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I wrote about using a “Guermok Video Capture Card” (actually a USB) to record videos from my Android TV box to my computer. I had it for about six months, then it just stopped working. Windows initially recognized it as a “USB3 Video” device, but it […]
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I had my old Gateway desktop decommissioned for a spell. I’m going to hook it up again and connect it to my network for backup purposes, similar to my own NAS. One problem arose: my computer desktop was too big to fit the TV screen.
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Yep, you read that correctly! You actually can correct your pictures! How cool is that, right? I just love finding out new things that I can do with my iPhone. As I have stated previously, I am an old fuddy-duddy, and it takes me quite
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Well, it’s the old fuddy-duddy back again. I have just been so busy trying to find ways to make my iPhone do what I want it to do. Granted, I may have an old-fashioned way of doing things, but hey, I bought the phone, and
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Forgotten Password A man called because he couldn’t access his email. A forgotten password. He was using Chrome. I went to the password manager in Chrome, and it had somehow saved his email address as the password, which I was pretty sure it wasn’t. In
The Benefits Of Using Dual Account System How using separate Admin and Standard User Sign Ins can improve your safety. A dual account system means having two user accounts: one with administrative privileges and one without. It is recommended to use your standard account on
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A woman brought me two HP laptops to check over for her. Both had Windows 10 but were not compatible with Windows 11. Otherwise, they were both in pretty good shape. A problem on one of the computers was a constantly high CPU and disk usage,
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I never tried to get a Netflix account because I assumed you needed a credit card to sign up. Something I’m lacking. But as it turns out, you don’t. You can do it with “Netflix gift cards”. My Brother recently gave me a card, so
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The power has been blinking on and off all morning. A woman called because she was getting an error on her TV screen after the power came back on. It would first say E126 and then 8888. I believe she is still using a “Motorola
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Yes, you read that correctly! I know, I know! It sounds crazy, but yes, that’s yet another cool thing you can use your iPhone for! Who knew? Certainly not me! But when I found out, I had to try it. It works! And since it
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A guy came to me with his Chromebook. On Facebook Messenger (Chrome browser), he had no scroll bar, so he couldn’t scroll back to see older messages with someone he was chatting with. I cleared out the temporary files, reset the browser, disabled the extensions,
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I opened a document in LibreOffice and saw a barely readable black document with black text. This is apparently from an update. It uses the system colour scheme to display documents, but it doesn’t work. There is a quick fix. Go to the “Tools” menu
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Google’s Shielded Email A Game Changer? Online privacy is a current and continually growing concern. Google is upping its game with a proposed feature for Gmail: Disposable email addresses. Currently called “Shielded Email”. Its goal is to provide users with the temporary, burner email address
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I am writing this to remind our readers that DCT has a YouTube channel. This channel has been successfully managed by our very own Jason Shuffield for several years now. Here are a few details: Here is the latest: And here are a few of
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