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Message says "The Microsoft account doesn't exist. Enter a different account or get a new one."

I am trying to sign in to a new computer using my Microsoft account. I know the account is valid because it is the same one I am using in this forum. But, I get a message saying "The Microsoft account doesn't exist. Enter a different account or get…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-04-07T23:57:25.717+00:00
S. Lenear 86 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-17T15:13:55.57+00:00
BOWEN Philicia 0 Reputation points
26 answers

Windows 10 2021-05 KB5003173 x86 Update Fails on 2nd boot restart / cold boot - NOT Edge Chromium Related

As stated in the Title: Win10 20H2 2021-05 KB5003173 update on an x86 (32bit) version of Win 10 Pro. Needed x86 for some 16 bit apps. Edge Chromium is (was) working fine and has NEVER been removed. Once the update is installed and the system…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,025 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-05-24T21:28:24.743+00:00
Doug Shobe 16 Reputation points
answered 2021-08-03T07:44:01.15+00:00
Ken 6 Reputation points
18 answers

Windows failed to apply the Deployed Printer Connections settings.

I am experiencing an issue with Deployment of Printers from GPO. This just started last week after I replaced existing 2012r2 DC and 2012R2 Print Server with New 2019 DC and Print Server If a user had already gotten their printers from GPO they are…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,557 questions
Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,979 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,561 questions
Windows Server Printing
Windows Server Printing
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Printing: Printer centralized deployment and management, scan and fax resources management, and document services
652 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-09-27T16:53:30.523+00:00
DanHoffa 46 Reputation points
commented 2024-04-30T13:34:06.8933333+00:00
Gianni Gennaro 5 Reputation points
18 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Format Bitlocker encrypted disk without key

I have a SSD disk bitlocker encrypted, but i don't know the key. I don't want to recover any data, i just want to format it, but it doesn't allow to format. Can anyone help?

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-04-14T10:05:11.04+00:00
Pedro Alves 96 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-10-19T00:55:20.0166667+00:00
Mark Johnson 0 Reputation points
18 answers

Bitlocker encryption on USB only works after volume removal

Hello, When connecting new USB sticks to a laptop, our users cannot encrypt using Bitlocker. They get the error: the drive cannot be encrypted because it contains system boot information. Create a separate partition... This issue persists after…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2020-12-04T11:39:29.713+00:00
Detal John 1 Reputation point
answered 2023-08-21T09:30:50.9766667+00:00
Alex 0 Reputation points
17 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

KB2267602 - Error fail for update. And Virus & therat protection

i am tried update and. but problem my virus & therat protection and not work s. but them restart still problem keep them Auto off and on... https://prnt.sc/1yyrley

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,489 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-11-10T02:42:06.5+00:00
Troy Wright 71 Reputation points
answered 2021-11-10T03:59:02.087+00:00
Troy Wright 71 Reputation points
16 answers

BitLocker SCCM CB - Non-Compliance

New setup of CM. Setting up MBAM. Copied all settings that were in GPO. Everything works, but client still reports back as non-compliant for the Fixed Drive settings. Is there a log or something that can direct us to find the reason or the setting…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager
asked 2021-02-08T20:20:17.863+00:00
Matt Dillon 1,211 Reputation points
answered 2023-04-17T13:52:54.6566667+00:00
Ernest POLA FOKO 0 Reputation points
16 answers

Bitlocker - "Turn on Bitlocker" vanished for USB Drives

Hello, I run Win 10 Pro machines both at work (on a Domain) and Home (standalone machines - both situations have the same problem. All machines are 2004 with the latest patches. Until recently I could bitlocker Encrypt external USB Drives (memory…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,025 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2020-10-29T20:32:05.163+00:00
Julian Floyd 96 Reputation points
commented 2021-08-15T21:53:19.973+00:00
Dapinder Sandhu 1 Reputation point
16 answers

Windows Defender

how do I remove windows defender too enable me from downloading a software needed for my game this is what comes up when I try too download the .exe file. windows defender stops it. C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye\BEService.exe Contact your…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-03-03T22:19:49.533+00:00
harry palmer 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-03-24T02:38:19.25+00:00
Jenny Feng 14,096 Reputation points
15 answers

When trying to access my bitlocker key, im getting this error: "Sorry, something went wrong. We’re not sure what happened, but refreshing the page may help, or trying again in a little while."

I am trying to access my Laptop, its a Gateway laptop. I logged into my MS account at aka.ms/myrecoverykey. Once logged in i see the error "Sorry, something went wrong. We’re not sure what happened, but refreshing the page may help, or trying again…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2023-09-15T17:46:21.65+00:00
Rodney Robertson 95 Reputation points
answered 2023-12-08T19:01:04.2866667+00:00
Bernard COULON 0 Reputation points
14 answers

A fatal error occurred while creating a TLS client credential.

