Zoom In Or Crop A Video OBS
If you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to crop or zoom in on a video, as I sometimes do, here is how to do it in OBS. There may be more than one way to do this, including using plugins, but […]
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How To Change ChatGPT Personality
Last week, we talked about ChatGPT and how you can stop notifications. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Stop ChatGPT Notifications I would like to stay on this subject and teach you something new. That is right, I’m going
How To Prevent Windows Updating Drivers
Device drivers are programs that allow the operating system to communicate with hardware devices. When it comes to driver updates, the old saying “if it isn’t broken, it doesn’t need fixing” well and truly applies. The one possible exception is graphics card drivers, which often
Sync Time In Windows 10
It’s the winter for power outages around here, with possible rotating outages due to damage at the power plant. These outages can also wreak havoc on our tech. Some minor, some major. One minor problem I had because of the last outage was that the
How To Stop ChatGPT Notifications
Last week I started a lesson on the new subject of ChatGPT. We talked about how you could stop this AI from taking your information to teach all its AI systems. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Stop ChatGPT Using
Disable TiVo Remote Back Light
One of the first problems I had with my TiVo cable service was that the batteries in my remote seemed only to last a week. I got in touch with Tech Support, and they only sent me a new remote. When you move or shake
2 Little Known Windows Tricks
Here are a couple of Windows tricks that I pretty much guarantee you don’t know about. Slide To Shutdown This trick creates a one-click option to quickly shut down the PC, and it’s achieved via an obscure file that’s been tucked away in the System32
How To Stop ChatGPT Using My Data
Last week, we covered How to Create a Shortcut on your Android phone from Google Chrome. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Create Shortcut On Android This week, I wanted to jump off this subject and talk about ChatGPT. ChatGPT
HandBrake – Save Your Own Presets
My movie collection file size ballooned from around 300GB to 1.2TB. I couldn’t understand why, since I only recorded a couple more movies from my cable box. I scanned through my videos only to find that the last movies copied over were 140Gb to 170GB
How To Quickly & Easily Convert Any File
How would you like to have an option in the right-click menu to quickly and easily convert any file, right there in File Explorer? That’s what you get with this terrific freeware with the rather exotic name, File Converter. Thanks to fellow author and friend
Have Siri Announce Your Calls On Your iPhone
I know! Sounds really strange, right? Well, I guess it sounds a little strange anyway for us old folk. But that is why I am here – to bring you up to speed and teach you how to make things easier for you, or if
How To Create Shortcut On Android
Another week, another how-to article for all of you! Last week, we covered how to customize the Google Search Widget on your mobile device. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Customize Google Search Widget This week, we are sticking
Making ISO From CD/DVD Using ImgBurn
For personal reasons, I’m going to make a bootable USB from a Windows 7 CD that I have. I’m going to be using a program called ImgBurn to do this. Download ImgBurn. I know. It hasn’t been updated in a while, but it still works.
How To Customize Google Search Widget
If you were here for last week’s lesson, we covered how to stop Google Gemini from reading our screens. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Stop Gemini From Reading Screen This week, I want to stick with the Google