How To Manage PS5 Notifications
Some of you may know I really love gaming, from NES to the PS5. Gaming has always been a passion of mine and that gave me an idea for a new How-to article. I have been hunting for the PS5 ever since it came out […]
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How To Improve Virtual Machine Performance
A virtual machine (VM) is like a physical computer except that it is implemented through software rather than hardware. It consists of a physical machine called the “host” and a VM called the “guest” or “client”. The physical machine uses an operating system, for example,
HP Printer Printing Blank Pages
A guy called me because when he printed something up he was getting blank pages. He called with this problem before and originally, it turned out he was out of ink. But he only recently got a new ink cartridge and it shouldn’t be empty
How To Use Voice Typing In Windows
When Windows 11 debuted, it offered a new feature, called Voice Typing, the newest iteration of the Windows speech dictation tool to convert spoken words into text. Speech-to-text is a useful process for quickly getting thoughts into the computer without having to worry about typing.
How To Change Navigation Bar On Android
Recently, my neighbor asked my wife and me about a problem she was having with her Android phone. She was having a problem with the volume and navigation bar. Since I was busy, my wife went over to help her out (yes, I married a
How To Add/Remove Folders In Windows Libraries
I wrote before about my cable setup with streaming capabilities built in. I can stream media from my computer through my cable box to my TV. But before my TV can detect any media, the folders have to be added to the Windows Libraries. This
Best Fix For Streaming Error Code 232011
A man called me because he was having trouble with a streaming news website. The video would play for a while and then crash with the error message: The video file cannot be played. (Error Code: 232011) From research, this is more than likely a
How To Share Your Photos Online
Sharing Your Photos Social Media is not the only way to share photos. There are safer and more practical ways. Sometimes your photos are only meaningful to a select group of people. Being able to store and share groups of photos on a secure cloud
Manage Backup Payment Methods On Amazon
If you are like me you probably have an Amazon account. My family has some services, like Prime and Amazon kids, set up as auto-pay. This is nice to not have to remember to pay it every month. The reason I bring this up is
How To Better Concentrate In Word 365
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I find myself very easily distracted. If I am at home, I may lose a little time, but if I am at work it can create big problems. I feel lucky that Microsoft Word has a variety of
How To Troubleshoot A Misbehaving Website
You are trying to connect to a website and having an issue. Is the problem with the website, or is it with your setup? This just happened to me. Here is the error I received when trying to log into a bank account. Here is
How To Manage Google Bookmarks
If you are like me, you have bookmarked your favorite websites in your Google Chrome browser. You may have been doing this for many years. Over time it might have become very disorganized and in my case it is now chaos. Since I like to
How To Prevent Edge Sending Data To Microsoft
Most browsers send anonymous data to the parent company, often with the explanation that this data is used to improve the browser experience. Fortunately, in Edge, the user has at least some control over what data is sent to Microsoft. In this article, I’ll show
PhotoFiltre – Fill Tool Not Working Properly
PhotoFiltre 7 is my choice for photo editing. It’s not as advanced as PhotoShop but it suits my needs. One problem that I have occasionally is the Fill tool overdoes it when trying to change the colour of an object. Here’s what happens: To better