Over the last few days when I was browsing online, I would go to a page and get The Connection Was Reset error. I checked online and what suggestions I found, I tried with no success. I even got in touch with the cable company. […]
Google is sometimes described as the deepest pit of evil that makes even the devil blush, or is that Facebook? 🙂 But Google has its lighter side. 1. Do A Barrel Roll Most of what I’m suggesting here doesn’t seem to work directly on Google–
I spent a week or more trying to share a folder on my Linux laptop (Lubuntu) to my Windows network. I kind-of got it working, not the way I wanted, but good enough. So here are the steps I took to get as far as
Years ago, Norton Ghost was my imaging software until Windows 7 came along. The version I had was no longer compatible. That’s when I started using Macrium. I came across an old backup, a Norton Ghost image of a Windows XP system. I was going
A couple of days ago I noticed my internet connection was very slow. I thought it might be because of the winter storm that we just experienced that knocked out our power for over 12 hours. Then it took a few more hours for our
I had a bunch of pictures I wanted to print to one PDF file. I didn’t know if I would have to download any special software of the Internet, but it turns out, I did not. So, here’s what I did. You need a PDF
I came across an old microphone and hooked it up to my computer to test it out. The first program that came to mind was to use the sound recorder, assuming Windows 10 still included it. In the search bar, I started typing sound recorder
I installed Lubuntu on an old laptop. A few things I have to set up first, like my network (still working on it), and printing. I finally figured out the printing part. My printer, a Canon Pixma MX492 is connected to my Asus Windows 10
You’re scrolling through the Internet and you decide to go back to a previous page, so you hit the Back button. But that’s not the page you want so you click it again, and again to get back to where you wanted. There is a
I’ve been using SeaMonkey email forever, or it seems like it. I was using it when it was called Mozilla Suite. But now I keep getting an email from Gmail saying something about unsecured devices. If I disable this in my Gmail settings, SeaMonkey can
I previously wrote about setting up my flash drive for Linux. I will now walk you through the steps I took to install Lubuntu Linux on my Acer Aspire 5315 laptop. First, I had to boot off the flash drive by pressing F12 to get
I was thinking about switching to Linux for a while now. I’ve experimented with it on and off since my Windows 95 and 98 days. Too many issues right now to switch over from Windows but I’m going to try to install Linux on my
When you watch a video in VLC full screen, the controller bar is the one with the play and stop buttons on it. It is usually shown at the bottom of the video screen. It only becomes visible if you move your mouse during video
I’m not really a gamer but I enjoy playing a few classic games now and then, but many of the older DOS-based games don’t work on modern-day systems. That’s where DOSBox comes in. I’m going to attempt to play the first game I ever
