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Windows 11 Pro activation error. Troubleshoot failure.
I performed a factory reset, and my Windows 11 Pro Retail digital license is showing in my Microsoft account but does not appear in the Activation Troubleshooter. Please reassign the license to this hardware ID. A while back, I switched out my old Nvidia…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2025-12-12T23:22:29.3633333+00:00
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Peeter Mägi
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answered 2025-12-13T00:50:27.4066667+00:00
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Igor Leyko
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Need to Retrieve Audit History for App Registration—Previous Configuration Lost (Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD)
We need help retrieving the history/audit logs for a specific App Registration (App ID). Our team has lost the previous configuration settings for this app and we are trying to identify who modified the app, what was changed, and whether the old…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
A cloud-based identity and access management service for securing user authentication and resource access
27,546 questions
asked 2025-12-12T23:13:03.39+00:00
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Srujana Siripurapu
0
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edited the question 2025-12-13T00:50:00.4566667+00:00
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Rukmini
10,825
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Moderator
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Previous Account hacked and products purchased lost
My old account got hacked. They had access to my email somehow, so they changed the password and even the email. I know the email they changed it to. The old account got locked (I was still getting notifications at the time), and it said that it would…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
4,267 questions
asked 2025-12-12T23:52:06.2466667+00:00
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Conan Chung
0
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answered 2025-12-13T00:48:10.7533333+00:00
Igor Leyko
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How do I remove work account settings?
Can anyone tell me why I frequently get messages like the attached screenshots? I am using my personal desktop computer. I have used it for work before, but I no longer work for the company that I worked for. I have tried removing all references to my…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
Microsoft 365 features that help users manage their subscriptions, account settings, and billing information.
22,738 questions
asked 2025-12-11T17:57:35.53+00:00
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Jonathan Lundeen
0
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commented 2025-12-13T00:46:56.3766667+00:00
EmilyS726
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How do I find a product key I purchased to upgrade from Home to Pro
In November 26, 2024 I purchased the upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro. The order number is 1438899234. Yesterday I had to reinstall Windows 11 but it has only installed Windows 11 Home. I need the Pro product key and have looked on the…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
3,980 questions
asked 2025-12-12T23:34:13.7666667+00:00
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Keith McGregor
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answered 2025-12-13T00:46:01.7033333+00:00
Igor Leyko
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why charged 2 times a month for same thing
Solitaire Premium Edition - Monthly Subscription Next charge on 12/16/2025, $1.99 plus applicable taxes Recurring billing on $1.99 Every month plus applicable taxes Payment method MasterCard **8688 Change Microsoft Solitaire Collection Premium…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
4,267 questions
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How do I fix Access denied error (close all application) when puttin drives into a pool when no applications other than storage spaces are running
I have four 4TB drives for which I want to make a Raid 5 (parity) array but I am getting a "Can't Prpare Drives" drives error (Access is denied 0x00000005) with the suggestion to "Close all applications that are accessing the…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
10,474 questions
asked 2025-12-13T00:28:38.6066667+00:00
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Shannon Bros
20
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answered 2025-12-13T00:44:45.13+00:00
Shannon Bros
20
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2 answers
Windows will not download C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package
Hello thank you for your time I can not for the life of me find out why my PC will no accept C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package it continuously has a error. I am behind on updates because I was over seas for military and it fell being on up…
Microsoft Edge | Install and update | Windows 11
Microsoft Edge | Install and update | Windows 11
Installing or updating Microsoft Edge on Windows 11
329 questions
asked 2025-12-12T23:55:01.49+00:00
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Austin Saylor
0
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edited an answer 2025-12-13T00:44:37.89+00:00
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Ivan B
88,275
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Independent Advisor
2 answers
How to fix vgk.sys on windows 11
Yo! My specs: 13th gen i7-13700kf 32gb ram b760 ds3h gigabyte motherboard Nvidia RTX 4070 On windows 10 I solved this problem by underclocking my p-cores from 56x to 54x, I tried a lot of solutions nothing worked except this. I updated to…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
29,944 questions
asked 2025-12-11T00:38:52.9166667+00:00
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Mózes Dömös
0
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commented 2025-12-13T00:44:12.48+00:00
Jonathan Deives
60,175
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Independent Advisor
1 answer
Can't disable Bitlocker to format the drive and install a Windows OS
Hi, I am trying to setup a new OS on my drive but the program doesn't let me, showing an error "BitLocker Drive Encryption is enebled on the selected partition. Suspend bitLocker in the Control Panel, and then restart the installation." So…
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
17,216 questions
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2 answers
How it is that this can be done from someone else to my pc? ...
