Where / How to find "Ask a question"
CAN ANYONE TELL ME how to reliably and repeatably find the Link to "Ask a question" or "Start a Discussion"! Yes, I am Starting a Discussion now ONLY because I accidentally stumbled upon a Start a discussion link. I am often wondering around in the various Community Hubs, Discussions, Screens, etc. trying to find that link - and don't laugh because I am serious, but sometimes for 30 minutes or more and sometimes finally giving up. I love the Community and the support here, but WHY is it so hard to "Ask a Question" I will post the question somewhere else when I finish here - if I can once again find the link to ask a question. And sorry to be such a pain over this and although a long-term Community participant, but this has been a lingering problem for me, going back years and years. ron in shawnee
Question about Copilot observations related to a possible historical find
Hello everyone, I am working on an art‑historical examination of an older oil/acrylic painting that shows a striking stylistic proximity to John Lennon. What makes it unusual is that the painting contains several features typically seen in Lennon’s drawings, including geometric facial divisions, reduced line structures, characteristic eye shapes, and a distinctive arrangement of figures. While using Copilot, I noticed several noteworthy observations that captured these features with unexpected clarity. I am not looking to present or evaluate anything here, but simply to understand which types of Microsoft teams or roles generally deal with such Copilot observations in connection with possible historical finds. If anyone in the community knows which areas are typically responsible for this or whom one might contact in such cases, I would appreciate any guidance. Thank you.
Thumbnails broken
Hi All I'm new here, I have a SP list that has an image column, it's an older list so the images are still stored in Site assets. It's the back end of a Powerapp. The problem I have is that some of the images won't render in some thumbnail sizes in my app. So some images render small, medium and large but not full and others render in small medium, full. I think it has something to do with when I updated a record in my app. but for now I would like to know how to repair the image column. I'm fairly sure it's Sharepoint issue, as when I select an image in the list, it sometimes does not preview as a large image. Any help would be much appreciated.
Request for missing critical feature: RWBG subpixel layout support for text rendering / ClearType
Hello! Monitors with WOLED panels mostly with RWBG (but also other non-RGB too) subpixel layout are rapidly becoming widespread as they became affordable lately. Mobile OS's have already proven that producing perfect-to-the-eye, artifact-free text rendering / antialiasing on various OLED panels is a totally solved problem already. Current Windows ClearType / text rendering solutions however still fail at this with very unacceptable results. (This is common knowledge all over the internet, I won't post various technical evidence here but you can just look it up easily) Partial 3rd party solutions exist, but are mostly only a band-aid and never produce 100% coverage for all productivity scenarios and never come without side-effects. Thus we now need the official, system deep integrated solution for this. When can you ship this in a critical update with in-advance schedule?Request for missing critical feature: RWBG subpixel layout support for text rendering / ClearType
Hello! Monitors with WOLED panels mostly with RWBG (but also other non-RGB too) subpixel layout are rapidly becoming widespread as they became affordable lately. Mobile OS's have already proven that producing perfect-to-the-eye, artifact-free text rendering / antialiasing on various OLED panels is a totally solved problem already. Current Windows ClearType / text rendering solutions however still fail at this with very unacceptable results. (This is common knowledge all over the internet, I won't post various technical evidence here but you can just look it up easily) Partial 3rd party solutions exist, but are mostly only a band-aid and never produce 100% coverage for all productivity scenarios and never come without side-effects. Thus we now need the official, system deep integrated solution for this. When can you ship this in a critical update with in-advance schedule?
Show recommended files at start recent files in Explorer and items in jump lists: 1 item for all 3?
I am no longer surprised by the level of blatant self-promotion of Microsoft products on Windows 11, I'm utterly dismayed by how poorly it performs in almost all categories, but even by these unfathomably low standards, this one takes the biscuit: Today I noticed that the utterly dysfunctional start menu of Windows 11 (please just give us back Windows 10, that was okay-ish?) has only 1 button for 3 completely unrelated items, and I quote from my settings: "show recommended files at start, recent files in file Explorer, and items in jump lists". Is thinking among developers at Microsoft so basal that no-one has thought that we might want separate control over these items? I think it's fair to say there has been sufficient kick back to Microsoft's attempts to promote its own products in the start menu, but here they've grouped together 3 completely unrelated elements and asking us to choose all nothing. To be clear: I don't ever want a single recommendation from Microsoft on my computer (which I have to use for work, otherwise I would be elsewhere), but I do find recent files kind of useful. Is that really that mind-blowingly surprising? Please tell me that there is somewhere else where I can separate these out and choose one but not the other. Many thanks.
Classic SharePoint features appearing on a Modern Site
I have a modern SharePoint site, with a modern list that has never been associated with classic SharePoint features. But today, two users have experienced intermittent instances of the list appearing in the classic interface. They have not accessed this site before now so I do not believe there should be a cache issue. Does anyone know why this is happening and how it's possible when this site has no association with Classic features? They are using the same browser, same permissions across the site but sometimes the list opens in Classic mode, sometimes it opens in Modern. It also is happening in incognito mode. They are unable to use the site while in Classic Interface at all - the people pickers deny them access ("Error: Sorry, you do not have permission to query for users" and they cannot edit anything because of this error.Windows 11 24H2/25H2 System Freeze After January 2026 Updates – Lenovo ThinkPad G2
Dear Microsoft Support Team, We would like to raise a high-priority technical support case regarding a stability issue observed after installing the January 2026 cumulative updates on our Windows 11 devices. Environment Details: Device Model: Lenovo ThinkPad G2 (multiple units) OS Versions: Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 Update Installed: January 2026 Patch Tuesday cumulative update (KB number can be provided) Deployment Method: WSUS / Intune / Windows Update (specify accordingly) BIOS Version: (Installed Latest available from Lenovo) Issue Description: After installing the January 2026 cumulative updates, devices intermittently experience a complete system freeze. The system becomes fully unresponsive: Mouse and keyboard input stop responding No BSOD is displayed Task Manager cannot be opened System recovery is only possible via hard reboot (power button) Frequency: The issue occurs randomly, both during active use and idle state. Multiple users across our environment are impacted. Troubleshooting Performed: Reinstalled OEM-certified Lenovo display drivers Disabled Fast Startup Ran SFC and DISM health checks (no integrity violations) Updated BIOS to latest version Setting power idle mode, then work normally Request: - Please confirm whether this is a known global issue under investigation. - Advise if any hotfix, Known Issue Rollback (KIR), or registry-based mitigation is available. - Provide guidance on additional diagnostic logging required at kernel or driver level. - Confirm whether crash dump analysis is recommended for this scenario. We are prepared to provide additional diagnostic logs, memory dumps, or reproduction steps upon request. Kindly treat this as a priority case due to multi-user impact in a production environment. Thank you for your support. #Windows11, #Windows 11 24H2, Windows Update, Cumulative Update, System Freeze, Lenovo ThinkPad, Display Driver, Enterprise
Windows narrator keeps turning on.
I just completed 2 windows updates this morning and since then, when the computer "goes to sleep" and I wake it, the narrator program starts to run. I shut it off but it will turn back on the next time it goes to sleep again. I checked the task manager/start up and narrator is not listed in there. I'm running Windows 11 and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.