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Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine

Sandbox does not me type anything in

Azure | Azure Training
asked 2023-01-31T02:42:13.65+00:00
AdamSamotny-0592 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T12:29:55.9733333+00:00
Anonymous
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Unable to login to Azure portal. It says Tenant blocked due to inactive. I re-registered again and still same message.

My Azure got blocked due to inactivity. I re resisted again and it was successful and even my credit card was charged. But still I am not able to login. It gives rhe some error. Whenever I want raise a support ticket it takes to Azure portal and shows…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2025-11-05T06:55:41.9666667+00:00
Bharath Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T12:06:11.4233333+00:00
Rukmini 43,915 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure HotPatching - Server 2022 Datacenter

Deployed server 2022 VMs using hotpatch datacenter image. Servers showing updates in azure update manager as expected. Some clustered servers are in an availability set. Periodic assessment: Enable (current) Hotpatch: Enable (current) Patch…

Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2025-03-27T16:25:03.06+00:00
DonnaSmith 156 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T11:36:31.34+00:00
DonnaSmith 156 Reputation points
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[Article] How to personalize your lock screen in Windows 10

📌 Note: This article was originally created by Andre Da Costa on Answers Support Community. It provided meaningful insights and proved helpful to many. We're recreating it here to preserve its value and ensure continued access for others. Technical…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Screen saver
asked 2025-07-17T07:59:08.67+00:00
Community Article Author 1,160 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-11-06T08:51:52.82+00:00
LauraC 245 Reputation points Admin
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[Article] How to Download Official Windows 11 ISO files and Make a Bootable USB Drive

📌 Note: This article was originally created by Andre Da Costa on Answers Support Community. It provided meaningful insights and proved helpful to many. We're recreating it here to preserve its value and ensure continued access for others. Technical…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2025-07-17T08:01:47.1566667+00:00
Community Article Author 1,160 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-11-06T08:42:52.6333333+00:00
LauraC 245 Reputation points Admin
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[Article] How to Perform a Backup Using File History in Windows 11 or Windows 10

📌 Note: This article was originally created by Andre Da Costa on Answers Support Community. It provided meaningful insights and proved helpful to many. We're recreating it here to preserve its value and ensure continued access for others. If you…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
asked 2025-07-17T07:53:10.3266667+00:00
Community Article Author 1,160 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-11-06T08:08:06.3466667+00:00
LauraC 245 Reputation points Admin
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How to implement a Windows Custom authentication packages

I want to implement a custom Windows authentication package, but I haven't found a code example or open source project to use as a reference,Could you please provide a specific project code example for reference? Or just provide how to fill in the output…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-07-23T02:31:35.8533333+00:00
chengzhi ling 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T08:06:47.97+00:00
Anonymous
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Sound Record offline

Hi, I am trying to use the application ''Sound Record'' offline. According to a google search, it is possible to record without internet, but it doesn't work on my end. Can you show me how to use the application offline? Thank you, Sam-Ang Toun

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-08-29T14:22:38.1466667+00:00
Sam-Ang Toun (CISSSLAN) 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T08:05:54.1866667+00:00
Anonymous
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my laptop speaker sound stopped working and i've tried to troubleshoot but its still not working. it says that the software isn't connected and i don't know what else to do about it. i need some help please.

my laptop speaker sound stopped working and i've tried to troubleshoot but its still not working. it says that the software isn't connected and i don't know what else to do about it. i need some help please.

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-08-27T23:10:40.54+00:00
onotu charles 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T08:03:01.5366667+00:00
Anonymous
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why my DDIStopDevice is called?

I am writing a driver for display adaptor. when loading my driver i can see that my DDIStartDevice() is being called and returns STATUS_SUCCESS. then my DDIQueeryChildRelations is called and returns STATUS_SUCCESS. but then my DDIStopDevice is being…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-08-25T09:41:06.2533333+00:00
Adi Kachal 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T08:01:56.8466667+00:00
Anonymous
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What is the correct use of the 'DwmSetIconicThumbnail' function?

