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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 […]
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
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
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
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
Google has announced the end-of-support date for its Chrome browser in Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. As of February 2023, Windows 7/8/8.1 will no longer be supported by Google Chrome. The browser will continue to work okay but no security updates will be released for
Overview One powerful feature that browsers have, but many people do not know about, is a browser profile. All Chromium-based browsers and Firefox have profiles. Profiles can improve the browser experience. So, what is a browser profile? When installing a browser on a computer, it
The number of streaming TV shows and movie services has increased to the point where viewers are now spoilt for choice. However, this rapid increase in numbers has also caused fragmentation of licensing rights to the point where it’s difficult to know what is streaming
Overview Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client developed by the Mozilla Foundation and operated by subsidiary MZLA Technologies Corporation. Many DCT readers use Thunderbird as their default email program. Betterbird is a fork of Thunderbird that the project refers to as a
If you right-click on your page in a current OneNote section, you can select Subpages | Make Subpage to turn that page into a subpage of the page just above it. When a page has subpages, it will have an arrow next to it so
Reputable security company Malwarebytes is providing a free service whereby users can check their email addresses to see if they have been compromised. It seems Malwarebytes is utilizing the HaveIBeenPwned service to perform the security check. Data breaches occur when hackers target large organizations looking
Brave is a relatively new Chromium-based browser that has quickly gained a following due to its enhanced privacy features. The latest Brave builds include a new “translate” feature which, when you visit a foreign-language website, will automatically identify the correct language and offer to translate
(Ed note: JD is a new writer for DCT. Welcome!) Browser extensions are great for adding features and functions to a browser and enhancing the browser experience. But what if a website is misbehaving? What happens if your browser is crashing? Perhaps your browser is
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If you’ve been following the on-off saga of Elon Musk and Twitter, you’ll know that it’s been a torturous few months for social media watchers who today are either crying in their beers or popping corks. The richest man in the world is said to
