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Missing icon breakout rooms

Hi,  I'm a teacher using a teams account connected with the school! When I start a meeting in Teams I can't see the icon for the use of breakoutrooms. I checked the microsoft guide for working with the breakout rooms, but I can't get the icon to appear…

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Other
asked 2021-01-08T12:40:54+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Banned from Microsoft Community (commenting on an MSN article)

* Locked. I was reading an article from Microsoft Edge and noticed in the comment section that I was "banned from making comments" for violating the community standards. I thought, "well that's interesting, I have never made a comment…

Windows for home | Other | Apps
asked 2022-01-05T23:06:17+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Windows 10 Update KB5012599 Failed to Install - Error Code: 0x800f0831

KB5012599 downloads 100%, then after a period of inactivity it pauses at Installing 20% for an extended period of time, after which it shows that it has installed 100%, but about a minute after that it generates the 0x800f0831 error with matching failure…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2022-04-15T15:33:10+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

USB power setting is missing from the Power Options (running Windows 11)

I am trying to manage my USB power plan settings but the USB option is missing from the Advanced Power Settings option. Control Panel/System and Security/Power Options/Edit Plan Settings/Change Advanced Power Settings FYI: I am running Windows 11 Home…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2022-04-03T16:35:44+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Black screen after installing Nvidia driver.

I've been dealing with this for a few weeks now. Anytime I try to update my driver to a Nvidia driver the screen will go black. It'll make a noise when I click on my mouse like there's a pop up but obviously I can't see it. When you restart the computer…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2022-09-27T22:50:49+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

How to output audio to multiple devices in Windows 11?

Is there any other way to send audio output to 2 different devices in windows 11?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2022-07-06T12:27:18+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Frequent Blue screen errors 0x00000109

Like in the title I've been getting frequent bsod error codes all which are 0x00000109 i have been getting the blue screens mainly when playing games for a little but sometimes when I'm not even doing nothing i got the dump files here…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2022-07-20T03:23:04+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

DNS request timed out in command prompt

Hello, I've been experiencing issues with Halo MCC giving me this weird microstutter when I play online. In diagnosing it I've reinstalled windows completely, tried multiple sets of hardware (3 motherboards, 2 processors, 2 sets of ram, 2 graphics cards,…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Internet and connectivity
asked 2023-01-25T04:59:30+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

bypass "lets connect you to a network"

Hi, I'm trying to bypass the screen "lets connect you to a network" to install windows 10 on my machine. I've tried 3 different ways as follows: ALT + F4 - My machine just tries to connect to the internet even though I'm not connected to any…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2022-11-11T06:11:31+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

c/efi/microsoft/boot/cipolicies/active/{..}.cip is corrupted

Hi, I cannot recover my Windows 11 machine after some updates were installed, I can see that file c/efi/microsoft/boot/cipolicies/active/{..}.cip is corrupted according to SrtTrail.txt file. How can I restore my Windows 11?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2021-10-31T14:23:30+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Windows crashes in sleep mode

When I leave my laptop untouched for a while it goes to sleep mode, but now windows just crashes. When I try to boot it it does not respond and after some time the fans just start blowing on full speed. I just press the power button for 5 seconds to shut…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2021-11-28T12:56:37+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Onedrive seems to have created its own drive G partition and moved my previous drive G partition to drive L

One drive has messed up my partitions in that I had a drive G called WorkArea (G) that has the one drive folders to sync on it, along with all other files and folders on it. Somehow my G drive WorkArea (G) (partition) was reallocated to drive L …

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2021-10-01T22:00:28+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Intel Core i7-6700HQ Not Getting The Windows 11 Update?

Hi there, The Intel core i7-6700HQ is still even in 2021, a pretty powerful CPU, what led Microsoft to decide that PC users with this CPU should not get an update to windows 11? It is not so that this CPU can't handle the Windows 11 operating system.…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2021-10-13T03:29:44+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Windows 11 - how do I set default view for details (other thread solutions don't work or Windows 11)

Every time I select the details view in a folder, I have to re-select what details I want (file type, length, etc) to the same thing. I have read many threads, but they seem to not be for Windows 11. There is no "Organize" option that I can…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2023-03-19T14:30:57+00:00
Anonymous
recommended 2025-11-16T13:54:54.63+00:00
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46 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can I monitor services for changes in specific properties?

My aim is to log the events when service "Log On As" property has been changed. I am trying to find out who changed this property, the name of service and the new value of property.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
asked 2023-02-23T10:19:00+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

all of my function keys are performing other functions than what it is supposed to do

when i press increase sound it acts as a shourtcut for find in page and light up keyboard(f5) will refresh my webpage, like this all my function keys are performing different things but the rest of my keys work normally and sticky keys toggle keys etc…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings
asked 2023-05-16T19:47:17+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

We couldn't install windows in the location you chose. 0x80300024

Switched on my Acer laptop and got an error 'No bootable device'. Then created a bootable pendrive and loaded Windows 10. Now when I'm trying to install, I'm getting the error 'We couldn’t install Windows in the location you chose. Please check your…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
asked 2023-05-16T13:24:47+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

There is a red target like a scope crosshair in the middle of my screen.

Cannot turn it off. I can move it around but that's it. It overlays over anything on the screen.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings
asked 2023-05-01T01:23:39+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

Please help with my BSODS. I cannot get away from them!

Hi all. Had this machine for a couple years. The specs are listed below: Operating System Windows 11 Pro 64-bit CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 49 °C Matisse 7nm Technology RAM 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 3600MHz (18-22-22-42) Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2023-05-28T15:24:47+00:00
Anonymous
46 answers

why can't I add tags to video files in windows 10 file explorer

For some reason I cannot add tags or edit metadata for videos in Windows 10 file explorer, but I can in Windows 11. Do I have something set incorrectly?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2023-07-21T20:55:28+00:00
Anonymous