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.

Change your password with your email provider. See the following sections for instructions on changing your email account password for several major email providers.

When your computer is connected to a projector and you start the slide show , Presenter View appears on your computer's screen, while only the slides appear on the projector screen.In Presenter view, you can see your notes as you present, while the audience sees only your slides.

Whether you’re starting from a Microsoft template or updating one of your own, Word's built-in tools help you update templates to suit your needs. To update your template, open the file, make the changes you want, and then save the template. In Microsoft Word, you can create a template by saving a document as a .dotx file, .dot file, or a .dotm fie (a .dotm file type allows you to enable ...

There are two ways to open Registry Editor in Windows 10: In the search box on the taskbar, type regedit, then select Registry Editor (Desktop app) from the results.

There are some common two-step verification problems that seem to happen more frequently than any of us would like. We've put together this article to describe fixes for the most common problems.

To change notification settings for individual senders, under Get notifications from these senders, turn a notification sender either on or off—or select a sender's name and then turn on or turn off notification banners, lock screen privacy, turn notification sounds on or off, and set the priority of notifications.

Whether it's for work or personal use, you can connect to a virtual private network (VPN) on your Windows PC. A VPN connection can help provide a more secure connection and access to your company's network and the internet, for example, when you’re working from a coffee shop or similar public place.

To control location for just your user account, switch the Let apps access your location setting On or Off.If "Location services is off" appears on the settings page, you won't be able to turn on the Let apps access your location setting for an individual user account.

Tip: If you want to find cells that just match a specific format, you can delete any criteria in the Find what box, and then select a specific cell format as an example. Select the arrow next to Format, select Choose Format From Cell, and then select the cell that has the formatting that you want to search for.