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The enhanced console seems to have an anomaly that I don't like. In PowerShell, with the enhanced console, issue a command that will fill the window, leaving the new prompt at the bottom (IPCONFIG /ALL should work). Now scroll the console window so the prompt is in the middle, vertically). Now press to recall the command. The console automatically scrolls, putting the prompt and recalled command at the bottom. That's annoying. I don't recall any previous Windows console doing that. Can I do anything about it while continuing to use the enhanced console? Thanks. - Vince More...

Hi, Am building a custom MDM server. Am following the below guideline for enrolment. In the SetUp a Work or School account on Windows 10, I inputed the email address and the discovery URL. After i click next, i keep getting the below errors from Windows 10 but its hitting my MDM discovery end point. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/on-premise-authentication-device-enrollment -We could not find your username -We couldn't auto-discover a management endpoint matching the username entered. please check your username and try again Please kindly assist! More...

Sync Settings not available for Windows 10 build 1703 for workplace domain joined desktops After upgrading to Windows 10 Pro creators update (Build 1703) I experienced problems to setup sync settings for Microsoft account oder Business or School account, while the desktop is joined to a local domain. The issue can be reproduced under the following situations: Window 10 Build 1703 installed from scratch MS Account in cloud available MS Business or School Account in cloud available Sync settings is enabled for all users in Azure AD (EMS License available) Action taken Initial Setup with lokal user Joined to local domain "my-local-domain.local" Logged in with a domain user with local admin role Connecting MS Business or School Account - Result: Sync Settings greyed out even after hours and reboots afterwards or alternatively Adding MS Account - Result: Sync Settings greyed out I noticed on the pc installed from scratch I cannot setup PIN for login. That did work on a new installed from scratch pc after lokal login: joined to Azure AD domain - Result: Sync Settings is available at once after reboot and logon or Added User with MS Account - Result: Sync Settings is available at once after reboot and logon It did not work either with connected MS Business or School Account to al local user account. Sync Settings is not available. On PCs that were upgraded from Windows 10 Build 1607 with local domain user accounts, that did run fine with sync settings via MS Account oder Business or Schoolaccounts did not sync settings (greyed out) after upgrade to build 1703 More...

Hi, Could anybody help with this? I am using Microsoft remote Desktop version 10.2.2 on my Mac to connect to the server at work (Windows Server 2016). For the last couple of months it has been continually disconnecting when the connection is idle for anything over 10 minutes which is really frustrating. A message comes up saying that the connection is idle & the Idle timer will disconnect in 2 minutes unless you click to stay connected. I have double checked all settings on my Mac & on the server (others can connect to it no problem & stay connected) & can see nothing at all that would cause it. Does anyone have any ideas?? Thanks More...

Since updating our build to 1803 users are seeing the "Windows Update Status" icon in the taskbar which looks like a computer screen with red exclamation mark. We patch our machines using SCCM in a controlled manner so are happy accepting that machines will not always be up to day 100% of the time, however would like to disable the new warning icon users are seeing. I can't seem to find a gpo which controls it. Does anyone know which does? Or a registry setting which could be used instead? Thanks. MCITP Windows 7 Enterprise Administrator More...

my laptop operate on windows 7 home. Is there a way to upgrade to windows 8.1 or windows 10. More...

[PLAIN][boot Manager][sOLVED] Fixing UEFI Boot Issues: Black Screen After BIOS POST. Booting Only Possible From BIOS F12 Boot Menu[/PLAIN] Hello, I am having problems with direct booting into Windows 8 installed into a VHDX file. This is a four-partition UEFI boot on a GPT drive. EFI files are residing on a second partition of disk 0 (the ESP partition) in the EFI folder. The boot virtual disk is residing on the fourth partition of that disk 0. When I turn on the PC, it shows black screen after the BIOS POST screen. No Windows 8 boot menu, no other information is displayed. However, if I press Shift+F12 (or F12) to start Dell BIOS Boot Menu and choose Windows Boot Manager from the UEFI part of the boot menu, Windows 8 starts to boot without difficulties. How do I make Windows to boot automatically without having to select Windows Boot Manager in DELL BIOS boot menu? I believe I messed up with boot sector somehow... What needs to be fixed provided that Windows 8 will boot into VHDX file? Thank you. Well this is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given... More...

