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how do i size taskbar icons and popups?

Taskbar icons and associated popups are way to small to see and chose the item for operation?

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
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Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2024-03-14T00:55:30.42+00:00
Larry Kerr 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T13:02:12.5566667+00:00
InfeRnzo 0 Reputation points
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Windows 11 desktop shortcut run as Admin

Can someone help answer this one? - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/908890/shortcut-created-with-runas-user-creatiion-is-not?comment=question&translated=false#newest-question-comment Thanks

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-12T14:45:21.02+00:00
Jake Sokol 101 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-03-13T12:05:48.5766667+00:00
MotoX80 35,606 Reputation points
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How do i permanently disable efficiency mode that the task managers put my applications in

I have a ryzen 7 78003xd with a 4070 super and the efficiency mode that window puts my applications (google chrome, spotify etc) is causing it to lag/hang/crash, please let me know how to disable it

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-13T11:27:10.55+00:00
brandon toh 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Software Center is missing / not present in Windows 11

Hi, I have a work computer. One of the applications I need to install requires the Software Center. However, I noticed that Software Center is not present in any of our computers. I looked into some online walkthroughs but nothing was successful.

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2023-09-26T15:22:43.7366667+00:00
Alejandro Garcia 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-13T11:18:57.08+00:00
JG 0 Reputation points
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will the original user be affected when change registry ProfilesDirectory?

we had set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList ProfilesDirectory key to D:\Users in windows 10 and user's profile was in d:\users directory. we are trying to upgrade windows 10 to windows 11 recently, i found that…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-13T02:43:36.82+00:00
ligang liu 41 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-13T09:46:51.5233333+00:00
ligang liu 41 Reputation points
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Unable to map a network drive to a PC with AzureAD credentials

We are trying to map a drive from one PC to another utilizing an AzureAD account. This AzureAD account is a member of the local administrators group on the PC we are trying to map the network drive to (C$, Admin$, etc). Everytime we try, it gives us a…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-12T17:52:45.45+00:00
Christopher Townsend 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-03-13T09:44:09.3433333+00:00
Sakshi Devkante 1,485 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Newest Windows 11 update broke causes Startup Apps to disable after restart and shutdown after enabling them Also System Tray Problems To This Issue

I have the Aorus 17H (2023) model. I have two images. The first image top shows how all the icons, startup apps in the system tray display correctly and all are enabled this was before the update to Windows 11 January 22 2025. The other second image…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-02-28T17:49:14.3866667+00:00
TS9 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T09:37:39.69+00:00
Zunhui Han 3,810 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Windows 24H2 version connection to shared printer stuck

After upgrading my machine from Windows 23H2 version to 24H2 version, I am unable to use the printer shared on the company's print server. After submitting the print, it will get stuck, but it can print through the IP connection room. I have tried…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-13T06:41:22.1866667+00:00
振悦 霍 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T09:28:09.79+00:00
Molly Lu-MSFT 1,571 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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how to fix microphone not working in windows 11 i have wireless earbuds connected

I have configured almost every setting for microphone troubleshooting, but it does not work for me. Does anyone have an idea what to do?

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-12T07:48:42.45+00:00
learner 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T08:32:09.9733333+00:00
Molly Lu-MSFT 1,571 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

How to setup my pin after changing security settings on my laptop

Hello I changed security settings on my laptop and when I tried to login into my account it says my Pin is no longer available and that I should set it up. It sent me to Microsoft account login page where I am to receive a code in my mail inbox but I…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-13T07:06:02.9166667+00:00
Chungag Stephen 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-13T08:23:27.21+00:00
Chungag Stephen 0 Reputation points
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Windows 11 24H2 Pro Installation Failure: Seeking Help for Sysprep-Related Deployment Errors

I recently installed the latest Windows 11 24H2 Pro version on a new computer. After installation, the system prompted me with the Sysprep dialog box. I selected the following options: System Cleanup Action (A): Enter System Out-of-Box Experience…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-13T08:14:20.9133333+00:00
玉伟 胡 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T08:17:52.55+00:00
玉伟 胡 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Microsoft Entra Hybrid Join (Azure Hybrid Join) error - 0x80072f78

