recent update breaks ms store 7/9/25
windows recent update on 7/9/25 broke microsoft store after update files are fine as far as sfc and dism are concerned tried using restore point that was made right after update and same issue store was working 100% before update does anyone have any…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
Why can't I add my phone number to my microsoft account?
When I try to add my phone number it sends me a verification code, then once I enter the code it asks me to input my account password, and once I do that it give me the error message "alias cant be added"
Microsoft Edge | Profile, sync, and sign in | Windows 10

Design AI System for Customer Sentiments Analysis with Agentic Bot
Hello, Please help me designing Enterprise level Production Grade real time Sentiments Analytics system with Bot Capabilities. May someone please share how to architect such system in Azure. Infrastructure on Azure Data Pipeline Model Training Model…
Azure AI services
how tp troubleshoot speaker problems windows 11
So, I just bought a brand new HP OmniBook laptop, the sound and everything was working beautifully for the first couple of days, and now I can't seem to get it to work. I have made sure the volume was up not only on the computer but on the streaming…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
Is it possible to trigger an event at the moment a Teams call is received and retrieve the caller's phone number?
Hello, I have a question about Microsoft Teams functionality and would greatly appreciate any help or guidance. We are trying to implement a system where, when a customer calls my Teams number (via PSTN), a trigger fires immediately upon the incoming…
Microsoft Teams | Development
why cant i boot a windows 7 usb drive with iso like is it because of EoL or what
so i tried multiple times to burn the iso onto a usb drive using rufus and the ios link was https://archive.org/details/win-7-pro-32-64-iso like is the image corrupt or what pls help
Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Install and upgrade
notification center sounds
no notification center sounds, yes updated all software and apps, yes restarted, yes went to notification center turned off and on all of them, yes reset default in sounds, need live chat support
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
How to turn off ChatGPTo3 monitoring
Even though the subscription ID is set to off monitoring, when I checked the settings for the subordinate resource ChatGPTo3,monitoring was not turned off. Please tell me how to turn off monitoring.
Azure OpenAI Service

Why does creating a new folder on desktop place the location in onedrive
Hi, Just bought a new MS1 14 Laptop with Windows 11 and was surprised that documents were being saved on one drive.... Which I had already deleted from my apps list. Can I fix this? I would prefer files and folders not to be linked to One Drive.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
copilot shows on taskbar but will not show in window
when i click on copilot, it appears on the taskbar, but will not show on the screen.
Microsoft Copilot | Other
Azure Document Intelligence: Disaster Recovery: Route traffic to secondary region automatically in the event of regional failure
In the last a couple of months, we had 2 incidents where Azure Document Intelligence Service in East US region has degraded performance. Because of that, we were getting a lot 503 (Service Unavailable) while doing various operations and our retries…
Azure AI Document Intelligence


When will Wordpad be re-instated - I use(d) it all the time and now my workflow is broken
For the past 25 years, I have used Wordpad as part of my workflow. Now, much to my surprize, I find that Microsoft has discontinued it. Can it please please please be reinstated to standard install? I never use notepad - it is hopeless, I tried it but it…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
Can't access Azure Active Directory. Access restricted by my organization
I have been trying to create a handle to an Azure workspace using azule.ai.ml. For the handle, I need to set the environment variables for azure_client_id, azure_client_secret, and azure_tenand_id. However, according to Azure, my organization has…
Azure AI services

I have paid for my realm subscription but it is expired 20 days early with no refund.
I own a Minecraft Realm and have renewed the payment a total of 3 times. Most recently, I made the payment on the 30/6/2025. I had perfect access to the server on the 9/7/2025 but the day after I no longer did and still don't. This included anyone else…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
MSN Weather and MSN News apps are not working, not refreshing content breakout error
Was wondering if anyone could help with this. When I open the MSN News app under Windows 11 24h2, fully up to date, I get no text or pictures, tiles. When I open MSN Weather I get the same thing. It's like these two apps have gotten corrupted or…
MSN Partner Hub | Feature suggestions
Missing bullet symbols after windows 11 reinstall
After reinstalling Windows 11, I no longer have the bullet symbols (symbol font) in Outlook and Word. Bullets show up as a square box by default.
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows

My Windows 11 pro got deactivated after plugging in my Meta Quest 2 - FIXED [IGNORE]
So I plugged in my headset to retrieve footage then my screen went black, showing the text to activate my windows, so I reset my computer. The text on the bottom right doesn't show but my Windows still isn't activated. I have tried everything from using…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
I can't change my brightness
When I go to brightness settings, the part where I can change my brightness is grayed out
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Action Center
how to set up a new user to a PC on a shared domain?
We wish to login to a PC in the office under a new user who has a microsoft account as they are currently logged into an ex-employee account. How do we create a new user on the PC.
Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
AVS HCX Migration Connectivity via Azure VPN Gateway in Hub VNet—Supported Design
I am planning to migrate my on-premises VMware workloads to Azure VMware Solution (AVS) using HCX. I want to confirm whether the following network design is fully supported and recommended by Microsoft: Scenario: My on-premises datacenter is connected…