age and lose capacity over time and with usage. The best way to extend battery life and performance on devices that don't support smart charging is to drain the battery below 50 percent several times a week before recharging rather than discharging it on frequent short and shallow discharge cycles.

On a device that uses battery power, if you select Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar and the Power toggle is greyed out or not visible, in the Search box on the taskbar, type device manager, and then select Device Manager in the list of results. Under Batteries, right-click (or long-press) the battery for your device, select Disable, and select Yes.

You have two options for connecting your Xbox Wireless Controller to your console: using the console’s Pair button for a wireless connection and using a USB to micro-USB cable (or USB to USB-C cable) for a wired connection.

In order to sync with OneDrive for work or school, the DisableFileSyncNGSC key must be removed or the DWORD value must be changed to 0 (zero). If the registry value was set as part of a Group Policy Object, the policy must be removed.

Type the email address of the other mailbox that you want to open and then select Open.Or, start typing and then select Search contacts and directory to find the mailbox you want to open. Select the shared mailbox you want to open, and then select Open.Another Outlook Web App session opens in a separate window, allowing access to the other mailbox.

If you don’t want to use the proxy server when you visit certain websites, enter the ending of the website address in the exception list (for example, *.contoso.com). For multiple websites, type each website address and separate the addresses with a semicolon (for example: *.contoso.com; *.adatum.com).The * is a wildcard so any website addresses that end with the website address listed will ...

Use Sweep to quickly delete unwanted email in your Inbox. Sweep gives you options to automatically delete all incoming email from a particular sender, to keep only the latest email, or to delete email older than 10 days.

Notes: Macro Repeat does not support switching applications.For example, if you open your Web browser while a macro is repeating in a game, the macro stops repeating. Likewise, if you include a command in a macro to switch to a different application, Macro Repeat does not take effect, and the macro runs once only.