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Impossible to sign in with different user account
I use this browser with two MS accounts. The techcommunity does not let me choose the user account to sign in with! I'm forced to open a private window to sign in and write this feedback. So when clicking Sign In, it thinks I want to sign in with my M365 company account, and asks me to accept certain permissions. However, I want to sign in with my personal MS account. So I click cancel and get redirected to the home page. So, in order to visit the site with my personal MS account, must either use a private windows, or clear every single cookie for every single Microsoft domain, which is also NOT what I want to do. This is simply unacceptable and driving me away from using the techcommunity at all! I made a video for you to show you how broken the sign in flow is: https://i.imgur.com/KnxnPKM.mp4
HELP PLEASE! Windows 11 reactivation
I recently bought new m.2 drives and bought, installed and activated Win11 Home. The drives were running extremely slow and after hours of troubleshooting, I looked up my product key in regedit since my purchase email didn’t have it and wiped them and planned to return them and try again at a later date since I had working sata drives loaded and ready. A few days later(today) I decided to give them another go after someone suggested a bios update. The bios update was a success in getting the drives fully functional but after reinstalling windows, it says I can’t activate because I don’t have a valid digital license….how? I just bought it a few days ago and when I used it then it worked? Why can’t I reactivate windows 11 now? Do I have to spend ANOTHER $146?? I’ve tried every support channel and the automated system is garbage and no help so if someone here can help I would surely appreciate it!
Task Scheduler
I'am new to this forum. I'm trying to use Task Scheduler to print a document on every Friday at noon. My document is located on > my computer >WindowsSSD (C:) > Program File (x86) > Microsoft Office > Office12 > Print A Test Page Every Friday At Noon.docx. My printer is located here on http://192.168.12.154:80/WSD/DEVICE. I'm not sure if this is where I'm supposed to post this. Any help would be grateful.output sound just stopped win 11
Hello, Recent upgrade to win 11 from win 10, from a certified MS reseller. All was fine for about 2 months.......THEN... one day my old guy analog mini jack plug in speakers just stop working. Have verified the following: Driver OK, Win Update OK, mini jack cord OK, speakers verified with other source-OK I do get a buzzing in the speakers when I first introduce the jack to the inlet, but when fully inserted, silence. Also no sound in PC speaker and no sound to plug in head phones. Neither youtube, nor zoom has sound output. Brower window does not have option for any sound. Speaker icon is "x"'d out. PC Settings has no option for adding wired device. No pop up to acknowledge new plugged in device, like win 10 had.Read this BEFORE you post!
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URGENT HELP- cant access admin centre for my business
Hi. Needing urgent assistance/advice on how to access my control panel when the Multi- Factor Authenticator app wont be produce the security code when I've signed in using username and password. I'm desperate, I've called Microsoft 3 times with no return call to assist. I cannot send any quotes/invoice from my 3 businesses for 2 days now
"Authorization has been denied for this request"
Hello, We’re encountering an issue with sending proactive messages to Microsoft Teams. We have multiple tenants, and in one of them the REST API works correctly. The app registration is multi-tenant, and we obtain the access token from https://login.microsoftonline.com/botframework.com/oauth2/v2.0/token, which works without any problems. However, in another tenant the same flow fails with "Authorization has been denied for this request", even though we are still able to retrieve the access token. After decoding both tokens, everything matches except for the tid. I also tried switching the app to single-tenant and requesting the token from https://login.microsoftonline.com/<my-tenant-id>/oauth2/v2.0/token. This returns a valid token, but using it to send a proactive message results in the same authorization error. My understanding from recent documentation is that multi-tenant bot creation has been deprecated and bots should now migrate to a single-tenant model. Does this also apply to bots created in the Developer Portal? The Bot Framework REST API documentation doesn’t explicitly mention any changes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-authentication?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=multitenant#bot-to-connector I could also see multiple users facing the same issue, so is there a bug that is currently preventing some tenants from using the service?
