Save the date: Windows Office Hours - September 18, 2025
Save the date for our next monthly Windows Office Hours, on September 18th from 8:00-9:00a PT! We will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Windows, Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Windows 365, Windows Autopilot, security, public sector, FastTrack, and more. They will be standing by -- in chat -- to provide guidance, discuss strategies and tactics, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have. For more details about how Windows Office Hours works, go to our Windows IT Pro Blog. If you can't make it at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, post your questions on the Windows Office Hours: September 18th event page, up to 48 hours in advance.
Microsoft forcing unwanted service onto users
Dear Microsoft, I have been a Windows user for many many years now and I loved windows for many years, but now I'm seriously leaving windows now. Since windows 10 you have been removing user rights in the windows and forcing your way of using the system onto us users, which I simply cannot accept anymore. If I buy a licens to Windows, then I should be the only one in charge of my windows install. Yet if I disable a function/service then you just turn it back on next time I update windows. Thats NOT RIGHT. And now you are removing the option to turn off these function/service, why? Leave my windows install alone. The latest issue you have done is removing the option to remove Copilot. When Copilot first was introduced, I could just uninstall copilot, and it was gone from my pc. Then you change it, so that if I disabled copilot it would disappear - I was fine with that. But now I can't even disable copilot in windows, the option is gone from the setting menu. And it everywhere in windows now and always in your face. I don't want to use it. If I want to use AI, I use ChatGPT (I know you own OpenAI) in the web browser, I just do not want copilot anywhere one my system, because I don't use it and is not going to use it. In your apps, like outlook, word, etc., you still allow users to disable copilot. However, before some update when a user disabled copilot it would disappear from the toolbar - Nice! But you changed that. Now the copilot button is still there, even if I actively disable it - WHY? Again, I do not want to use copilot which is why I'm actively disable it. So please, respect users' decision and stop forcing unwanted service onto users, especially when they have made an active decision to disable the set function/service. I'm leaving Windows for Linux. Outlook for Proton, Xbox for SteamOS, Office for Libre Office, Onedrive for Dropbox. I'm leaving Microsoft and all their products since they are not worth it anymore.Need help with my hard drive
So back when I got this pre-built pc, I was told it had 120GB SSD and a 500GB HDD. When I took my pc to tech guy to get the power supply changed, he told me one of my hard drives wasn’t plugged in and that he could do that for me. Well I just now realized that I don’t think the 500GB HDD hard drive was ever plugged in/properly worked. My storage has only ever showed 120GB of storage so the SSD is the only one working. I just checked the hard drives and they both seem to be plugged in. I was debating on if I should buy another SSD with more storage and replace the HDD drive that isn’t working or if there could be something else I could do to try and make the HDD drive work. I haven’t really messed with the wires because I don’t know what I’m doing, but if you all recommend me to do something I can try. If I was to replace it, I don’t know which one would be the HDD drive. They both look similar, however one has another small port beside the DATA port, while the other doesn’t. Would that one be the HDD drive? Sorry if all of this seems dumb, I really just know nothing about computers haha.
Win11 update uninstallation failed 0x800f0825
When attempting to uninstall update KB5063878 on the Windows 11 24H2 system, error code 0x800f0825 was encountered, preventing the update from being uninstalled properly. This issue may be caused by damaged system files or conflicting update dependencies.Old to New PC Transfer
I have a question for you since I've decided to move to AMD and change all my PC. How can I transfer my Windows 11 disk system with my files and programs (200Gb on classic Sata SSD) to a fresh new PC (new motherboard, new AMD processor, new M2 Nvme disk which is totally blank)? Should I install Windows 11 on the new PC first and restore via Windows tool? Or is there a simpler way?
Update My windows 10 to Windows 11
Hello, Yesterday i try update my windows 10 to winsows 11 but when i try follow information on windows support that i need go to Advance Resertart and go to UEFI option i dont see this option. I look up what can be reason, and apparently that cause i have Legacy version instead UEFI. I try change this in my bios. When i try do that after chang it in option and save computer resrtart and back to Bios menu. After i revert this to legacy computer turn on normally. Tahnk you for any advice.
Windows 11 Reinstall
Hi, total tech novice here. I need to reinstall Windows 11 onto my laptop as it will not boot/recover. I’m guessing I need to download the programme from Microsoft using another device and then load via BIOS? Any pointers would be appreciated. How do I find my product key once it installs? Thanks.
