When working with Windows, users may sometimes encounter the “Account restrictions are preventing this user from signing in” error. This problem can cause significant inconvenience, up to complete inability to use necessary services and applications. In this article, we will discuss in detail what this error is, why it occurs and how to fix it.… Continue reading “Account restrictions are preventing this user from signing in”
Tag: Windows 10
PUA:Win32/PCMechanic – PC Mechanic Plus Removal Guide
PUA:Win32/PCMechanic is a detection associated with the potentially unwanted application. This pseudo system optimizer claims that the user’s system has many problems, and then offers to call the “tech support”. Let’s see why this may appear and how to remove it. What is PUA:Win32/PCMechanic? PUA:Win32/PCMechanic is a Microsoft Defender detection that indicates a PC Mechanic… Continue reading PUA:Win32/PCMechanic – PC Mechanic Plus Removal Guide
Vmmem High Memory and CPU Usage
Vmmem, short for “Virtual Machine Memory“, is a process that indicates the resource utilization by virtual machines on your system. It operates in tandem with virtual machines and remains inactive without any virtual machine activity. However, suppose you observe high CPU and memory consumption by the vmmem process. In that case, your virtual machine is… Continue reading Vmmem High Memory and CPU Usage
Your Session Was Logged Off Because DWM Crashed
The DWM.exe process is an important Windows component that is responsible for the visual design of the desktop. It provides effects such as transparency, animation, and window switching. However, sometimes you can encounter dwm.exe high memory usage situations, which leads to performance degradation of your device. Aside from this, there is a thing that people… Continue reading Your Session Was Logged Off Because DWM Crashed
Hackers Attack Ukrainian Organizations through Malicious Windows 10 Installers
Mandiant experts reported that Ukrainian government agencies are suffering from attacks using malicious Trojanized Windows 10 installers, as victims download malicious ISO files from Ukrainian and Russian-language torrent trackers (including Toloka and RuTracker). Let me remind you that we also wrote that TrickBot Hack Group Systematically Attacks Ukraine, and also that Microsoft Accuses Russia of… Continue reading Hackers Attack Ukrainian Organizations through Malicious Windows 10 Installers
Vulnerability in Windows 10 could allow gaining administrator privileges
Last weekend, the well-known cybersecurity researcher Jonas Lykkegaard reported a rather serious vulnerability in Windows 10. All versions of Windows 10 released in the last 2.5 years (as well as Windows 11) are vulnerable to an issue dubbed SeriousSAM and HiveNightmare. Thanks to this bug, an attacker can elevate his privileges and gain access to… Continue reading Vulnerability in Windows 10 could allow gaining administrator privileges
Microsoft fixes a bug that corrupted FLAC files
Microsoft has fixed a bug in Windows 10 that changed the name, artist, or other metadata in FLAC files, therefore corrupting them. The bug affected several editions of Windows 10 (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, Pro Education and Pro for Workstations), as well as several versions (2004 and 20H2). The problem could arise when editing the… Continue reading Microsoft fixes a bug that corrupted FLAC files
Chrome 90 gets new security feature to protect against attacks on Windows 10
Google has introduced a new Windows 10 security feature called Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in its Chrome 90 browser to protect the memory stack against cyberattacks. Microsoft introduced Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in March 2020. The feature is designed to defend against Return-Oriented Programming (ROP) attacks. To do this, Hardware-enforced Stack Protection uses processor hardware to protect… Continue reading Chrome 90 gets new security feature to protect against attacks on Windows 10
Windows 10 bug causes BSOD when opening a specific path
A bug in Windows 10 causes the OS to crash with a blue screen of death (BSOD) if the user tries to open a specific path in the address bar of the browser or uses other Windows commands. Last week, Twitter posted messages from a security researcher about two vulnerabilities in Windows that could be… Continue reading Windows 10 bug causes BSOD when opening a specific path
Millions of Windows 7 users refuse to upgrade to Windows 10
In early 2020, Microsoft officially ended support for the Windows 7 operating system. However, millions of Windows 7 users refuse to upgrade to Windows 10. Prior to the end of support, ZDNet journalist Ed Bott consulted with some analytics experts and estimated that approximately 200 million PC owners worldwide would ignore the end of support… Continue reading Millions of Windows 7 users refuse to upgrade to Windows 10