Offline installation of Microsoft Machine Learning server components SQL 2019 is stuck

Problem You are installing SQL Server 2019 and you get stuck at the Machine Learning Server Components installation step. Your installer could not download the files for whatever reason, it asks you t...

Windows 10 won’t display password box after restart

The stupid problem This was an especially stupid problem. My computer lost power while I was trying to shut it down on UPS power during Hurricane Irma – I didn’t catch my PC in time and th...