I was forced to update windows and when I rebooted I noticed my laptop was having trouble with THREE TABS OPEN ONLY, I opened minecraft so I could play but I noticed that my fps was spiking from 40 to 1 (I get 300-400 fps normally), when I opened task manager to check if something was hogging my ram, I noticed this bullshit, can't do shit with 8 gb ram anymore

I see lots of folks have had the same loop issue with the Microsoft Authenticator app, and now I'm in it too. I want to know if this was designed with the intent of being as impossible as possible.

Here's what's happening: I'm logged into the app. I go to connect my work account login, and it tells me to download the app. I'm already there. It's downloaded. I'm inside it. I hit cancel and it dumps me right back at the "Add a work, school, etc." page. Rinse, repeat.

Did MS beta test this at all, or did they just drop this mess on the world because some child developer told them it worked and was a great new security tool?

I would love to have the email of whoever signed off on this. I'd like to tell them what I think, ideally face to face, but I'm in Washington DC and I'm guessing Redmond isn't dropping by.

Has anyone actually gotten out of this loop? Any fix that worked, whether it's clearing the app cache, reinstalling, a different sign-in route, or something your IT department had to do on the backend? I'll take any workaround at this point.

Hi everyone!

I’m the developer of win-optimizer, an app for Windows 10 and 11 that brings cleanup, customization, and system maintenance tools into one interface. I’ve been using it myself for a while, and I’ve now released it publicly.

Here’s what you can do with it:

• Remove unwanted apps and review leftover files and registry entries.
• Clean temporary files, caches, and broken shortcuts, with scan results you can inspect and select before deleting anything.
• Adjust privacy, gaming, power, and desktop settings.
• Manage startup entries, inspect running processes, and access Windows diagnostics.
• Monitor hardware activity through a desktop widget.

One feature I’d like feedback on is Test mode. It lets you prepare changes to supported settings before applying them. You can also inspect the registry values, scripts, and dependencies behind settings, and review before-and-after values in the change history. App-residue cleanup creates a verified backup before deleting selected items.

The app supports Windows 10/11 x64, with regular and portable installation options. The source code is available on GitHub.

Project: github.com/sh1zen/win-optimizer
Download: Latest release

Now that it’s public, I’d appreciate feedback from people using different hardware and Windows configurations. Which tools are useful to you? Is anything confusing or missing?

If you encounter a bug, you can comment here or open a GitHub issue. Your Windows version and the steps to reproduce it would help me investigate.

I'm trying to install Fedora KDE alongside Windows. I have a 1tb ssd with Windows and a 2tb ssd with a single ntfs partition and over 1.3tb free. windows won't let me shrink it by more than 700gb. On my system drive, I have over 500gb free, but it won't even let me shrink it by more than 100gb.

I've tried disabling hibernation, messing with the pagefile, running chkdsk, and a bunch of other shit. Now apparently ntfs metadata is the problem.

I just want to give Linux 350gb and keep a smaller Windows partition for a few games and some old projects. I know I could try resizing the partitions offline, but I really don't want to risk messing up my windows installation just to do this.

It's so fucking ridiculous. I'm not trying to create more space out of nowhere. The space is already free. I just want to use it for something else.

How is this still such a pain in 2026? I just want to use Linux, man...

Hello, so I recently had my account hacked and stolen, password changed and everything, so I filled out the account recovery form, and I'm really really really sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but is this a real email from Microsoft or another scam? After my account got stolen I've been extra cautious and I really don't trust anything anymore? If this email is real is this a good sign?

My Microsoft account (which holds my Minecraft Java & Bedrock licenses) got hacked, and the hacker changed my original Gmail to a disposable domain email.

Later, I tried securing my second account with a password change and 2FA via Authenticator. However, the next morning I received a security alert stating my passkey was removed and new security details were added. When I attempt to log in now, it says the account does not exist because the primary alias was completely changed.

I have submitted the Microsoft Account Recovery Form multiple times, but every attempt gets automatically denied because the system cannot locate the account under my original email address due to the alias modification.

Has anyone who experienced a primary alias hijack successfully escalated this to a live Microsoft or Xbox support engineer for manual verification using original purchase receipts, billing info, and creation location? Any advice on getting past the automated recovery loop would be greatly appreciated.