Change desktop background and colors. You can choose your desktop background or change the accent color for Start, the taskbar, and other items. Any time you want to, you can go to Settings to customize what displays for you. Select Start > Settings > Personalization. The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them.

In the browser, go to Settings and more > About Microsoft Edge (edge://settings/help). Depending on where you purchased your device, you may see one or both of following toggles: Download and install updates automatically. Download updates over metered connections. Turn on any available toggles to always allow automatic downloads of updates.

Windows 11 Windows 10. Most of the advanced display settings from previous versions of Windows are now available on the Display settings page. Select Start > Settings > System > Display. If you want to change the size of your text and apps, choose an option from the drop-down menu next to Scale. Learn how to change just your text size in Make ...

On the Microsoft Solitaire Collection page in Microsoft Store, select Get. The game will download and install automatically. To launch the game, select Play. You can always launch the game from the product page, but there's an easier way--pin it. With the game open, press and hold (or right-click) the game button on your taskbar and select Pin ...

The classic cold-call scam. The scammers call you and claim to be from the tech support team of Microsoft or another company. They offer to help solve your computer "problems".

Alt + 4. Switch to Programmer mode. Alt + 5. Switch to Date Calculation mode. Ctrl + M. Store in memory, in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode. Ctrl + P. Add to memory, in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode. Ctrl + Q.

To start a new line of text or add spacing between lines or paragraphs of text in a worksheet cell, press Alt+Enter to insert a line break. Double-click the cell in which you want to insert a line break. Click the location inside the selected cell where you want to break the line. Press Alt+Enter to insert the line break.

Insert rows. To insert a single row: Right-click the whole row above which you want to insert the new row, and then select Insert Rows. To insert multiple rows: Select the same number of rows above which you want to add new ones.Right-click the selection, and then select Insert Rows.. Insert columns. To insert a single column: Right-click the whole column to the right of where you want to add ...

To use a proxy server, you’ll need one or more of the following things, depending on how you’re setting it up: Automatically. Windows detects the proxy server settings automatically, so you don’t have to enter any information. Set up script. You’ll need to know the location of the proxy setup script for your organization (if proxy ...

Here's how: Select Start from the taskbar. In the Recommended section, select More and then scroll to the app you want to pin. Or you can search for the app by typing the app name in the search box. Press and hold (or right-click) the app, then select Pin to Start. To unpin an app, select Unpin from Start. Open the Start menu, then right-click ...