A woman called and said she couldn’t get into her computer, which usually means, “I can’t get on Facebook,” but it turns out this issue was a bit more serious. She said she got one of those ads that pop up in the browser claiming […]
I don’t know how long this has been in Opera, too lazy to look it up, but discovered it by accident, Opera’s Reader Mode. When activated it gives you a cleaner page to read with menu bars and ads removed. You can toggle it on
My sister gave me her old Canon PowerShot A560. A nice little camera but one major problem. It will not stay on. The viewscreen goes blank with an error message to “Change The Batteries” and then it turns off. I’ve tried a number of different
With Halloween only a few days away, I’m a fan of these two-sentence horror stories. Each one is only two sentences long, as the name implies. Here are some I like: Have you heard any? Got any to tell? To the comments with you.
I was recently trying to stream videos through my network using VLC and at first, I couldn’t get it to work. I followed numerous suggestions online but still no luck. Then I tried it this morning when I got up and now it works. I
This method only works through your local network and not over the Internet. You can start up a movie on one of your computers and stream it to other computers on your network, and maybe your phone (untested). Set Up The Server First, open up
I was helping someone copy pictures from their iPhone when I noticed the file format was HEIC. It didn’t produce any thumbnail image and no program could open it. HEIC files are a picture format introduced by Apple. It stands for High-Efficiency Image Container. It’s
A number of people have come to me about their computers over the years and one thing they have been afraid of is losing what they have on Facebook. And as I pointed out, over and over, Facebook is not saved on your computer. You
You can download and save a copy of your Twitter data on your system. First, go into your Twitter settings. Down the left-hand menu, go to the three dots in a circle. The word More pops up when you hover your mouse over it. Then
If you’re like me you probably use copy and paste a lot. When you copy something it’s stored in memory in a virtual space called the Clipboard. One of its faults is that you can only copy one thing at a time. You needed a
A neat little utility that I’ve used before is called Wireless Network Watcher Wireless Network Watcher allows you to see at any given time who is on your network. You can go to Nirsoft and download the portable version or the installer. Download, install if
One of the most annoying things about YouTube, other than YouTube, is their auto-play feature. That is when one video finishes playing and another starts playing right afterward. There used to be a switch by the Up next section but that is long gone. At
I was always a fan of the IObit uninstaller until this morning. It popped up an update message, I allowed it but all I got was three programs I didn’t ask for. Nor was I given any opt-out options. Not a fan anymore. For uninstallers,
A woman came to me because she wanted some music copied from her phone to a USB flash drive. She wanted to play the music in her car through the USB plugin. When I copy music to flash drives, one thing I check is the
