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Windows keeps giving me a preparing windows message during every boot up

Windows keeps giving me a message during boot up like "preparing windows" and other things that flash to fast to read. I was successfully logged into my account but I'm still worried why it happens with each boot. I have ran sfc/scannow and…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Sleep and Power on, off
asked 2025-07-05T12:10:43.3366667+00:00
Seraj Adnan 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T12:25:58.3533333+00:00
Seraj Adnan 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to activate one drive 1 TB memory for my 365 subscription?

My company has ms office 365 subscription. How do I activate one drive 1 TB memory for each subscription?

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows
asked 2025-07-13T13:24:48.6033333+00:00
Soumitra Roy 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-14T12:20:41.9866667+00:00
Soumitra Roy 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Forms 2.0 dll, download

Hi, can I ask you for to be able to download the Microsoft Forms 2.0 dll, pls? Thanks for your answer, János Kóti

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows
asked 2025-07-14T11:01:22.26+00:00
Kóti János 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-14T12:17:51.4366667+00:00
Horace Wiggins 240 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Persistent issue with corrupted Windows language packs in Windows 11

I’ve run into a persistent issue with Windows language packs. Despite installing English (US) and setting it as the system language, the interface remains mostly in Polish, with only a few random lines in English scattered throughout the system. The same…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Input and language
asked 2025-07-09T11:01:36.9233333+00:00
finddelight 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T12:09:48.1233333+00:00
finddelight 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I transfer One-time password codes from Microsoft Authenticator App on old phone to Microsoft Authenticator app on my new phone?

Hi there, I recently purchased a new phone and transferred all my data and accounts over from my old phone. One thing I noticed though is my One-time password codes on the authenticator app didn't transfer over. At the minute I am struggling to find how…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2025-06-07T09:15:07.02+00:00
Luke Moses 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T12:04:33.88+00:00
Luke Moses 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is "Remember MFA on trusted device" supported for external tenant accounts created through a user flow?

Here's the scenario I'm wondering about: I have setup an external tenant with Entra External ID. I have a sign-in / sign-up user flow created and associated with a .NET core application. A conditional access policy is setup to require MFA for all…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra External ID
asked 2025-07-09T18:58:10.36+00:00
Aaron-0171 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T11:55:52.4466667+00:00
Aaron-0171 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T11:39:20.4133333+00:00
Ramesh Srinivasan 926 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

why i cant drag and drop apps onto m,y home screen

ive tried all ways to drap and drop apps onto my home screen but is not working. ive tried copy or move app to home screen and still wont work. please help

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2025-07-14T06:18:17.6866667+00:00
greg 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T11:36:29.6633333+00:00
greg 0 Reputation points
6 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Problem with Hindi Phonetic Typing Since Windows Update

I installed recent Win 11 update. After this update, My Hindi Phonetic Keyboard predictive text flyout is giving issues. When I type a few smaller words, It is not taking more than a few characters, So I am unable to type longer words in it.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2025-07-11T12:46:36.53+00:00
Rajive Tiwari 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T11:34:02.5166667+00:00
Gautam Oberoi 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

conexion en mode prive avec chrome

Bjr un soucis ma boite mail que j'ouvre qu'en mode prive sur google chrome windows pour imac depuis une semaine au moment de la connexion il me propose deux email mais celle que je veux n es pas dedans donc je la tape il me propose un qr code je le prend…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2025-07-14T08:49:55.05+00:00
guillaume le grand 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-14T11:19:29.3966667+00:00
guillaume le grand 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

The .NET runtime 9.0.5 or newer could not be found in the remote host under '/usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet'.

I get this error in Visual Studio Version 17.14.8 when I want to start debugging my iOS project on my iPad: The .NET runtime 9.0.5 or newer could not be found in the remote host under '/usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet'. Please install it or try setting a…

Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
asked 2025-07-11T09:32:56.96+00:00
Kim Strasser 1,346 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T11:06:59.9433333+00:00
Kim Strasser 1,346 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can’t log into my profile, Windows 11 always creates a new profile

Здравствуйте. Нужна помощь с проблемой профиля в Windows 11. После включения ноутбука система всегда загружает временный профиль, а мой старый рабочий стол и файлы не отображаются. На диске все файлы остались в папке старого пользователя, но система их…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login
asked 2025-07-13T09:54:58.09+00:00
pribinki 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T11:02:39.1933333+00:00
pribinki 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to fix BSOD on windows 11

SO the past few days, my laptop always goes into BSOD without failed everytime I used it. I used Asus Tuf Gaming A15, 24GB DDR4, RTX 3050 and Ryzen 7 4800H. Here are the lists of dump files:…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-07-12T11:46:58.7866667+00:00
Joey Raniel 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T10:20:06.2433333+00:00
Joey Raniel 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

webcam will not setup on windows hello

I have an infrared camera to sign in using windows hello Despite many attempts it will not set up this is what I have done. start=settings=sign in options=windows hello ...it recognises that I have a camera. I select set up then I select get started.…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2025-07-11T18:18:36.5166667+00:00
Christopher R Flint 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T10:19:15.8666667+00:00
Christopher R Flint 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure AAD B2C: migrate custom policies and templates to Entra External ID

Hi, we are searching for some hint or documentation about migrating custom policies and html templates from B2C to External ID. It seems that policies has been replaced by "custom authentication extensions" but there's not a replacement for…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra External ID
asked 2025-07-14T08:31:02.9033333+00:00
Stefano Sapienti 85 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T10:14:28+00:00
Stefano Sapienti 85 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to get back my 6 digit

Lost my phone and try to get back my 2FA Codes again. I need a 6 digit code instead of 8 digit code showing on my Microsoft Authenticator app. The steps I have taken like uninstalling, reinstalling Auth app, removing and adding the account again, didn‘t…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2025-07-14T09:17:21.2766667+00:00
Dan Bundtzen 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T10:02:53.53+00:00
Dan Bundtzen 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to set multiple select dropdown in Excel using C# DocumentFormat.OpenXml library?

How to set a multiple select dropdown in Excel using C#? I was able to generate Single Select Dropdown, I want the Column A to be multi select dropdown, Is it even possible to have a multi select drop down in Excel? Existing Code: using…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows
asked 2025-07-11T04:20:49.1966667+00:00
Lalith 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T09:58:08.0566667+00:00
Lalith 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Skype to Teams-Expired recorded meetings!

We reluctantly accepted the transition from Skype notes to Teams last May including MANY recorded meetings in our chat. Not only did we have continued problems starting meeting invites from our existing chat (and had to start new ones w/out the yrs of…

Microsoft Teams | Development
asked 2025-07-08T14:15:52.98+00:00
SkypetoTeamsFrustrations 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T09:28:50.6366667+00:00
Vergil-V 800 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

UserLock login Authentication issue

Hi The Active Directory UserLock client displays this error message after entering the OTP during login. Please advice. I have shared the error message here "ClsdException" caught, ID = 11("(NULL)"), last error =1398…

Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2025-05-18T10:28:35.5533333+00:00
Tech Kin 21 Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-14T09:18:57.6+00:00
Tech Kin 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"Too many requests" signing into Outlook login.live

Had my laptop off for two days, started up again, signed into Outlook Live and got "Too many requests". My Microsoft.com login is OK and Outlook is fine on my Android phone. Cleard cache, tried different browsers, left my laptop off for 24…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2025-07-08T04:21:50.9633333+00:00
Mrs P K Webster 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T09:04:20.7833333+00:00
Jade-T 2,220 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator