When you first open a video in VLC, the title is usually splashed up on the bottom of the screen and I don’t like that. I found two ways to disable this. First Way Open VLC and go into the preferences: Tools -> Preferences, or […]
I wrote before about my uncle giving me his old phone with the damaged battery charging port. The USB port built into the phone was either worn or damaged somehow. It would be a bit expensive but possible to fix it. One thing that crossed
If you are having trouble with web pages online, one of the troubleshooting methods to try is to disable your browser extensions. They can interfere sometimes. To Enable/Disable/Remove extensions in the following browsers, do the following. The procedure is basically similar in all browsers. Avast
Usually, you only have two choices, Dark or Light. Facebook Click on your profile icon. Then click on Display & accessibility. Then click on Off (makes it light), On (dark mode on), and Automatic (uses whatever theme you have your computer set for). Quora This
I’ve had a few download issues using Opera. Clear the Download List To see what’s downloading or not, click on the download icon in the toolbar. It’s only blue when it’s downloading. And it only shows up if you haven’t cleared your download list. To
I removed a hard drive from one of my computers. There was nothing wrong with it; I just put it in another computer. I had some shared folders on that drive that were still showing up in my Network so I decided to remove them.
When I hover my mouse over a link in a webpage, the hyperlink information should pop up at the bottom of the screen, showing me the full web address. For some reason, it stopped working except for on the Speed Dial page. To Fix: Type
So, have you ever wanted to hook up your phone to your computer and see the actual phone screen on your computer screen? Here’s how to do it. Note: These instructions are based on an Android Galaxy J3 (2018). You will need to: Enable USB
You might get tired of looking at the same old VLC interface. Did you know you can change its skin? You can download a bunch of them here: VLC Skins You can view the thumbnails and download just the ones you want or download them
I was writing one of my articles on an Android phone and I realized I used the word “click” instead of the more appropriate “tap”. I could have scanned down through the article and replaced every instance or use the Find And Replace option built
My uncle gave me his old Android phone (Galaxy J3 2018). The built-in charge port is damaged so it’s almost impossible to keep a cord plugged in to charge it up. That means when this goes, it might never get charged up again. Later on,
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A woman brought me her HP laptop with Windows 10 because she couldn’t get Microsoft Edge to open. So I searched online and tried about a half-dozen different things and nothing worked. It wouldn’t even open in Safe Mode. She said something about a virus warning
I’m not sure how I did it but I accidentally installed an app I didn’t even want on my Facebook account. I clicked like or share or something. I’m pleading temporary insanity. 🙂 Anyway, here’s how to remove unwanted apps. On Facebook, first, go into
I was trying to watch a YouTube video from DavesComputerTips.com named How To Find Coupons On Amazon App when I got an error message: An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: a1K3kfyNeowOXxGB). The simple fix in my case was to refresh the browser.
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