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Maintenance Mode

Hi All, I am using Exchange Server SE Edition(Hybrid). I have two VMs — EXCH01 and EXCH02 — in a DAG. EXCH01 hosts DB1, and EXCH02 hosts DB2. My email flow is quite heavy with a lot of internal relay. I want to reboot the EXCH01 VM. If I follow the steps…

Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
The administration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient email and collaboration services across an organization.
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asked 2025-12-12T12:52:34.1533333+00:00
Rising Flight 6,096 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-14T05:15:20.2033333+00:00
Rising Flight 6,096 Reputation points
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Conditional Formatting?

Can Access do conditional formatting like Excel? Can I compare two text boxes? If text box 1 has a value and text box 2 has a different value, can text box 2 change color if it does not meet the conditions of text box 1? If the above is possible, if…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Access | Other | Windows
asked 2025-12-11T20:56:26.2733333+00:00
Patrick Snyder 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-14T05:15:08.5733333+00:00
Duane Hookom 26,555 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Buying from third parties

Hi there. As you aware wholesalekeys sells in a volume for a cheaper price. If it is bought for individual usages (volume), is it considered as a violation of microsoft rules? Thanks for your help.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2025-12-14T04:48:36.7633333+00:00
Murodilla Zokirov 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-14T05:14:10.38+00:00
Murodilla Zokirov 0 Reputation points
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Screen saver issues.

My screen saver plays for one picture then a message comes up: It says "an error is preventing this slideshow from playing". I am using Windows 11 on a new Laptop. Please help to fix this. Thank you. Moved from: Microsoft 365 and Office |…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Desktop
asked 2025-12-13T12:48:53.0433333+00:00
A_MT 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-12-14T05:12:47.07+00:00
Norah-L 1,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Mouse pointer keep flickering and resetting position

I have a Dell Precision 5530 running on Windows 11 Education. My mouse started flickering and resetting its position to the top center of my screen constantly. It became impossible to do anything because every time I moved the mouse, it reset its…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-12-06T06:16:38.46+00:00
Kevin Huang 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-14T05:09:03.8+00:00
Kevin Huang 0 Reputation points
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Activating Windows After Hardware Upgrade

I had to upgrade my motherboard recently and I can't activate my digital Windows Edu license. I ran the troubleshooter but it couldn't help. I tried contacting support but it keeps redirecting me to articles. How can I activate my windows digital…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2025-12-14T05:07:41.51+00:00
Kannara Hon 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-14T05:07:48.24+00:00
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How to remove an app shortcut from the Start Menu App List that has been leftover from an uninstall?

I have two instances of the Instagram Application in my Start Menu App list. I cannot find entries for them in the Windows common program folder in the C drive. They were uninstalled from the program list in Control Panel. How can I reset the app list…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Start Menu
asked 2025-12-14T01:37:13.4466667+00:00
Luke Kernan 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-14T05:04:42.7733333+00:00
Luke Kernan 0 Reputation points
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aider moi. c est urgent je n arrive pas a me connecter a ma boite Outlook

Bonjour, besoin de connexion a ma boite mail Outlook , chose que je n arrive plus à avoir depuis le changement de mon mot de passe microsoft c'est urgent Moved from: Microsoft 365 and Office | Office Online Server

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2025-12-13T13:30:29.97+00:00
leila ziani 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-12-14T05:03:42.4133333+00:00
Winnie-B 3,420 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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My microsoft account lost due to it being linked to a dead gmail

<Mod mask PII> <Mod mask PII> My old microsoft account was linked a to dead gmail ( due to inactivity), after recently trying to log back in to play minecraft, I saw that I couldnt get through security. I have spent alot of money on…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2025-12-14T04:37:41.0166667+00:00
Khoi 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-12-14T05:03:38.1066667+00:00
simo-k 68,050 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Removed device keep appearing again in the "Devices" tab even when it was already unlinked and removed.

