5 September 2023 | Computers, How to |
Now this is a fun one!
You get a new puter, fire it up, and you find the Windows Library icons on the desktop: Home, Documents, Music, Videos, etc.
The trouble starts when you try to delete them: you can’t!
They’re invincible!!
So how to get rid of these persistent icons and declutter your desktop?!
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29 August 2023 | Computers, Do-It-Yourself, How to, Video |
No, it’s not ChatGPT.
And it’s not exactly Google, either.
When you have a tech problem and you want to solve it quick, that’s part of the problem.
But if you take into account simple human nature, you can solve your problems in record time – and learn something along the way!
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22 August 2023 | Computers, Do-It-Yourself, How to |
This is a fun one!
You try to install some updates to Windows, and your puter reboots. And reboots, and reboots, and reboots…
It seems to get stuck at 35% or some percentage, but then it does nothing.
Restarting your puter doesn’t help, because it just stays at the same point in the update process, forever and ever.
So, how to break the cycle and finish the update? Read on!
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15 August 2023 | Computers, How to, Video |
If you’re having trouble with files/folders not appearing until you refresh the folder view with a tap on F5, then you’ve been hit by the dreaded Explorer Doesn’t Refresh Automatically bug
Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to fix.
Behold: Three ways to fix the glitch!
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8 August 2023 | Computers, How Does it Work? |
Software RAID is great, especially for servers. While you can use RAID for increased speed, most people use RAID mirroring so that all data is written to two identical disks.
If one disk fails, your server stays up because the 2nd drive still works. But what happens when a drive fails?
The replacement process obviously requires your hosting company to the replace the drive.
But both before and after the physical drive replacement, you’ve got some work to do!
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1 August 2023 | Computers, How to, Spare Me! |
If you’re a Twitter user [ducks under the table], you’ve no doubt been seriously annoyed by those constantly auto-playing video posts.
What’s even crazier than the fact that the vids autoplay is that if you refresh the current page on Twitter, the same vids autoplay again, and again, and again.
Wow, that’s annoying.
If you’re thinking, “Please god, make it stop…” then read on!
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4 July 2023 | Computers, How to |
Let’s say you have a folder with a ton of files, but they all have super-long file names.
For example, a folder with a bunch of video files like this:
ENG SUB【Story of Yanxi Palace 延禧攻略】EP50 Starring Wu Jinyan, Qin Lan, Nie Yuan, Charmaine Sheh.mp4
Wow, that is a CRAZY-long filename. What’s worse, it has Chinese and other weird characters in it. Those might screw up your streaming media player, for example.
Well, okay: How to bulk rename a bunch of files at once?
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27 June 2023 | Computers, Do-It-Yourself, How to, Video |
Windows is giving you trouble? Stuff is crashing?
Normally, you’d just pull out your hair and start screaming.
But what if you could see exactly WHY it’s crapping out on you?
Actually, you can! And it’s easier than you think…
Join me for a look at Windows logging and how you can become a Pro Techie and amaze your friends!
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11 April 2023 | Computers, Gizmos |
Razer makes some pretty nice stuff: Laptops, gaming gear, keyboards, and even some very nice webcams.
Their Kiyo Pro webcam is particular awesome.
Unfortunately, their software is nowhere near as good as their hardware.
So, you might not want Razer Synapse to install, but every time your plug in your Razer gizmo, that dang installer prompts you – EVERY SINGLE TIME.
How to make it stop?!
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7 March 2023 | Computers, Gizmos, Spare Me! |
Windows 12 has been in the news lately.
Specifically, rumors are swirling that not only will there be a Windows 12, but it will be “AI-powered”.
Of course, this requires support preferably from Intel’s next 14th-gen processors as well as from AMD’s equivalent offerings.
That means Windows 12 will probably have even tighter hardware requirements than Windows 11, sadly…
But hang on, does anyone even use Windows anymore?!
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