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 account. Most often the error appears if you try to sign in to a computer using a guest account or to a domain controller using a user account without domain administrator privileges. However, there may be some other reasons.
I saw a strange error: Errno 28 “No space left on device” when trying to manually update a VMWare ESXi version on a standalone host:
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Can’t Access Shared Folders or Map Network Drives from Windows 10 and 11
March 16, 2024If you cannot open or map network shared folders on your NAS, Samba Linux server, or computers with legacy Windows versions (Windows 7/XP/Server 2003) from Windows 10 or 11, most…
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How to Clean Up or Reset COM Port Numbers in Windows
March 11, 2024When 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…
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Mailbox Size and Quotas in Exchange 2019/2016 and Microsoft 365
March 15, 2024An on-prem Exchange or cloud Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) administrator must control user mailbox sizes. In this article, we’ll show how to get current mailbox sizes and set mailbox quotas…
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Windows Cannot Find the Microsoft Software License Terms
April 19, 2023The 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…
This article explains how to install Windows 11 as a guest OS in a virtual machine running on VMware Workstation or VMware ESXi hypervisors. When trying to install Windows 11…
KMS Activation is designed to make it easier for enterprise customers to activate Microsoft products (FAQ: Understanding Microsoft KMS Volume Activation). This article explains how to deploy a KMS server…
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Poor Network Performance on Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2019
February 20, 2023Several 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…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Enter-PSSession: Running Remote Commands in Interactive Shell
March 15, 2024Enter-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…