Hello, not sure if the tag is correct, but I was so annoyed to have this issue. There was a Surface device that linked with my Microsoft account before. Unfortunately, I had no chance to log out or remove my account before leaving the device. Then,…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2025-12-14T05:02:28.1533333+00:00
Thuong Le 0 Reputation points
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My Xbox is having trouble finding a Teredo Ip Address

for the past 3 days i have been trying to fix my Nat-type but my Xbox can't connect and find a Teredo Ip address and when i look at it, in a command Prompt it looks like this. Type: Client Server Name: Client Client Refresh Interval: 80 Seconds Client…

Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Networking | Other
asked 2025-12-12T02:39:27.9+00:00
Danny Wallace 15 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-12-14T05:02:00.0633333+00:00
Shadow Intent 0 Reputation points
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How can I get in contact with a REAL support agent to recover my email? (this is a throwaway I made just to figure out a means to recovering my actual account)

The entire question is pretty much in the title. I just want my account back, but no matter how many requests I put in, I keep getting the same "Unfortunately...." email over and over.

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2025-12-14T04:57:14.4966667+00:00
Kiri Valentine 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-14T04:58:23.7766667+00:00
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Xbox NAT type won't show anything but Unavailable. Keeps giving error messages

Having the same issue. Tried everything. Was on the phone with Xfinity for 2 hours trying to trouble shoot everything to get my NAT type to show anything other than unavailable. Everything was working fine up until 2 weeks ago when this started to…

Windows for home | Other | Gaming
asked 2025-12-13T19:56:23.64+00:00
Trippen 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-14T04:55:49.9+00:00
Lucus-V 3,255 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

support request number is [Moderator note: PII Removed]

Purchased Office for Mac. Have Product key. Installed Office. Opened old - 2016- file. Unable to save. Phone help said to: support request number is [Moderator note: PII Removed]. *Please note that our forum is a public platform, and we will modify…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | MacOS
asked 2025-12-14T00:09:35.0466667+00:00
Enzo Falco 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-14T04:55:24.11+00:00
Zoevi-V 2,425 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Cannot find a way to contact Microsoft for Support on License Activation issue

Due to hardware not being compliant on my Windows 10 PC, I have rebuild my PC with some new hardware to make it compliant, but now I cannot activate the license for some reason, and there appears to be no way to contact Microsoft for support on the…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation
asked 2025-12-14T03:10:05.3933333+00:00
Anon 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-12-14T04:54:39.8766667+00:00
Alexandr S 101.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Systemic Failure: Copilot for Windows Violates Durable Facts + Feedback Channels Broken

Between Dec 8–12, 2025, Copilot for Windows violated 24 durable facts, including 9 violations after those facts were amended and confirmed as locked. These included fabricated dates, skipped search calls, unsourced claims, and contradictions of…

Microsoft Copilot | Windows Copilot | Copilot+ PC
asked 2025-12-13T03:35:19.7566667+00:00
Rodger Benavides 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-14T04:54:03.0933333+00:00
Sin-D 5,835 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Windows 10 KB5071546 with 0x8007000d error

Don't tell me following things : net stop wuauserv net stop cryptSvc net stop bits net stop msiserver Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old net start wuauserv net start cryptSvc net…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2025-12-13T22:11:19.5133333+00:00
Daishuku 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-14T04:50:31.7333333+00:00
Daishuku 0 Reputation points
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necesito ayusda y soporte tecnico

hola ..porfavoe comuniquensen conmigo....recien compre este computador...no e podido instalar el teclado de fabrica inalambrico,,,no e podido ensender el microfono,,,y no e podido actualizar el computador como manda,,,,necesito un tegnico que haceda a mi…

Windows Insider program | Apps on Insider preview
asked 2025-12-14T04:47:09.56+00:00
Carlos Martin 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-14T04:48:05.8666667+00:00
Carlos Martin 0 Reputation points
1 answer

One of our RDS Windows 2019 Host servers hangs every few days and we have to restart it during the production day.

We have hang issues with a Windows 2019 server running as an RDSH host. It happens every few days and we are not sure of the cause. We reboot it every night but that doesn't seem to help. We took an NMI memory dump yesterday in hopes that it will…

Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2025-12-11T20:49:53.9666667+00:00
Thomas Burns 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-14T04:48:02.59+00:00
Thomas Burns 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Media Feature Pack wont download no matter what i do

Im on Windows 11 Pro N version 25H2 and ive been trying to download the Media Feature Pack all day and ive used just about every thing i can find online to fix it but no matter what i do it always says "couldn't add" ive updated my windows, put…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2025-12-14T04:40:25.4033333+00:00
Johnathan Bennett 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-14T04:40:33.9033333+00:00
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