Usually, when you get the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID error in a Microsoft Edge browser you can bypass it by going to “Advanced” and clicking on “Continue to <website> (unsafe)” option.
But it may happen that there is no such option in “Advanced”.
This short note shows how to bypass the error NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID in the Microsoft Edge if there is no “Continue to website (unsafe)” option. (more…)
Starting from Windows 10 build 1809, Windows has a native SSH client that is based on the OpenSSH port.
If you try to connect to some host from a Windows command-line prompt (CMD) or PowerShell using the ssh command, you may receive the error as follows:
Bad owner or permissions on
C:\\Users\\<username>/.ssh/config
This short note shows how to fix the permissions on all the files under the C:\\Users\\<username>/.ssh folder. (more…)
User profiles in Windows on the most of computers are usually located in the folder C:\users\.
By default, the user folder name is the same as you user name.
But if you change your user name, the old name of your user folder will remain and you may want to rename it as well.
The renaming of the user folder in Windows is not so straightforward, but i will show how to do this in a quick, safe and easy way. (more…)
A password expiration is a feature in Windows that forces users to change their passwords after a certain number of days.
When it is time to change your password, Windows will send you a “Consider changing your password” notification.
In this note i will show several ways of how to disable the password expiration of a local user account in Windows. (more…)
There may be different reasons for changing a local user account name in Windows.
For example, you may want to change the name on the sign-in screen to your actual name instead of the nickname or vice versa.
This short note describes the easiest way of changing a user name of the local account in Windows. (more…)
It is quite annoying when some apps are not expected to, but they are automatically opening on startup in Windows.
And it raises a perfectly logical question, how to stop such apps from running at startup.
In this note i will show the easiest and the most efficient way of how to find ALL startup programs in Windows and how to change their startup settings to stop them from automatically running at Windows startup. (more…)
While trying to delete, copy, move or rename some files or folders in Windows you may get the error: “You need permission to perform this action” followed by “You require permission from the computer’s administrator to make changes to this file or folder“.
This “Access Denied” error means that you are not authorized to make any changes to that file or folder, thought it may occur even if you are administrator.
In this note i will show how to fix the permissions on a file or folder and get rid of the “You need permission to perform this action” error in Windows. (more…)
If your computer is running in a corporate environment, one day you may wonder which Active Directory (AD) groups your current user is a member of.
The easiest way to see what AD groups i am a member of is by executing the appropriate commands from a command prompt (CMD or PowerShell) and this short note shows how to do this. (more…)
A START command is used to run a program or command in a separate window from a Windows command prompt (CMD).
The new window can be started as maximized or minimized, that can be controlled using the /MAX or /MIN switches correspondingly.
Below i will show how to start a program in the maximized or minimized window from the Windows command prompt (CMD) or a batch file. (more…)
Any user, group or computer in Windows has a unique SID (security identifier) assigned.
The SIDs are used to control access to various Windows resources like files, registry keys, network shares, etc.
Below i will show you how to get the user’s SID and how to do the reverse SID lookup (get the user name by SID) using the Windows command prompt or PowerShell. (more…)