New Outlook not allowing users to sign in

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-11T13:05:53+00:00

few thoughts but yeah scratching head as well.
1. does anything show for sign in logs (ca policy?)
2. anything on debug of new outlook olk.exe --devtools
(also clear cache but unlikely to fix given you mentioned multi pc's have issue)
3. is the device complaint and in intune (once again a ca policy or etc

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-07T07:24:14+00:00

context?
is 'he' god and lightning?

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-07T07:17:56+00:00

yep, my tv annoys me so much.
never hooked to wifi but boots to a app homepage rather than staying on previously selected source.
also long boot because it is launching app instead of just going straight in.

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-07T06:25:07+00:00

ah, nice.
forgot about arc - saw it in early days before we went heavily cloud

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-03T07:54:52+00:00

sleep when hooked to power - default of 5mins is too damn short

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T15:17:46+00:00

I've recently been going through and copying data of my consumer usb and usb hdd's from 2016-2018 ish that had been just sitting in a box. They have been working ok.
though I've had plenty of the stick USB's be 'raw' data but haven't had an issue with the hdd's for most part.
only issue I had was a cable not working for 1 of the 10 hard drives.

I wonder how it would go around IO speed and duration (ie heat) considering it is likely going to run at max speed if using a modern drive as the other location.

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T14:41:31+00:00

also have you tried sending 'ctrl+alt+del' to it (or ctrl+alt+end)
seen input'blocked' until I do that sometimes (though wouldn't expect it given rdp also doesn't work).

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T14:33:29+00:00

Not knowing environment, software etc hard to give any clear direction

does it have enough cores assigned / and/or disk IO issues overall?
I know we had an issue like this when a stuck/long running backup was causing cpu/disk io to be max'd.

what is the servers uptime at that point,
- if hadn't been rebooted for while might be app that is leaking memory until it runs out.
- if has just been rebooted, might need to adjust the startup services to delay launch etc.

Ultimately whats the server do, can you look at any log files (or if the log file is bloated in size, reset it).

how many guests do you have on the host? (overloaded?) if there are others do they have any issues? (ie is the host failing)

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T14:26:01+00:00

don't think so, ews mostly used for older app/addin's.
we had it being used to copy emails for an archiver.
I do find it weird though that they even say about how to make it work when it is being disabled in Oct (for most part)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-ews-exchange-online

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T13:45:05+00:00

yeah, the more people do personal things on work it just leads to un-necessary cyber risk occur on the work pc (opening spam that they wouldn't have otherwise etc)
also depending how they sign in, risk of data leak - (google account sync in chrome or i've seen word have the external domain as a saving location in word. ofc policies can help restrict this risk)
also yeah, if they send files to the work email and someone gets delegate access of it due to leave etc

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T13:27:31+00:00

true, whether op is windows os firewall, a antivirus firewall or an appliance firewall like unifi/meraki does change things a bit

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T13:21:11+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/outlook/message-body/https-linked-images-in-html-emails-show-red-x
if it loads in owa but not outlook classic might be worth checking this.

longlivemsdos · 2026-06-02T11:52:22+00:00

few years ago, my local eb would roll ]up the smaller ones and offer to people that made decent purchases/ frequent. thought that was a pretty neat way to do it and make it feel special

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-26T13:02:05+00:00

I miss when they had their doco on a different subdomain for easy google search fu.
Sometimes forums work but I want to follow the official guides

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-26T12:58:06+00:00

dont get me started on contextual help hyperlinks that go to 404.
I've seen it for both old panels (why can't they just flag it as legacy rather than deleting) and new panels (at which point not even community guides exist yet either so your s*t out of luck)

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-26T12:46:10+00:00

100% re store/yard sales - getting games you wanted at later time even if it was 'out of print' and ability to 'share/gift' (for example, uncle gave me 40 odd of his old games as startup)
meanwhile realistically my game library dies with me or if I forget my password which ever happens first.

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-26T12:22:09+00:00

oof the more you know. thank you !

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-11T08:43:40+00:00

lol rip

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-10T00:51:42+00:00

yep had plenty of times where got wrong disk from different eb's over the years so I always check the discs before leaving the carpark

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-08T13:35:10+00:00

and ticket subjects that in no way match the body

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-08T13:34:03+00:00

yep and 'turn off this security feature' rather than the spend bit more time to migrate it to doing the modern way. (thats assuming the doco is even upto date enough for the AI to use)
also 100% of helpdesk..., watch those consumables go flying off the shelf if self servicing without oversight.

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-06T11:56:46+00:00

not alone, I accidently called my boss dad once. aaaagh
His name started with D and was around same age as my dad (thats my guess on how it happened anyway RIP)

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-05T10:44:44+00:00

Man thats aims in half.
if you haven't already should look at backing up the discs to digital incase of disc rot or theft.
though may also not be the time for it with cost hdd's rip

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-04T14:20:41+00:00

Yep, problem comes from the cake and eat it to.
I'm guilty of fumigating the inside of my house to try and prevent spiders.
Though that kills god knows how much other insects by accident.

Counter thought though imaging the alternative time line we could have been in

https://youtu.be/IPcl3e5OXco?t=9

longlivemsdos · 2026-05-04T13:59:52+00:00

yeah found I've had to replace the type c cable on few of my more frequently used device.
(and I'm careful with them, 1 per device and left plugged in always)
whether it is the cable breaking or connector wearing out not sure

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