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I’ve been networking since the Windows 98 days. At first, it was just a direct cable connection from a computer-to-computer using a crossover cable. Then I bought a hub, or so I thought. One day, I took a closer look at the name and the […]
I’m betting that all of us have downloaded something from the internet before– a game, software, image or even video. Did you know that your browser saves those downloads in a separate History? Yep, there is a download history page that you might want to
I have been teaching word processing for decades. WordPerfect was what I used and taught for years. Then the college I taught at entered into an agreement with Microsoft and I learned Word and the rest of the Office suite. Now, most of my work
I decided to watch some videos only to end up with no video and a black screen in VLC, but the sound was working. The videos worked in other media players. After trying various solutions online, I found one that works. Fixing The Black Screen
Last month I wrote about creating a shortcut to websites so one can go directly to the site from the desktop. Some of those shortcuts have icons with images and others are just plain squares. Then we saw how to assign an icon image from
Grammar is not one of my strong points. There are just some things that won’t click in my mind. So if you’re like me, you probably need some online support. I have a couple of suggestions: Grammarly This is the most popular. They have extensions
I downloaded an ISO image and I am going to use BurnAware Premium to burn it to a CD. It’s only 140 MB in size. The same option is available in BurnAware Free. Open BurnAware and click on the Burn ISO button. In the window
My uncle accidentally posted a video to the Stories section of Facebook and wanted me to move it to his Feed. I have to admit, I’ve not found a way to do it. So, what is the difference between a Story and a Newsfeed Post
The first question might be, “Why should I save a web page?”. Sometimes I see something I might want at one of the big box stores and think I can get it next week. When I go back and look for it, they no longer
About a month ago I wrote an article on how to insert pages into a PDF. If you would like to check it out, here is the link: How To Insert Pages into A PDF File In this article, I thought I would show you how
Field codes are useful placeholders for data that may change in your document. You can also use them to automate certain aspects of your document. Field codes are inserted for you when you use Word features like page numbers or table of contents, but you
When I clicked on a PDF link on a page, it downloaded, but now it opens in Opera first. This change came after an update. I want it to download. Here’s how to change it back. In the address or URL bar type: opera://settings/content/pdfDocuments and
Last week I was taking pictures with my new phone (yes, I’m still bragging about my new phone 😉 ) when it gave me a notice that said, “Photos are backed up.” Since I am a Google user, I never really pay attention to the
(Sorry, no screenshots with this one.) The Problem I recently had to reset a couple of Windows 10 computers. The first one, I ran through its paces and when I got to the screen to create an account, I noticed the option to create a
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