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Can't log Windows 10 into Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain: Wrong user name or password

posted Oct 19, 2016, 6:35 PM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Oct 19, 2016, 6:37 PM ]

No ... you are not going crazy. You just joined a Windows 10 Pro machine (that you in place upgraded from Home likely) to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain. Joined just fine. Reboot. Try and login: Wrong username or password. 

WTF?

If you are like me you try several known-good username / password combos lot's of times until you start to doubt your sanity. 

Silly you! It's Windows 10!!!

Here is the best thread I've found about the issue: 


The fix for me: Run the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool under a local admin account, "upgrade", reboot. Viola. 


Another (unproven to me) registry edit from safe mode ... no good for remote support: See attached PDF.  



| Attachments: Windows10 Home to Pro Upgrade Issue.pdf

Remove Pesky Microsoft OneDrive links in File Explorer and Word / Excel

posted Jul 24, 2016, 1:47 PM by Brian Mattingly

Being that OneDrive and OneDrive for Business is simply not ready for prime time you might choose to remove it (as much as possible) from your machine and applications. Here is how: 

Remove OneDrive links from Windows File explorer - WARNING: This will sever the connections between Word
  1. Press Win+R and type regedit to open up the Registry Editor
  2. Navigate to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6} registry key.
  3. Double-click on System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree change its value from 1 to 0.
  4. Log off or restart your computer. When you open File Explorer, the OneDrive entry should be gone from the list.
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Remove OneDrive links from Word / Excel - WARNING: This will sever the connections between O365 and the apps. 
  1. Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\SignIn 
  2. NOTE: The version number may vary depending on the version of Office you are running. 
  3. If SignIn does not exist, right-click on Common and select New > Key, and name it SignIn.
  4. Right-click on SignIn afterwards and select New > Dword (32-bit) Value from the context menu.
  5. Name the entry SignInOptions.
  6. Double-click it afterwards and set its value to 3. This turns off the cloud features.


Connecting Windows 8.1 to Windows Server 2012 Essentials Remote Web Access VPN

posted Nov 1, 2015, 11:39 AM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Nov 1, 2015, 11:39 AM ]



Error 850: The Extensible Authentication Protocol type required for authentication of the remote access connection is not installed on your computer. 

Reload Windows 8.1 on Surface Pro

posted Nov 1, 2015, 11:32 AM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Nov 1, 2015, 11:35 AM ]

Use Virtual Box for easy test lab environments

posted Aug 25, 2014, 9:00 PM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Nov 1, 2015, 11:40 AM ]

New Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V features

posted Aug 25, 2014, 8:57 PM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Nov 1, 2015, 11:41 AM ]

Use ESEUTIL to recover a corrupted Exchange database

posted Aug 25, 2014, 8:56 PM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Nov 1, 2015, 11:43 AM ]

Malware bugging your PC?

posted Aug 25, 2014, 8:52 PM by Brian Mattingly   [ updated Nov 1, 2015, 11:41 AM ]

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