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Removing the Accessibility button on login screen for Windows 11

Hi, would it be possible to know, how to remove the "Accessibility" button for Windows 11 via Windows Registry? I'm able to remove this in Windows 10 (Ease of Access button) however, using the same method for Windows 10 on Windows 11…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,778 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,251 questions
asked 2024-05-08T12:18:10.2033333+00:00
KRYST4LCLR 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:27:23.53+00:00
Daisy Zhou 18,716 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

75Hz setting for every 3D game

How can I force the Samsung LS19MYAKBB/EDC monitor to have a refresh rate of 75Hz in 3D games? I can normally set the refresh rate 75Hz in the graphics settings from the control panel, but when I start a 3D game, regardless of the resolution, the refresh…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,677 questions
asked 2024-05-01T23:42:09.6066667+00:00
Kacper Syguła 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:23:17.2033333+00:00
Wesley Li 4,995 Reputation points
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File System Ownership problems with USB hard drive (Windows 10, Windows 11, Seagate External USB Drive))

I have a Seagate external USB hard drive that I am using to back up photos. I am having a recurring problem with this drive, that when I use it on a new computer, I get a "access denied" error, that can be fixed by running the takeown command…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,778 questions
PowerShell
PowerShell
A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
2,091 questions
asked 2024-05-02T06:44:47.4566667+00:00
Simey de Klerk 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:18:55.1233333+00:00
Wesley Li 4,995 Reputation points
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How do I transfer an on-premises license from one corporate user to another?

I need to transfer an on-premise license, but I'm having trouble finding materials explaining the step-by-step process, as well as which instrument should be used for the transfer. Can You help me?

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,778 questions
SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
12,778 questions
asked 2024-05-03T12:29:56.53+00:00
Takeo Contao Abe TERNIUM BR 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:17:30.4366667+00:00
Wesley Li 4,995 Reputation points
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cannot turn on Kernel-Mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection

I noticed that my Windows 11 Professional system in the Windows Security / Device Security / Core Isolation settings has "Kernel-Mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection" disabled and grayed out, and above that it says that "This setting is…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,763 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,251 questions
asked 2024-05-03T14:01:25.2466667+00:00
2k1KellyB-0731 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:15:33.1+00:00
Wesley Li 4,995 Reputation points
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Persistent errors with 2 windows updates

Hi everyone, I have been troubleshooting a persistent error with windows update for the following 2 updates Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.409.704.0) - Current Channel (Broad) 2023-11 Update for…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,251 questions
asked 2024-05-06T01:35:36.51+00:00
Monk Duro-Landry 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:11:39.9733333+00:00
Wesley Li 4,995 Reputation points
1 answer

Make Windows 11 show search results in Details view

Morning/Afternoon, Windows 11 folder search shows VIEW results in 'content' as a default. i know you can change it, but I want VIEW in "detail" always to be the default. I understand this was removed in Win11 (why??? who knows, to be another…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,251 questions
asked 2024-05-06T04:21:18.1733333+00:00
David McDonald 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:10:47.32+00:00
Wesley Li 4,995 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Using Defender for endpoint on Servers

Hi all, I am looking to put Microsoft Defender on my servers, I know there is Defender for servers however could I install Defender for endpoint instead? To save costs? Or once I enrol the servers to defender for endpoint it will convert to defender…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,185 questions
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
4,382 questions
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Training
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Training
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: A Microsoft unified security platform for preventative protection, postbreach detection, and automated investigation and response. Previously known as Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.Training: Instruction to develop new skills.
14 questions
asked 2024-05-08T08:00:41.58+00:00
Aran Billen 596 Reputation points
accepted 2024-05-08T13:08:28.1366667+00:00
Aran Billen 596 Reputation points
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How to block a domain or url with intune MDM firewall rules

I m looking for a way to block a domain or an URL via intune mdm firewall rule. As you can see from the attached screenshot, the intune Firewall rule creation wizard is not accepting domain names

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,677 questions
Microsoft Intune Configuration
Microsoft Intune Configuration
Microsoft Intune: A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.Configuration: The process of arranging or setting up computer systems, hardware, or software.
1,731 questions
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
4,382 questions
asked 2023-06-05T15:44:54.4866667+00:00
Salah Ghalloussi 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T13:02:09.0233333+00:00
Thomas Pelkowski 0 Reputation points
6 answers

All in a sudden, cannot RDP to remote site servers via hostname but can RDP via ipaddr, how to fix?

