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Powerpoint help needed to show presenter notes on right side

I've just spent an hour with a Microsoft associate. So now I am here. In windows 11 on desktop and windows 10 on laptop. What do I do to get the Notes to show up on the right side for me to read (NOT audience) when I present the program? The program…

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | Other | Windows
asked 2026-07-21T19:25:06.93+00:00
Carla Messinger 55 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-26T23:24:10.6066667+00:00
Norah-L 10,660 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cannot Login to my Router on New Laptop!

This is a relatively new Laptop running Windows 11 Pro (25H2), with which I am not fully at home yet.  I'm changing over from an old one running Windows 10 Pro (ESU expires in October).  On the latter I have no trouble logging into my router…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Internet and connectivity
asked 2026-07-24T20:21:57.5366667+00:00
JcW32 290 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-26T23:14:59.76+00:00
John Jefferson Doyon 87,730 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Log-in Info not saving on ANY platform/site

Some time back, I set my settings so that it would delete my history automatically whenever I closed the window. Even when I select options like "stay signed in" or for things that I should be staying logged in to, such as Netflix, it would not…

Microsoft Edge | Profile, sync, and sign in | Windows 11
asked 2026-07-26T03:36:00.12+00:00
Jin Kim 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T22:32:29.12+00:00
Jin Kim 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to Fix update or download error 0X80004002

The error occurs when attempting to download via Windows Update or the Microsoft Store. What can be done, and how can this problem be resolved?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2026-07-23T14:23:49.4966667+00:00
Egor Slepov 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-07-26T22:26:53.7166667+00:00
Egor Slepov 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Installed Apps using over half of my SSD storage

Hi I have a Dell laptop with a 250GB SSD drive. I have very few files saved on this - all are saved to a 64GB USB dongle. I have been getting 'low on memory' messages for the last month. I have a total of 115GB of Installed Apps but cannot see how this…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2026-07-07T22:39:53.1366667+00:00
Kevin Wooldridge 25 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T21:04:02.6833333+00:00
Kevin Wooldridge 25 Reputation points
3 answers

Word keeps asking me to activate and log in then says error 0x0

Word keeps asking me to activate and log in then says error 0x0

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | Other | MacOS
asked 2026-07-25T12:40:58.5133333+00:00
Elliot Morris 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-07-26T21:03:11.9+00:00
Stefan Blom 352.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is "Azure Subscription 1" the same as "Free Trial" subscription?

Is "Azure Subscription 1" the same as "Free Trial" subscription?

Community Center | Not monitored
asked 2022-09-08T15:57:13.113+00:00
Ade-Ade 101 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-26T19:45:04.03+00:00
Shivani Kumari 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SQL Server 2019/2022 crash EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW during master DB startup on new laptop hardware

Hardware: HP Laptop 15-fd1xxx (new, purchased recently) CPU: 1 socket, 9 cores, 18 logical processors RAM: 24 GB OS: Windows 10 Home, Build 26200 (stable channel, not Insider) Issue: SQL Server fails to start on every attempt, both with SQL Server 2019…

SQL Server Database Engine
asked 2026-07-26T15:45:26.78+00:00
Elli Tessier 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-26T19:39:07.13+00:00
Elli Tessier 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Office 2024 and Microsoft 365 showing activation error

I recently installed Office Home and Business 2024 on my Windows 11 laptop, but I also have an old Microsoft 365 subscription on the same Microsoft account. When I open Word or Excel, it keeps saying "Unlicensed Product" or asking me to…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
asked 2026-07-26T17:31:35.81+00:00
Daniel xof 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T19:23:36.6133333+00:00
Daniel xof 20 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Problémy s rozhraním USB vo Win 11 Home

Ahojte, Z telefónu s Androidom si potrebujem cez USB kábel zmazať tzv. trash bin files (súbory s príponou .trashed), pretože mám málo úložného priestoru, ktorý mi v smartfóne tieto súbory zaberajú. Ako ich môžem zmazať cez kábel,príp. s použitím…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2026-07-12T16:55:13.0666667+00:00
Monika Nociarová 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T19:08:30.95+00:00
Monika Nociarová 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

cannot sign into my micrcosoft account in my word 2024 professional plus program

Ive installed word 2024 professional plus and activated the program but cannot sign into my microsoft account

