I downloaded a 7GB movie from archive.org. I wanted to keep it, but 7GB was too big. So I downloaded and installed HandBrake I’ve tried using this program before to make files smaller without losing quality. I got it working once, so now I just …
If you have your browser set to save passwords, then it’s possible to go into the browser’s settings to retrieve them. You can also use a free program called WebBrowserPassView from www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_browser_password.html I’ve used this in the past and wasn’t sure if it would work …
How To Find Hidden Passwords With WebBrowserPassView Read More »
CBZ means a Comic Book Zip Archive. It’s just a bunch of pictures (usually comic pages) put into numeric order, like the pages in a comic book. Most compression programs can extract the individual images from an archive. The last letter of an archive usually …
LastPass I’ve been a user of the LastPass password manager for a while now and I’ve been reading online that they are changing their services for the users of the Free Version of their program: Changes to LastPass Free Before, you had to set up …
My uncle called me because he couldn’t get the internet on his phone so he couldn’t upload his videos or pictures to Facebook. He wanted me to tell him how to copy his videos and pictures to his computer. I sent him info on how …
My uncle wanted me to send him some documents online. Without giving it much thought, I saved them as PDF files when I just wanted image files. I converted the PDFs to images before sending them. I wrote about this before using an online service. …
Along with my external backups, I still use CDs and DVDs occasionally. Keep in mind that any backup is better than none at all. So, I was backing up some documents to a DVD when it refused to burn in BurnAware. A bunch of files …
I wrote back in 2016 a guide to help if your language choice got changed on Facebook. Read here: How To Change Facebook Language Back To English I don’t know if it’s still a problem but Facebook has gone through some noticeable changes, so here …
When I want to type a document in OpenOffice, the first thing I do is to change the default font type and size. The default in OpenOffice is Times New Roman at 12pt. The default in LibreOffice is Liberation Serif at 12pt. My choice is Verdana at …
How To Change Default Text- OpenOffice/LibreOffice Read More »
Jim Hillier recently wrote about an online service to add colour to black and white photos. Read here: Easily Add Color To Black And White Photos They also have a program (Picture Colorizer) that you can download to your system. I decided to download it …
How To Colour Black And White Photos – The Program Read More »
I wrote before about using a program called Audials. Read here: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-download-youtube-with-audials-one One commenter claimed to have problems downloading HD videos. I tried on my own with no issues. So I searched online to see if others were having problems. I got to forums that …
The past week or so, Facebook on my system was really lagging and slow to respond. I cleared out the cache, thinking it might help but didn’t. After a few minutes on Facebook, the page becomes more and more unusable. Response times are slowed down. …
The last week or so, when I opened up Opera, I would get a security warning concerning a website it blocked named laqur.check-stat.com. I checked online but couldn’t find out much about the site. I went to the Opera forum to see what other info …
A nephew, who is into gaming, spilled some wine on his Razer Blackwidow Te Chroma v2 keyboard. They cleaned out the keys, but then it seemed like the “A” key got stuck. It wasn’t sticky or anything, it’s just that when I plugged it into …
