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Error while starting VM - Failed to allocate resources while connecting to a virtual network

Solution: Change Network Adapter settings for the virtual machine to "Not Connected", start the VM and change the network adapter to the default one. Error Details: [Window Title] Virtual Machine Connection [Main Instruction] The application encountered an error while attempting to change the state of 'machine_name'. [Content] 'machine_name' failed to start. Synthetic Ethernet Port (Instance ID GUID): Error 'The specified network resource or device is no longer available.'. Failed to allocate resources while connecting to a virtual network. [Expanded Information] 'machine_name' failed to start. (Virtual machine ID GUID) 'machine_name' Synthetic Ethernet Port: Failed to finish reserving resources with Error 'The specified network resource or device is no longer available.' (0x80070037). (Virtual machine ID GUID) 'machine_name' failed to allocate resources while connecting to a virtual network: The...

Excel Power Query : Unable to sign in to SharePoint on premises site

Quick tip: If you are using a computer not connected to a domain and accessing a site which requires domain credentials, you will need to set up windows credentials from control panel.

SharePoint 2013 - Quick edit disabled in list or document library

Recently had an issue where the quick edit button on the document library ribbon menu was disabled or grayed out. Initially i suspected Turns out that there is a setting in the advanced settings to enable it.

SharePoint online menu gone black

If any of you are wondering why your SharePoint online menu suddenly went black, I believe this is from an update rolled out by Microsoft. They have set both the background and foreground to black :) .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365spo button.o365cs-spo-topbarMenuOpen, .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365spo button.o365cs-spo-topbarHover, .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365spo a.o365cs-spo-topbarMenuOpen, .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365spo a.o365cs-spo-topbarHover {     background-color: #000;     border-color: #dedede;     color: #000; } .o365spo.o365cs-nav-contextMenu .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365cs-contextMenu {     background-color: #000; } https://prod.msocdn.com/3.06.5615.1/en-US/css/O365ShellCore.css  Waiting for a fix! Until they roll out a fix, add this to your custom css. And dont forget to clean up later. .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365spo button.o365cs-spo-topbarMenuOpen, .o365cs-base.o365cst.o365spo button.o365cs-spo-topba...