How to restore Windows 10 context menu in Windows 11 File Explorer
Supposedly one can restore the old Windows 10 right-click menus in File Explorer with the addition of this Registry key. I made the chabge but nothing has changed, even after a reboot. Here is a screenshot from Regedit showing the new key and its…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage


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
Public IP Migration steps from Check Point to Sophos Firewall VM in Azure
Hello, I plan to replace the existing Check Point firewall VM in Azure with a new Sophos firewall VM. They are in a different resource group but within same region and subscription. As part of this migration, I will retain and reuse the existing public…
Azure Virtual Network
Unable to ping/resolve any other on premise servers from Azure other than RRAS server.
How do I get my on prem domain servers to resolve my Azure VM's properly and vice versa? So i can Join azure vms to the domain, setup Azure Virtual Desktop etc? My current config: Azure Vnet connected S2S to On prem DC Server using RRAS Azure VM -…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing
How to get back into my MSN Outlook account
I'm locked out of my msn email account Currently I've reached out to support completed recovery form several times with all pertinent information. I have back-up email still have not heard from no one.
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
Azure AppGateway WAF is blocking requests that have blob SAS token
The application gateway has WAF in prevention mode. When there are file download requests from blob storage, these are getting blocked by WAF, applying rules 942450,942340. The request URL has the Blob SAS token in query string, which is treated as…
Azure Application Gateway
GPU not working on instance with gpu (T4)
I have an instance with 4xT4, I've installed cuda and the t4 drivers. The GPUs are showing in the device manager, but not in the taskmanager under "performance". I can not choose anything else than "Microsoft basic render driver" in…
Azure Virtual Machines
KEDA Cold Start Request Failures in AKS
Using AKS with KEDA and the HTTP add-on for auto-scaling to zero is resulting in cold start request failures. Upon hitting a cold start request, KEDA successfully scales the pod from 0 to 1, but the request experiences a context cancellation after…
Azure Kubernetes Service
Access the private AKS cluster from local network
Hi, I had my private AKS deployed. Since it is private I can't see workloads, pods, nodes etc from my local browser. What if I create a VPN gateway and P2S connection, connect to the VNet using the VPN client, then can I get access to the AKS from azure…
Azure Virtual Network
Error: No Task, Test Case templates found. Please add Task, Test Case templates for the project team
When trying to add tasks using the 1 click child links I get the following error: No Task, Test Case templates found. Please add Task, Test Case templates for the project team But, I have tasks and templates set up for the team. this was working last…
Azure DevOps
Shared DevBox
Greetings, I'm currently using on-premise VMs for team project development and testing. On-premise VMs are shared per environment. I would like to explore Microsoft Dev Box as a cloud alternative. However, since it was recently released, I have found…
Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft Defender KQL, Advanced Hunting, 'search "green"' returns "Filter expression should be Boolean"
Trying to use search operator (documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/kusto/query/search-operator?view=microsoft-fabric)"learn.microsoft.com") it worked before but now the query returns an error. Query: search…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Other
I have suddenly lost use of my camera..HP Envy x360 laptop - laptop is less than 1 year old
My camera on my laptop is not working... It's turned on in my settings. It will tell to remove anything blocking my camera but my laptop is in the same position as always. Thanks Bryan Wright (PII Removed)
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
connection string?
Azure service bus queue... where to find the connection string
Azure Service Bus
Logs for File Share
We have an Azure File Share where we archive our documents but I don't seem to be able to set up logs for this from following the guides or I am missing something. We are using LRS with a hot access tier. When I try to update the diagnostic settings,…
Azure Blob Storage
How can I work without choising payment after 15 month?
How can I activate MS Office without adding a payment method?
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows

Where to get App SID for a Windows Notification Server if I have a Entra Id Line of Business App?
I have a WinUI .NET Maui Windows App that does not get published on the Windows Store - it is a Line of Business app - when setting up Windows Push Notification server via Azure Portal as part of Azure Notifications Hubs - it requires that I get the App…
Azure Notification Hubs
Getting account error connection to server failed on my msn email on iPhone
Hello about 4 days ago I noticed my emails were not loading on my iPhone ( all I use ). I sifted thru all the previous questions related to this and so I deleted the account and reinstalled under the outlook app as suggested . When I did this the only…
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
VPN Gateway is not replying for the traffic inside tunnel.
I have established a site to site vpn to my onpremise firewall, both sides the status is connected and i can see the logs from my firewall that the vpn is connected. When i try to access my azure resources, i dont get any response. we have checked the…
Azure VPN Gateway
gpt-4o-mini retirement date clarification
In your documentation it says https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirements?tabs=text ModelVersionRetirement dategpt-4o-mini2024-07-18No earlier than September 15, 2025We are using gpt4-o-mini model and its the best…
Azure OpenAI Service
