You can use any phone number that can receive text messages; it doesn’t need to be associated with your account. We won't use or give out the phone number, and the code sent to it will expire after 10 minutes.

An upgrade moves your PC from a previous version of Windows—such as Windows 7 or Windows 8.1—to Windows 10. An upgrade can take place on your existing device, though Microsoft recommends using Windows 10 on a new PC to take advantage of the latest features and security improvements.

Here's more info on what permissions allow an app to do: Access all your files, peripheral devices, apps, programs, and registry: The app has the ability to read or write to all your files (including documents, pictures, and music) and registry settings, which allows the app to make changes to your computer and settings. It can use any peripheral devices that are either attached or part of ...

Alternate command key. What it does. Help. Opens the Help system (if any) for the active window. Undo. Cancels the previous action. Redo. Cancels the previous Undo action.

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Cloud files can exist locally on the disk or be available online only. To choose the conditions for when inactive files are made online only, under Content will become online-only if not opened for more than: choose your preferred amount of time. Note that starting in Windows 11, version 22H2, the default for OneDrive cloud files is to make files online-only if not opened for more than 30 days.

The Health report starts off by showing you the last time a Device Health scan was run. The time displayed should be basically the current time, as Windows Security tries to run a Device Health scan when you open the Device performance & health page.. Beyond the time of last scan you'll see the status of the key areas that Device Health monitors:

Welcome to Sticky Notes for Windows! Open the Sticky Notes App. Click or tap the Start button, and type Sticky Notes. Sticky Notes will open where you left them. If you do not see Sticky Notes in your list of apps, open the Microsoft Store app and install Microsoft Sticky Notes.

A basic profile consists of one or more email accounts and a storage file. A private individual might have an Internet email account, such as a POP3 account, while corporate workers might have a Microsoft Exchange account. Accounts of other types (including IMAP4 and HTTP accounts) can be added to any profile, and so can additional storage files (such as an Archive.pst file for keeping older ...

Resolve Windows blue screen errors with tips and resources to do your own troubleshooting, or contact the Microsoft support if you need more help.