online accounts

  1. Services Australia Upgrades Child Support Online Account Platform

    Services Australia has begun a program to “uplift” the online account platform used by Child Support customers, a move the agency says will replace an end‑of‑life system with a modernised, customer‑facing digital platform and a set of incremental features already entering service. Reported...
  2. Windows 11 OOBE Now Account First: Local Account Bypass Removed in Insider

    Microsoft has quietly moved another step toward an account-first Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) for Windows 11 by removing several low-friction workarounds that let people create a local account during setup, effectively forcing an internet connection and a Microsoft Account (MSA) on the default...
  3. Zorin OS 18 Beta: Windows-friendly Linux with tiling, Web Apps and OneDrive

    Zorin OS 18’s beta lands at a pivotal moment: a redesigned desktop, an approachable tiling system, OneDrive and Web Apps integration, and a clear push to make switching from Windows 10 to Linux as frictionless as possible — but the real question for users and IT teams is whether those...
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    Outlook.com redirects to NetOrg.OnMicrosoft.com

    Outlook.com. Logging in with my Godaddy MS Exchange me@example.com. It says me@netorg.onmicrosoft.com. Why does it do this? There is no problem with my password, I am able to log in to see my inbox in other ways, but on Outlook.com, it redirects me to an alternate looking email address. Earlier...
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    Managing Privacy on Flickr: Public Photos, Links, and Username Confidentiality

    When you put everything on your Flickr on private mode, 1. is it possible to have individual picture public? 2. And public with only a link? (unsearchable?) 3. Make it possible for the person looking at the picture to not know your username?
  6. Windows 8 User Account Roaming, Cloud Authentication Revealed

    Another new Windows 8 feature was revealed yesterday, likely as a result of “playing around” with the leaked Windows 8 Milestone release. Roaming options are integrated into the operating system, which apparently are only available for users who have linked the operating system to an online...
  7. Windows 7 Internet Usernames and Passwords do not save

    Hi there, I am new to using Windows 7 and have a question some of you might have the answers for. I am using the build 7201 windows ultimate and have 4 different internet accounts that I use for various reasons. One of them is called a local account which I use when I play battlefield2 online...