Just a note: whenever you set up a new computer only use a local account. Do not set it up with a microsoft365 account (specifically, the account tied to gquestlab@gmail.com)

The microsoft365 accounts do strange things to permissions that are very annoying. In particular it makes it so that you cannot create startup tasks that can boot VMs. We will end up having to disconnect from the account, which can be a hassle since it can break things.

Only recently found this out. Please don't use microsoft accounts on any of the windows logins for the future. I'm going to remove it from Gouy which has it. Brewster does not. Not sure about other machines.