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I have Administrator rights but can't turn on location services...HELP! ;-)
My account shows that I have administrator rights, but Location Services is greyed out. How can I get that working? I'm not tech-savvy, so I'm not very good at searching, or at least finding the right words for the question. Thanks!
Secure Boot Certificate Updates via InTune Policy
We are currently having issues applying the settings required to install secure boot cert updates using the InTune policy method. A brief overview to quickly explain : We are a reasonably large company managing a mix of over 10,000 Windows and iOS devices. Our Windows devices come from the supplier with the Professional edition of Windows pre-installed, this is then changed via an Enterprise key as part of our Autopilot enrolment process and activated via our users subscription license. To all sense and purposes Windows looks and feels like the Enterprise edition, indeed if you check using winver, system settings and activation status for example then Windows tells us that it is the Enterprise edition. However, if you check the licensing using slmgr /dli it shows that the licensing has been reverted back to the OEM Professional edition as pre-installed by the supplier on purchase. This may have always been the case but until very recently has gone unnoticed. Whilst testing the rollout of an InTune policy to allow secure boot cert updates as detailed here : Microsoft Intune method of Secure Boot for Windows devices with IT-managed updates - Microsoft Support , this is failing because the policy is rejected by licensing error : MDM PolicyManager: Policy is rejected by licensing, Policy: (ConfigureMicrosoftUpdateManagedOptIn), Area: (SecureBoot), Result:(0x82B00006) Unknown Win32 Error code: 0x82b00006 InTune reporting directly on the policy shows this as error 65000 We are able to change the key by using slmgr and a combination of MAK\KMS\OEM but whatever keys are applied this always reverts to being the OEM Professional key after the device has been restarted. I have seen that there is a group policy method for setting the required settings for the secure boot cert updates to work, this however seems a very backward approach by Microsoft in an area where they are trying to promote a cloud-first policy. Indeed since we rolled out Windows 11, we as an organisation have been moving anything that we can to cloud in readiness for retirement of our on-prem estate. Microsoft's response to my recent support request was that this is expected behaviour, which to all sense and purposes is not what i would class as a solution. Has anyone else had the same issues when using the InTune policy method, and was a solution found or did you have to return to the dark ages and resort to group policy? There seem to be lots of posts online referring to access to specific registry keys being blocked going as far back as 2024, the suggested script to resolve these permissions and suggested KB articles have not resolved the issue.Unable to boot from my SSD, Windows 11 installation
Please help me! I've been there for 13 hours! I want to install Windows 11 on my second m2 SSD because I need uefi and secure boot, I switched it to gpt, after installing Windows 11, I am sent back to the BIOS because my SSD does not is not boot and is not recognized as a boot sequence, it is only when I activate the CSM and inherited that it wants boot, I don't understand where the problem is coming from, I can't take it anymore...Switching to W11, but UEFI or CSM?
The fateful date is fast approaching, my question is how to switch to W11 knowing that I am currently in CSM startup and this is what is blocking this passage in Windows Update. this mode has already bothered me a lot after each update of the bios (twice) of my CM. the PC no longer wants to start, it goes into uefi originally after update and even after putting csm back on it doesn't want to go away, and suddenly it wants to boot.... I have an MSI pro Z690-p ddr4 with a 12600KF, and a P3 nvme 1To SSD.
Windows 11 24H2 Start Menu and Taskbar Pinning Feature Malfunction
After upgrading the system to Windows 11 version 26100.4061 (24H2), the “Pin to Start” option has disappeared from the right-click menus of applications (including both built-in system apps and third-party software). Additionally, the “Pin to Taskbar” functionality is no longer working. Attempts to manually create shortcuts or move items to the “Start Menu” folder have proven ineffective. Seeking a solution to restore this functionality or a fix for this issue.
Can a single SSD drive install a dual-boot system with Windows 11 and Windows 11?
On a Dell laptop with a single SSD partitioned into two sections, attempting to install a second Windows 11 system resulted in the inability to click “Next” during the installation interface to proceed to the disk selection step (likely due to boot or installer restrictions). AI tools suggested a workaround, but practical implementation failed. Seeking specific partition configuration, boot settings, and installation methods.Windows 11 cannot find an Android tablet
I bought myself a Geekom mini PC in N150 running Windows 11 pro. It is perfectly detected by other Windows machines, and all PCs at home (4) recognize each other well, but it gets stuck with my Huawei Matepad Pro 2024 (Android therefore). This same Huawei tablet has a "share with computers" function which makes it visible on the network, and it works completely with my Windows 10 laptop and my Windows 10 tablet. On the other hand, this recognition is not carried out either with the mini PC or with the tower, both under Windows 11!! In the other direction it works, the Android tablet has access to the Geekom via SMB (and to all other PCs, Windows 11 or 10). It is really only in the Geekom Windows 11 to Huawei tablet direction that it is not recognized. I therefore strongly incriminate Windows 11 for being responsible for the "bazaar" ! But I don't see at all the setting to act on to finally see my tablet in the network explorer of the mini PC under Windows 11!
Migration to Windows11 impossible while gear ok
I would like to migrate to w11 from my W10. Currently, Windows tells me that my installation is not compatible. So I looked a little, in terms of components (I have an R5 3600X and a B450m Aorus) I'm good, it's more about options not activated and configuration. I ran WhyNotWin11, and this is what I getAll Vulkan applications cause complete system freeze
I believe a recent Windows update has broken something related to the Vulkan graphics API on my machine. I am using an Nvidia GTX 970 graphics card. Any time I run any game or application that uses Vulkan my machine will completely freeze and a single error beep can be heard. DirectX games work completely fine. I have tried old drivers that I know worked previously and they no longer work. I transferred my GPU to an old Windows 10 machine and Vulkan games run fine. I tried to completely reformat my PC with windows 11 but the issue still happens since the Media Creation Tool created a USB drive with the latest version of Windows 11. I don't know if it was a Windows Update for certain but I don't know what else it could be. At first I thought it was a hardware issue but the graphics card works fine in my Windows 10 machine. Has anyone else noticed this problem? It's preventing me from working since I need to use applications the exclusivly use Vulkan.No 'go back' option on security update from 4 days ago
I'm trying to roll back security update KB5074109, which has made it impossible for me to use InDesign, which is the main programme I use for my job. It's a known issue - all my files are backed up on Dropbox/OneDrive and the update has changed how file locking / write permissions work (InDesign can still open files (read access), but failed when saving (write/overwrite), which triggers Error Code 2) - and I can't afford to be unable to work until Windows gets around to fixing it. Only issue - the update was installed on the 16th and it's now the 20th. Only 4 days ago but there's no 'go back' option in settings to uninstall the update - it's not even greyed out, just completely not there. Please help, thanks!
