Creating a passkey. To create a passkey for your Microsoft account, follow these steps on the device for which you’d like to create a passkey:

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To change appearance, select Appearance and make the changes you want to your default theme, zoom, toolbar, and fonts.

Note: If you don’t want to start your Surface from your USB drive, make sure the drive isn't inserted in the USB port on your Surface when you start it.

Disk Management in Windows helps you perform advanced storage tasks like initializing a new drive and extending or shrinking volumes.

Get more out of your email with Outlook.com. We've streamlined search to make it easier than ever to find what you're looking for. New features like Files and attachment previews let you see your pictures and files without leaving your inbox.

Under Important Updates, choose Install updates automatically, and under Microsoft Update check the Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional Microsoft software when I update Windows box to get the Office updates.. Your IT department might set automatic updates for you. If they do, you'll see the message in the yellow bar, and you won't be able to use the Important ...

Get answers to common questions about WordPad. Here are a few tips to help you use WordPad: To open and save files, select File, then select New to create a new document, Open to work with an existing document, or Save to save your document.(If your document doesn't have a name, WordPad will ask you to provide one.)

In the search box on the taskbar, type Manage BitLocker and then select it from the list of results. Or, select the Start button, and then under Windows System, select Control Panel.In Control Panel, select System and Security, and then under BitLocker Drive Encryption, select Manage BitLocker. Note: You'll only see this option if BitLocker is available for your device.

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