Hey guys, I've created restrictions on our client devices so that they are only allowed to use TLS 1.2 Now in the event viewer i see tons of error messages: "A fatal error occurred while creating a TLS client credential. The internal…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2022-02-09T14:35:23.477+00:00
Mathias Ottsen 116 Reputation points
commented 2023-10-10T09:50:16.0833333+00:00
Nick M. Kulkarni 21 Reputation points
12 answers

You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access

Hi Sir i have two PCs: PC-A: Windows 10 1909 PC-B: Windows 7 (have a shared folder) everything working well when PC-A is Windows 10 1803, after upgrade to 1909, i will get below error when accessing PC-B shared folder "You can’t…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,979 questions
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,296 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2020-08-05T05:51:36.057+00:00
Ray Huang 6 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-24T08:31:04.2066667+00:00
Qamar Idrees 0 Reputation points
12 answers

Items requiring elevation for an app to run as non-admin user

I have a problem with an application that will run only for admin, not for regular user. It is a Chrome plugin for a client's DVR (security camera monitoring) system on a Windows 10 computer. I install the required (Chrome) plugin as a local admin.…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2020-12-25T10:54:26.313+00:00
Brian Hart 296 Reputation points
edited an answer 2024-01-23T15:19:41.5533333+00:00
Justin V 5 Reputation points
12 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Legal Notice banner is truncated

I have number of Server 2019 and Windows 10 machines that need to have a Legal Notice displayed before logon. I have configured the relevant GPO's (Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on and Interactive logon: Message title…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,557 questions
Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,979 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,119 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2022-11-08T14:47:45.117+00:00
Tim C (ICS Security) 66 Reputation points
accepted 2022-11-13T15:00:17.557+00:00
Tim C (ICS Security) 66 Reputation points
12 answers

Unable to enable TPM on Surface Book 2 - TPM failure

Hello Commuity, while trying to upgrade my SB2 to Windows 11, I noticed that my TPM 2.0 is not enabled. So I tried to activate it via the UEFI BIOS, but without success. Every time I get the error message: "TPM failure - The system failed to…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,728 questions
asked 2021-10-21T14:52:56.813+00:00
Jonas Settele 11 Reputation points
commented 2022-07-12T16:12:33.41+00:00
M. Thevarajan 6 Reputation points
12 answers

KB5010342 Breaks Network Printing (again)

Windows updates continue to cause us issues with network printing (v3 or v4 drivers) - this time KB5010342. After installing the update, we can no longer print to network printers. When trying to add a network printer, we receive a UAC prompt then the…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,025 questions
Windows Server Printing
Windows Server Printing
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Printing: Printer centralized deployment and management, scan and fax resources management, and document services
652 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2022-02-23T12:36:43.083+00:00
Dan C 16 Reputation points
answered 2022-04-12T14:41:29.053+00:00
Bradley Reeves 1 Reputation point
11 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

UAC prompt is blocked when I use Quick Assist

Hi all, I have the following trouble when I use Quick Assist tool of Windows 10: all users inside company are "Standard User" and they can not run any software as Administrator. Sometimes these users ask me remote support, so we use Quick…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,025 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-01-20T16:34:21.88+00:00
Federico Coppola 1,181 Reputation points
edited an answer 2024-05-27T08:24:09.4433333+00:00
Peter Dornauer 35 Reputation points
11 answers

BitLocker - Key ID

Hello, My daughter activated the BitLocker in my computer but the recovery I am able to pull up does not match the key ID on listed on the computer. Is there another way to recover the key id? Could I possibly have made another account I don’t remember…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-07-01T18:50:30.217+00:00
Tayrin ORand 36 Reputation points
commented 2024-01-29T07:03:31.05+00:00
4DEB2B42-A789-4742-837A-5526A9840BB8 0 Reputation points
11 answers

Safety Scanner found 12 infected files but scan results said no problems detected

I ran a Microsoft Security Scan and during the scan I could see that it had found 12 infected files. When the scan completed, it said that there were no viruses, spyware, or other potentially unwanted software detected. I have attached screen shots. …

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-06-03T16:12:29.03+00:00
Catwoman 31 Reputation points
commented 2024-01-26T14:19:13.6833333+00:00
Joan Resina Lopez 0 Reputation points
11 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Multi-app Kiosk's Allowed desktop App Triggering Restrictions Error Message Box

On our multi-app kiosk, the message box titled "Restrictions" with the following message appears each time the system attempts to start "%SYSTEM32%\CLEANMGR.EXE"; which is an allowed app. "This operation has been cancelled…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,979 questions
Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
1,918 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,812 questions
asked 2021-04-27T18:49:24.24+00:00
MrMJFisher 46 Reputation points
answered 2022-12-14T21:41:41.557+00:00
MrMJFisher 46 Reputation points