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Windows 11 Phone Link Notifications - Click Goes to Search on Browser - Worthless
In Phone Link, there are "Notifications" on the left-hand side. I usually want to "X" out of 90% of them. But I'll occasionally miss the "X" and that means I've clicked on the notification. Then it takes me to Edge (my default browser) and does a web search for the Notification app. That is worthless! My phone has notifications from Gmail, Weather, Ring, Messages, etc. That "feature" literally has NEVER taken me anywhere useful! I have to close the browser search page and Alt-Tab back to Phone Link. Can we turn that off please?SolvedhfboroniSep 05, 2026Copper Contributor162Views0likes5Comments
Windows 11 25H2 monthly cumulative updates repeatedly break my Storage Spaces volume
On Windows 11 25H2, every monthly cumulative update since 26200.8737 makes my Storage Spaces parity volume fail to mount - it shows as RAW / "corrupt and unreadable." The pool and disks are healthy and the data is intact (read-only chkdsk finds zero problems), and uninstalling the update restores the volume every time. Happened in July (KB5100998 / KB5121767) and again today (KB5120998). I'm now stuck on build 26200.8737 because I can't take any newer update without losing the drive. Feedback Hub report got no traction; MS support just pointed me back to Feedback Hub In July the corruption was reported in the NTFS reparse index, and I had ~100k OneDrive Files-On-Demand placeholders on that volume. I thought I had moved OneDrive off it, but the files remain. Im in the process of moving/deleting all files related to OneDrive off the Storage Space volume and will report back. Anyone else seeing this, and is there a permanent fix?Solved131Views0likes1CommentCross Device Platform Question
Maybe I am not understanding what this is. Is this meant to link to a windows phone? Is anyone using a windows phone anymore? Why is this running? Why can't I turn it off easy? I don't have windows anywhere but here... barley. I certainly don't need a cross platform anything. At first I thought this had something to do with me dual booting the machine with Linux, but I noticed it running on my friends computer who does not have Linux. So what exactly is it? Does anyone know? Can someone explain it to me? and explain why I have to have it running?SolvedJennyXSAug 31, 2026Copper Contributor150Views0likes5Comments
Turn on virus protection notification pops up every single startup
Hi Microsoft Community! I've been having the "Turn on virus protection" notification pop up every single time I turn on my PC. I uninstalled McAfee a few years ago and enabled Windows Defender. The OS does not seem to recognize this change and thinks Windows Defender is still disabled. Any help would be appreciated.SolvedDogekovichAug 29, 2026Copper Contributor196Views0likes3Comments
Desktop background black
After (re)start of my Win 11 HP PC the desktop background is always black. I can only change it for the current session, then it goes black again. This is the situation after the latest win updates. Is there a fix? [2026-08-28 updates: (KB5120998) (26200.9278) (KB5122385) Realtek Semiconductor Corp. MEDIA Driver Update (6.0.10013.1) Intel(R) Corporation Extension Driver Update (1.0.4220.0) Microsoft Defender Antivirus – KB2267602 (version 1.457.375.0)]SolvedWhywhyAug 28, 2026Copper Contributor1.4KViews0likes6CommentsHow to Bypass windows 11 compatibility check for CPU and TPM 2.0
When I was trying to upgrade my computer from Windows 10 to Windows 11 recently, it says my device does not meet system requirements. The error message indicates: Here is why: The processor isn't supported for this version of Windows. The PC must support TPM 2.0. I am so confused as the PC still works quite smoothly with Windows 10 as it has 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD. Is there any way to bypass Windows 11 compatibility check so I can run Windows 11.SolvedwenttoAug 11, 2026Tin Contributor1.6KViews0likes11Comments
"Turn on Virus Protection" Notification appears after the latest update
So after the latest Windows 11 update I constantly get a single notification from Windows Defender claiming that it was turned off and suggesting to "Turn on Virus Protection". Fun fact is that Defender keeps working all the time and never turns off. Another fun fact is that the notification appears at the same exact time, 4m13sec after logging into account (judging by task manager uptime timer). I've heard a similar story from another user experiencing the same issue after latest update, but for him the notification appears at 4m23sec. I contacted support and they said that they might require multiple feedbacks on this issue from different users to confirm that it's a bug. While my PC was checked by Microsoft support team member and he confirmed that there's no issue with my system. Everything runs perfectly fine and working as it should. From the side it looks like it's some scheduled event bug, however upon checking task scheduler there was nothing to trigger this notification. As well as event manager shows no visible signs of critical errors on that matter (or at least I don't see any). It's extremely concerning to me, cause it's the first issue related to Windows Security which happened to me since my first day of using Windows 11. And there's no trace of it, so basically it's unable to identify the source of this bug. Reinstalling system helped for a while, but after several hours a few minor security updates were installed, and the notification came back. Like i said, it appears only once after each account log in. If my PC goes to sleep, I can wake it up as many times as I want and it won't show it ever again. Can anyone confirm the same weird behavior after the latest updates? If so, is anyone willing to send a feedback?Solveduserfriendly2026Aug 07, 2026Brass Contributor9.5KViews12likes16CommentsMy printer work on my phone but not Windows PC
My printer works perfectly with my phone, allowing me to print documents and photos without any issues. However, when I try to connect and print from my Windows computer, it doesn't recognize the printer or send any print jobs. I need help troubleshooting why my printer functions on my phone but not on my Windows system, and I would appreciate step-by-step guidance to resolve this connectivity problem. so I'm hoping someone knows a free trick or tool that doesn't involve uploading my file to some random website or paying for expensive software.SolvedGaissnbunAug 06, 2026Iron Contributor52Views0likes1CommentCould a computer explain why it crashed?
I'm wondering if a computer could ever explain the exact reason it crashed in plain language, rather than showing cryptic error codes or a blue screen with minimal context. Could the system analyze its own logs, memory dumps, and hardware state at the moment of failure, and then generate a clear, human-readable explanation of what went wrong and which component was responsible?SolvedDainnesrAug 06, 2026Copper Contributor47Views0likes2Comments
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