Hello, So I got through multiple things and I would like to know if someone has any idea what to do here. I'm trying to join devices into tenant as hybrid joined, to deploy Windows Hello for Business. We're using Microsoft Entra Connect after recent…

Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning
An Azure machine learning service for building and deploying models.
3,177 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
Azure Training
Azure Training
Azure: A cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a worldwide network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.Training: Instruction to develop new skills.
2,221 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,630 questions
asked 2025-02-17T11:39:19.2533333+00:00
Čako Martin 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-13T08:16:00.2733333+00:00
Čako Martin 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Bit lock HELP

I’m in a hard spot right now. My grandson spilled a glass of milk onto/into my Dell laptop (window 11). Needless to say the next day it wouldn’t work. I opened it up and removed the SSD drive. I never backed up my info and have a lot of important info on…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-12T20:55:17.7933333+00:00
Papa D 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T07:56:55.2166667+00:00
Ian Xue-MSFT 40,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Turning BitLocker on without Intune license

Hello there Microsoft Community, We are planning to enable BitLocker for our computers. The thing is that we are not to push it through an Intune policy as we have no active license there. Steps to be performed are: 1. Right-click on drive in question 2.…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-12T10:02:44.98+00:00
Bozhidar Stoyanov 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T07:03:53.4466667+00:00
Daisy Zhou 30,971 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Activating smb direct in Windows 11 Pro not working

Hi, i am trying to activate smb direct some windows 11 pro clients. Whenever i tick the checkbox in windows features and restart the checkbox is unticked again. Smb 1.0/cifs is unchecked. Thanks in advance Dennis

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-12T10:10:19.9666667+00:00
Dennis Gebauer 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T06:29:09.97+00:00
Dennis Gebauer 0 Reputation points
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After booting up, the internet disconnects randomly after some time. The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000009f (0x0000000000000004, 0x000000000000012c, 0xffffda04b8543040, 0xfffff80313bf8740).

After booting up, the internet disconnects randomly after some time. Clicking on the shutdown button causes a long spinning circle, and then the computer automatically restarts. The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000009f…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-07T13:36:57.98+00:00
Qiong Mo 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T05:54:32.76+00:00
Geoff McKenzie 390 Reputation points
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BSOD Kernel_heap_mode_corruption and Bad_pool_caller

For a few months I have been struggling with BSOD crashes when launching some games on my computer. I have had it happen with Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 5, Cyberpunk 2077, and a few other games. At first I thought it was an issue with the…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-08T01:16:09.3433333+00:00
Tristan Hellenbrand 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T05:40:02.4266667+00:00
Geoff McKenzie 390 Reputation points
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Default User NTUSER.DAT Not Retaining Modified Registry Values for New Users

I modified the NTUSER.DAT file inside C:\Users\Default to set custom values for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors. Specifically, I changed the Window color (REG_SZ) to 111 111 111. After making these changes, I verified that newly created registry…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-11T11:22:42.1733333+00:00
Amal Krishna Jk 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-03-13T05:14:45.6433333+00:00
Amal Krishna Jk 0 Reputation points
1 answer

I believe I have discovered a bug with the KB5051989 update

Hi, We have a Windows 11 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4890) HP desktop machine that we have configured as a multi app Kiosk…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2025-03-03T22:21:03.2933333+00:00
Matt G 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-13T05:14:44.2866667+00:00
Matt G 0 Reputation points
11 answers

Error on Pearson OnVue

Hi, i am getting below error on OnVue Video streaming connection results and requirements: Your home/office network failed to connect to the required video streaming service. The streaming connection requires that Wowza.com can be reached as well as a…

Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
11,052 questions
asked 2023-12-27T19:27:56.49+00:00
El Hadji Omar Moutari Dan Joumèye 330 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-13T04:49:33.2233333+00:00
Chimbu Chimbu 0 Reputation points