Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster. When you first run indexing, it can take up to a couple hours to complete.

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 ...

When using the OneDrive app, you can download a local copy of a file to your device. In the OneDrive app, open the folder that has the files you want to download. Make sure the folder contents appear in List view, not as thumbnails. Tap More next to the file you want to save and then tap Save. You can also select multiple files by pressing and ...

Press Windows S. Perform an action in an app. Right-click; Press Windows Z; press ctrl B. Select an item by its name. File; Start; View. Select an item or icon. Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer; Click file name. Double-click an item. Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click Computer; Double-click file name.

If you want to open or close an Outlook Data File (.pst), you can do that in a few simple steps. Note: If your organization has policies in place that archive email messages automatically, your older email messages, calendar events, and tasks might be stored in an archive Outlook Data File (.pst). Even if your account uses an offline Outlook ...

Open Windows Update by choosing Start > Settings > Update and security. Choose Advanced options. Under Choose how updates are installed, choose the options that you want, including checking the Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows box so you can get Office updates. If you're having difficultiy updating your Office ...

Go to File > Options > Save. Under Save workbooks, in the Save files in this format list, select Excel Binary Workbook. This option sets binary format as the default. If you want to keep the default to Excel Workbook (.xlsx) but save the current file as binary, select the option in the Save As dialog.

Resolution. To fix this problem automatically, run the "Fix problems that programs cannot be installed or uninstalled" troubleshooter to repair issues that block program installation or removal because of corrupted registry keys. Important To perform many of the methods and steps in this article, you must be logged on to your computer as an ...

If you've recently installed a Windows update and you are having a problem, here's how to uninstall the update to try to resolve the issue: Select Start > Settings > Windows Update > Update history > Uninstall updates . View update history. On the list that appears, locate the update you want to remove, and then select Uninstall next to it.

Rename the file. You can rename the file (or request that the sender rename the file) to use an extension that Outlook doesn't block. For example, you can rename file.exe to file.docx. Once the renamed file is sent (or received), save it and rename it with the original extension using the following steps. Locate the attachment in the email message.