Hi I've just built a new PC running Windows 8.1 with an SSD main drive and two 4TB HDD’s that I want to use for mirrored storage using Windows RAID. I had this working successfully under Windows 7. I have set one of the 4TB Drives as a dynamic drive partitioned as GPT. When I go in to disc management and right click on that drive (or any other drive) I don’t get the option to “Add Mirror”. Can anyone shed some light on this and suggestions for a possible fix? For your ref the main system components are: ASUS X99 Deluxe motherboard Intel i7-5820K 16GB RAM SAMSUNG 850 Pro 512GB SSD 2 x WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0 Thanks for your time. B R More...

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID I am receiving the following error in the Event Viewer from the source DistributedCOM (Windows 8.1 64 bit) : The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID class identitification {C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239} and APPID identification {316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97} to the user Lenovo\Ewa with security identification SID (S-1-5-21-1287633286-651115146-4152900111-1001) from the address LocalHost (using LRPC) acting in the application container with identity SID ZinioLLC.Zinio_2.1.0.317_x64__0q6dqzpp40p2e (S-1-15-2-720185855-2675332291-2976434075-758544043-626028312-300598871-2309835828. This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool. It regards Zinio Reader application. Please advice how can I fix the problem. Thanks and best regards, Ewa More...

I want to sideload a windows 8.1 app for all users on a surface tablet. What I was originally doing was running a powershell script as part of a MSI to sideload an app using the Add-AppxPackage command. I have found out that I actually need to install the windows app for all users and from googling, it looks like Add-AppxProvisionedPackage is what I am looking for. However, it seems that this command is designed to modify a windows image or modify the Online (current install) to have this app when a new user is created as the documentation for -PackagePath reads "This package will be added for every new user account." I want the install to add the app to all current users on the machine and to allow new users to have this app as well that log into the machine. How can I do this? More...

I have bought a new windows 8.1 Toshiba laptop when I connect my external hard drive witch was working ok before it's telling me - unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed) code 43 More...

Hi all, I wanted to set my sound default playback device to laptop's speakers using GPO. Is this possible? We have users had their default playback device to their Dell monitors instead for some reason We want to create a GPO to always set the default playback to the laptop's speakers Thanks More...

I've tried the forums. I've tried to get someone to call me. Windows 10. I installed a new mouse and can't figure out how to disable the touchpad when an external mouse is installed into the usb port. It's driving me crazy. I'm about to smash a wall. More...

When I went to the OneDrive site to restore a file I was asked for a password. I entered the password that I use to logon to Windows. The site said no thanks. That is the only password that I used when setting up Windows 8.1 and OneDrive. To reset the password the OneDrive site asked for previous passwords and email addresses of people that I sent email, none of which I had since I had never changed the password and never used the Microsoft email account to send email. Any ideas about this problem or should I stop using OneDrive? More...

I have accidentally deleted my Path variable settings, when I was trying to add a new path. Can you advise me as to what the default settings for this should be. I had Path variable settings for both user and system, both of which I deleted accidentally. I am running Windows 8 Pro (having upgraded it from windows 7). More...

I don't know why, but IE will not open while i'm in chrome, my p.c. is windows 8.1 i need to do a speed test for a job, it opened the other day, now it will not. i need to open new browser in IE to do this test, but i cannot how do i do this, when i open it i have no access to chrome at all without loosing what i need. help will sure be appreciated asap More...

Note: I tried posting this on MS support site 3 times (2 different browsers) and it hangs and won't post. So I hope it works here... Until yesterday, when I had to move the Windows Xbox Wireless receiver for Windows unit to another USB port, it worked for 2 years, no problem. Now, no matter how many fixes I try, it will not connect the wireless controller. Here's what I tried (many times) Switched ports Changed controller batteries (12 different, brand new batteries) Different controller(s) Removed, all not essential USB devices, etc, keyboard and mouse Uninstalled and reinstalled the latest driver (from the CD and 4 different locations [all the same installer]) Moved the receiver within inches of the controller Tried to use the connect button on the bottom of the receiver different ways (hit it once, hold it for up to 30 seconds, hold it once, then release it, then hold it again (that makes the controller green circle blink faster for about 10 seconds). Hold the connect button on the controller until the circle lights rotate from 1,2,3,4 (over and over in all of the above steps). Made sure I had all the latest windows updates And the "one" fix that worked for everyone I read, that didn't for me because the controller never shows under device manager, or add device to your computer, it showed as "Unidentified Device" for all of them, and I never get any unknown device. Here are their steps "Right click on Computer Go to Properties Click on Device Manager Right click on the Unidentified Device (This doesn't show up for me) Go to Properties Go to the Drive tab Click on Update Driver… Browse my computer for driver software Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer Microsoft Common Controller for Window Class Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows Version: 2.1.0.1349 [8/13/2009] Update Driver Warning Click Yes" I am at a loss. I cannot believe it suddenly died when moving it from one port to another, especially when it makes the green controller circle flash faster after holding the connect button on the bottom of the wireless controller. More...