Hi there, In short, since last Wed or so, all in a sudden, my win10 computer cannot RDP to remote subnet server via hostname but no problem if RDP via ipaddr, the symptom is keep saying wrong password but I'm 200% sure I typed the correct password,…

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,256 questions
asked 2022-11-09T07:13:59.043+00:00
eyeteelo 11 Reputation points
commented 2024-05-08T12:56:21.19+00:00
Orkhan Jafarov 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Windows Update keeps looping through and asks to restart | KB5036892 - 2024-04

Hi All, Hope you are well. We are experiencing issues with the Windows update. It keeps updating, installing, asking us to restart, after the restart, again it asks to update the windows. This loop keeps going through. Issue occurs with this security…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,763 questions
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
4,382 questions
asked 2024-05-08T12:38:49.9366667+00:00
Nasrul Islam 61 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-05-08T12:51:02.38+00:00
Nasrul Islam 61 Reputation points
9 answers

Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition VM deactivated in MS Azure due to lack of "Azure Stack Hypervisor"

Multiple Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition VMs started to give the following pop-up We are a bit puzzled as all the servers having this issue are in located in MS Azure (East-US). We checked the connectivity to KMS and we are able to…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,185 questions
asked 2024-04-24T00:46:36.9433333+00:00
Petri Kaukua 45 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-05-08T12:50:27.9766667+00:00
Dokos Christos, Qualco 0 Reputation points
50 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

remotewebaccess.com Anywhere access broken on Server 2016 Again?

Last year a similar issue occurred and by manually applying the registry edits from these two threads most seemed to resolve their issues: …

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,185 questions
asked 2022-05-04T19:46:51.657+00:00
ChrisWY27 126 Reputation points
commented 2024-05-08T12:49:56.0966667+00:00
The Office Maven 111 Reputation points
3 answers

The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in

While logging into a domain joined machine using local administrator access, I encountered an error message as shown in the screenshot. Sometimes, rebooting the machine resolves this issue. However, this time it still persists. What is the cause of…

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop
A Microsoft desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Previously known as Windows Virtual Desktop.
1,371 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,912 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,251 questions
asked 2024-05-05T19:14:54.94+00:00
$@chin 85 Reputation points
commented 2024-05-08T12:49:11.1933333+00:00
v-vvellanki-MSFT 3,895 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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"On behalf of" visible when you want to reply to or forward an email from Outlook

Good morning, in our Company we use Windows Server 2022 with Outlook 2019. Each employee has their own personal e-mail address, namely: (name surname @ companyname.com) Through this e-mail address we are enabled to send e-mails also to other senders…

Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
3,025 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,185 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,256 questions
asked 2024-05-08T12:48:58.68+00:00
fabio mas 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Migrate vSAN Cluster on VMware to Hyper-V

I want to Migrate vSAN Cluster(several VMs) on VMware to Hyper-V using SCVMM. The official website says, [Converting VMware VMs in vSAN configuration to Hyper-V isn't supported through SCVMM]. I guess the reason is VMs in vSAN configuration have…

System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,552 questions
asked 2024-05-06T09:11:52.34+00:00
Anjie Zhang 20 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-08T12:45:20.79+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 1,831 Reputation points
0 answers

How do I select F19 on a laptop running windows.

An application I'm running needs me to select F19 to do something. I have a windows laptop that only goes up to F12. How do I remap or whatever to be able to select F19?

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,251 questions
asked 2024-05-08T12:34:52.8533333+00:00
Travis Gates 0 Reputation points
1 answer

VM fails to boot after ASR failover

Hi, After a test failover the VM (WS 2012 R2 core) has problems booting. It starts chkdsk on boot for C:, then goes into "preparing devices" and it does not always boot successfully at all. The source VM seems to be OK - no chkdsk problems, no…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,533 questions
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery
An Azure native disaster recovery service. Previously known as Microsoft Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
641 questions
asked 2024-05-08T09:10:13.91+00:00
Paweł Mazurkiewicz 1 Reputation point
commented 2024-05-08T12:34:44.9333333+00:00
Paweł Mazurkiewicz 1 Reputation point
0 answers

How do I recover Azure Backup Passphrase?

Hello, During setup for Azure Backup for on-premises machines, the backup server passphrase was misplaced. I would like to retrieve it since I am taking one of the servers off site recovery. How do I go about retrieving the backup passphrase? since…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,133 questions
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery
An Azure native disaster recovery service. Previously known as Microsoft Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
641 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
453 questions
asked 2024-05-08T12:29:58.0333333+00:00
Diana Piloya 25 Reputation points
0 answers

Does windows support virtio_vsocket as host?

Does windows and hyper-v support virtio_tansport( virtio_vsocket) as host? if support, what are the advantages of hyperv_transport(hyperv_socket) over virtio_tansport(virtio_vsocket)? what is the reason why we are developing a new vsocket…

System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,552 questions
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,275 questions
asked 2024-05-08T08:58:15.1933333+00:00
emma 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-05-08T12:24:51.1033333+00:00
Prrudram-MSFT 22,396 Reputation points