Microsoft Account To Be Mandatory For Windows 11 PRO - Panic !

I am trying without putting a space after the emoji - but made no difference. Can't place cursor after emoji! Forget the highlight thing. If I try to click after the emoji it just highlights the emoji

Hazel123 said:

hmmm ...... nope - is it my computer? I cannot click after the emoji! All that does is highlight my typing and the emoji as if ready to delete

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When the emoji is the last item of a post it can be difficult to place the cursor after it. Try this:

click on the emoji and it becomes selected, as if ready to delete. Then just press the right arrow key.

Strange. Can't imagine why you aren't being able to click after the emoji. Maybe someone smarter than I will know why. Do you have the formatting tool highlighted?

Are you using a mouse or touchpad? Don't ask if this makes a difference cause I am unsure if it would. Just another thought that someone may know why to. Maybe Bree's suggestion will work for you

humbird said:

Strange. Can't imagine why you aren't being able to click after the emoji. Maybe someone smarter than I will know why.

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It seems to be browser dependent. The cursor is after the emoji immediately after you insert one. But if the emoji is the last item in your post, then in Firefox if you click anywhere before it you can never place the cursor after it again. In Edge there is no such problem.

Note that @Hazel123's specs say that her browser is Firefox, as is mine.

This may be one for @z3r010 to sort out.

Yup! It's a Firefox thing!!!
Stay tuned......

This is weird in Firefox!

Type something, then insert emoji... :) , click the down arrow...



... keep typing... ...... works!!!

Ok I'm trying that now :) and the down arrow works! What a palaver. So should I complain to Firefox? Thanks Bree and Edwin for sorting that.

Hazel123 said:

So should I complain to Firefox?

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It's definitely something in Firefox..., there's something amiss with the emoji handler and whatever language they're scripting in these days..., Rust or whatever the heck it is... beyond that, I haven't a clue! Sorry!

EDIT: I don't know if the console would hold any clues, probably not! Maybe somebody a lot smarter than me could check it out!

paulhatton said:

Have you see this; apologies to all if you have.

Here's how you can setup your Windows 11 device without an internet connection

Microsoft has been pushing users towards cloud technologies for a while now and the company told it up a notch when it announced that Windows 11 Home users will need an internet connection to complete the setup of their new device. Thankfully, soon after the launch, users found multiple ways to b...

nsaneforums.com

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Thanks, @paulhatton. Without having to read the article right now, is there a way to update (especially security updates) without the Internet? Inquiring minds just gotta ask . . .

I plan on reading the article later.

Testing..., toggle BB code: :) Yes? No!
Yeah..., pita though!

Dru2 said:

It's all a matter of perspective - While you might not do something, others have no issue in doing.

Anyway, Group Policy Editor in Pro, not in Home. I myself have (and will always) use a Pro level OS. That's me

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I haven't had time to figure out Group Policy Editor yet. Looks like I've been playing with Windows long enough that I should have by now, though.

Testing using Windows emoji's (WinKey+period) Works okay!

RD Mercer said:

I'm not far behind, I'm a 1951 child...

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And I'm pretty far ahead.

Hazel123 said:

I just stopped resisting and used a microsoft account. I quite like it now. It doesn't seem to do any harm and it means when I sign into a new PC it remembers my wallpaper and colour settings. And all my previously purchased apps.

I also gave into it when needing Microsoft family to keep an eye on what stepson was up to - which is quite useful. It sends me an email every now and then telling me what programs and apps he's downloaded and so on. Plus settings to limit what he can do. Although that has changed now as he's worked out how to turn it off lol. Saves my MS Office key for easy download on a new computer etc and also saves my Windows Pro licence for easy upgrade when reinstalling. Now I've got used to it I also have a firefox account which is great. If I sign in on another computer, all my bookmarks and passwords are instantly there. If I need to clear cache and browsers it's a piece of cake resigning into everything again (saved passwords and logins)

But can someone explain to me why - when I put an emoji at the end of a sentence on here, it then won't let me type after the emoji - which is why this one is at the end and not after "I quite like it now" :)

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Lemme see if I can do it, Ethel. Click on the emoji, which will blur it, then use your right arrow key to get on the other side of it! That's what made it work for me.

Well, that was enlightening. Someone said it's a Firefox thing? I'm using Firefox too.

Anybody get emojis to sit in the middle of a post with another browser?

Edwin said:

Yup! It's a Firefox thing!!!
Stay tuned......

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It is a Firefox thing. Clicking on the emoji or the down arrow works.

Edwin said:

Yup! It's a Firefox thing!!!

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It's a known and reported bug in the editor software.

Imagine a world where no one would have the right to criticize a program or service that they themselves have chosen to use.

People criticize things, even if they might like them as a whole. It’s normal and windows are no different. Sometimes when there is enough criticism, companies may change decisions already made or change the features or requirements they have designed. Even Microsoft.

All these posts about for and against MS account just do not get the blinking point.

There is a place for both.

An MS account is ok in most situtations but it does not allow you to create your own account name.

For temporary installation, in vms, local accounts do not clutter up your online MSA account with lots of devices registered to your account.

I like to set up my (mostly Windows 10/11 Pro) Hyper-V vms with no passwords.

Now I would have to faff around installing with MS account, start up in basic mode, then disable Windows Hello so I can use enhanced mode, then run netplwiz so I do not need passwords i.e. about 20 clicks or so to do what I could do in 3 before.

Ok, if MS fix the Hyper-V quirk (or bug depending on viewpoint) that requires Windows Hello to be off, the above would not be required - before MS insisted you did not need to a PIN, Windows Hello was off by default.

So that in itself was MS a dictatorial decision.

Insisting you install with an MS account is just not suitable for all situations.

One Size does not fit all.

None of my post here has anything to do with the mass hysteria over privacy or not.

I have simply pointed out valid reasons when a local account is preferable for installation.

So guys - talk valid reasons , not emotional opinions.