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How to change the Trusted Location folder's properties (remove read only)

I am the system administrator. I'm trying to change the property "read only" for the trusted location folder. I can change the property but when I try to apply the change I'm told that my administrator has to give permission. What's…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2025-07-11T21:12:59.22+00:00
Richard Matthews 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-12T00:25:46.05+00:00
Yve-cg 90 Reputation points
2 answers

My admin is locked out of his account due to authentication on a new phone.

My admin is locked out of his account due to authentication on a new phone. I have admin abilities but it won't let me sign in either or contact ANYONE from Microsoft 365. We just want to get on and pay out fricking bill. We have submitted support call…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login
asked 2025-07-11T19:04:23.4266667+00:00
Blake Inglin 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-12T00:19:54.56+00:00
Diane P 0 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Azure VM in-place upgrade from 2012 R2 to 2019 got active directory error

Try to in-place upgrade from 2012 R2 to 2019, but got these warning,

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
9,066 questions
asked 2025-07-12T00:17:53.5366667+00:00
Ben Xiao 0 Reputation points
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How to fix DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION blue screen

I get this blue screen randomly at various times. It does not happen when virtualization is off in BIOS, but as soon as I enable it again, it occurs randomly. I tried to update the graphics driver, but it didn't help.

Microsoft Teams | Development
asked 2025-07-12T00:16:29.7933333+00:00
Emrah 0 Reputation points
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I'm getting a lot of BSODs especially ones related to memory

I recently bought a new mobo (msi b450 pro max 2) and a new cpu (ryzen 7 3700x) and bought new 2 X 8GB ddr4 3200mhz sticks of ram, I ran the pc and everything went well until suddenly I started to get a lot of BSODs with errors such as (memory…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2025-07-11T19:24:07.11+00:00
Haret hh 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-12T00:13:42.93+00:00
Haret hh 0 Reputation points
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Azure Automationa account dissapeared during migration to different subscription

Hello, I was migrating the Azure Automation account from one subscription to another, and during the process, this resource got lost. Can you help me to find it or tell me how to proceed in this case? Thanks a lot, Adam K.

Azure Automation
Azure Automation
An Azure service that is used to automate, configure, and install updates across hybrid environments.
1,369 questions
asked 2025-07-10T08:35:28.2033333+00:00
Adam Kubak 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-07-12T00:09:56.9333333+00:00
Naveena Patlolla 3,850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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In Outlook app on Windows 11, I cannot send emails from Yahoo aliases (in only sends from the "parent" yahoo email address.

In Outlook app (not Classic Outlook for Windows, nor "for business) on Windows 11, I cannot send emails from Yahoo aliases (in only sends from the "parent" yahoo email address. How can I fix this? Long ago, I added a Yahoo Account to…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2025-07-12T00:06:31.9033333+00:00
James Santiago Petersen 1 Reputation point
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CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED ntoskrnl.exe

I see that my pc sometimes boots too fast and some apps that need to start at windows dont start at all( sometimes*). Most of the times when I see this BSOD is when I boot my PC. Even before appearing the manufacturers logo and the loading circle it…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-07-11T23:27:32.4333333+00:00
PixelAsh 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-12T00:04:00.22+00:00
PixelAsh 0 Reputation points
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OneDrive Shared Folders no longer functioning in Windows File Explorer

I access my work files via a Shared Folder in OneDrive. Previously, I was able to access and interact with the shared folder within my Windows File Explorer. About 2 weeks ago, the shared drive in my File Explorer started malfunctioning. Now when I click…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-06-24T05:52:52.5133333+00:00
Wendy Gordon 260 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-07-12T00:02:14.7766667+00:00
Gary 0 Reputation points
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Unable to Verify My Identity Due to 2FA Issues

Hello Microsoft Support Team, I am experiencing an issue while trying to recover access to my Microsoft account. My account has two-factor authentication enabled, and my primary phone number and email are already linked. However, when I attempt to reset…

Microsoft Security
Microsoft Security
A suite of security solutions designed to protect identities, devices, and data across organizations. Including Intune, Entra, Authenticator, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Defender, and more, it offers advanced threat protection, compliance management, and secure access to resources.
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asked 2025-07-11T16:26:43.9133333+00:00
F F 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-12T00:01:29.7566667+00:00
quietman7 MVP Alumni 0 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Critical Error Start menu isn't working. StartMenuExperienceHost.exe is gone somehow.

