If you see The sign-in method is not allowed error when trying to logon Windows, it means that the resulting Group Policy settings prevent local sign-in for a current user…
Windows Server 2019: Installation and Configuration Tutorials
Grep in PowerShell Using the Select-String Cmdlet
In Linux/Unix, the grep command is used to find a text (string) or errors in a log file. Grep allows you to find/select any data in the output of another…
Can’t Access Shared Folders or Map Network Drives from Windows 10 and 11
If you cannot open or map network shared folders on your NAS, Samba Linux server, computers with legacy Windows versions (Windows 7/XP/Server 2003) from Windows 10 or 11, most likely…
How to Clean Up or Reset COM Port Numbers in Windows
When you connect a new COM device or a USB device to your computer (USB modem, mobile phone, Bluetooth adapter, serial to USB converters, etc.), Windows detects it using Plug-n-Play…
Windows Cannot Find the Microsoft Software License Terms
The error “Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms” may appear when installing the Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 operating system on a bare-metal computer/server or on a…
Poor Network Performance on Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2019
Several times I came across a situation when files were copied much slower from/to virtual machines on a Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2019 than in a VM of the…
Enter-PSSession: Running Remote Commands in Interactive Shell
Enter-PSSession cmdlet allows you to establish a persistent interactive PowerShell session with a remote computer. All commands you enter in your command prompt are executed on the remote computer. In…
Memory Compression Process: High Memory and CPU Usage in Windows 10 and 11
The Memory Compression feature in Windows 10 and 11 is used to optimize physical RAM utilization by compressing some of the pages in RAM. By using process memory compression, you…
Updating List of Trusted Root Certificates in Windows
All Windows versions have a built-in feature for automatically updating root certificates from the Microsoft websites. MSFT, as part of the Microsoft Trusted Root Certificate Program, maintains and publishes a…
Installing PowerShell Modules in Offline Mode (Without Internet Access)
Most popular PowerShell modules are installed online from the official PowerShell Gallery (PSGallery) repository using the Install-Module command. However, you won’t be able to install a PowerShell module if your…