PCs originally built with Windows 8.1 are designed with technology that is about 10 years old. Once you move to a new PC, there will be many aspects of Windows that you will find familiar, but also with important software and hardware innovations and capabilities that were not available a decade ago.

Your Xbox profile information: Your gamertag, unlocked achievements, and the rest of your Xbox profile info moves with you. Your Xbox subscription: Any time left on your Xbox subscription, such as Xbox Game Pass, will move with your account to the new country/region.

An administrator might have customized the settings for your Temporary Internet Files folder to prevent you from changing the settings. For example, the administrator can remove the General tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box. If you cannot access the Internet Options dialog box or the General tab, contact your administrator for more information.

How to change a birth date on an adult's Microsoft account. Edit your Microsoft account profile using the credentials of the account you wish to update.

Equation Editor (Microsoft Equation 3.0) was included in earlier versions of Word, but was removed from all versions in the January 2018 Public Update (PU) and replaced with a new equation editor.

In the Export Registry File dialog box, select the location to which you want to save the backup copy, and then type a name for the backup file in the File name field.

The risks of installing add-ons. While add-ons can make your browsing experience better by giving you access to great web content, some add-ons can pose security, privacy, or performance risks.

Press the Xbox button to open the guide, and then select My games & apps > See all.; Under Full library > Owned games, you’ll see all games that you own with the profile that’s signed in to the console.; If a game that you own hasn’t been installed on your console, there’s a download icon on the game title. Selecting the title prompts you to install the game before you can play it.

Issue. Next step. If BitLocker Group Policy Configure TPM platform validation profile for native UEFI firmware configurations is enabled and PCR7 is selected by policy, it may result in the update failing to install.. To view the PCR7 binding status, run the Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe) tool with administrative permissions.

Surface devices get updates through Windows Update. Find out what's included in each update and how to manually update your Surface. Select your device from the following list to see its update history.