Win 11 login, freezes, create pin
Working on a friends Samsung notebook, and I am going crazy,. Originally installed Win 10 home, factory reset. Upgraded home to Pro with a new key, got all of the updates possible. Installed Win 11 Pro from a USB drive, seemed to work fine. Went out and got all of the updates possible, running 25H2 I believe. Removed the fancy lock screen pic, went to a generic blue background. With all of that said, there are multiple occasions during login, that the keyboard does not work for entering the password, or it will take 1 character only, and then freeze. The mouse moves, but selecting anything to click on provides zero responses. When i do finally get logged in after multiple reboots, I try to go into Settings, Accounts, and select to change/remove the password. From there, it goes into what appears to be a continuous loop... Enter account sign in, confirm I am a parent (why is this even there?) and from there I can choose to send a code to the account email or to use the password to sign in... when I do either of these processes, it just loops back to asking the same thing over and over again. I also tried to setup a PIN, and again the same process repeats over and over. Checking Windows Update, and it tells me everything is current. Honestly about ready to find a hammer.... Suggestions please, and thanks in advance... Gary :)
Can't find facial ID setup on Windows 11 Pro
Windows are making user a lot of hard time. I bought the computer today with Windows 11 Pro installed. There is no way I can select Facial ID setup. After watching some youtube video, I got into the system --> optional features. But I accidently delete the feature. Now, I am adding back, but it takes almost 0.5 hour. Even I managed to add it back, it still could not find any way to set it up. Can someone help?I accidently uninstalled the IE Mode Option and I need to install it back but I can't find it
I was trying to Install Another Feature on Window 11, when I accidentally uninstalled the IE Mode Feature. Now, when I try to Install It, I can't see it anymore. I spoke to ChatGPT about this and it gave me this Command, but when I ran it, I got this Error: C:\Windows\System32>DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Browser.InternetExplorer~~~~0.0.11.0 Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 10.0.26100.5074 Image Version: 10.0.26200.7462 [==========================100.0%==========================] Error: 0x8000ffff DISM failed. No operation was performed. For more information, review the log file. The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log Can you please tell me how to add it back: https://chatgpt.com/share/69420ff4-d7c4-8000-a448-17006bf16a9e
problems transferring everything
I’ve been working to migrate all files and settings from an old Win 10 pc to a new Win 11 pc. I wanted to use the built-in windows backup tool with One Drive because that seems to be the easiest and most comprehensive way to move files, settings, and everything else. While getting started, trying to follow Microsoft instructions, I accidentally created a second Microsoft account. I want to use that new account going forward because I need to close down the install4you.com domain (I own it) completely. The two accounts are mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons (older account) and mailto:eddie.dobelstein@gmail.com (new account). For the sake of less typing, I’ll refer to those accounts as i4y and gmail. When I set up my old Win 10 computer, it was common just to use a local account and NOT combine logging into it with logging into a Microsoft account. I set up a local account on that computer based on the i4y email. Now settings/accounts/your info shows “E____ D_______, i4y, Administrator.” At some point, during an update, without understanding what Microsoft was telling me to do, I connected the existing local account to my Microsoft i4y account. I can’t get back to the local account I used originally. I need to change the i4y address to the gmail address so my data will flow correctly from my Win10 pc, through One Drive, to my new Win11 pc. For the OneDrive process to work, both computers must use the same Microsoft account. I tried using account.live.com/names/manage and logged in as i4y. I tried to add the gmail address (so I could make it primary) and got the message that it already exists-please use another. I’m afraid I’ll have to delete the gmail Microsoft account (& lose the work I've done setting it up) so I can change the primary email on the old computer. I’m also afraid that if I delete the gmail account, the email address won’t be freed up until the waiting period is over for Microsoft to completely delete the account. Maybe the email address won’t be freed up at all. I know I messed up in several ways. I used to be really good with computers, but I blinked and got too far behind to catch up. (I kinda got old too.) I just need to get everything on my new laptop so I can use it, Thanks for anyone who has the mercy to help. EddieIssue with sign-in to Office apps after Windows update
We are experiencing sign-in issues with Office apps after the two latest Windows updates: KB5068865 and KB5071417. When launching Office applications, users receive an Account Error warning. The apps otherwise work as expected, but users must reauthenticate in Outlook to access their mailbox. After signing in, everything works normally. However, the issue reoccurs after a machine restart. We are running Windows 11 23H2 multi-session in Azure with Citrix DaaS, deployed using MCS. We have also tested upgrading to 25H2 and updating FSLogix, but neither made any difference. If we uninstall the update, everything works as expected again. Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone experienced something similar?
Windows 11 Home Actual Technical Support
Is there a way to get in contact with a real-life human being for MS Windows 11 technical support? Tried the MS support web sites and can't get past the AI Chat Bot. It only gives you high level links to different support pages, none of which get you to an agent. Tried the 1-800-642 number and AI answering bot just gives web site info and then hangs up on you. Has MS stopped actual human interaction for support Windows 11 home and Windows 365? I am, actually embarrassed that I have to resort to this post avenue to try for an answer. If there is a way, I am specifically looking for technical support on Windows 11 BitLocker error. None of the MS Security, MS Windows 11 technical support or community web sites post anything concerning this error. Really need to open a ticket and speak to a support agent to get this resolved. Any help would be super appreciated. Thank you, SimplyHumanWindows Recall feature missing
Greetings All! I am trying to resolve an issue where I do not see Windows Recall as available, despite the fact that the Insider DEV Build 26200.5518 is installed on a CoPilot+ PC (AceMagic F3A which has the new AMD 370 AI CPU with NPU). It is specifically called out by Microsoft as being recognized as a CoPilot+ PC and as such it should have feature parity with an ARM device, at least as it pertains to CoPilot+ functionality. I fully realize Windows Recall is in preview, and is otherwise not available on most devices at this point. I am authenticated into Windows Insider using my Microsoft account on this PC, and it confirms I am on ge_release. This PC has also ran through many Windows Update cycles to make sure it is fully updated, and it is. No further updates are available at this time. Therefore, I am stuck, and stumped. I don't know what else I need to do in order to make Recall available to me so I can enable it and do the testing I want to do with it. Does anyone have any insight on what I need to do from here? Thanks in advance!
History on this device setting to Off. <--- Such an option is not available.
I want to close my activity history, but there's no such option. (Windows 11) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/-windows-activity-history-and-your-privacy-2b279964-44ec-8c2f-e0c2-6779b07d2cbd ----> Unfortunately, this information didn't help my .
