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Install Video Driver Only – AMD Radeon Graphics Card

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 […]

03/27/202007/28/2022Computer

Koken – How to Export Albums and Images to a new Gallery system

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.

03/01/202011/17/2022Computer, Downloads, Photo

Linksys WUSB6300 AC1200 Won’t Connect After Windows Update

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 […]

11/27/201903/20/2022Computer

Lenovo Laptop Display is Dim

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 […]

10/21/201907/28/2022Computer

Help! That God Damn Thing from Microsoft Office Is On The Screen Again!

You’re happily typing along in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel or PowerPoint and this evil little thing comes from out of nowhere to hover over the text you want to manage and you can’t get rid of […]

09/29/201902/19/2022Computer

Laptop Display Brightness Too Dark In Low Light

My Lenovo Yoga 920’s crisp and bright 4k display was often way to dim in low light situations. No problem right, just bump the brightness up from the default power settings while on battery right? F12, […]

06/01/201908/19/2019Computer

Google Pixel 3 – Speed Up The Lag

If your Google Pixel 3 or 3XL is feeling a bit slow you might try changing animation settings in developer mode and disabling Digital Wellbeing. Shortening the animation settings definitely makes all basic UI actions faster, […]

05/10/201911/05/2020Computer

This PC can’t be upgraded to Windows 10 – driver or service that isn’t ready

Issue: May Insider Update to 1903 won’t install: Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903 x64 2019-04. Windows Update shows “Updates available” but with a yellow exclamation mark, a status of “pending download” and the note […]

05/04/201901/01/2021Computer

Indoor Cycling Training – Tacx Galaxia Rollers

My good ol steel drum rollers up and blew apart after 22yrs of sweating in front of a fan, headphones cranking power tunes. Not bad at all but time to shop for a new set of […]

04/27/201902/14/2022Cycling

Spotify Volume Drops at Start of Song

Issue: Spotify song volume starts crisp and loud then suddenly drops. Cause: This happens because Spotify decided you needed an Equalizer, made sure it sucked massively and that you didn’t know you had it. Disable the […]

04/27/201911/19/2022Audio, Computer

Plantar Fasciitis – stretches for relief

It struck like lightning, hurt like hell and would not go away. Plantar Fasciitis, it is not your friend. I tried a podiatrist. He doctored up my insoles and created an arch padded ankle sleeve to […]

04/13/201904/13/2019Open Source

One Time Passcode World Champion

One Time Passcode World Champion. I visit the Verizon Business Website many times a day. It does not trust my computer. I’ve used one browser on one computer for over a year. I’ve verified & “trusted” […]

03/03/201909/08/2022Open Source