When I have a bunch of videos that I want to play, I usually play them one by one in my download folder, opening the video to watch it, then close it and repeat for each of the other videos I want to watch. But […]
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If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time staring at your computer screen, and you probably like to customize it. One thing we like to do is add our own background picture, but even that needs a change every now and then. You
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I wrote before about having a Maestro cable box from EastLink. It’s supposed to be the most advanced unit available, but since I’ve had it, I keep losing my channels. The usual error message is that it cannot connect to the media gateway. I have
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I bought a microphone at a yard sale– nothing fancy just one of the cheap ones that would only cost you a couple bucks anyway if bought new. I decided to plug it in to my Windows 10 desktop to see if it would work.
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I recently bought my nephew’s desktop computer with the following specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz Mainboard Model: ASUS P8H67-M PRO BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. version 1104 AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit (Build 17134) A couple days ago I
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A guy brought me his Windows 10 tablet. His Camera App had stopped working, but the fix was simple enough. This might work with other non-working Apps, as well. Fix Camera App Not Working Click on the Start button and then the Settings symbol: Then,
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When you open VLC to play a video you usually have the controller toolbar at the bottom, i.e., the bar with all the buttons like Play, Stop, etc. You can actually customize that bar by either adding or removing buttons. Two buttons I like to
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Sometimes, we might want to take a screenshot of a video or movie for whatever reason. Maybe you want to take a shot from a movie and make it your background. Or print up a set of instructions displayed on the screen. I use VLC
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Salvaging An Old Desktop Computer My neighbor threw away her old desktop computer which I decided to salvage for parts, if nothing else. I hooked it up to see if it was even working. It powered up. It tried to load what looked like Windows
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Opera Reset One of the issues I’ve had with Opera was that it had no reset button/option like most browsers do. I was going through the settings a few days ago. I think I was fooling around with the background themes and wallpapers and I
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My landlord wanted me to copy some songs from his CDs to his iPod. Here’s what I did. (If you haven’t done so already, download and install iTunes from this Apple iTunes page.) Using iTunes Plug in your iPod. If iTunes doesn’t start up automatically,
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Facebook Video Upload Error My uncle came to me to upload yet another video for him. Usually, I just take them from his camera and upload them from there. I inserted the memory card from his camera into my computer, then copied the movie to
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A woman brought me her iPhone to print up some pictures. She started to delete some of the photos, but accidentally deleted a photo she didn’t want deleted. I discovered iPhone has a setup similar to having a Windows Recycle Bin. Undelete Photos Go to
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Windows XP did not give you the option to pin programs to the Taskbar except through an option called the Quick Launch bar. The Quick Launch bar is no longer needed since you can just pin programs to the Taskbar directly. In a way, you
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