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Hi I'm going to take these issues on one at a time as I come to them. The first is that I found that none of my programs open from the all apps list unless I right click on them and select "Open as Administrator"? I only have one account on my computer, it's my Microsoft account and it's set...

I have just spent a couple of hours trying to figure out how to get my clean install of 10130 to see my network shares. For some reason, even though I had connectivity, I could not see either my other Windows 10 computer or my NAS. For this build, I set up a PIN to log on to the system. I had...

Maybe I am mistaken, but I don't remember having to allow the App to use my location or be signed into a Microsoft account for the Weather App to remember the location you enter. I can't seem to get it to remember my City now, could that be subtle coercion to get everyone to run on the...

Hello! I’m Aaron Butcher and I’m the Group Program Manager for the Maps Team in the Windows PC, Phone, and Tablet Group. In the January Windows 10 Technical Preview, Windows Insiders got a chance to try out our new Maps app for the PC. We’re excited that the new Maps app is also available now on...

I installed windows 10 tech preview today and was super excited to see all the new stuff, to my displeasure I found out that windows 10 isn't working properly on my system what so ever, as soon as i boot up into the start menu after putting in my password and signing into my Microsoft Account I...

If anyone wants to check this dump file, here it is. The situation is I start Borderlands in Steam, the Splash Screen comes up but when I click play, it just goes away, no game starts. I see a comment about some instruction not being able to write to some memory address. If it is saying that...

When I was trying to download an App from the store, I was told I needed to sign into a Microsoft Account. So I checked my User info and noticed the indications in the attachment. If I am on a Local account, why is the "Disconnect my Microsoft account" there? Has Windows 10 changed how this...

Press the Windows key+ R keys simultaneously to open the Run dialog box. Type control userpasswords2 in the run prompt and press Enter key. Click on your Microsoft account, uncheck the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box”. Do the instructions and you are done. OK...

First i had w8.1 installed on my laptop wich i configured using my windows account, now when i also installed this on my pc, i used the same login account. So now i have 2 loginscreens on my laptop, and each time is startup my laptop he tells me my login account and/or password are incorrect...

HI I just want to say how disappointed I was with Windows 8.1. after a few weeks I. have removed it and gone back to windows 7. One thing I noticed after using cloud and getting a Microsoft account, the amount of junk email that I got almost trebled over night and even having gone back to 7 it...

Hi, I have a Desktop with Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit. I use internet with 3G Dongle/Data Card. Internet Speed is find. Even I can play and download music and video. I updated Windows 8.1 using Automatic Update. It was successful. AVG Internet Security in installed. Even I updated 3G Dongle...

I am in the process of setting up Dell Venue 11, and in doing it have finished up with two Email accounts for the same email address. Although they seem to be the same, one is set up with winmetro incoming (IMAP) and outgoing (smtp) servers. The other says that it is "the Microsoft account I...

Running Windows 8 on HP. Have Microsoft Account set up and am able to access IE from Desktop but not from Start Screen. When I go to Network and Internet section, tells me I'm not connected to a network. What to do?

Hello, I will be sharing my Windows 8 laptop with my brother. I would like to log into my laptop with my microsoft account while my bro will use a local account with his own user ID and password. I understand that signing in with a microsoft account will sync all my online details such as...

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Hi Using Windows 8 Enterprise 64 bit, I have noticed that the full name of a local account (set with the net users "<username>" /fullname:"<full name>" command) is deleted whenever I switch from a Microsoft account to the local account associated with it. So, how do I have to prevent this...

Hi Windows 8 creates a roaming profile in the C:\Users directory using xxxxxx_000 subdirectories for each Microsoft account which is created. Apparently, these subdirectories are only temporary directories that are recreated each time a user logs on to Windows 8 via these accounts. Is there...

Hi I created a local account in Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit and then, via the User Accounts applet, I have renamed this account and I restarted the computer. Now, I have logged into this account and I switched to my Microsoft account and I restarted the system. So, I logged on to this...

Hello i am new in this on posting but this is my problem i had installed windows 8 pro and i have linked my microsoft account to my pc(hotmail account),everything was working fine,i was receiving emails,my calendars was working and all my people were synced,but the problem is the messaging app...

when I follow the onscreen directions to do this I get to the last step and get this, were sorry something went wrong,your account wasn't changed to this Microsoft account.code:0xd0000225 any ideas?