10,444 questions
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Windows 10 with Lord of the Rings - Battle for Middle Earth II
The game had been working with Windows 8.1 however will not load under Windows 10
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Gaming
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2015-07-22T16:21:46+00:00
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2025-07-07T19:45:49.71+00:00
Anonymous
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March Windows 8.1 update broke Realtek I2S audio
Hi, I have a Samsung XE500T1C slate that till the beginning of March was working great. After a Windows update the slate never booted back into Windows. A system restore worked fine till the next week when the Windows updates were re-installed. …
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
35,500 questions
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2015-03-31T21:34:51+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:45:49.71+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
HP Stream Gift Card
How do a receive my $25 Microsoft store gift card, for purchasing a HP Stream.
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Microsoft Store
1,234 questions
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2015-01-31T17:44:09+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:45:49.71+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
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Windows 8 occasional no sound problem. The device is being used by another application.
Hi, I have been having sound problems with the speakers on an HP Ultrabook running Windows 8. Occasionally the laptop speakers stop working. When this occurs, I go to Control Panel>Sound, select the speakers(only one set to select), select Configure…
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
35,500 questions
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2014-07-10T14:01:39+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:44:32.73+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
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Windows 8 / 8.1 - Num Lock on startup screen
Hi, When I start up my pc and get to the screen where I need to enter my password, sometimes the NumLock key is activated, sometimes it isn't. This is really random. I have the same problem on 2 different pc's, one win 8 and the other win 8.1 ***Post…
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
35,500 questions
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2013-11-13T13:32:19+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:44:32.73+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
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Install Windows live mail on Windows 8.
Original title: windows mail on W8 to windows live mail? I hate the mail program on my new laptop, Windows 8. How can I change the email program to Windows Live Mail as I use with Windows 7? ***Post moved by the moderator to the appropriate forum…
Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
3,854 questions
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2013-03-13T19:01:11+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:28:46.9366667+00:00
Anonymous
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Windows 8 - Hitachi Touro Pro
Can anyone help me out with this. I have 4 x 2TB Hitachi Touro Pro external hard drives. All work 100% in Windows 7. However, they do not work under Windows 8. When connected you will hear the sound notifying you a USB device was attached but not…
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
35,500 questions
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2012-10-29T18:44:53+00:00
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2025-07-07T19:27:30.85+00:00
Anonymous
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How to Install .net framework 1.1 in Windows 7 64-bit?
Net framework 1.1 incompatible and will not run in Windows 7 64-bit. I desperately need the program to work, and it is dependent on 1.1 being installed.
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
16,394 questions
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2009-11-25T19:40:06+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:25:10.87+00:00
Anonymous
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Sys Tray icon discussion on 22572 +
Split from this thread. 22572.100 ni_release one issue so far Won't let me move my system tray icons where I want anymore. Other than that, installed fine on both laptops.
Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Personalization and accessibility
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2022-03-13T21:01:33+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:10:57.31+00:00
Anonymous
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Snipping Tool issues with Build 25295
Split from this thread. Sure did. Tried also repair and reset. It didn't help. Would be nice to be able to install older versions in cases like this. Hi Sibro, I solved the Snipping Tool problem by restoring 25284 and then upgrading to 25295…
Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Desktop environment and Start menu
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2023-02-11T14:14:11+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:10:57.31+00:00
Anonymous
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Why did the robux option disappear in Microsoft rewards?
I spent almost a year building up my points to get robux and now the option has disappeared! I am really sad about this.
Bing | Microsoft Rewards
Bing | Microsoft Rewards
A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.
8,357 questions
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2024-11-06T23:53:41+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-07T19:07:10.72+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
Surface Pro 3 short battery life
Split from this thread. I was wondering if I have a defective unit. I have an i5 surface pro 3 and I only get about 4 hours of battery life playing YouTube videos at about 40 % brightness and about 5 hours of web browsing. The computer shuts off when…
Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery
2,495 questions
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2016-08-15T19:41:38+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-06-30T16:14:36.5966667+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
Surface Pro 4, annoying noise from the back!
Can someone explain why the back of my surface pro 4 (only when the brightness isn't 0% or 100%) makes a noise? For example, when it is on 25% of brightness it starts making a strange noise slight like a whistling... Can someone help me?
Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery
2,495 questions
asked
2015-11-27T23:44:34+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-06-30T16:14:36.5966667+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers
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LPD Service stops after CVE-2024-38027
I've already 3 different servers (Win2016-Win2022-Win11) that have LPD Service stopping/crashing after applying July Updates with CVE-2024-38027 Anybody else with same problem? Removing Updates solved the problem but it's not the ideal solution.
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | System management components
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2024-07-11T09:18:26+00:00
Anonymous
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2024-07-18T07:48:11+00:00
Anonymous
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MS Word Read Aloud voice changes tone
I'm using the Read Aloud feature, and the "female" voice changed its tone when it hit this one paragraph. I don't think there's anything special about the text, but the voice changed to sound emotionally elated. Why is it doing this, when I…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
62,747 questions
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2024-03-20T11:04:45+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-21T21:07:42.5566667+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers
Force sync in OneDrive
Is there any way of forcing OneDrive to sync? Let's say a user uploads a document on one client, and user 2 wants to access that document immediately on his client, but onedrive haven't synced that folder yet. Is there a way to force a manual sync?…
Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | Other | Windows
Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | Other | Windows
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
1,974 questions
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2024-02-13T08:24:30+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-21T21:07:42.5566667+00:00
Anonymous
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Hi, using Exchange 365 and GMAIL is bouncing all emails -- unsolicited email from your IP address
I did all the domain checks and everything is checking out fine. SPF and reverse DNS are all correct. "Remote server returned '550 5.4.300 Message expired -> 421 4.7.28 [2a01:111:f403:7052::701 15] Our system has detected an unusual;rate of…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Other
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Other
Microsoft 365 features that help users manage their subscriptions, account settings, and billing information.
19,083 questions
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2023-09-09T15:18:02+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-21T21:06:33.8+00:00
Anonymous
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How Can I Reduce Size of Ribbon Icons & Text in Office 365 / 2016?
Since MS Office was updated earlier in 2019 (for me) I have had this stupidly sized ribbon that takes up about double the screen area compared to previous iterations of Office. I want to reduce it, so do many other people it seems but there seems to be …
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Other
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Other
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
12,327 questions
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2019-09-26T00:38:24+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-21T20:59:35.05+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers
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Disk Utility warnings in OS X Mojave and OneDrive for mac
OneDrive for Mac (v 18.222.1104.0007) is causing error in OS X Disk Utility (OS X Mojave 10.14.2 and 10.14.1): warning: inode_val: object (oid 0xcb5b5): invalid bsd_flags (0x10) Found this being OneDrive by re-installing the operating system and also by…
Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
16,149 questions
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2018-12-26T09:46:26+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-21T20:58:36.7066667+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers
Excel 2013 High CPU Usage
We work on a product that uses Excel, we are now testing all aspects of Excel 2013. During these tests, we seem to have encountered a problem where excel suddenly causes high CPU usage by only drawing some shapes. We have been able to minimize the…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
57,911 questions
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2013-10-21T13:21:14+00:00
Anonymous
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2025-07-21T20:54:17.3966667+00:00
Anonymous