Windows 11 Family Child Accounts Don't Stay Authenticated to XBox App
Hi all, I have just coming across this issue in the last 48-72 hours for my 2 children who are 11 1/2 and 13 1/2. Whenever they open the XBox App on Windows 11 they are prompted to Sign In or just Browse the App, they select Sign in and it gives them a "Welcome Back message" and confirm to use that account or sign in with another. If they close the app and re-open it they are prompted to sign in again. We have Microsoft Family setup and have tested this across 3 seperate devices and it behaves the same. If I log into the XBox App though then close it and re-open I stay logged in. This issue has extended onto causing sign in/authentication issues for games installed/downloaded from the Windows Store/XBox app. Mainly Minecraft Bedrock, PalWorld and Roblox. Minecraft Bedrock opens but says they are not signed in. When you click sign in within a few seconds you get the error message "Drowned" Roblox Application opens to the Roblox title screen but there is nothing to click on to sign in etc. Just the background picture. PalWorld looks like its going to start to launch, you see a brief message saying Signing In and Syncing then Palworld shows the error: "The game crashed Error code: (0x8000ffff)" or "Something went wrong launching your game Error code: (0x8007023e)" and occassionally 'Something went wrong launching your game. Error code: (0x87e10802). If I uninstall the version of say Roblox from the XBox and app download and install it directly from the Roblox website it works correctly. I reloaded my sons computer from scratch and the issue is still there. Someone mentioned about some recent authentication issues Microsoft have been having. Any help greatfully received. Thanks, Dwarfboysim
Microsoft Edge message "session expired".
HHi! I read and comment on Edge home page off and on all day. About 10 days ago, I tried to post something and got the msg that the session had expired, followed by "log in to comment". But I AM logged in and have been for quite a while. My avatar shows, my history is there, the people I follow are marked, etc. I can't figure out what the problem is and it's driving me nuts. Any ideas would be very much appreciated!
Outlook Classic 2021 not responding disconected from exchange
Outlook Classic 2021 not responding disconected from exchange Windows 11 24H2, after run Outlook immediately not responding, in right down corner yellow triangle 'Outlook is not responding if you are using a Microsoft Exchange email account you can cancel the pending server task' making new profile not work, reparing ost file not work, disabled all addins not work, no updates in outlook - newest version, reparing office not work. someone can help? what can i do
W11 update bricked my pointer
i can't use my #%#$%#$ trackball (or anything with a logitech antenna) ever since W11 forced and update. how do i fix it? how do i fix it? i'm tired of this **bleep**, how do i **bleep**ing fix it??? FIX IT NOW! YOU DID THIS TO MY COMPUTER WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! FIX IT!
Logins via the Network Policy Server (NPS) fail.
Hello folks, Hope you are doing well and great. I have trouble with Certificate Authentication in our network environment. Let's explain in detail: 1- Our clients have a user certificate and a computer certificate issued by the Internal CA. 2-Clients try to connect to the NPS via wireless. 3-NPS communicates with the local Domain Controller and authenticates clients. Everything is ok so far. Once we decided to update one of our domain controllers to the latest patches and security updates, after a while we faced the above error on NPS, hence I have changed the DNS and functionality of NPS to another DC which isn't updated. After almost one month, we faced the above error on some sites. I have to emphasize on those sites, we have a local DC that wasn't updated, so we expected that the issue was not related to the update or any KB. After digging into this error and conducting research on the Internet, I realized the issue is related to the specific KB Microsoft release in May 2022 that affects certificate authentication. I know the best solution is updating all DCs, but for now it isn't possible for us, so I decided to find a solution temporarily to ignore this security issue, I have done all the solutions that were recommended on the Internet, but the issue still exists. Now, are there any solutions to fix the problem except updating all DCs? By the way, I found this link but I couldn't find workaround to fix the problem: https://www.gradenegger.eu/en/logins-via-the-network-policy-server-nps-fail-with-reason-authentication-failed-due-to-a-user-credentials-mismatch-either-the-user-name-provided-does-no/
Switching Tenants/Profiles in Office for the Mac
I have accounts in multiple M365 tenants. I use a Mac. When I edit a document, I need to make sure the edits are occurring from the account in the correct tenant. I cannot figure out how to change my active account in Word (or other Office applications) so it is from a specific tenant. How do I do this? I know how to do it on a PC, and it works perfectly. I NEED that same functionality on the Mac.Windows11 remote desktop does not work with non ascii chars in username
After updating my system from Windows10 to Windows11 I am unable to login via remote desktop into another computer where the login contains a non ascii character. It always displays that provided credentials do not work despite providing the correct ones. That another computer has 2 accounts on it, where one of those contains non ascii character and the other one does not. I am only not able to login on the one with non ascii character. The other one works seamlessly. Couple years ago on that other computer I changes the username to not contain non ascii character, but unfortunately Windows lies about changing username because it only changes the displayed name. Couple weeks ago I tried to change all the registry keys which contain the username with non ascii char (while being logged on the other account), but after restart Windows always changes them back. Two questions: 1. What shell I do to be able to use RDP on Windows 11 and be able to login to a computer with non ascii char in a username? 2. Or what shell I do to force Windows10 (the other computer) to change the username to not contain the non-asci char?
Retrieving Entra ID email address from macOS devices in system context
Dear Team, We are working on retrieving email address of the user joined to Entra ID from Entra-joined macOS devices, specifically while running in a system context. The sudo dscl . -read /Users/$(whoami) RecordName command give the local user name whose password is synced with the entra ID. We would greatly appreciate guidance on how to retrieve the Entra ID joined user’s email address in a system context from Entra Joined mac devices, especially from those with prior experience in this area. Thank you for your support.
How to Get Microsoft Teams Phone Service Refund - Support System Completely Broken
I need help getting a refund from Microsoft for the Teams Phone service that has not been provided for 6 weeks. What Happened: Paid for Teams Phone - Domestic Calling 6 weeks ago Cannot activate due to Microsoft's broken domain verification process Multiple support agents across different teams - all incompetent Microsoft admits their phone services are "not operational" with no ETA Current Situation: Agent took ownership of refund request days ago Complete radio silence since claiming it was "escalated" Still being charged for a service I cannot use due to Microsoft's own system failures What I Need: How to actually get a refund processed from Microsoft? Escalation contacts for refund issues? Anyone successfully gotten refunds for unusable Microsoft services? Business Impact: As a small business CEO, I've wasted 6 weeks and lost revenue dealing with Microsoft's dysfunction. I no longer want their service - I just want my money back. Has anyone dealt with similar Microsoft refund issues? How did you get it resolved? Any guidance appreciated - their support system is completely broken.
