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Windows 11 Update KB5035853 won't install no matter whiat I do.

I can't get the aforementioned upodate to install no matter what I do I have tried restarting the system, stopping the winodws uppdate process and clearing the data folders in C:, I have tried everything I can think of and I'm still getting the Install…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,600 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-18T20:01:25.5266667+00:00
Devon Calvin 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T08:00:06.44+00:00
Wesley Li 3,265 Reputation points
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How update Windows server release 1607 to current 1903 or 1809?

We are migrating to Windows Defender but noticed the Attack surface rules minimum requirement for server 2016 is 1809. Most of our 2016 servers are 1607. Whats the best way to upgrade the version?

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
11,863 questions
asked 2024-03-18T11:06:39.67+00:00
Annan Beharry 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T07:59:28.6166667+00:00
Wesley Li 3,265 Reputation points
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IIS failed request trace logs are inconsistent across all applications.

We are having a problem with IIS Failed Request Tracing, not all websites are generating the XML logs.  We have a Windows Server 2016, IIS 10.0 with one default web site and three application pools and applications.  The Failed Request Tracing has been…

Internet Information Services
asked 2024-03-18T19:12:19.5133333+00:00
Gern Blandsten 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T07:52:32.5133333+00:00
Sam Wu-MSFT 6,791 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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How to use IAudioEndpoint and connect it to Audio Engine?

I want to create a new audio endpoint in user mode. So the audio player can work normally without a physical sound card. I find the API https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/termserv/terminal-services-audioendpoint-api-reference. As the doc…

Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,379 questions
asked 2024-03-18T13:33:22.4633333+00:00
mkckr0 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T07:39:02.03+00:00
Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 8,766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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"Whether user is logged on or not" run in the background and I need it to allow user interaction

I have a task I need to run no matter what user is logged on, but when I do it - it runs in the background and I need the user to interact with it. when I run it on command it works if I choose "only when the user is logged in", but not in the…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,359 questions
asked 2024-03-19T07:36:38.23+00:00
שימי רוזנברג 1 Reputation point
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Can Someone help check the scripts running in the https://compliance.microsoftonline.cn/contentsearchv2 in O365

Can Someone help check the scripts? We are using the Office 365 in Chian and in the Compliance center there we can run the tasks to use content Search function to export user emails see the links https://compliance.microsoftonline.cn/contentsearchv2…

JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
847 questions
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,095 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,306 questions
asked 2024-03-19T01:48:47.32+00:00
Christest1 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T07:32:19.1+00:00
JimmyYang-MSFT 48,011 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Are there known compatibility issues with WS_EX_TOPMOST and Windows 11’s Start menu?

Title: Issue with WS_EX_TOPMOST in .NET App on Windows 11 Overlapping Start Menu Body: Hello, I’ve developed an application using the .NET Framework that applies the WS_EX_TOPMOST window style to create a watermark overlay. This overlay remains on top of…

.NET
.NET
Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework.
3,243 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-18T09:16:32.8+00:00
Ayush Mehta 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-03-19T07:31:27.95+00:00
Hui Liu-MSFT 27,991 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Glitch Bar on Screenshot????

When I copy and paste an image, i SOMETIMES get this, please see the image, it was not part of the image but when i pasted it down it became like that. The matter is sometimes it occurs and sometimes it does not. Really strange. Is there a fix?

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-19T05:45:16.6433333+00:00
huan_Q 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T07:30:48.1233333+00:00
Yanhong Liu 465 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Event 9009 IIS Apphostsvc - The Application Host Helper Service encountered an error

Hi Team, We have noticed one error event in the vent viewer. IIS config history path contains 11 files. hope all are the configuration backups. we tried to reset the "Application host Helper service" but the files are not removing from the…

Internet Information Services
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
11,863 questions
asked 2024-03-14T07:01:14.7833333+00:00
Vishakhan K 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-03-19T07:26:22.3466667+00:00
Yurong Dai-MSFT 2,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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OOBE Package error 0x800700b7

We have created .PPKG files to setup out of box new computers The PC appears to apply default settings, reboot then get stuck at Run a Script (0). It will also give the error 0x800700b7 Our package is very basic and only installs 1 .msi file. This seems…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-15T20:26:53.22+00:00
Zach Patterson 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T07:19:00.9566667+00:00
Hania Lian 6,156 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Why do I always get tagged in an infinite sign in loop?

