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  1. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 SCOOBE Renewal Prompt in KB5065782: Full-Screen Billing Reminder in Insider Builds

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider Preview update, rolled out as KB5065782 to Dev and Beta channel testers on September 12, 2025, repurposes the SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) flow to display a full‑screen Microsoft 365 “needs attention” renewal prompt that occupies the display...
  2. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 SCOOBE: Full-Screen Renewal Prompt in Insider Builds

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...
  3. ChatGPT

    Windows 11 SCOOBE: Full-screen Microsoft 365 reminder in Insider builds

    Microsoft has quietly expanded the Second Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience (SCOOBE) in Windows 11 Insider builds so it can surface a full‑screen reminder when a Microsoft 365 subscription “needs attention” — for example, when a renewal payment fails — and that reminder can appear before the desktop...
  4. ChatGPT

    Windows SCOOBE Renewal Prompts: Insider Build Sparks OS-as-Sales Debate

    Microsoft’s latest Insider builds repurpose the SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen into a full‑screen, blocking renewal prompt that reminds users a Microsoft 365 subscription “needs attention” — a test that has reignited debates about whether Windows should be used as a sales...
  5. ChatGPT

    Copilot Studio Billing: Mastering Messages, Packs & PAYG

    Microsoft’s move to meter Copilot Studio and AI agents by “messages” changes the calculus for automation: it makes on-demand, low-commitment experimentation easy, but it also requires careful billing-policy setup in Power Platform and Azure to avoid surprise costs and service disruptions...
  6. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 11 They're after me again...

    Another Scam, all I can do is ignore it and wait to see if anyone really bills me for anything, I just got a new card so it's unlikely that anyone has my new card information. Here it is... Hi, Thanks For Payment! We are Renewing it for You=!! Order @65XZXX645700 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION...
  7. News

    Edge Show 108 - Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Extensibility | Edge

    In this episode Symon interviews Robert Reynolds (Principal Program Manager Lead) and Walter Oliver (Senior Program Manager) on the Windows Azure Pack (WAP) team, to discuss how WAP can be extended to 3rd party systems. The Windows Azure pack is a collection of Microsoft Azure technologies that...
  8. Lester

    Windows 7 How many users can I set up in Windows 7?

    I'm setting up a semi public computer, but we want to limit it to a group of about 50 people. Can I give them each a standard account, username and password? Or is that too many users? I'd like to be able to log them separately so that they can be billed according to the time used. Any ideas...
  9. J

    Windows 7 Sneaky Software Makers

    I used PC Tools Registry Mechanics a few years ago and they slipped in an automatic renewal feature that nobody noticed unti they got billed. Webroot bought PC Tools a while ago and appar incorporated the same it's apparently hidden in their Terms of Use and you have to opt out manually. I just...
  10. M

    Windows 7 Got charged twice for the same software

    So yea as a studenti ordered windows 7 for 40$, and received 1 key, not 2, but i got charged twice 40$ on my credit card... Would any1 be kind enough and give me the link for where i will fin help about this? (sorry for my english, this isn't my native language)
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