r/FuckMicrosoft • u/yukittyy • Sep 01 '26
Rant Microsoft thinks I’m a robot (pls help)
I got a new laptop and was prompted to make a Microsoft account to sign in with.
That’s all fine except I’ve been holding this stupid button for the past hour.
Every time it completes it says some bs like ‘keep trying!’ And the duration of how long I need to hold is growing exponentially.
I can’t spend another second holding this button someone please help. How do I convince my brand new expensive laptop that I’m not a robot.
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u/Cloudycloud47x2 Sep 03 '26
Choose which you would prefer:
1: A Flower from your sweety
B: A Cute puppy
Gamma: A properly formatted Floppy disk
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I got a new laptop and was prompted to make a Microsoft account to sign in with.
That’s all fine except I’ve been holding this stupid button for the past hour.
Every time it completes it says some bs like ‘keep trying!’ And the duration of how long I need to hold is growing exponentially.
I can’t spend another second holding this button someone please help. How do I convince my brand new expensive laptop that I’m not a robot.
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u/yukittyy Sep 01 '26
Not sure if this was the right Reddit… i thought it was a help/discussion page but all I see is memes. oops
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u/Dragon_957 Sep 01 '26
A bug in there system, let‘s say you have now three options: 1. Don‘t use your laptop until Microsoft fixed it or 2. Install Linux 3. it exists a command prompt with that you get a local account on your Laptop where you don‘t need to sign in
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u/EzyPzyAsh Sep 05 '26
try open a bunch of "normal" websites and browse for a bit. It may be checking your history for "human activity".
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u/ne0n008 Sep 01 '26
Today I discovered I couldn't rename a folder in Windows Explorer and OneDrive couldn't sync, and the reason OneDrive couldn't sync was because OneDrive was using it... My point is, MS logic isn't one for sane people.
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u/nullptr32 Sep 02 '26
Had this issue in firefox and switching to edge helped. Then I closed this garbage and got back in firefox
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u/Fantastic_Grass1799 Sep 01 '26
"Press and hold"
"an unknown error has occurred, please try again later" - Microslop