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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20262 (FE_RELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Fixes We fixed an issue resulting in certain apps launching unexpectedly transparent in recent builds, with no content visible. We fixed an issue where old...

Hello. I needed to reinstall Windows so I made two backups of my computer and did a clean install. When I restored my files I realized a lot of them had been encrypted by me in the past using the folder/file properties dialog box and selecting the encrypt checkbox and apply to all sub-items...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20251 (FE_RELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Updates for developers The Windows SDK is now flighting continuously with the Dev Channel. Whenever a new OS build is flighted to the Dev Channel, the...

I am running Windows 10 Pro on a Dell XPS 8930 which is part of a peer to peer network with all machines running the same OS and version. Windows is up to date and it is the 2004 version. All machines are logged on using the Microsoft Account. This is the only machine on the network having a...

A customer has asked me to help him login to his PC (Lenovo IdeaCentre A340-22IWL); here's where I am: At login prompt, customer's last known password not accepted. Customer doesn't know any other password. Attempted to run password remover on USB stick - system will only boot to Windows...

Running Win8.1 & don't have Password Reset Stick. Signed in with a Microsoft account which is powerless and useless. All the the stuff you can type into the "RUN" box result in a popup asking for a (missing) password! How do I restore my full admin privileges???

I just bought a new laptop. First, it forced me to login through microsoft and that will be how I login to Windows, and forced me to use skype. Even worse, it forced me to have that "skype" folder. This is bad because this is the place where dropbox and many others are saved by default. I have...

My users desk-hop and so every time I get a new user I have to log into Windows 10 and create an account on each machine. I understand that Windows Users can be created using their Microsoft accounts, but I still have to set them up first. So, is there a way that a user can login with their...

Hello, if I installed Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1 too, as dual boot), both with local account, no Microsoft account. I have only Microsoft account created on Microsoft site. I would only install Microsoft application from Microsoft Store according to this description (with "Sign in to just this...

I have recently updated my Windows 10 software. Upon start or restart of my laptop following sign-in I boot to the an Edge page that says welcome to the new Windows 10 and then a message comes on and directs me to sign-out and restart due to a problem with the sign-in to my account. I then get...

I'm installing my Microsoft account on a tablet PC and was able to get to the security text message and got this message: I'm not sure what limit I exceeded. All I was doing was installing my Microsoft account on a tablet PC running Windows 10. Has anybody else seen this message?

This summer, my daughter was home. She needed to update her resume for some auditions, so she used my computer. Once she was on my computer, in my account, she logged onto her school account (with school OneDrive, etc.). No problem. Now she's back at school for her final semester. And I'm...

I just bought a new laptop with Win 10 Home on it and I want to make the logon password the same as the old one, which was "not" the Microsoft account password. When I set the new one up it only uses the Microsoft password and if I change it the Microsoft password also changes. How do I just...

microsoft always asks me to sign into my microsoft account and stop using a local account to sign in, i've been thinking about doing that a long time ago but, i have 2 desktops, one that i use for gaming and mining, and then other one i use just to surf the internet watch movies, the...

i have windows 10(free upgrade from 7) on my computer/ old hard drive, it is fully activated, i installed a program to extract my license i bought a new hard drive, its an SSD, its much much faster so i downloaded windows 10 and installed it on the ssd, then i put in my windows 10 key but it...

You know those websites, searches and articles that you pull up on your iPhone or Android phone? With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you can now forward them to instantly open on your PC, so you can continue what you’re doing – researching that project, shopping for those shoes, finishing...

Mixer is the only next-gen live game streaming service that offers viewers real-time influence and participation in game streams. Mixer’s streaming protocol delivers content with less than one second of latency. It makes game streams so fast and clear, that it’s a refreshing surprise to both...

Is there a Microsoft Account associated with my Windows 10 computer and if so how to I change the address to something else? Microsoft has a bad habit of claiming my account is being used by others and blocks me from the account. For example this message keeps appearing: You need to fix your...

Hello, I'm sorry if there is a similar thread like this, but it seems that the fixes they recommend, unfortunately, doesn't work for me. Yesterday, I was using my Wacom Tablet, and it said that the Wacom Driver needs update, so I did. It said that after the installation, it will require a...

I think its the very reason I choose to sign in with a local account instead - that I will not face any problem offline. Guess what? It says to sign in with my last password used on my PC, because I am offline. The last password is ofcourse of my local account, as thats what I use, but when I...