I use the 'DwmSetIconicThumbnail' function to set a custom image for the taskbar icon preview layer. My question is why when the mouse is first placed on the icon for preview, the state displayed is the same as in the first chapter image, and the width…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-08-21T09:11:49.64+00:00
曾子墨 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T08:00:52.4433333+00:00
Anonymous
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How to build an app that checks if a text file or any file is being used by another program

Hello, I want to check if a text file or any file is being used by another program, I tried to do so by chatgpt, gemini using python. But chatgpt and gemini couldn't help me(instead, they demonstrated me a thing like file lock by another program).…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-07-22T15:05:57.1566667+00:00
Rahmatulloh 40 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T08:00:47.4933333+00:00
Anonymous
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Purpose of signing an .msixbundle file before uploading to the Store

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the process of uploading a Windows app created using .Net MAUI from a previous vendor. The process they described to me includes creating a single msixbundle file with one x64 and one x86 msix package inside it. So far so…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-08-18T07:02:46.65+00:00
Pushan Roychowdhury 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T07:59:47.2666667+00:00
Anonymous
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Can we do a screenshot in Win 11 which can be copied/pasted straight into paint or email as with Win 10.

I can't see a quick way of doing a screenshot in Win 11, with Win 10 we could copy and paste into an email, a very useful feature. Am I missing something? It seems to need us to save to a screenshot folder before we can then email it out, and then that…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-08-15T15:04:25.7066667+00:00
d 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T07:58:32.53+00:00
Anonymous
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CSProj file Copy function - setting a DestinationFolder based on the existence of another file

Hello Microsoft Q&A; I'm attempting to create an install package for a DLL. Previous drafts of it have forced it into a specific folder, assuming that the necessary files are there. However, testing it on another machine proved that that isn't…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-08-14T11:50:10.77+00:00
Alun Buss 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T07:57:58.45+00:00
Anonymous
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CfApi unexpected behavior when setting a custom folder icon with desktop.ini and deffered placeholders

We have a cloud filter API service which uses the StorageProviderHydrationPolicy.Partial, StorageProviderPopulationPolicy.Full and CF_OPERATION_TRANSFER_PLACEHOLDERS_FLAGS.CF_OPERATION_TRANSFER_PLACEHOLDERS_FLAG_DISABLE_ON_DEMAND_POPULATION We are…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-07-18T12:56:40.7233333+00:00
Anne Admin 21 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T07:55:23.0133333+00:00
Anonymous
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I tried to install Windows SDK, It got stuck at 33% now I can't run anything as admin

I tried to install Windows SDK, It got stuck at 33% a couple of times, re-downloaded with the same result, now I can't run anything as admin because I get the error below. I can't even re-run Windows SDK install because it requires admin access. System…

Windows development | Windows App SDK
asked 2025-07-17T23:47:15.66+00:00
Daniel Dumitru 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-11-06T07:48:07.9366667+00:00
Anonymous
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Implementing serverless architecture for high-traffic apps

Interested in experiences, challenges, and best practices when using serverless functions for apps with large user bases.

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
asked 2025-08-13T09:10:53.5966667+00:00
Yash Smith 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T07:45:54.54+00:00
Anonymous
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How to implement the SiteMap in sharepoint server 2019 for SEO

We are implementing the SEO to make our site in Google, so we have created the Google search console account, we need to add the sitemap.xml file in that account which is associated with our website. step is done on our side - In Site Collection…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint | For business | Windows
asked 2023-12-14T06:43:13.8866667+00:00
Arunachalam J 110 Reputation points
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I´m getting an error when I try to open "Windows Performance Analyzer", it seems to be something related with perfcore.dll

I am trying to upgrade Windows Performance Analyzer on my system. The upgrade completes successfully, and I can see the updated version in Programs and PFx86. However, when I launch the application, I get an error stating "Unable to load…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-08-12T06:58:28.29+00:00
Aayush kamal 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-06T07:44:57.84+00:00
Anonymous