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  1. Windows 10 Log in trouble Windows 10

    I downloaded Windows 10 last night and it was working great until I did a restart to update my AVG . Then it wouldn't accept my Microsoft password to log in to my laptop . I am able to log in to my Microsoft account on my tablet and I even changed my...
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    Windows 10 Can't Back Out of Cortana in Start Menu - Solved

    Hello, Windows Forum! Having a bit of an issue with 10 that maybe somebody else has solved. I opened my start menu and started removing the pre-installed apps to personalize it, like I'd done with 8, and came across the Cortana button. I clicked it out of curiosity and after a while it...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 First Sign in Problem

    Hey guys. I just got a new Toshiba laptob with Windows 8, and after setting the language, country etc, it asked me to to sign up. I connected to wi fi and tried to login in with my microsoft account, but it said the password is incorrect. I rewrote the email and password over and over, in case I...
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    Windows 8 need help: how to control people sign in to my windows 8.1 with microsoft account

    Hello to all, Can any guru here teach me how to stop someone from sign in to my win 8.1. 1. Can someone just sign in with their own microsoft account without approval? 2. Can someone just sign up a new microsoft account at the login screen and get into win 8.1 without approval? thank you...
  5. Could your Microsoft Account and Windows 10 Activation be connected?

    By connecting your Microsoft Account to your Windows 10 installation you will be able to easily activate your Windows 10 device now and in the future. read more Continue reading...
  6. Upcoming changes to Windows 10 Insider Preview builds

    Hi everyone, we’re hard at work on the next builds that we’ll send out to you for PC and Mobile. I don’t have an update on timing for that quite yet, but I do have some important changes to tell you about that are coming with the next PC build as we Link Removed. Microsoft Account notifications...
  7. Cortana Expands the Role of the Digital Personal Assistant by Coming to Xbox One

    At Microsoft, our vision for a powerful digital assistant means it is personalized and available to you everywhere, whether you’re on-the-go with the device you carry with you, in your office, where you need to be highly productive, or even in your home, where you relax, play, and are...
  8. Windows 10 Ver. 10130, Apps from all apps list only open if I click "Open as Administrator?

    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...
  9. Windows 10 We need a serious conversation concerning using a PIN to log on....

    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...
  10. Windows 10 Weather App in 10061

    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...
  11. Navigate the World with Windows 10 Maps for Phone

    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...
  12. Windows 10 Windows 10 Desktop Issues v10041

    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...
  13. Windows 10 Check Dump file from Borderlands in Steam?

    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...
  14. Windows 10 System Account confusion or Windows 10 normal?

    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...
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    Windows 8 Bypass entering your password on the log in screen Microsoft account.

    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...
  16. Windows 8 Windows 8.1 double profiles

    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...
  17. Windows 8 Very Disappointed with Windows 8.1

    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...
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    Windows 8 No Connection and Unable to Connect Microsoft Account

    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...
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    Windows 8 New setup resulting in two email accounts

    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...
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    Windows 8 HP Desktop with Windows 8 Home, can't access IE from Start Screen

    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?