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Bing homepage quiz not working properly

When I am on the Bing homepage quiz, I answer a question, but it fails to load the quiz again, not letting me completing the quiz. This will break my Microsoft Rewards day streak. Any tips?

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Error redeeming reward with points ("There’s an issue with your account or order Please contact Microsoft Rewards customer support for assistance.")

Hi, I've an issue in that when trying to redeem reward points, it states the above. I'm not sure why this is. I have read that accounts can be suspended, but I've had this account for years and followed the t&C's. Any advice? Thanks

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microsoft daily streaks will be back soon:

why is my microsoft daily streaks showing "it'll be back soon"? yesterday and all it was showing but today, it says "it'll be back soon" why is that? also it doesnt say "seasonal streaks."

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How to do I connect 3 external monitors to my surface pro 7?

I have connected 2 monitors to my microsoft surface dock and my 3rd monitor using usb-c to hdmi, but i cant run 3 at the same time. why is this so? How to fix this? As soon as I unplug one of the monitors the other 2 work, in any combination. Help!

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Surface Pro 4 battery percentage doesn't change while charging

Since the Windows 10 anniversary update, my surface's battery percentage does not change when it is charging. When I unplug the charger, then it changes the battery percentage right away, but the percentage does not change when the charger is actually…

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High pitched very disturbing noise off my Surface Pro

I have had my first surface pro sent on a warranty run because of it producing a very annoying high pitched disturbing noise which came (in "waves") a little now and then, whenever I am using the tablet. It did not come from the fan, I know how…

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Surface Dock Firmware Updater won't install - Failed to install SurfaceBaseFwUpdateDriver.dll

Hi I'm trying to install a firmware update for the Surface Dock I am using connected to my (first generation) Surface Book. Primarily I'm trying to do this so I can charge my iPhone from the Surface Dock without having the connection repeatedly connect…

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Surface Laptop 4 + dock - Mouse & keyboard lag / freeze

Hi, This issue has been plaguing the Surface products - and I'm "glad" to report that the Laptop 4 is also suffering from it. The problem: When I connect USB peripherals (especially gaming mice and keyboards) to the Surface Dock, they lag…

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Can't adjust screen brightness on Surface Pro 4. Not with the keyboard or with action center.

I am having a problem with adjusting the screen brightness on my Surface Pro 4. (It happened a few days after the new Windows 10 Creators update) I can't change with neither the keyboard using "FN+Del" or "FN+Backspace", nor with…

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Surface RT and Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive

I'm having problem using my flash drive on Surface RT. recently, 95% of the time, when I plug my Extreme USB 3.0 flash drive into Surface RT, I get no response from the system, the indicator on the flash drive does not illuminate, there is no sound (the…

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Surface Pro 8 Camera Not Working - yet white light remains on?

Split from this thread. I too have a similar problem with the camera and Surface Pro 8. I use Windows Hello to log in and after the device has been left for some time the device will unlock but if you then try to use video in a Teams call the screen…

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Surface Pro 3 Throttling Solution?

Hi! I received my surface pro 3 about 2 weeks ago and so far my experience has been great while surfing the internet, personalizing it to my needs, watching videos, and writing with the stylus. I have seen how the surface one and surface pro 2 can…

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Surface Pro has no sound when external display is connected

When I have an external monitor connected via the mini displayport on the Surface Pro, there is no sound played through the Surface's speakers. I have plug in speakers into the mini audio out. Does the mini-dp on Surface support audio and is trying to …

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OneDrive shared folder shortcut stopped working as expected

Update #2: Found another thread that seem to be talking about the same issue: Issue with OneDrive Desktop App - Shared Folders Became Web Links But none of them seem to provide solution to this problem. Update: Looks like there is already a post about…

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Microsoft forms responses are not syncing automatically to onedrive/sharepoint

We used to have an excel system running off the final line of the excel sheet generated by forms. I have a new tenant and forms is using the new GUI I send some responses inside forms, but the results are not synced/updated inside my sharepoint/onedrive…

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File and Folder opening bug on Apple devices

Occasionally, when trying to open a file or document library in one of our SharePoint sites, instead of opening the file/folder, SharePoint prompts the user to download a file named "preload" (Speicific message - "Do you want to download…

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Fix for "Clipboard Error. We couldn't copy the content of the clipboard"

There have been many posts on how to fix the message Clipboard Error. We couldn't copy the content to the clipboard because its in use by another application. I tried many of the suggestions: Turn off live preview Clear the clipboard Reboot Repair…

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Excel Does Nothing When Inserting/Deleting Rows or Columns

When using excel since the May 30th update, Excel does nothing when inserting/deleting rows/columns. The insert and insert paste row/column options are not greyed out on right click. When the insert option is selected, nothing happens. Same for the…

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Onedrive shared folders shorcuts is showing as .url on the onedrive folder

I am Sharing a folder in personal One Drive with another personal onedrive account. When the other part recieve the link and want to add the shortcut to his account, it creates a .url direct to internet link on the onedrive folder that opens the folder…

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Unwanted Buttons keep Getting Added to the quick access toolbar

For some reason Access keeps adding, Save, Undo and Redo, to the quick access toolbar. Any way to stop this behavior? James

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1,611,581 questions

Bing homepage quiz not working properly

Error redeeming reward with points ("There’s an issue with your account or order Please contact Microsoft Rewards customer support for assistance.")

microsoft daily streaks will be back soon:

How to do I connect 3 external monitors to my surface pro 7?

Surface Pro 4 battery percentage doesn't change while charging

High pitched very disturbing noise off my Surface Pro

Surface Dock Firmware Updater won't install - Failed to install SurfaceBaseFwUpdateDriver.dll

Surface Laptop 4 + dock - Mouse & keyboard lag / freeze

Can't adjust screen brightness on Surface Pro 4. Not with the keyboard or with action center.

Surface RT and Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Surface Pro 8 Camera Not Working - yet white light remains on?

Surface Pro 3 Throttling Solution?

Surface Pro has no sound when external display is connected

OneDrive shared folder shortcut stopped working as expected

Microsoft forms responses are not syncing automatically to onedrive/sharepoint

File and Folder opening bug on Apple devices

Fix for "Clipboard Error. We couldn't copy the content of the clipboard"

Excel Does Nothing When Inserting/Deleting Rows or Columns

Onedrive shared folders shorcuts is showing as .url on the onedrive folder

Unwanted Buttons keep Getting Added to the quick access toolbar