I keep getting a message saying: "Critical Error. Your Start menu isn't working. We'll try to fix it the next time you sign in." Most advice I see online refers to StartMenuExperienceHost.exe in the Details section of Task Manager but I've…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-07-12T00:01:01.1+00:00
Thanh Nguyen 0 Reputation points
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Kernel Related BSODs.

**hopefully this link works properly with the minidump files!! https://1drv.ms/u/c/0e8425c84560aea5/EULMDSRvnUZCpeiZmpDq9jgBIfh0RRkzezGwzXcNGDAP1A?e=r445Ts Honestly where do I start, I've replaced so much hardware over the past few months to try fix the…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-07-11T23:52:09.8466667+00:00
Bethany 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-07-12T00:00:32.4333333+00:00
Bethany 0 Reputation points
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transferring one time subscription to another computer

I paid for a one time microsoft 365 subscription, My computer crashed and i can't delete it from old computer. What do I do?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
asked 2025-07-11T23:32:50.7933333+00:00
a b 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-11T23:59:24.01+00:00
John Korchok 6,721 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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I'm getting this error message that says "This command isn't available".

I first noticed this problem with Excel, but I decided to try Word and got the same message. The commands were to get help and initially in Excel I just wanted to get the column to fit the width of the text, something I have done multiple times in the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows
asked 2025-07-11T23:59:15.3333333+00:00
Susan Carlsen 0 Reputation points
0 answers

How do I stop windows firewall (mpssvc) from being stuck in START_PENDING.

My mpssvc wont start properly; it gets stuck in the "Start Pending" State, has no PID, and netsh advfirewall reset and Get-NetFirewallProfile both return errors (0xd6d9 and 1753 respectively). Event ID 7000 is continuously being returned in the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
asked 2025-07-11T23:56:40.07+00:00
Patrick Kneese 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Azure Cosmos DB Key-Value Tables Core (SQL) vs Table API

Both Core (SQL) API and Tables API work with data in Key-Value table. What are the considerations for choosing one over the other? In practice is there a default choice ... like unless one needs to be able to: a) condition 1 b) condition 2 …

Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB
An Azure NoSQL database service for app development.
1,915 questions
asked 2022-08-23T22:48:04.583+00:00
JJ Sharma 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-07-11T23:51:57.2766667+00:00
geetika aswal 0 Reputation points
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Azure Graph the last successful login has not been updated immediately and it is taking more than 24 hrs to get it updated in the logs.

We have a script to alert users when their adm account is set to disable. The user has reset his password and logged into MyJITA portal using his adm id, but the lastSuccessfulLogin has not updated.   The user logged out and logged back into the MyJITA…

Azure API Management
Azure API Management
An Azure service that provides a hybrid, multi-cloud management platform for APIs.
2,463 questions
asked 2025-07-11T16:36:44.9166667+00:00
Perkit, Naveen 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-11T23:50:16.6833333+00:00
Divyesh Govaerdhanan 6,475 Reputation points
2 answers

desktop icons will not stay open

When I select a desktop icon it flashes open then closes. When I select from the stat menu it works fine, or when I select the folder from the task bar it works fine. When I am logged it works fine, the admin's and my wife's are the ones that I am…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accessibility
asked 2025-07-11T20:36:18.5833333+00:00
Theresa Osban 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-11T23:45:35.9+00:00
John DeV 315 Reputation points Independent Advisor
12 answers

HDMI Display Not working after current Windows 11 Update

I see that on my Surface Pro 6 the HDMI stops functioning on the current update. I tried the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit and it once corrected the issues ( about 4 weeks back) but then the issue again resurfaced and the tool kit was of no use. I then…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2022-01-17T08:29:31.773+00:00
Anoop Somnath 31 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-11T23:44:59.9266667+00:00
Samuel Perez 0 Reputation points
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The schema info could not be retrieved from the schema info table.

When I tried Data Sync feature, It said, Database provisioning failed with the exception "The schema info could not be retrieved from the schema info table. For more information, provide tracing ID ‘cefdeb43-9265-4e4f-81c0-6f653fd66abe’ to customer…

Azure SQL Database
asked 2025-07-11T22:23:19.25+00:00
kazu 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-07-11T23:44:06.4266667+00:00
Mahesh Kurva 5,540 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator