Recorded from TV means there is a lot of advertising, so I looked for a way to cut out the ads. I settled on using a program that I’ve used before called “Avidemux”. Remove The Ads Open the program and click on “Open File”. Select […]
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As you know, I have been on an Instagram-How-To article kick. If you missed last week’s article, you can find it here: How To Hide Like Count On Instagram I’m sticking with this social media platform this week and teaching you something new. ‘What are
The other day, I updated Windows, and now I have a new folder on my drive. The Windows April 2025 updates are creating an empty “inetpub” folder in the root directory of the C:\ drive. Traditionally, Windows would create the “inetpub” folder when
Last month, John Durso wrote Microsoft Is Shutting Down Skype, which is happening on May 5th. Millions of us have used Skype over the years, but now we need to find an alternative and there are plenty to choose from. But they don’t all have
I’m in a family subscription to Microsoft 365 Copilot, formally known as Office 365 (I wish MS would stop coming up with ridiculous names!), which gives us 1TB of storage with OneDrive, access to all the Office programs, and, if I’m not mistaken, unlimited use
As you may have noticed, I have been covering Instagram for the last few weeks. If you missed last week’s article on this subject, here it is: How To Disable Post Sharing Instagram I will continue this platform this week and teach you something new.
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I confess to being a stickler for correct grammar, but whether that makes me a grammar Nazi is not for me to say. There’s no doubt that the standard of our languages has fallen dramatically in recent years, and I’m not just referring to English.
I have a Gateway desktop on my network with a couple of hard drives in it, which I use as a backup system. Yesterday, I turned it on, but it wouldn’t boot up. It made one beep and then went to the Gateway Logo. It
A guy called me and claimed he “couldn’t get anything on his computer”. That can be translated in so many ways. Usually, it means, “I can’t get on Facebook”. I went to his home, and his problem was that he had lost his internet. He
We’re spoilt for choice nowadays when it comes to viewing entertainment, and if your thing is free videos, there’s a lot of choice, including YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and others. However, where I live, most streaming subscriptions are priced for the third world, so the likes
In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this article, I explained what a VPN is, the reasons to put a VPN on a router, equipment concerns, how to add a VPN client to a router, what modifications to make to the default settings, how to
