I wrote before about my Uncle’s old laptop. It powers on with lights showing on the wireless and CAPS lock keys. But it’s not booting up. Nothing on the screen. I tried all the troubleshooting tips found online with no success. Those include: Hook it […]
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I ran across this website through Facebook. It allows you to see how you would look as a Hippie, Vampire, Pirate, etc. It’s pretty simple to use. First, go to: Evadeaza Games You can select how you want to look. Scroll down through the list
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I was watching a video on password-protecting documents in Microsoft Word. Very brief summary – Save file, Then go to File -> Info -> Protect Document. Put in password, Reenter, and that’s it. I was curious if OpenOffice and LibreOffice had any similar features. They
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You can connect remotely to another computer using the Chrome browser and an extension. You will need the Chrome browser, a Gmail account, and the extension, “Chrome Remote Desktop”. One downside to this method is that if you want to connect to someone’s computer remotely,
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If you regularly work with spreadsheets, this might be too basic for you but to someone like me who rarely uses them, this little tip might come in handy. A “.CSV” file or “Comma-separated values” is a text file format that uses commas to separate
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I don’t remember entering but apparently, I won a 1-year license for “WinX DVD Ripper Platinum”. The link and everything were legitimate, so why not? Might never use it again after this example. 🙂 Now do I have a DVD? I’m going to try ripping
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Back in 2007, “The Simpsons Movie” came out and Burger King sponsored a website called “SimpsonizeMe.com” (the site is no longer active). It allowed you to upload your picture to turn you into a Simpsons character. I tried it once but the result, I didn’t
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(Ed note: If you missed the original post, you should read it first. Spoilers follow.) 1. Forget it – four “get it”s 2. Black Jack – word Jack surrounded by black 3. Somewhere over the rainbow – I think this one is obvious 4. Back
I wrote before about creating greeting cards using OpenOffice. Read here: How To Create Greeting Cards In OpenOffice I purchased the “Hallmark Card Studio” sometime after that. It was on sale and, no, this is not a paid review. It’s merely one of the programs
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I came across this puzzle on X (formally known as Twitter). It seems to be one of those things that get posted and re-posted on both Facebook and Twitter. I like this one because I think I know the answers. I say “think” because I
I rarely turn off my desktop computer but sometimes I need a restart. Of all the programs that open automatically on startup, I would like my email program, Thunderbird, to be one of them. Thunderbird, at the time of this writing, does not support that
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I discovered that some of my bookmarks in Opera are, shall we say, almost unclickable. I noticed a few with the names missing, the blank space is not clickable, but the icon is still there. Clicking on the icons will open them up. I went
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I wrote before about using the CMD prompt to delete files that are hard to delete because they might be locked by the system. In my case, I had a file with an extra-long name. I couldn’t rename, delete, or do anything else with it.
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A long time ago my nephews wanted me to print up a large poster for them. A RuneScape world map. I used a program to do it but cannot remember what program I used. I received a comment in the previous post suggesting this program.
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