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preference synced. Maybe you want independent bookmarks

on each machine.

Second, maybe the privacy implications freak you out. Maybe
you don’t want your laptop browsing history showing up on
the family PC in the living room. Or maybe you just don’t

want Microsoft knowing about your activity at all.

In any case, there are on/off switches for most of the sync

settings. To find them, open → → Accounts → “Sync
your settings.”

At the top: a master switch for the whole concept of syncing

your settings. That’s the one to flip if the whole idea just feels
creepy. Below that: individual switches for various categories
of settings.

In most cases, the descriptions tell you what gets synced for
each switch. But some additional settings you might not guess:
“Theme” governs your choice of theme, yes, but also your
screen-saver settings and taskbar configuration. And

“Language preferences” also stores your preferences for the
Windows spell-checker.

Subscriptions. Here’s the dashboard for all the monthly payments

you’re making to Microsoft: for Office 365, Xbox Live, extra
OneDrive storage, and so on. Here, too, is where you cancel one of
these accounts, change credit cards, and see when the next renewal

and payment dates are.

Family. Here’s the master list of family-member accounts you’ve

set up, as described earlier in this chapter—along with links to
each person’s screen-time limits, website and game restrictions,
and so on (“Family Features (Parental Controls)”). You can also

add and remove accounts here.