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Tip

If you have a Windows phone that you’ve paired with a PC—like a laptop—then you get a special
treat. As long as both have Bluetooth turned on, and you’ve paired your phone with the laptop
(“Pen & Windows Ink”), then the laptop can turn on the previously established Mobile Hotspot
feature on the phone automatically, by remote control, so you don’t have to get up and slog across
the room.
To make this happen, ensure that “Turn on remotely” is turned on. From now on, when you’re on
the laptop, you’ll see the phone’s mobile hotspot listed as an available Wi-Fi network. Just choose
its name as usual, confident that it will turn itself on—and then off again, saving battery power,
when you’re finished.

Find My Device

There are very few feelings quite as sickening as realizing that you’ve left
your laptop or tablet somewhere. Fortunately, Windows 10 has a feature
that can help—if your lost machine still has power and is still online. If you

suspect your machine has been stolen, you can even lock it remotely,
signing off any accounts and ensuring that Location Services is turned on so
you can track its movements.

None of this magic does you any good, however, unless Find My Device is
turned on. That switch is in → → Update & Security → “Find my
device.”

Later, when the devastating discovery strikes you, visit
account.microsoft.com/devices.

Once you sign in, you arrive on the Devices page of your Microsoft account

web page, which lists each of your machines (Figure 12-7, top). Open the
missing machine to view its details screen (middle), hit “Find my device,”
and proceed as shown in Figure 12-7, bottom.