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i change my game tag par eror

Hello Xbox Support, I accidentally changed my Gamertag and I want to change it back to my previous Gamertag. I didn’t mean to change it, and now I’m being asked to pay 9 CHF to change it again. Could you please make a one-time exception and allow me to…

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asked 2026-08-26T04:03:38.9766667+00:00
waleed idris 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-08-27T07:50:21.9+00:00
Alex-L 11,420 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Buying a game and not being able to play

On the 9th of August, I purchased NBA 2K27 Ultra Edition to play it early, thinking it would work on my laptop. Come to today, it launches 12pm et. I cannot install this on my laptop because it says "Optimized for Xbox Series X/S". How can I…

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asked 2026-08-26T19:59:15.8166667+00:00
Nicholas Chiappetta 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-27T07:09:52.6166667+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Can't claim included Game Pass; redemption requires a U.S. billing address.

I purchased a Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 in Canada and it includes a 3-month Xbox Game Pass offer. I currently live in Bangladesh. The offer appears in Microsoft Store only when my Windows region is set to the United States, but the claim page requires a…

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asked 2026-08-26T11:21:54.0466667+00:00
Khan Md Adil 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-27T06:32:09.5+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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xbox app not running

cannot get the xbox app to stop loading it is saying update required but does nothing and microsoft store will not download anything .ive completed all troubleshooting basics including deleting it but ended up restoring my new pc back to get the app back…

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asked 2026-08-25T20:39:20.9+00:00
Breebree89 Lev 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-27T04:16:47.18+00:00
Emma1-N 10,935 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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windows update causing crashes, unable to play games. how do i fix it?

since the update, my screen flickers or goes black. the audio freezes and then a forced restart happens. im unable to play any games, and now i can barely use anything without the screen messing up. it is not a hardware or monitor issue. its the…

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asked 2026-08-26T22:12:40.0866667+00:00
Tori Barrigan 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T22:46:03.01+00:00
Ivan B 121.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Game bar last record

My screen recording is very laggy, even though my settings are set to 60 frames and high quality, while my friend's computer with worse hardware specifications than mine records the screen without lag. What should I do?

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asked 2026-08-24T07:22:11.58+00:00
hosein Mirrezaei 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-26T10:01:34.9166667+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Microsoft Jigsaw wonky pieces on my new Lenovo Yoga laptop.

Hi, I just got a new Lenovo Yoga with AMD RADEON graphics and the picture below shows how the puzzle pieces are loading on my puzzle. The pieces showing are stuck together and will not separate, some are shown as blocks instead of an individual piece. …

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asked 2026-08-24T23:52:14.16+00:00
Alias G 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-26T09:38:47.1433333+00:00
Vikki-T 8,960 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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hook up xbox wireless controler to p.c

i i cant get my xbox wireless controller to bluetooth to my windows 11 p.c so i can play games please help

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asked 2026-08-25T11:11:37.0833333+00:00
joel lamoureux 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T09:06:26.4666667+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Double Purchase of realms and Minecraft Realm upload failing multiple times

I want to request a serious refund on Minecraft bedrock realms! Not only it somehow purchase realm subscription twice and charges me, it also could not upload a 320 mb world file to the realm server. It wasted so much of my time trying to upload and…

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asked 2026-08-26T05:46:51.55+00:00
Beny specs 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T09:02:53.48+00:00
Gérard Oomens 130.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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multiplayer set up for minecraft

Hi please can you help me to set up multiplayer option for my son. I have followed all the steps from forums and recommendations. but I am still unable to set this up. I managed to do this for my other son who plays th game on multiplayer no problem. I…

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asked 2026-08-24T17:34:38.74+00:00
Benjamin Andrejevas 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-26T08:04:13.5433333+00:00
Kai-H 25,340 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I can't play multiplayer games I purchased despite multiple permissions involving multiplayer videogames allowing me to

I bought Among Us and Minecraft to play with my family, but it will not let me play either games in multiplayer. Me and my mom have been troubleshooting this for two days. When she goes to Privacy & online safety on her account, it says all of my…

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asked 2026-08-25T05:32:46.76+00:00
Brady Sammy 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T07:20:45.8433333+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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bought minecraft signed out

i bought minecraft java and bedrock on microsoft store but i was not signed in now i can only play bedrock edition what the hell do i do now nothing is helpful and i cant chat with a live agent

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asked 2026-08-25T03:01:46.9366667+00:00
Maksim Korpach 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T07:16:24.19+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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BSOD Just On League of Legends

Here are my minidumps, it started this month, and only happens with league of legends, specifically when the game change from champ select to client window or when i finish a game…

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asked 2026-08-26T05:21:14.66+00:00
Angel Gamez 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-26T06:30:25.96+00:00
DaveM121 922K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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HALO MCC: How to fix LowLevelFatalError [File:Unknown] [Line:330]

I have a razer blade 16 with a CPU Ryzen 9 AI 365 with GPU NVIDIA rtx 5070 ti 12Gb VRAM and when I try to start Halo MCC, it sends this message LowLevelFatalError [File:Unknown] [Line: 330]…

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asked 2025-12-29T19:28:00.4166667+00:00
TH006 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-26T04:33:42.2666667+00:00
Ricardo Estrada 0 Reputation points
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Problema compra Minecraft

No puedo comprar Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition para PC. El pago falla con el mensaje “Tenemos problemas para procesar el pago y queremos solucionarlo”. Ya probé Visa y Mastercard, eliminé y volví a agregar los métodos de pago y el error ocurre en…

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asked 2026-08-26T03:12:57.7+00:00
Luciana Tabone 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-26T04:02:16.43+00:00
Hector FC 32,610 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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This is for Xbox

I want to thank you for the long, fun journey I had with Xbox, and I thank you for the wonderful birthday gift you gave me, and you are the best company I have ever used for gaming for the past 15 years of gaming

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asked 2026-08-25T17:14:15.4566667+00:00
Maxie spencer 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-08-25T17:41:35.4633333+00:00
MS Advertising - Marvin 160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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microsoft bubble not loading

i have not been able to play bubble for 2 days now just trys to laod andd says not respounding tryed uninstall and lots other things but still not working

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asked 2026-04-23T23:19:39.3833333+00:00
ian simson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-25T15:55:14.1+00:00
A B 5 Reputation points
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Minecraft cape issue

Hi I've redeemed my code for the builder cape since July but it seems it's not showing to my acc idk why so pls Microsoft can help me pls help thx. And btw it's not showing up to my dressing room in bedrock and on java it's the same.

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asked 2026-08-23T14:46:49.6966667+00:00
Zentryxq 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-25T14:05:56.2933333+00:00
Alex-L 11,420 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Cant redeem free game pass

i bought this laptop in saudi arabia which includes free xbox game pass , when i come to india and changed the region i cant redeem

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asked 2026-08-25T11:47:35.9133333+00:00
Arun Kumar 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-25T13:33:51.48+00:00
Bulldog 4,040 Reputation points
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Microsoft Edge for Game Bar error: Something went wrong. Please select "Update" to start a new session.

Today I tried to launch Microsoft Edge Game Assist in overplay but this error popped up and I can't get rid of it. It used to work perfectly before. I tried: clearing the cache, reinstalling Game Bar, uninstalling Edge and reinstalling it, checking…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Gaming
asked 2026-08-03T11:17:28.2366667+00:00
commented 2026-08-25T13:32:46.27+00:00
Carl-L 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator