There are groups on Facebook dedicated to selling whatever you have to sell. Like a Buy and Sell forum or a flea-market online. A woman called me because she regularly uploaded to one of these groups and she saw others who had the prices embedded […]
My Opera browser just updated when I noticed something odd in the top left-hand corner of the browser. Turns out to be some kind of weather widget that I don’t want on my browser. I don’t know why it’s enabled by default, but I guess
A woman called me because she wanted to print up some DVD labels for some movies she owns. So I went online to look for a free, easy-to-use program and came across this program, CD&DVD Label Maker. At the time of this writing, it’s not
A guy called me and he wanted to know how to download an attachment and how to send it to someone else. He had a Gmail account, so I printed this up for him to show him how to do it. Open your Gmail and
Have you seen videos where you watch a seed grow into a flower? That’s a time-lapse video. I will show you how to do a simple time-lapse video using what’s built into Windows. Open the camera app. Either find it in the Start menu or
I have my system set up so it doesn’t sleep (disabled) but the monitor will power down after 15 minutes of inactivity. It was set up and working like this for a while now until a few nights ago and for no apparent reason, my
To manage your YouTube subscriptions, first go to this Subscription Manager page and sign in if needed. You’ll see a complete listing of all your YouTube subscriptions. First click on the A-Z button in the top right-hand corner. Clicking on it gives you some options
Sometimes your browser can get screwed up. I recently had to reset it for a woman to clear it out. Resetting Edge brings it back to using all its default settings. Here is a quick, simple way to get at those settings from the Start
Sometimes I want to open a command prompt to a certain folder. In my example, I want to open a CMD prompt to the folder Downloads on my E drive. I could just open up CMD prompt that defaults to C:\Users\Terry and then navigate to
If you’re a fan of classic movies, then Open Culture is the site for you. They host an impressive list of links to comedies, dramas, Hitchcock, noir, horror, thriller, martial arts, westerns, documentaries, silent, and animated films. So go to their site, scroll down through
A woman brought me her new laptop because her browser, Microsoft Edge, was being blocked with a message claiming her system was infected and to call 1-800-XXX-XXXX. It’s just a scam. I’m surprised that this thing is still around. I used a small program called
Warning, proceed with caution. The website in question might be compromised by a hacker. A woman called me and wanted me to print up a few sewing patterns for her. But when I tried to get to the website, I got a warning message that
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I use the Thunderbird email program and this morning I noticed two unusual marks in my newsfeed accounts. In front of the account name was a pink triangle with an exclamation point inside it. I right-clicked on one account listed and I noticed on the
I like to keep photos of my property in case it ever gets lost or stolen. I also create contact sheets where I put multiple images on a single page. You can do this manually but there is a quicker way using XnView. I’m just
