access issues

Hi all, This happened on my dad's Acer 5 A515 laptop. as far as I can tell - he just opened the laptop one day and was locked out of his PC with the Bitlocker screen on. He never enabled it or set up a recovery key, let alone saved the key somewhere. perhaps some rogue update behavior or...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10, version 21H1 Build 19043.1319 (KB5006738) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 21H1. This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue that prevents you from accessing the...

Hi guys, I have 3 mapped drives which are accessible. However, when I run net use command I'm getting this output. Does anybody know why is it so?

Hello all, Since a week ago my File Share server has been slow to open the "root" folder. Opening a folder via the path in the explorer is immediate. Anyone with this problem? This only happens with Windows 10, when I try to access File Share through a Windows Server, it's immediate/normal...

For some reason best known to itself, my PC will not allow me to access certain websites, big ones like Outlook, BBC, BT etc unless I go to network settings, reset the network and then restart the computer, after which all is fine until I next shut down the computer. I already use a batch file...

Hi, The weirdest thing I have seen...... I have several win 10 machines on a home network. No domain, but same workgroup name. All can access each other with credentials, however Machine A is hit or miss with connecting to Machine B (Machine B can always connect to A without issue). In the...

Having some troubles with sleep mode not sleeping at all. And networking on home PC's (W10 x64 Pro 1903 both computers) are not allowing access to shared folders between computers. I did some mild research on both issues. In regards to the networking issue, I got it to semi work reading from my...

My windows button is not working. Run command window also don't let me access functions. Windows update was turned off, wonder if that is the problem. Cannot access windows update or settings. Thanks

Hi, Who can help me to put back conroller3 within the trust? Or help me to allow controller4 to take control on th entire AD. Issue: We have two servers in an Active Directory Cluster with no GUI. Everything is done by powershell. One is called Controller3 and the other one Controller4...

I have a Lenovo Ideapad 5000 running Windows 10 Pro connect by cable to a Synology DS218j LAN storage device.. On my desktop I have placed a shortcut to the Network on my desktop. I did this by dragging the Network Folder from My Computer onto the desktop. When I double click on the network...

Describes an issue that blocks SMB file server share access to files and other resources through the DNS CNAME alias in some scenarios and successful in other scenarios. Provides a resolution. Continue reading...

Describes an issue in which you receive a "Too many PIN entry attempts" BitLocker error when you try to start Windows. Continue reading...

Hallo! I need help! I have to turn my windows 10 account back to administrator user while I accidentally changed it to standard user. However ! I have tried all the advices that I found on the internet, including YouTube videos, forums, troubleshootings and everything .... It just doesn’t let me...

When I press shutdown nothing comes up. I've read lots of different ways including alt f4 and it closes shutdown immediately I also can't get into certain settings. Any ideas?

Hello! I use VPN regularly but now I've installed it on my new laptop with Windows 10 - and it doesn't work! The laptop connects to VPN network but all I see are messages that sites aren't available. On other laptop VPN works fine. What should I do?

Several Windows 10 machines in my home network communicating without problem. Some month ago I added a Windows 7 machine, which was accessible for a while, thereafter it was only found but no files accessible any more. Now another newly installed Windows 7 machine shows the same problem. I have...

The bug can essentially break the built-in administrator account, so in cases where that's the only admin account you could lose admin access to the machine. Windows 10 version 1809 upgrade could invalidate Administrator account - gHacks Tech News

It says "never run". How can I Optimize the C drive, is there any wall i need to close down to get access. Any help plz.

Hi everyone, my pc recently got infected with what I think is a virus and all folders in my drives including drive C(windows installed) have been HIDDEN. When I click on any of my drives the folder is empty. The only way I can access my files/folders is keying in the folder directory in the...

Not tested on Windows 2000. But if I attempt starting a working XP/Vista/7/8/10 HDD via VirtualBox or a different PC, I can only access the boot menu. Even safe mode results into BSOD.