Easy Way to Capture and Crop Screen Shots in Windows 10?
I need to get some screen shots of our program running on my Windows computer. Now that I’m running Win10, what’s the smart way to do this so I can crop to size and save the screenshots as PNG files?
How Can I Switch My Android Phone to a Swipe Pattern Unlock?
I’ve been using a PIN forever and it works, but my friend has a cool unlock swipe pattern. He just zips his finger across the screen and it’s unlocked. Cool. How can I switch to use that too?
How Do I Update Firefox on Ubuntu Linux?
I’ve got Ubuntu Linux running on one of my old PC computers and don’t log in very often. When I do, how can I update Firefox to ensure it’s the latest version?
Restore Default Google Chrome Search Engine to Google in Windows?
I like to keep our copy of Office 365 updated, but I read that the next update of Office 365 ProPlus will switch the default Chrome search engine to Bing? WTH? How can I restore the default search engine to Google if that does happen?
Can I Automatically Log In When I Boot My iMac?
I find it really annoying to have to log in to my iMac every time I start it up. Is there some way to set it up so it’s just logged in and ready to go every time I power up?
How Do I Delete My Phone from the Jeep [Uconnect] System?
I borrowed a friend’s Jeep Cherokee and paired my phone so I could talk hands free. Great. But how do I now delete my phone from the car so she can’t see all my contacts, etc? I think it’s running UConnect, whatever that is.
Resume Windows 10 Update Paused by Battery Saver?
I was trying to update my Windows 10 laptop yesterday and noticed that it wouldn’t actually apply the update because of “Battery Saver”. How can I force an update or disable this feature?
Figure out MP4 Movie Duration from MacOS X Finder?
Is there a way I can identify the duration of an MP4 movie file on my Mac system without actually watching the movie? Get Info shows size, but not duration.
How Can I Decipher and Read a Jumbled HTML Web Page?
My boss is traveling and sent me a Web page to review but when I open it up, it’s a massive jumble with text on top of other text. Completely unreadable. How can I decipher it so I can respond without a request for help?
Say Goodbye to IPv4 Addresses: Rescue is Here
In April of last year, news came through that it had finally happened – the internet had run out of public IPv4 address blocks to use. Many of us have heard this before. Various people have been sounding the alarm over the impending exhaustion of IPv4 addresses. What made this different was that it was the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority – the body that oversees network addresses around the globe – that was making the announcement.
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