Random Tech Tips, Photography, Music, Words
Random Tech Tips, Photography, Music, Words
Computer related posts – computer troubleshooting and tech support, software, programming and more…
Dell Latitude laptops – I never understood why laptop keyboards default to the F1-F12 keys of which, admit it, you’ve only ever used 2 maybe 3 tops but you did need to use volume, brightness, keyboard […]
Did you accidentally enable Shuffle for your Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist? Seems to be quite easy to turn on (cough, eh-hem…) but to turn it off? Ha! Shuffle for the auto generated Discover Weekly list does […]
Protect your email with SPF (sending control) and DKIM (spoof control) – when hosting with O365 Email. How to use DMARC to Validate Email: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dmarc-to-validate-email?view=o365-worldwide How to use DKIM to validate outbound email: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dkim-to-validate-outbound-email?view=o365-worldwide NameCheap – […]
Notepad ++ lets you create backups of individual files, but if you’re like me (may the lord have mercy) and you have lots of snippets, notes and copy/pasted text in unsaved files and tabs… well you […]
Issue: This simple WordPress site was randomly spiking the CPU for over a year at 75-100%. Once every 2-4 days, sometimes every day. Sometimes for five minutes sometimes for an hour. When checking during an event […]
Is your brand new or nearly new Dell Latitude 7400 laptop hot with the fan continuously running fast and loud for no apparent reason? When you check Task Manager CPU utilization isn’t high as might be […]
Update! AMD has added a Driver Only option to their Radeon install package. Nice! Thanks to William Cronk for the notice in the comments below! Still no “driver only” option for your AMD Radeon card? Continue […]
With Koken no longer actively supported I needed to move to another Gallery management system but found it wasn’t possible due to how Koken stored Albums and images – in a completely random nonsensical method with no way to copy, migrate or otherwise export your galleries and files in a way that can be reconstructed into a new photo gallery system.
Issue – Microsoft driver updates. After Windows Update your computer can’t connect to WiFI. No matter what you try – your existing connection that was working before the reboot for Windows update is dead. You can […]
Issue: Your Lenovo Laptop or tablet display is often dim or dull at 100% maximum brightness in a low light situation, and you don’t have auto brightness turned on. Like Nigel you’re turning (punching!) the brightness […]