I have only one Arabic language in the language preferences (Arabic Qatar) but somehow a second language is being added once I login to the windows 3 second later (Arabic Saudi Arabia), I tried adding the same language and remove it but it comes again after restart I also tried the below : 1- Removing the registry Path ([-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload]) 2- Adding a new key word value to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout, in right pane right-click and choose "New" then "DWORD Value", name it "IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout", then double-click it and under "Value data" type "1" none of them works Please help me solve this issue thanks More...

OK, I gave the Mail app on my Windows 8 laptop. Hate it. Can I move the folders/emails from the Mail app to Outlook 2013? More...

Hi there, Storage pool with two storage spaces created using Windows 8 Release Preview and then ported into Windows 8 RTM. I'm now trying to delete one of the storages spaces and getting this access is denied error message. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. More...

hello i tried enabling dotnet feature in windows 8 but error message appeared Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.2.9200.16384 Image Version: 6.2.9200.16384 Error: 87 The limitacces option is not recognized in this context. before using this command i used these commands DISM /Online /cleanup-image /CheckHealth DISM /Online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth More...

How do i get rid of the Blue Selection Box and Border surrounding folders and files ? Greetings Everyone. I'm looking to get rid of the blue selection box that appears while hovering the mouse pointer over folders. Is this possible ? and thanks in advance. More...

Hello. I'm looking to learn what these titles are and linked to is there a guide that lets me know what each line is for in Windows ? here is an example: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors] "ActiveBorder"="180 180 180" "ActiveTitle"="153 180 209" "AppWorkspace"="171 171 171" "ButtonAlternateFace"="0 0 0" "ButtonDkShadow"="105 105 105" "ButtonFace"="240 240 240" "ButtonHilight"="255 255 255" "ButtonLight"="227 227 227" "ButtonShadow"="160 160 160" "ButtonText"="0 0 0" "GradientActiveTitle"="185 209 234" "GradientInactiveTitle"="215 228 242" "GrayText"="109 109 109" "Hilight"="51 153 255" "HilightText"="255 255 255" "HotTrackingColor"="0 102 204" "InactiveBorder"="244 247 252" "InactiveTitle"="191 205 219" "InfoText"="0 0 0" "InfoWindow"="255 255 225" "Menu"="240 240 240" "MenuBar"="240 240 240" "MenuHilight"="51 153 255" "MenuText"="0 0 0" "Scrollbar"="200 200 200" "TitleText"="0 0 0" "Window"="255 255 255" "WindowFrame"="100 100 100" "WindowText"="0 0 0" "Background"="0 99 177" "InactiveTitleText"="0 0 0" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors] More...

I see this in my event viewer. I have been having issues with my windows system since I upgraded to windows 10 a few months back. The computer keeps freezing and I have to force the computer to shutdown. Below are some errors I'm finding in the Event Viewer: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0xffffc17f5ede24f0, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000001, 0xfffff80ce98b833e). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: c0d1f961-a957-487c-8a85-1724c08d84fb I'm also getting this error consistently: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160} and APPID {9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276} to the user FALCONXTREME\Trader SID (S-1-5-21-3583300585-3188909471-3606587680-1001) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool. Thanks! More...

i have drive d locked with bitlocker and it is size is 30 giga and it has only some megabytes free and after restarting windows bitlocker cannot unlock it and show error code. i also tried to use repair-bde D: E: -pw -force but it give me same error LOG ERROR: 0xc0000030 Failed to open 'D:'. (0x8007007a) More...