I woke up this morning to this error message blinking on my HP Printer (HP OfficeJet 3830). Error Code 0xB98088FC Luckily, the fix was simple. Turn it off and on again. I pressed the power button, but it didn’t go off. It did restart. Problem […]
I recently ran WinGet to update the apps on my computer. It ran OK with one small snag. WinGet Breaks 4K Downloader Plus I was made aware of a program called “Patch My PC”. Thanks, Mindblower. A search shows it’s been covered before in past
After a winter storm, we had a power outage that lasted almost 20 hours. Not good in an apartment with only electric heat. No lights, no heat, can’t go online to complain to anyone. 🙂 I previously wrote about someone’s computer not turning on after
I used PowerShell to update all the programs I have installed. I had one problem with it. It broke my video downloader called “4K Downloader Plus“. Download 4K Downloader Plus. It would not open. I purchased a license for this and was concerned that this
I was watching a YouTube video when it mentioned a website that allows you to watch International TV Stations directly from your browser. You know the drill, had to check it out myself. The website is tv.garden It’s pretty simple to use. Here is their
I’m not really into wrestling or sports, in general, but I have relatives who are. They were trying to watch a wrestling match, but the video wouldn’t play. There were no error messages. All the other videos seemed to be working. I first assumed that
I previously wrote about the “Activity History,” but it wasn’t the original article I planned to write. I was originally going to write about “how to delete the activitiescache.db file manually”, but I had some issues with it on one of my computers. When I
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I was trying to make up a card with “Hallmark Card Studio” when I kept getting an internet connection error. It couldn’t connect to the server, and I couldn’t open any of the listed templates or clip art. For the first time after using this
After watching some YouTube videos, I discovered that Microsoft keeps a log of your activities in a file called “ActivitiesCache.db”. I thought it was only for Windows 11, but I also found the file on all of my Windows 10 computers. The path to the
I watched a short YouTube video about an easy way to create a world map if you ever need one. I had to try it. This works in LibreOffice and Microsoft Wordpad. I believe they used Microsoft Word in the video, which I don’t have.
A couple wanted me to copy their pictures from their iPhone. They were trying to open their “Outlook” email app, but it was greyed out. When they wanted to open it, they would get a “not enough space” error. I plugged their phone into their
You are scrolling through your onscreen channel guide and wondering exactly what channels you have – three ways to know: 1. You can painstakingly go through the channel guide and write down all the channels. Did I do it? I cannot answer that on the
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With only a couple of more weeks before Halloween, here are my 5 top picks from YouTube for the best short horror videos. Actually, this would be the second list after the original published here. My Top 5 Short Horror Picks From YouTube 2025 I
YouTube Shorts are short videos under three minutes long. They must be in vertical format with a 9:16 aspect ratio. I first avoided playing them because I didn’t know how to stop them without exiting YouTube altogether. After a little button pushing on the remote, I
