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Repeated unsuccessful attempts to install 2026-07 .NET Framework Security Update (KB100998)

2026-07 .NET Framework Security Update (KB5100998) Failed to install on ‎8/‎3/‎2026 - 0x800f0920

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2026-08-03T21:43:00.0366667+00:00
Michael D Bailey 75 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T22:44:20.2133333+00:00
Michael D Bailey 75 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to exit safe boot without display Windows 11

Recently my laptop started only showing bright flashing colours over the whole screen. Looking online this seems to be a problem with either the display drivers or the display. Connecting to an external monitor worked and I was able to use this to try to…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2025-12-06T20:45:41.6666667+00:00
ryan davies 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T22:14:32.28+00:00
Patty Martin 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I move my child account to another parent one?

Hiii, I have an issue considering my account (I’m 13 going on 14). So my child account has parental controls as most child accounts do, however these were set my father. However my father died two years ago and nobody (by nobody I mean my mother) can get…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Other
asked 2026-08-06T11:49:58.9133333+00:00
Holly 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T22:04:17.0266667+00:00
Holly 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Access to Visio

I don't believe Visio is included in my subscription. What is the best way to add it for personal use?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Visio | For home | Other
asked 2026-08-04T18:56:27.9866667+00:00
Bryan Carter 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T21:42:23.89+00:00
Ruby Nguyen 2,045 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to delete Azure VPN gateway

Hello, I created an Azure Virtual Network Gateway in North Europe. The initial deployment failed with: Provisioning state: Failed Error code: InternalServerError The gateway resource still exists, but I cannot update or delete it. I have already…

Azure VPN Gateway
Azure VPN Gateway

An Azure service that enables the connection of on-premises networks to Azure through site-to-site virtual private networks.

2,175 questions
asked 2026-08-06T18:15:20.56+00:00
Andrei 21 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T21:25:17.78+00:00
Andrei 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Monitor native OTLP explicit histogram metadata visible but samples are not queryable

Using OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib 0.156.0, we send metrics through azure_auth and otlphttp to a DCE/DCR backed by an Azure Monitor Workspace. The emitter uses OpenTelemetry Go SDK 1.43.0 with grpc-go instrumentation 1.80.0. The source…

Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor

An Azure service that is used to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from Azure and on-premises environments.

4,012 questions
asked 2026-08-05T19:45:21.17+00:00
Logan Rosen 60 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2026-08-06T21:03:27.69+00:00
Logan Rosen 60 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

My GMail account has become a major issue in the new Outlook.

I've tried to reconnect my GMail account in the new version of Outlook for 3 days and nothing has worked. If someone has managed to solve this problem, I will issue three stars to their citizenship daisy.

Outlook | Windows | New Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2026-08-05T12:11:40.4666667+00:00
Warren Nelson 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T20:55:57.4066667+00:00
Warren Nelson 25 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Japanese keyboard

I downloaded the Japanese language pack to my Windows 11 laptop. How do I use the Japanese keyboard? It appears to feature the same Latin-1 characters as the English keyboard.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Input and language
asked 2026-08-06T20:39:08.3666667+00:00
Samuel Berry 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T20:44:35.0133333+00:00
Samuel Berry 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 11 freezing entirely when left idle for too long

Lately, since around maybe the 23rd of this month, my computer freezes when I leave it idle for more than a few minutes. Like just entirely, I have to turn it back on and off again in order for it to work again. I have tried several things, like disk…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-08-27T15:59:22.3566667+00:00
Stiv Marcotte 30 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T20:04:18.76+00:00
Edwin Muriithi 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unknown account added to Authenticator app asking for approval

There is an unknown account labelled “MSDA/ MDSC” with a 6 digit code, asking for me to approve sign in requests from various locations in the world. Does this mean an account of mine is compromised? What account is associated with MSDA/ MDSC? how…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-08-05T04:39:27.7033333+00:00
Huynh, Katelynn 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T19:55:11.8233333+00:00
Huynh, Katelynn 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't re-activate WIndows 11 after CPU and Motherboard upgrade

