My headset doesnt work
I cannot get a headset to work on this computer. I am trying to use voice chat in the Second Life Virtual Reality platform
Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
How to remove former employee's account and administrative right on laptop
Hi all, One of our employees has left the company, still signed into the company laptop. This laptop is not enrolled on Microsoft Intune, thus it cannot be factory reset remotely. We did not realise the gravity of this issue until recently (after 7…
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Windows Server 2025 Standard VM Freezing on ESXi 7 with Consistent 21% CPU Usage After Updates [KB5062553] on 10 July 2025 [Temporary FIX]
Issue Description A critical issue is being experienced with a Windows Server 2025 Standard Edition virtual machine (VM) on VMware ESXi 7. The VM frequently freezes and becomes completely unresponsive. This behavior started occurring after the Windows…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Performance | System performance
PAW Machine Deployment
Hi, We currently have a PAM (Privileged Access Management) machine deployed on-premises in our hybrid environment. However, as we plan to adopt a cloud-first strategy in alignment with the Microsoft RAMP guidelines, I would like to understand the best…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Install Windows updates, features, or roles
Storage problem after recent Windows 11 Update
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me with a storage problem that started after a recent Windows 11 update. I have a 1TB hard drive, and before the update, I was only using about 108GB. But after the update, my storage suddenly jumped to 928GB…
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The KMS server queries the activation log of the client
HiWe have a Windows10 that has joined the domain and activated the system through slmgr /ato. Then, we checked the activation information through slmgr /dlv. However, we couldn't find the activation log on the KMS server. Could you please tell us how to…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Active Directory
PROTECTION HISTORY WON'T DELETE AT ALL
The protection history on my Windows 11 Pro will not delete, even after the 30 day default setting....I even set the delete days lower to 3 then to 1 and still nothing happens....I see where I can go in as the administrator and go through several steps…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other

how to use client certificate in IIS manager?
Hi everybody I use IIS manager (v10) in windows 10 (21H2) and have certificate of client. i know that tick "require" in client certificate (SSL settings). but when client open the page (in chrome), get 403 error ("403 - Forbidden: Access…
Windows development | Internet Information Services
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PnpUtil fails to enumerate drivers.
Does any one understand why this is happening and how to fix it. PS: pnputil /enum-devices works perfectly.
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Set up upgrades and drivers

Chinese input method Changjie cannot output Chinese characters correctly
Hi, The Chinese input method Changjie cannot output Chinese characters correctly after the latest Windows update in July (KB5062554) on Windows 10. Has anyone got this issue? Has Microsoft already noticed this issue with this update?
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Help Needed to Uninstall and Restore New Outlook After Using Custom Batch File
Hello, I recently followed the steps from a Reddit post and installed files from the ZIP provided (I cannot link the URL otherwise post gets deleted). I ran the outlook.bat batch file as an administrator, which altered the system to prevent the…
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How do I open back my tabs?
All of my tabs disappeared. Then I clicked on Microsoft edge again and they asked if I wanted to restore my tabs so I clicked restore tabs and it still didn't open up my old tabs. So is there no way to open my old tabs now?
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Snipping Tool - How to turn off auto- generated lines arrows etc
When I use the built-in Windows 11 snipping tool I frequently want to sketch over the item I have made a snip of. I have no desire for anything other than what I sketch, but sometimes the sketched line turns into an automatically generated vector line…
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About Window 11 Compatible
I have done the PC Check to see if my PC is compatible for Windows 11 and got the following result. The processor isn't currently supported for windows 11 Intel R Core TM i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz As this CPU has 4 cores and a speed up to 3.20Ghz, is it…
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How to avoid getting 'SCREWED' when updating Win 10 "PRO" to Win 11 "PRO
My pc is currently running Win 10 PRO, and is more than capable of running Win 11 Pro (see specs below) I want to update to Win 11 "PRO" before the end of service deadline, WHILE AVOIDING BEING SCREWED OVER AGAIN. In the past I went…
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Upgrading to Windows 24H2 is destroying my life. How to rollback?
Is there a way to rollback from 24H2 to 23H2 without losing data and applications? Unfortunately I have already tried canceling the updates and using restore points, but it did not work. On the other hand, this update to 24H2 makes my system absolutely…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
KB5060842 Breaks Start Menu Search
Hi all, Really struggling with a pretty widespread issue in our organization with KB5060842. Our devices once this patch installs are unable to search within the start menu, all other search functions work. Here's what we've tried: Reset AppxPackage…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Removing Folder Redirection AFTER Transitioning to a Fully Remote Workforce
I have a client who has moved out of their office space and all the employees work exclusively from home. They relocated their on-premises servers to a colo data center, but clients can only access the servers though a VPN connection. There’s no office…
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Installation Error – Faulty update KB5062553 (error 0x80073712) for Windows 11
I’m having trouble installing update KB5062553 – it downloads, but once the download completes, error 0x80073712 appears. Device Name: HP-EliteBook-840 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz 1.99 GHz Installed RAM: 16.0 GB (available: 15.8…
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The window closes suddenly when clicking on root domain name
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