A man called me, his computer an older Dell Vostro 230, would rapidly power on and off continuously. At first, I thought overheating, but there wasn’t much dust inside. I disconnected everything, still the same. I removed the memory chips, there was beeping, a good […]
I came across this odd trackball mouse that I’ve used on and off over time. I started clicking around with all the buttons to see what they would do. That’s when I discovered this auto-scrolling thing. That is you click on the page and the
I didn’t notice this right away because I rarely turn off my main computer. But on one of my backup systems, after one of Opera’s last updates, the Opera browser would start up when I powered on my computer. I don’t know why they did
Why do you want to pause Thunderbird from downloading your email? Glad you asked. My email service from Eastlink all of a sudden decided that my Password was invalid. I kept getting an error message claiming the “Authentication failed”. When I click on OK then
I was called by a guy who had problems printing a document. He was trying to print a document but the printer selection box was completely blank. It would give me a message about installing a printer first but when I clicked on the “Find
Some people come to me asking to print something using their phones. I wanted to find a way to print directly from an Android and with a little research, I did. I tried printing to my Canon (MG2525) printer. Even though it is shared through
Opera has added a new option to the Speed Dials. You can now set your own pictures for the thumbnails on the Speed Dials. I wrote about this in the last article: How To Use Custom Images On Opera Speed Dials My Method To Make
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Opera Speed Dials – I always referred to them as “bookmarks on steroids“. First created by Opera, copied by everybody else. 🙂 The last few Opera updates became a nightmare with issues. I think I got everything straightened out. One thing I noticed with my
The last few browser updates have been wreaking havoc on Opera. One thing that I kept losing was my personalized backgrounds or wallpapers. On the “Speed Dial” page you can set a background picture. I already had a bunch of pictures set up that I
The latest Opera update renders my browser useless – can’t even go online. I only recently recovered from the last update. This is “strike two”. One more and you’re out Opera! “Firefox” would be my second choice. Anyway, they re-branded their browser as “Opera One”. I
The AI invasion has begun. It’s now infiltrating your browser. At least it is with Opera and Edge. Opera And Opera GX To use the AI components in Opera or Opera GX, you first have to enable it. It’s off by default. Click on the
I had some issues with Opera, my main browser, now called Opera One. Opera Update Breaks Opera So I decided to use Opera GX until I got Opera One cleared out. One problem I had with Opera GX was getting the Speed Dials to show.
I don’t know what’s up with some browser updates making the browser interface too big. I had that problem with Opera. Is Your Opera Interface Too Big? Then it was Firefox. Are Firefox Menus Too Large? Then it was Opera again after an update screwed
I had to replace my mouse. Bought one at the dollar store that I thought was wireless. Should have read the package more carefully. It’s a “VX Gaming” mouse. It lights up and cycles through the colours. It seemed a bit flaky at first but
