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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
asked 2025-07-14T06:50:19.8133333+00:00
jerry house 0 Reputation points
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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…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2025-07-14T06:20:53.1933333+00:00
Eric Cho 0 Reputation points
2 answers

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
asked 2025-07-12T03:25:18.67+00:00
AmarBunty 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-07-14T06:03:30.8666667+00:00
AmarBunty 0 Reputation points
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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
asked 2025-07-14T05:59:51.7166667+00:00
Khushboo Kumari 20 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-07-14T06:01:54.6666667+00:00
Khushboo Kumari 20 Reputation points
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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…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2025-07-14T04:37:52.4766667+00:00
L4R4 0 Reputation points
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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
asked 2025-07-11T05:58:18.12+00:00
yanhaowen 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T03:05:49.8066667+00:00
yanhaowen 5 Reputation points
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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
asked 2025-06-21T15:11:37.11+00:00
J N 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-14T02:41:43.5566667+00:00
Ramesh Srinivasan 926 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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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
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-11-27T11:51:02.8333333+00:00
Saleh Kheradmand 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T02:10:39.1433333+00:00
Tom Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 10 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers

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
asked 2025-07-05T19:28:24.8633333+00:00
David Collen 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-14T01:59:31.3366667+00:00
Ramesh Srinivasan 926 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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?

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2025-07-10T06:52:46.7933333+00:00
Raymond Tse 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-07-14T01:55:20.55+00:00
Raymond Tse 0 Reputation points
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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…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2025-01-22T11:19:04.7566667+00:00
FnD 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T01:46:17.3933333+00:00
Corey Hargreaves 0 Reputation points
2 answers

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?

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-08-04T23:39:21.7066667+00:00
Linda Bui 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-07-14T01:30:27.24+00:00
2EPIC���� 0 Reputation points
2 answers

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…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2025-05-30T19:22:42.1933333+00:00
Erich Friesen 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-13T22:11:31.7166667+00:00
Henry White 0 Reputation points
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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…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2025-07-13T16:40:27.5733333+00:00
Stephen Reynolds 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-13T21:54:17.38+00:00
Pavle Pekovic 85 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

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…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2025-07-12T19:57:39.8633333+00:00
Igot Oneforya 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-13T21:28:04.4566667+00:00
BryceSor 475 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
3 answers

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
asked 2025-03-15T16:24:52.11+00:00
Onio Ant 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-13T18:22:54.0766667+00:00
Alex 0 Reputation points
1 answer

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
asked 2025-06-30T16:29:16.9366667+00:00
KsalBurns 5 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-07-13T16:53:21.7633333+00:00
MotoX80 36,416 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2023-08-25T17:50:11.97+00:00
MJL 40 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-13T15:47:50.26+00:00
MJL 40 Reputation points
2 answers

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…

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2025-07-09T08:01:22.4066667+00:00
Inventer 65 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-13T15:15:53.39+00:00
Philip Guarnotta 0 Reputation points
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The window closes suddenly when clicking on root domain name

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Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Active Directory
asked 2025-07-13T14:18:07.8066667+00:00
said print 0 Reputation points