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Imagine a situation where you can normally connect to your system with cached credentials and receive the following error message:

We cannot sign you with this document because your domain is not available. Make sure your device is connected to your organization’s network and try again. If you have already connected to this device with a different identifier, you can use this identifier to connect

Ideally, when users report a domain access problem, they delete the domain computer(s) and join them. Usually, however, this does not help. Some other preliminary steps that could be tried are trying to boot the system without a network connection, deleting the local profile directory for the user, changing the GPO for event log retention, and so on. read more

A PIN is indeed an excellent way to connect to local systems. Unlike passwords, PINs are system specific and a 4-6 digit PIN is sufficient to protect your profile. Thus, many users adopt the new registration method. While Microsoft tries to create every product accurately, nothing is perfect and neither is the PIN system. Occasionally, the user will receive the following message when restoring the PIN code:

We were unable to connect you, the device required by this cryptographic provider is not operational.

If the user receives such an error, he cannot change, add or delete the PIN code. read more

Realtek HD Audio Driver is the most commonly used HD audio driver for managing Windows system audio settings. Realtek High Definition Audio Manager comes with the Realtek Audio Driver, the most widely used audio driver, which offers incredible features and supports a 6-channel digital-to-analog (DAC) converter with 16.20.24-bit pulse code modulation in audio channel 5.1.

In principle, the sound driver facilitates tone control on the Windows desktop and is known to provide your system with high-quality sound via the audio card. It is equipped with your audio device to enhance the sound experience. Recently, window users have reported difficulties accessing the audio driver. Users have also lost or lost the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the taskbar, taskbar and notification area. The problem may have occurred either after the Windows update or due to a change in the audio card driver. read more

If you cannot find a target BitLocker system drive Setup to prepare, you may need to manually prepare your drive for the BitLocker message while using the BitLocker drive encryption tool on Windows 10, then this article may help.

BitLocker Setup could not find a target system drive to prepare

Microsoft says there are two scenarios that can cause this error.

1. You do not have enough free space
2. The partition contains files that cannot be moved.

You do not have enough free space

For the installation to find this target system drive, at least 10% of the active partition must remain free after the partition size reduction.

To correct this error, you can run the disk cleaning tool, disable hibernation to delete the large hiberfil.sys file and move the files to another partition or external disk. read more

If you have a Windows computer that uses an NVIDIA GPU, you may encounter errors. The really common one says The display driver stops responding . He describes it by saying:

NVIDIA Windows Kernal Mode Driver, version xxx.xx no longer responds and recovered

This says nothing about the cause of the error or a permanent fix. This is because it never repairs it permanently, because this problem is seen over and over again. Well, we connected to the event log to see the log showing the main causes of this error. The main bug that appeared was the NVIDIA kernal driver, which is corrupted. Or the driver is outdated or incompatible. read more

There may be a time when you want to reset all your program and file associations to the default values of Windows 10. With Windows 10, you can reset them to the default values recommended by Microsoft. Here’s how to do it.

Reset all default file associations

When you click a file, the file opens with your associated default operating system application. It can be a web link, a video file, etc. For example, Edge is the default browser in Windows 10, but you may have changed the file association to one of your options like Firefox or Chrome. You may have changed other file types in the same way. If you now want to reset all of them to their default values, proceed as follows. read more

The vulnerabilities of Spectre and Meltdown were by far one of the worst in recent years. Software patches have already been released, but the problem seems to go further. Meanwhile, patches have begun to take effect, sporadically freezing or booting some computers. Intel has now released patches and fixed bugs for most vulnerabilities. Patches were also created for the Windows operating system, and it was only then that Microsoft discovered that many antivirus programs were incompatible with the update and were causing blue screen errors. read more

In a situation where you have multiple users in your Windows 10 PC at home or at work, where a Windows 10 account must be disabled for security reasons or because that particular user has caused a nuisance, it is a good idea to disable the user account instead of simply deleting that account. This way, if you want to activate it later, you can always do so.

In this Windows 10 tutorial, I will explain how to disable a Windows 10 account and enable it later. This can be a local account or an account created with a Microsoft account. This can be done from the computer management interface or from the command prompt. read more

If an error message appears in Windows Device Manager 10/8/7 Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware (Code 37), and your hardware is not working properly, the following solution may help you solve the problem. This error message is displayed in the General tab displayed in the driver properties pop-up window.

The device driver error code 37 indicates that this is because the driver returned an error when running the DriverEntry routine.

Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware

To solve this problem, you must manually reinstall the device driver. read more

If you find that your laptop is slowing down to crawl without change and your CPU usage increases to a high level of 100%, you should review the Windows processes running on your computer. One of them, vssvc.exe is also known to cause high disk or CPU usage.

The.exe extension of a file name displays an executable file. Executable files can be malware in some cases, and malware is known to take the names of other legitimate files. In this case, you must first search and find the vssvc.exe file by starting the search. If it is in the System32 folder and its properties indicate that it is a Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service file , then this is Microsoft’s legitimate process. But if it is in another folder, it may be malware. read more