How To – Keyboard Fix
Have you ever had a key on your laptop stop working? I mean, no matter how hard you hit it, nothing happened. If you have an extra keyboard you can always plug it into the laptop and use it instead of the one missing a
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How To Fix Printer Not Printing
My uncle called me because he had put new ink in his printer and it wouldn’t work. So I gave him a few suggestions, and it was the first one that worked. I told him to take out the cartridges and put them in again,
How To Prepare A PC For Disposal
When we get a new computer we think about what to do with the old one. In my county here in Florida, we have a club dedicated to refurbishing discarded computers for school children and veterans. We see on these crime shows how forensic experts
How To Reset Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 makes it easy enough to reset your network if you are having connection issues. Just type Network reset in the search bar and click on it when it appears on the menu. In the window that opens, click on the Reset now button.
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
My Home Workstation & Workbench
I thought I’d share details of my home workstation and workbench with you good folk. I call it ”workstation” and ”workbench” just to sound fancy. In reality, it is just a section of my dingy old garage. No mod cons here. Here is my workstation
3 Best of Technological Advances
There is no doubting that technology over the past couple of decades has advanced in leaps and bounds. Here are three areas where I believe advancements in technology have made a significant impact: Inexpensive to run, but… the extension cord costs a small fortune!
How To Clone To New SSD
There is no doubt that in this day and age updating from a standard HDD to SSD is one of the most effective upgrades available and, thankfully, it is becoming more and more affordable. Cloning an old hard drive to a new SSD is a
How To Fix USB Drives Not Loading In Windows 10
This actually happened to me — some time back now — but I thought I’d mention it just in case anyone else is experiencing this same issue. You plug in a USB flash drive, or USB external hard drive, and nothing happens,–nothing! The drive is
What Were Your PC Specs In 2010?
From Pentium 4 To Ryzen In A Decade With another decade coming to a close, I like to look back at how computer technology has advanced and also to remember which PC specifications we thought were the mutt’s nuts back in 2009. For my part,
How To Reduce PC Microphone/Speaker Noise
Finding The Microphone Noise Recently I started to record voiceovers for my GoPro videos but when I started, the buzzing sounds both in the headset and my voice recordings, were unbearable. This would have made any videos impossible to listen to on YouTube or anywhere
How To Uninstall Corrupted App On iPad Mini
A woman brought me her iPad Mini. Her Facebook App wasn’t working. The icon looked grayed out and clicking on it produced a flash of black and then nothing. I went to the App Store. The only option available for Facebook was to upgrade. So
How Many Fans Do You Need In Your PC?
PC enthusiasts will argue about this question until the cows come home. Or similarly, if you put six doctors in a room and ask for a diagnosis, you may get six different opinions which, by the way, is pretty much the best way to start
How To Fix Asus Aura Sync
Some may regard the syncing of sexy lighting in your rig as over the top bling, so when it goes wrong we’ve got a first-world problem on our hands. That may be so, but when you’ve paid hundreds of dollars for Asus products, you want