Fingerprint sensor not working after windows update (KB060829)
Biometrics device is missing from device manager so the fingerprint sensor is not working after installing windows update KB060829. I am running windows 11 with the egistec touch fingerprint sensor. I have done a system restore to a point before the…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
how to get more complete information from Open AI / RAGS
How to Retrieve More Complete Information from OpenAI / RAGs While the results returned are accurate, we’re noticing that not all relevant documents are being retrieved. For example, when requesting a list of invoices for a specific month and year, the…
Azure AI services
New System, Reinstallation of MS-365 Personal and One Drive
This is a 'Home' issue for which I have a MS 365 Personal subscription for. Why is there no 'Home' option in 'Select a child subitem tag'? This is happening even when selecting "Windows for Home"; it reverts to "Business" when…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
the documents folder contains other important folders and isn't supported for backup
I am trying to back up my documents folder to OneDrive and keep getting the error message 'the documents folder contains other important folders and isn't supported for backup'. I've looked at the folders and they are all ones I have created. I'm not…
Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows

Unable to use serverless connection in a PromptFlow pipeline
I am running my prompt flow code as a pipeline. However, it seems like that the connection that I created in prompt flow which is referred in flow.dag.yaml. Same connection can be used in UI interface of promptflow without any issue. Serverless…
Azure AI services
What to Do When Azure Global Administrator Role has Insufficient Privileges
I have created a new Azure tenant with a custom domain. I am the only user in EntraID and I have global administrator access. However, I find that I still don't have privileged to do certain things. For example. I created a subscription but I can't add a…
Azure Cost Management
SCCM - Loop running PXE task sequence
Good morning everyone. A constant loop occurs when trying to deploy a new machine using PXE. This occurs after upgrading from version 2409 to 2503. Previously, we were able to deploy new machines successfully. In the SMSTS.log file, we see the following…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
My excel spreadsheet won't AutoSum time.
My excel spreadsheet won't AutoSum time. I have formatted the cells to be time and 1:30. If I enter =d5+d6 it will do the addition. If I enter =SUM(D5:D7) I get 0:00.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows

Authenticator app not showing sign in request.
Forced to change school password to fill out paperwork. But when I try to change password I sign in and have to authenticate it through the Authenticator app. It says enter the 2 digit code on the app, but when I enter the app there is no sign in prompt.…
System Center Operations Manager
How to have cert authentication and OAuth2 in ADF
How can have cert authentication for mSSL handshake, and OAuth2 client ID/Secret in ADF linked service.
Azure Data Factory
Issues creating an Azure Subscription
When trying to create an Azure Subscription, I get the following error: At least one Azure plan must be enabled on the invoice section to create a subscription. The selected invoice section doesn’t have any Azure plans enabled. Please select another…
Azure Cost Management
Refreshed HLK targeting Windows Server 2016
The below web page describes the HLK, the various versions, and which one is for which Windows version. Recently "refreshed" versions were released. As of today (7/7/25), the page was last updated 6/19/25.…
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Cannot redeploy AI Foundry web app
Error in the web app: There was an error generating a response. Chat history can't be saved at this time. Error code: 401 - {'error': {'code': 'PermissionDenied', 'message': 'The principal 04dbe38e-7413-4d0d-bff9-98d3b09653bd lacks the required data…
Azure AI services
Hello, First of all, I am sorry if the tags aren't appropriate. I wouldn't find the right tags. Please let me know if there are more appropriate ones. I would like to implement a "Sign in with Microsoft" button on my React app and I have…
Hello, First of all, I am sorry if the tags aren't appropriate. I wouldn't find the right tags. Please let me know if there are more appropriate ones. I would like to implement a "Sign in with Microsoft" button on my React app and I have…
Surface | Surface Headphones | Setup and pairing | Windows
How to identify/eliminate unwanted popup with green icon in upper left?
separate window with green icon in upper left corner pops up and goes away before it can be viewed. not sure if issue is browser or operating system (windows11) related.
Microsoft Edge | Microsoft Edge development

cosmos db container collection list not showing data
Containers **IDDatabaseThroughput (RU/s)**Failed to retrieve collection list. Please click Refresh to try again.Failed to retrieve collection list. Please click Refresh to try again.Data Explorer - querying returns "Error sending request: failed to…
Azure Cosmos DB
Spun up a new Kali linux server in Azure with a public ip address and NSG. TCP 22 inbound is allowed. Port queries to TCP 22 on the public interface show 'filtered'
Hello community. I have deployed a new Kali Linux server (2025.1) V2 on a defined subnet in Azure. The defined subnet does not have an NSG. The new Kali linux server does have a public ip address and an NSG attached to it. An inbound rule for TCP…
Azure Virtual Network
Unable to turn off Advance Security on DevOps project and repositories
I turned on this feature at the project level, I imported in some repos, but now I can't turn off the feature in order to import the remaining repos nor can I turn it off at the project level. It says I can turn this off at any time but yet I can't. The…
Azure DevOps
Azure SQL Database 2014-04-01 APIs will be retired on 31 October 2025
I’m using Power Automate to connect to a SQL database for reading and writing data when a record is created or updated. Will this setup be impacted by the upcoming API retirement? if yes, what'd be the migration method? Thanks, DW
Azure SQL Database
Previously assigng Static IP has changed - How to Change it back and prevent it happening again?
We have configured a static IP address. Recently this has changed without any one consciously changing it. What would be the way to change this IP back? But more importsntly is it possible to prevent the static IP changing in the first place. We had this…