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Category Archives: Desktop
Make an old laptop into a “Chromebook”
My father-in-law needed to use a web browser on an old laptop. He liked using Chrome, but Edge would open and not close. Random apps popped up and took up the screen. Windows 10 on an HP laptop was hogging … Continue reading
Recover a Windows 10 admin account by clearing its password
My family had Windows 10 laptop and forget the admin account’s password. Without a backup USB drive or a way to reset the password using Windows Live account tools, I had to figure out another way to get into the … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Windows
Tagged admin account, Lazesoft, password, USB drive, Windows, Windows 10
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Saving Tree Style Tabs into Bookmarks with Firefox
On Firefox, my favorite add-on is Tree Style Tabs (download), because you can see all of your tabs and their names tabs have hierarchy (parent > children > grandchildren) Once you use it, you will always want to use it, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Desktop Apps, How-To
Tagged add-ons, bookmarks, extensions, Firefox, tree style tabs
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Red screen at night on Linux
f.lux and Redshift are the two major players for making your laptop screen turn red. I had f.lux working on Linux Mint but recently upgraded to Linux Mint 18 and it stopped working. I cannot get the applet to show … Continue reading
Have Linux access Windows hard drive again
In Windows 8 and 10, Microsoft added a “Fast Startup” feature that saves a state of the computer to disk. This is like Hibernation, which for a while has prevented Linux from mounting a Windows partition. This new feature makes … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Linux, Windows
Tagged fast startup, hibernation, Linux, mount partition, Windows 10, Windows 8
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Brother printing blank pages on Linux
The Brother HL 2140 is a good printer but getting it to work on Linux Mint is a bit of a hassle. There are many forums online with the problem of the Brother printing many blank pages. Finally, I found … Continue reading
Picking a Linux Distro for a Server
An old laptop that is going to be running a home server is going to be limited on computing resources, so it is worth looking into running your server with as little overhead as possible. I was looking for the … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Reviews
Tagged GRUB, GUI, Linux, Linux Mint, server, Ubuntu, Ubuntu server
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Mac Flag’s Broken Flags
While Mac Mail is simple and works, it has a problem syncing flags with Microsoft Exchange server. It can add messages as flagged, but when removing the flags, the messages will no longer be shown as flagged but the counter … Continue reading
Removing Windows 10 Apps
The apps that come with Windows 10 are neat but they seems to always want to run and they mess with VirtuaWin. So, you can try to Uninstall them from the menu. Right click on an app and select Uninstall. … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Windows
Tagged powershell, script, VirtuaWin, Windows 10, Windows 10 Apps
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Outlook All Day Events Across Time Zones
If you are an employee of a company that has offices in two different time zones, then Microsoft Outlook is so annoying when it comes to All Day Events. Say a coworker one hour behind you is out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Windows
Tagged All Day Event, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, OOO, OOtO, Outlook, timezones
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