Every time I sign into my laptop at my workplace, it keeps getting stuck in an infinite sign in loop, and every time I have to force restart my laptop with the power button. It never happens at home and only happens when I am connected to the network at…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,359 questions
asked 2024-03-17T22:44:50.21+00:00
Irani,Gabriel 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2024-03-19T07:11:43.78+00:00
Hania Lian 6,156 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

USB Audio device is disconnected when LOGIN to my virtual machine

Hi, I have a very strange issue. I use an USB Audio device on my computer. This computers runs a virtual machine on Hyper-V. Both OS (computer and VM are W11) ONLY DURING LOGIN on my virtual machine (not when I start it), my USB Audio device…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,492 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2023-02-17T11:11:36.6333333+00:00
Illan Simon 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
answered 2024-03-19T07:09:27.5366667+00:00
Vlad Kasianenko 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Antimalware Service Excutable turn off ?

Can anyone help me to turn off the Antimalware Service Excutable. Because it got a high memories usage. It's lower my laptop,cause I am using window 10-64bit

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,359 questions
Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
1,885 questions
asked 2023-04-02T05:50:29.46+00:00
henry channel 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T07:05:04.5166667+00:00
shahriar jalilian 0 Reputation points
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Upgrade WindowsServer 2012 R2 DataCenter to Windows Server 2016

how to update from Windows Server R2 2012 Data Center to Windows server 2016 on Azure Virtual machine. Are there steps that must be carried out in detail?

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
11,863 questions
asked 2024-03-15T07:19:55.7566667+00:00
PT Samafitro 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T07:04:02.72+00:00
Hania Lian 6,156 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Razor WebApp & Azure Active Directory SSO Redirect Non tenant users

I have connected my razor web app with aad sso which works and performs as expected. However, when a user tries to login that is not part of the aad tenant, it defaults to the basic error page which then shows the tenant's name, appid etc. How am I able…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,665 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
18,947 questions
asked 2024-03-19T02:08:51.04+00:00
Dylan Bell 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T07:01:14.26+00:00
Shweta Mathur 26,161 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Mistake in "Describe Master Boot Record and Grid Partition Table partitions"

the headline of the module is "Describe Master Boot Record and Grid Partition Table partitions", but should "Grid" not be "GUID" as in the text itself PS.: why do i have to select five tags, when nothing really fits? I just…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,359 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
11,863 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-17T17:22:52.81+00:00
Warner, Wolfgang 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T06:55:52.1133333+00:00
Jing Zhou 160 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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old domain environment. Any concerns with deleting broken sids in the domain OU root and sub OUs?

I wanted to know if there's any downside/cons to removing broken sids from the root of the domain and sub-OUs and also cleaning up GPO broken sids. I have tested and it seems to work on OUs and GPOs, but not sure about the implications. If its broken…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,665 questions
asked 2024-03-15T15:36:32.31+00:00
iconoclast88 61 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-19T06:55:37.5066667+00:00
Jing Zhou 160 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Bluetooth LE - Prevent Windows from automatically discovering & reading from all characteristics after PairAsync

This method to pair and exchange bond keys results in the Windows BLE stack automatically enumerating and reading a bunch of characteristic values. We want to prevent this behavior and only have the application read from characteristics we ask it to or…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,359 questions
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-18T20:13:28.65+00:00
EricP-8687 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T06:49:37.2933333+00:00
Junjie Zhu - MSFT 13,731 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How to Install the Same Printer Twice with Different Settings in Windows 11?

I have a new HP printer with two trays. I use one tray for sheet mailing labels and the second for plain paper. I have another older HP printer that I was able to set up two different printer names with different paper trays assigned to cut down on the…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager
asked 2024-03-12T01:23:43.9033333+00:00
Christopher Terry 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T06:38:35.2933333+00:00
AllenLiu-MSFT 38,826 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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locked partition D after reinstalling windows - encryption - bitlocker - do not have key

i deleted the C: partition then re-created it to clean install windows 10 after which, i found that my D: partition has been locked and require a 48-digit key to be unlocked obviously, i did not do that encryption and i dont have the key. i don't know…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,359 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
7,824 questions
asked 2024-03-18T10:17:51.6033333+00:00
Somsak Lee 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-19T06:38:13.76+00:00
Hania Lian 6,156 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor