How To Crop A Video With Avidemux
My uncle asked me to crop some videos for him. By the way, the video used in my example here is not my uncle’s. The program I was using was so-so. I wrote about an online service and you can read it at How To […]
How To Crop A Video Online
I wrote before about cropping a video using a program called Free Crop Video. Read here: How To Crop Video With Free Crop Video But sometimes the output quality leaves a lot to be desired. My uncle wanted me to crop a video for him.
How To Manage Dual Monitors In Windows
It’s not uncommon for people with desktops today to have multiple monitors set up, that is, more than one monitor hooked up to one computer. When I first experimented with this back in the early Windows XP days, I had to put two video cards
How To Install Chrome In Windows S Mode
Microsoft has sunk to new levels of bullying with its Windows S Mode. A woman brought me her new laptop to transfer the pictures and music from her old laptop to her new one. She brought two flash drives with her so part of the
How To Delete Saved Items On Facebook
A woman called me because she had some saved items on Facebook and could not unsave them or delete them. I tried on my own Facebook with the same results. And I thought Microsoft was the King of screwing up simple things. I wrote before
How To Use Mouse Without Borders
Sharing A Keyboard And Mouse With Multiple Computers I recently wrote about sharing monitors, but it is possible to just share a mouse and keyboard. I used a program a long time ago called Mouse Without Borders. You must download and install it on all
How To Add Drive Letter To “Send To” Menu
Sometimes when I want to back up folders, I just right-click on them and click on Send To in the menu and pick my drive. This usually works for all removable drives but I noticed it doesn’t list any local drives. So I set about
How To Share Monitor With Multiple Computers
If you have multiple computers and not enough monitors or enough monitors but not enough space to set everything up, then there is good news. It’s possible to share a monitor. There are various ways: KVM Switch A KVM Switch or Keyboard Video Mouse switch
PayPal Login Issue Without Mobile
Just a quick one. Every time I log in to PayPal I get taken to the page asking me to add a mobile phone number. The problem is I don’t have a mobile device. Problem number two is there are no links on this page
How To – IDE To USB Adapter
I have a bunch of old IDE hard drives. I needed a good adapter to hook them up to my computer so I ordered a new one on eBay. I found this one: IDE SATA to USB 3.0 SATA 3 Cable Adapter Converter for 2.5″
How To Fix The “Connection Was Reset” Error
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.
The Lighter Side Of Google
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–
How To – Network Sharing With Lubuntu
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
How To Recover Files From Old Norton Ghost
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