Trouble Signing In To Facebook
A guy brought me his new laptop to set up for him. Then he came back because when he signed in to his Facebook account, it was behaving like he had just set up a new account even though he’d had one for years. No […]
How To Navigate YouTube With The Tab Key
Some people prefer the mouse to navigate and some the keyboard. I’m mostly a mouse person with a dash of keyboard shortcuts thrown in. If you prefer the keyboard here is a tip on using the Tab key to help navigate YouTube. First, go to
Reviving A Dead Printer
A couple of days ago I thought my printer was a goner. I have a Canon Pixma MX492 and I tried to print something but I got the error message suggesting my printer wasn’t on. I assumed it was because I could see the little
How To Reset A Dell Inspiron-530
A bit odd to be talking about such an old system. I recently came into possession of a Dell Inspiron-530 Desktop. With: Vista Home Basic, Intel Celeron CPU 450 @ 2.20 GHz, 288GB hard drive, 1GB RAM. Usually, I take my old desktops, add a
How To Automatically Save JFIF As JPG
I wrote before about my problems with opening .jfif files with XnView, my picture viewer of choice. It still has its fits when it comes to opening .jfif and .jpeg files. Read here: How To Fix Problems Viewing JFIF Files Download XnView here Normally I
Update: Download PDF Files In Opera
I wrote before about how I prefer to download PDF files rather than have Opera open them. A previous Opera update didn’t respect my choice because it change the setting back to open in Opera. Read: How To Download PDF Files In Opera So again
Recover Corrupted Hard Drive Using MiniTool
I was going to do some backups when one of my backup drives failed. Windows Explorer showed the drive letter but when I tried to access it, Windows claimed it was too corrupted. Couldn’t even run a check disk on it. Tried it on another
Fix Flashing Circles And Erratic Mouse
I wrote previously about an HP Notebook – 15-bs023ca that I acquired and what I had to do to replace the hard drive. I was wondering why anyone would give up such a laptop because of a hard drive issue. Then I discovered the real
Changing A Hard Drive In HP Notebook 15
When it comes to family members and some friends, I’m where old computers go to their last resting place. So I either fix them and make them work again or dissect them for parts. I recently received an HP Notebook – 15-bs023ca that looked like
Watch Two Stars Collide? Or Not
There was a prediction for two stars in a binary system to collide and form a massive explosion, a Red Nova. A star called KIC 9832227 in the constellation Cygnus located about 1,940 ± 30 light-years away. A YouTube channel called THEREALPAX has a live
Pictures Not Displaying On Facebook
A woman called me because her pictures were not showing up on Facebook after being uploaded. I uploaded some for her remotely through Teamviewer. They were not displayed in her pictures on her profile but they were shown on her timeline. Read: How To Connect
How To Create Animated GIFS With GIMP
Have you ever wanted to create an Animated GIF? A series of pictures strung together that when opened it’s like watching a video clip. I’m going to show you how to make one using a photo editing program called GIMP. Download GIMP But first, you
How To Reset Your Browsers
Sometimes you may have issues with your browser and resetting is the only option to fix it, so here is how to do it with the most popular browsers. This list is based on the browsers I have on my system at this time, all
Rest In Peace IE
Microsoft finally dropped support for Internet Explorer on June 15 after 27 years. I know it’s a bit late writing this but then I came across this: A South Korean fan named Jung Ki-young created an Internet Explorer gravestone. Its epitaph: “He was a good