The Microsoft Edge feature that blocks pop-ups is effective in preventing websites from automatically opening a new window or tab, or a partial window on top of your current web page. This feature is turned on by default.

Earn points toward rewards by doing the stuff you do every day. It's easy and it's free. All you need to do is sign up, and Microsoft Rewards will be included in your Microsoft account: Microsoft Rewards. Once you've signed up, sign in to your Microsoft account to see your current points.

Here are some best practices for earning Microsoft Rewards points so you can redeem them for gift cards, games, sweepstakes, nonprofit donations, and more.

On your PC, in the Phone Link, select Messages. To start a new conversation, select New message. Enter the name or phone number of a contact. Select the person you want to send a message to. A new message thread opens for you to begin with.

Check the Xbox services, games, and apps for any service outages.

With message recall, a message that you sent is retrieved from the mailboxes of the recipients who haven’t yet opened it. You can also substitute a replacement message. For example, if you forgot to include an attachment, you can try to retract the message, and then send a replacement message that has the attachment.

Add a validation rule to a control on a form. You can use the Validation Rule property and the Validation Text property of a form control to validate data that is input to that control and to help users who input data that is not valid.

Change or delete a header or footer from another single page. To delete or change headers and footers on individual pages within a document, start by inserting a section break. Important: Section breaks are different from page breaks.

Use the steps below to link Discord with Xbox and chat on Discord with your friends. Things to keep in mind: You can’t mix Discord friends with Xbox friends. A Discord voice channel will contain Discord friends, while Xbox party chat will contain Xbox friends.

Find app notifications from the taskbar in Windows 11, and in Windows 10, use quick actions to change settings quickly as well.