I upgraded my motherboard and CPU and now can't re-activate WIndows 11. I followed the online instructions and made sure my Window 11 was a digital license linked to my MS account. But when I click on the "troubleshoot" option, it says that…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2026-08-04T18:02:13.68+00:00
Gordon Fenton 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T19:10:41.1466667+00:00
Gordon Fenton 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cant delete Restore Point Collection

I created Recovery service vault , configured backup on Azure VM , it created app-consistent restore point. After completing my Home lab practical, I deleted the vm, the stopped backed and deleted the backup , deleted the resource group in which…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,810 questions
asked 2026-07-01T17:06:50.8133333+00:00
Una 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T18:57:53.1+00:00
Sunil Badde 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I am trying to use user assigned identity for connecting postgres flexible server but getting failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user

I am trying to use user assigned identity for connecting postgres flexible server but getting failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user

Azure Database for PostgreSQL
asked 2026-08-06T14:21:09.1433333+00:00
Prasanna Sai Kommineni 90 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T18:26:23.2633333+00:00
Prasanna Sai Kommineni 90 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

New HP laptop experiencing HYPERVISOR_ERROR (0x20001)

Hello, I am currently having consistent problems with a crashing laptop. The laptop is still under warranty, however I would like to know if it is a windows or software issue or a potential hardware defect that should be handled by HP warranty. I first…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2026-08-06T06:44:33.7566667+00:00
Julian Medina 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T18:25:44.1+00:00
Julian Medina 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

what is "[Moderator note: Personally Identifiable Information removed]" ID mean for SharePoint online error

sharepoint online subsite owner with full right could not access page "_layouts/15/user.aspx" and subsite does not inheritance parent security setting and get Correlation ID error "[Moderator note: Personally Identifiable Information…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint | For business | Windows
asked 2026-08-04T19:43:31.34+00:00
Zou, Hong 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-08-06T18:19:35.1833333+00:00
Chris-D 1,430 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to recover MABS from existing DPMDB backup

Hi I'm ooking for any document any video or blog where someone has restored the MABS data from DPMDB backup. I have faced OS corruption on MABS server and whenever I tried to recover the MABS data from DPMDB backup I had faced errors like DPMDB alredy…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,810 questions
asked 2026-08-04T07:05:42.66+00:00
Shubham Prajapati 60 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T17:48:28.62+00:00
Shubham Prajapati 60 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Assigning number to AutoAttendant Resource Account results in "Service is unavailable. Please try again"

I am trying to assign a calling plan number to AutoAttendant Resource Account and constantly get "Service is unavailable. Please try again" I have tried different resource accounts (all licensed) I have tried from every place I can assign…

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Other
asked 2026-08-06T17:12:01.19+00:00
Ryan Fahnestock 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T17:47:56.8833333+00:00
Ryan Fahnestock 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Copilot button keeps disappearing in Word

My Copilot button keeps disappearing from the HOME ribbon. When I go in and edit the ribbon and turn copilot OFF, then the button appears but it is greyed out. When I turn it back on it disappears. It doesn't matter if I remove buttons. The extra…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
asked 2026-08-05T19:14:14.1+00:00
Emin Eralp 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T17:19:14.7066667+00:00
Chris-D 1,430 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How does an EA set time zones on new Outlook calendar invites?

THE ISSUE? TIME ZONES. New Outlook does not clearly indicate the "home" time zone of a shared mailbox/calendar when you're viewing it. I support multiple executives across multiple time zones. Classic Outlook had the delightful feature of…

Outlook | Windows | New Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2026-08-03T20:23:56.8+00:00
Tanner, Jilly 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T17:16:52.9633333+00:00
Chris-D 1,430 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't edit or type in Word doc because the function is locked

All of a sudden today, I can't edit a word doc or type in an existing or new document on my MacBookPro. The bottom of the document says "you can't make this change because the function is locked."

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | MacOS
asked 2026-08-01T01:57:44.8+00:00
Elaine Leitner 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-08-06T16:55:08.8166667+00:00
Elaine Leitner 20 Reputation points