Teams B2B sync on macOS
Hi all, I have set up B2B collaboration between two Microsoft 365 tenants. Each tenant has its own Teams environment and users can switch tenants inside the Teams app without any problems. Both sides would like to work in each other's Teams channels and they also want something very specific. They want OneDrive on macOS to sync both their own tenant’s files and the other tenant’s files locally in Finder. This is where things break. Everything looks correctly configured. B2B collaboration is enabled on both tenants Guest access is allowed Sharing settings are set to the least restrictive level When a user opens a SharePoint library in the other tenant and clicks Sync, the OneDrive popup shows up and macOS asks to open the OneDrive app, but then nothing happens. No new library appears in OneDrive and there is no error. My question is whether this is simply an expected limitation. Can OneDrive on macOS actually sync document libraries from a different tenant when the user is only a B2B guest? Or is this not supported? I have seen mixed information. Some people say guests cannot sync cross tenant libraries at all. Others say it only works when the team is set up as a Shared Channel. Before restructuring everything I want to confirm the real behaviour. Do I need to create a Shared Team or Shared Channel to make cross tenant file sync work in Finder? Or is the missing sync just how OneDrive behaves for B2B guests on macOS? Any real world experience would be very helpful.RSS feed blocking readers
Hey recently my RSS feeds all stopped working, like 20 days or so ago. Using Feeder and its saying the RSS feed is likely blocking bots which means its unable to query the RSS. Anyone know who to contact about that? Or an RSS reader that still works? https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/s/gxcuf89792/rss/board?board.id=IntegrationsonAzureBlog
Problem with E drive
Hi. I have what looks to be a software issue on E:\ drive, but when I contacted Microsoft live chat support they are saying it looks more like a hardware problem, but the error says it's about either a missing App, or an association problem. I can't attach a screenshot, or copy/paste, but this is the error that shows:- E:\ This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install an app or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Apps Settings page. I don't have a clue what this means, or even where to look. It's a fairly new system, I only got it in Feb this year. This has only just very recently started happening. I am getting the attached error whenever I use either an SD card reader, or the External drive. I've tried several different cards, and different readers, in most of my USB ports. This makes using any external drive a bit glitchy. Is there any way that anyone can help, or any suggestions where to look? I really need this drive working properly. Thanks. Steve.Posts and comments not getting approved
Hello Tech Community Team, I’ve recently started contributing educational Azure lab posts to the Tech Community, but none of my posts or even my comments are getting approved or published — even after waiting more than 48 hours. I’m trying to actively participate and help others, and I want to make sure my account is not stuck in moderation or blocked from posting. Could you please check and let me know how to proceed? Thank you very much, Perparim AbdullahuChanged My Resolution to my tv in game and now my colors are all messed up
Tried resetting my color settings and even made sure my drivers were good which they were because ive had them like a month + now and cant seem to get this solved. I checked hdr and night light etc none of thats on and im baffled at what to do now. I tried the system on my other tv and it was fine but i come back to this one and its the same very vibrant colors. I even reset my tv settings and nothing changed please help.
Lenovo Thinkpad E480 Windows 11
Hi, I checked the lenovo website (https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-edge-laptops/thinkpad-e480-type-20kn-20kq/solutions/ht512623-lenovo-devices-supported-for-windows-11) to see if my thinpad E480 could update to windows 11, and it is specified as a supported pc, but when I check on my laptop, it says it can't install Windows 10. I made sure the install of windows 10 was UEFI, secure boot on, tpm 2 on, etc.. I also installed the lenovo apps like system update and updated the bios. (I tried posting this on the lenovo forums but their website is garbage and wouldn't let me make an account)Long wait for initial load of this site
There are numerous topics about slowness of this site going back for years (before recent update, which was already so long ago). But what i am experiencing for the past few months is something different. Every time i come to this site first time and say click a link in RSS feed for one of the blog articles i have to wait up to a minute for it to start loading anything (it shows an empty page and loading animation in the browser). After that it would be loading pages quick (well, normal speed for this site, which is still sluggish). But if i do not browse here for 30 min or longer then again first load will be annoyingly long. It is like there is some load balancer/throttling for each new visitor and you have to stand in line.
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