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2026-07-25T10:33:01.2366667+00:00
Margaret Nickisson 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T18:18:06.91+00:00
Margaret Nickisson 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I have a hacked account and I want to delete it

On April 14 2026 my old Microsoft account got hacked and I want to delete it, but I don’t have access to it and every recovery form I submit (even though all of the awnsers are correct) have gotten denied. Is it possible for Microsoft support to delete…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | Other | Other
asked 2026-07-10T18:17:44.9633333+00:00
Brynden Adkins 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T18:10:57.5666667+00:00
Brynden Adkins 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to get memory Utilization in monitoring

I have a FortiGate HA with ELB VM NVA deployed in azure but unable to get memory metrics it shows as 0, but able to get network in & out and cpu utilization. Is there any article in MS which states Forti OS is not supported for monitoring resource…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.

10,357 questions
asked 2026-07-20T10:59:07.32+00:00
Harikiran B S 45 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-07-26T17:38:56.0866667+00:00
Pranitha Sika 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Datacenter core licensing: How to calculate licensed cores vs deployed VMs for an audit?

Need to validate our Datacenter edition core-based licensing compliance across our virtualization hosts ahead of an upcoming audit. Says we need to make sure licensed cores match actual deployed VMs properly. And our hosts are running mixed workloads.

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
asked 2026-07-23T16:58:10.8133333+00:00
Micheal Brown 45 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T16:57:57.0233333+00:00
Micheal Brown 45 Reputation points
5 answers

How to change font size of Japanese only, in a long document containing both Japanese and English

I have a long Word 2010 document containing both Japanese (MS PGothic) and English (Arial). I tried to set them up initially to be different sizes but Word would not do that. But the Japanese font is simply too hard to read, so I need to somehow change…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | Other | Windows
asked 2026-07-21T17:32:09.4866667+00:00
DR 50 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-26T16:52:47.14+00:00
DR 50 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Use long paths with Office 2024 under Windows 11 Pro

I have followed the advice to enable long paths using both the gpedit.msc and the Registry Editor approach. Initially neither approach worked for Office 2024 files (Excel and Word specifically). I then followed the instructions to add a .manifest file…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | Other | Windows
asked 2026-07-23T07:29:16.26+00:00
Andy Horsfall 41 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-26T16:29:16.2833333+00:00
Lucus-V 13,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

my user name is being used to send me email

How do I stop my username from being used by others to send me inappropriate emails?

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-07-26T14:22:45.35+00:00
Carl leung 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T15:34:44.6833333+00:00
Carl leung 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I have installed m2 drive after that my windows activation is gone

My computer has own activated key for windows 10 pro upgraded to win 11 pro and worked fine until i installed new m2 ssd from my other computer. My other computer has activated win 11 pro key too so i started using installed m2 ssd but windows fails to…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2026-07-22T19:28:46.65+00:00
The Sky 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-26T15:15:55.7566667+00:00
Lucus-V 13,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

After upgrading OneNote I find the page I was working on has disappeared

I closed OneNote, uninstalled the old 2016 (Mac) version, installed the new Office Home 2026 and now the page I was working on is missing. I have looked in the deleted files--nope. This is the local version, can't look for online backup.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Other
asked 2026-07-20T23:01:21.7433333+00:00
Joy Cordell 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-26T15:01:14.1966667+00:00
Joy Cordell 20 Reputation points
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Quick Access no longer works

Greetings, I have researched the issue and the fixes that work for others, are not working for me. When will Microsoft stop breaking stuff? When I right click on a folder (any folder) and select "Pin to Quick Access", it is not added. It…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2026-05-13T18:14:33.69+00:00
frustrated IT tech 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-26T14:57:38.6+00:00
iLucato 0 Reputation points