I appreciated very much the help from the microsoft/windows people who joined with my pc to check out whether there was any malicious software. I'm glad there isn't, but the problem is still happening. Just now. I always try to get video of this event…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
7,490 questions
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4 answers
sihost.exe problem Windows 11 25H2
Hi, so, yesterday I just installed Windows 11 25H2, at first it seemed smooth and fine, however, when I installed Roblox, I noticed that my Windows was lagging, I opened the start menu but it wouldn't open, as if the taskbar wasn't working, I tried…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
8,326 questions
asked 2025-12-10T10:10:23.09+00:00
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Louis Davin
0
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answered 2025-12-13T00:42:04.57+00:00
Ivan B
88,275
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Independent Advisor
2 answers
Bug in Bing Webmaster Tools OAuth 2.0?
Hi, while creating a web app that uses the Bing Webmaster Tools API with OAuth 2.0 credentials, I ran into several issues. The documentation on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bingwebmaster/oauth2 seems to have some errors. The common assumption (on…
Bing | Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing | Bing Webmaster Tools
A Microsoft service that provides website owners with tools to monitor, analyze, and optimize their site's performance in Bing search results.
338 questions
asked 2025-12-12T19:35:12.8133333+00:00
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RA van Hagen
0
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commented 2025-12-13T00:41:34.55+00:00
RA van Hagen
0
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1 answer
Copied text doesn't display in y default font
I set Book Antiqua as my default but whenever I paste text into an email is displays Calibri. How can I permanently change this? Thank you.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
Microsoft 365 and Office | Other
Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
4,267 questions
asked 2025-12-13T00:41:16.75+00:00
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Cheryl Lieberman
0
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answered 2025-12-13T00:41:30.29+00:00
Q&A Assist
1 answer
December 11/12 2025 Update
Hello! Not really a question but more of a PSA/statement. The December 11/12 2025 windows update that was pushed out has a drive corruption problem!!! I installed the update approximately 12am CST December 12 2025. when I went to use my computer later,…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
13,632 questions
asked 2025-12-13T00:41:20.4833333+00:00
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Lykosuna
0
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answered 2025-12-13T00:41:27.1766667+00:00
Q&A Assist
2 answers
double billed on different accounts
I have been charged for Microsoft storage on my gmail account and the full 365 on my hotmail account. I want to be reimbursed for one of them.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | Other | Other
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | Other | Other
Microsoft 365 features that help users manage their subscriptions, account settings, and billing information.
1,507 questions
asked 2025-12-10T01:45:29.0333333+00:00
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Clancy Kiener
0
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commented 2025-12-13T00:40:06.4166667+00:00
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clancy kiener
0
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4 answers
Constant Kernel-Power 41 Every Few Hours
Recently have upgraded my PC from and i5-10600k to Ryzen 7 78003xd, have changed my motherboard to MAG B650 Tomahawk Wifi. Bought another SSD (Samsung 990 2TB) together with my old one (Samsung 860 evo 1TB), added new RAM DDR5 32GB Patriot 30cl, and had…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
29,944 questions
asked 2025-12-12T18:17:45.7533333+00:00
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erikas pleikys
0
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commented 2025-12-13T00:38:18.36+00:00
Ivan B
88,275
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Independent Advisor
2 answers
Ibispaint won't let me get any subscription.
I've tired to purchase the pro add-on but nothing happens. On the ibispaint page it says xiu can only purchase through the Microsoft account. But when I click to purchase nothing pops up. No store page or anything. It only buffers and then closes the…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
1,350 questions
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1 answer
Trash folders missing from outlook on a new computer setup
I'm setting up a new computer and the Trash Folders are missing on outlook
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
29,030 questions
asked 2025-12-13T00:36:13.07+00:00
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Kerry Calvert
0
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answered 2025-12-13T00:36:21.33+00:00
Q&A Assist
1 answer
Libre Office Interfering with Microsoft Word
I'm using Microsoft Word - but recently installed Libre Office onto the same machine (Windows 11 Pro). In Microsoft Word I attempted to add an Open TextDocument Object from the Insert tab. Microsoft Word appeared to be hanging and then some weird…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
8,620 questions
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