How To Test Your Computer’s Memory
I have two older Dell towers. One is a Dell Inspiron 531 with 2 GB RAM. The other is a Dell Inspiron 530 with 1 GB RAM. They both take DDR 2 RAM and I realized I had a bunch of 1 GB DDR2 RAM […]
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How To Fix Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure
I was given a Dell Inspiron-530 Desktop. A Vista Home Basic, Intel Celeron CPU 450 @ 2.20 GHz, 288GB hard drive and 1GB RAM. It was an old desktop owned by a late neighbour. When I turned it on, it would give an error message:
How To Adjust Amazon Push Notifications
If you are like me, then you shop on Amazon a little too much. When using the Amazon App you can get push notifications and this is usually set by default. This is a great feature that tells me when a package is shipped, delivered,
Fix WebGL Is Required To Play This Game
I have an account set up with our local lottery service. I can purchase lottery tickets online. They also have the equivalent of those scratch-off tickets turned into mini-games. The one I like is called Emoticollect Vacation Riches. When I tried to play the game,
How To Insert Illustrations In Word 365
There are many sorts of graphic objects than can be considered illustrations in Word. In this post, I am going to tell you how to view them and what they all mean. Follow the steps below to learn how: On your Ribbon, click the Insert
How To Prioritize Facebook Friends
I recently wrote this: Trouble Signing In To Facebook One commenter wanted to know if it was possible to reset Facebook so old friend’s posts would show up again. Short of deleting your account and starting up a new one, I don’t think a refresh
How To Improve Your Video Game Recordings
Why Improve My Game Recordings? Because when you upload videos to YouTube, there’s a noticeable difference in the quality you see on your PC and what YouTube shows you. This is due to the AVC1 compression that YouTube uses when your video is published. One
Creating Strong But Easily Remembered Passwords
We’ve published numerous articles over the years explaining various methods for creating very strong yet easy-to-remember passwords but, considering the vast numbers of users who are still using weak passwords, it’s a topic that bears revisiting. In this day and age just about every online
Are Firefox Menus Too Large?
After a Firefox update, I noticed a problem with the browser interface being too large for my taste. I had this problem with Opera but the fix I applied with Opera didn’t work for Firefox. Read: Is Your Opera Interface Too Big I found a
How To Unmute Facebook Stories
Last week I shared the article, “How to Mute a Facebook Story.” This week, I’m going to teach you all about unmuting those stories you muted last week. You might have previously muted someone by accident and now need to know how to undo it
How To Dictate In Word 365
For folks who have a Microsoft 365 subscription and who also talk a lot faster than they key in text, you will find the Dictate feature very helpful. This is a useful process to put your thoughts on paper quickly and easily without having to
Installing Linux Alongside Windows
I’m guessing many Windows users might have or might be, toying with the idea of trying out Linux. Installing Linux as a secondary operating system is not only practical but also an interesting exercise. In this article, I’m going to provide a few tips to
Trouble Signing In To Facebook
A guy brought me his new laptop to set up for him. Then he came back because when he signed in to his Facebook account, it was behaving like he had just set up a new account even though he’d had one for years. No
How To Take Your Browser Bookmarks With You
Did you know that you can convert all your browser Bookmarks into one HTML file that contains all your browser links? Then, after putting that HTML file on a flash drive, you can take it with you and access them with any computer that has