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Folders Shared with me are syncing as internet shortcut in OneDrive on Windows PC

Hi. I had some folders shared from different users in my OneDrive account. I had added the folders to my OneDrive with Add Shortcut to OneDrive button from Shared folders in cloud. The account is logged into a windows pc and every files including the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
asked 2024-06-08T04:53:55+00:00
Anonymous
2,746 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Surface Pro 4, Screen Flickering, Shaking

Hi All, Update: Flickergate is now having a forum to bring all affected users at a single platform to plan for resolvement of issue. Please join at  https://forum.flickergate.com UPDATE: Check FlickerGate.com for videos of the problem and to submit…

Surface | Surface Pro | Display and screen
asked 2017-01-19T07:47:47+00:00
Anonymous
2,384 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Surface Pro 4 - Screen won't wake from sleep

I received my Surface Pro 4 today and it worked fine. I put it on "sleep" for awhile, came back and turned it on. Once again it worked fine. I made an error and instead of putting it on "sleep" I  hit the power button to turn it off…

Surface | Surface Pro | Display and screen
asked 2015-10-27T05:32:42+00:00
Anonymous
1,440 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Surface Pro 3 battery degradation

I've been using Microsoft Surface Pro 3 for a year, and shortly after the warranty expired I noticed my Surface Pro 3 can only last about 1-2 hours after a full charge. At first I thought this was a problem with background process draining the battery…

Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery
asked 2016-05-11T07:37:37+00:00
Anonymous
1,153 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

KB2919355 (Windows 8.1 Update) Fails (800f0092 and 80073712) on Windows 8.1 Pro w Media Center

I am running Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center. It is a 64-bit edition. I downloaded the Windows 8.1 Update from MSDN. Installed it on two machines with no problems. Update is a series of 6 updates packed in a single zip file. Unzipped the files. Went to…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Install and upgrade
asked 2014-04-05T00:19:46+00:00
Anonymous
1,074 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Surface RT will not turn on, black screen

we've been using the surface 1 day. woke up this morning. was hooked to charger all night. unit will not turn on. what's up?

Surface | Other
asked 2012-10-28T15:36:33+00:00
Anonymous
1,024 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1 Update 1 Failing to Install with errors 80070020, 80073712 and 0x800f081f

Original Title: Windows 8.1 Update 1 Failing to Install I've been trying to get the Windows 8.1 Update 1 to install for a couple hours now.  I installed a series of files using windows update earlier in the day.  Later I tried installing the update file…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2014-04-08T22:28:41+00:00
Anonymous
1,017 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I move email, calendar, people icons back to bottom of folder pane in Outlook?

I have Office 365 and an update installed today. It updated Outlook and moved my email, calendar, and people icons from the bottom of the folder pane to a separate bar to the left of the folder pane. They also added icons for Office apps. I don't need…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2021-02-26T00:06:28+00:00
Anonymous
983 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

System Firmware Update - 12/10/13 fails to install

Got the updates on todays patch Tuesday, but the firmware update failed to load.  Rechecking for an update does not give the opportunity to try and reinstall. Anyone else having this problem?  I do notice that my telemetry driver is now loaded. so not…

Surface | Surface Pro | Install and update
asked 2013-12-10T19:14:53+00:00
Anonymous
942 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Random freezes with windows 7 - 64 bit

I use to run Vista home premium x86 on a acer computer. This summer I downloaded Windows 7 rc x86. A month ago I bought all new parts and since I could use 64-bit system now I installed a 64-bit Windows 7.  Then did the problem start. Every new and then…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2009-10-28T19:01:43+00:00
Anonymous
857 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What apps and programs can I install on Surface with Windows RT?

Can I use Surface with Windows RT to download apps online, or to use legacy business apps at work?

Surface | Other
asked 2012-10-25T13:45:14+00:00
Anonymous
762 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cant backup 8.1 using system image backup! Error 0x80780119, Cant optimise system partition, (this is why i cant backup) please read. . .

I am having this issue, cant optimise the system partition 350mb. 8.1 official release, This is also causing a huge problem, the optimise option in windows 8.1 allows me to optimise the c: drive but not the system partition this prevents a system image…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2013-10-19T14:16:48+00:00
Anonymous
728 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can we disable the charms bar in Windows 8?

Old Title: when I move the mouse around the right hand side bar keeps appearing, when I don't want it to. I recently bought a new computer with Windows 8 and have managed to work with it OK.  The thing is that when I move the mouse around, the right hand…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Email and communications
asked 2013-01-22T14:37:05+00:00
Anonymous
693 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What replaces office picture manager in office 2013?

The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past. Any…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
asked 2012-07-17T15:09:08+00:00
Anonymous
693 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Error message "The Computer Restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error" after System Startup on Windows 7 Recovery

Recently, I needed to restore my laptop to factory settings.  I have an HP Pavilion Model Number G-60.  I purchased a set of recovery disks from HP and when they arrived, I booted the system with Disc 1 in the CD/RW drive.  The installation asked for…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2011-03-03T22:12:20+00:00
Anonymous
688 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Updates not working, it has been searching for updates for hours

My PC is quite old and I have tried the microsoft fix it tool. The fix it tool never works.  I have been trying to check for new updates from since yesterday (Tuesday 14th June) in the afternoon. It is now Wednesday morning (12 hours approx) and it is…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2016-06-15T04:54:11+00:00
Anonymous
686 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

[UNSOLVED] Asus Taichi back screen (lid) not working AGAIN after windows 8.1 update 1

JP8851 has provided a new BIOS version for people who have the Taichi21 or 21a (answer marked below) . The BIOS version is not official yet, however, and many users are reporting problems with the BIOS update such as USB problems, pen digitizer problems…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Install and upgrade
asked 2013-10-19T16:09:01+00:00
Anonymous
677 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

wifi issues

I had an issue this morning where Surface couldn't find any wifi networks (when 5 were in the area) and it was connected the previous night. I solved this issue by searching windows rt for Network. Open Network Connections, find the wifi device and then …

Surface | Other
asked 2012-10-28T18:24:01+00:00
Anonymous
648 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Checking style in proofing in Word 2016

What happened to being able to check style in Word 2016 when proofing (number of spaces after a sentence, contractions, hyphenated words, etc.)??

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2015-09-25T02:30:46+00:00
Anonymous
642 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

surface pro 4 display adapter crash

Split from this thread. Surface pro 4 display adapter error, "Display adapter igfx stopped responding and has recovered", event id 4101. Seems to be only when running Edge. What date is on the current driver??

Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery
asked 2015-10-29T15:57:46+00:00
Anonymous