Recent content by Nipdawg

I've been using Microsoft products from when they started and you could also modify settings and use it how you want to use it. Over the years, Microsoft has progressed away from creating an operating system for users. Instead they are data-mining and controlling everyone's Windows systems and...

Microsoft is wanting everyone to buy these AI Copilot computers and they are not really that good. I have talked to people that uses them, people that bought them and returned them, and others that bought those more expensive devices finding that the NPU is useless for their usage. This just...

I forgot about re-installing REVO Uninstaller as I had been using it before I had to reload Windows 11 several times. Installed REVO. Thanks for the reminder. I'll take a look at this as it may be helpful. I read elsewhere that Microsoft is now starting to control various apps and...

Every time I removed Copilot, Feedback Hub, News, Quick Assist, Web Search from Bing, and Xbox Live apps in Windows 11 24H2 Pro, either these automatically install back over time or when one or more updates installed in Windows 11. I have no use for AI Copilot and other apps that I remove and...

I received an email back from Microsoft Support. Their response is what I did not really expect, but it is not the first time Microsoft Support suggested this "workaround". When I was a so-called Beta Tester with direct contacts to the Microsoft Developers at one time, I never had to pay for...

This is a small business that I am helping. I understand their license agreements and it feels like Microsoft forgot about their licensing agreements from long time ago. The client cannot afford perpetual licenses now and possibly put them under the MS 365 Family subscription. But they do not...

I would prefer for this client to upgrade, but this is how they want it. Anyway, I know the next step would be to upgrade, but they will resist. Microsoft services are not included in the license. Don't need the cloud services.

Oh, I know all about the price and all. I find it strange that the license will not activate any longer. The Office 2013 license back then may have been $129. Microsoft converted the license to Office 365 and was supposed to be a forever perpetual license. Thus, over the past 12 years, $10.75...

I have re-installed Office 365 with this license numerous times and never had a problem. I'm waiting for Microsoft to get back with me as this license issue has been escalated. I wonder how long that will take. LOL. I'm concerned about how Office 365 got removed from my system and secondly...

I remember seeing those files, but they no longer exist. Bleachbit regularly runs on the system, probably got removed. No confusion.

Originally this was an Office 2013 license and kept using the license in Office 365. I use an ISO image of Office 365 Home and Business and used the Office 2013 Product Key in it. Microsoft stated in the email that the Product Key is also for Office 365. Microsoft pushed Office 365 over to...

I went back to the backed up disk image and pulled the Event Viewer logs: Description: Windows Installer removed the product. Product Name: Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component. Product Version: 16.0.18429.20132. Product Language: 0. Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation. Removal success or...

Event Viewer just showed the common useless errors, nothing specific to Microsoft 365 removing. While Microsoft Support was on the system checking a few things, they cleared out all Event Viewer logs. I find that a little strange. Wonder what they found and hiding, if anything.

I have had Microsoft Office 365 installed for some time using a perpetual license. The license never got sync'd with the Microsoft Account. This license has been valid for years and never had any problems. My Microsoft Account originally got created back in 1998 as an e-mail account...

I know these commands are good from that I just re-installed these systems. I do run these commands regularly. I found that running netplwiz command again, re-applying the user password to the security prompt corrected this problem for now. I tried this before and it would not auto login and...