In Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education there is an option to create a local user account (aka. Offline Account) but Windows 10 Home 1909 and newer no longer has that option. Fortunately, there is an easy way to force it, don’t connect to the internet. What does don’t connect Read more…
We disassemble an Asus Republic of Gamers G551J gaming laptop, clean out the CPU fan, explain the components, change the hard drive, download and install Windows 10 and run a benchmark. We then remove the new spinning disk and replace it with a Kingston V200 SATA SSD, install Windows 10 Read more…
We explain different free digital signage options and then dig into DigitalSignage.com’s free service. We walk you through the complete solution in just 30 minutes, including creating an account, through resources, scenes, screen designs, timeline, kiosks and much more.
UPDATED: March 23 2024 As Sony Playstations age, the interest in upgrading them increases. Slow spinning drives that were included in the PlayStation 4 are easily changed for high speed Solid State Drives (SSD)’s, That can make a substantial difference to both gameplay and load times. A used PS4 is Read more…
We pull the back off a Dell Inspiron 5493, explain the parts and show the basic parts including battery, M.2 hard drive and the clips that hold the ribbons on. Then we wipe it clean, install Windows 10 1909, patch it, benchmark it and compare it to similar laptops.
Throughout the last few years, YouTube has flourished in creating a golden age for independent creators. Recently, the platform and its stars have influenced the next generation of creative minds to put themselves out there and produce online content. However, to succeed in the industry, several fundamentals can assist with Read more…
If you are having problems with your WordPress site or you just want to ensure it is fully functional, there are several free and easy to use services you should quickly run through: sitecheck.sucuri.net – free scan of your site fo known malware, viruses, errors, blacklisting… godaddy.com/web-security/website-security-check – this is an Read more…
We recently worked through a particularly difficult to locate problem in which periodically some visitors would see the following 404 THE REQUESTED URL /commodore.guest-bike.php WAS NOT FOUND ON THIS SERVER The problem very intermittent although we were able to see the issue ourselves from time to time. It turned out Read more…
If you are used to Skype for Business or Teams, you know that one of the their fundamental functions is providing presence information to Outlook. You can bring up an Outlook email and see the status of the people in TO and CC fields, which can be very helpful. The Read more…
There are three common types of touchscreens: 1 – Capacitive Invented in 1965, started catching on by mid 1980’s A capacitive touch screen consists of a glass panel with a capacitive (charge storing) material coating its surface. Circuits located at corners of the screen measure the capacitance of a person Read more…
It will come as a surprise to most that PowerPoint does not have multilevel bullets. This is all the more odd, because Word does have multilevel bulleted lists. In the short video below we demonstrate how to manually create multilevel lists and how to copy/paste them from Word without loosing Read more…
Recently we were asked to review the Fifine K052 microphone and hummed and hahed about it. It’s a microphone… its just not that exciting. In the end we agreed because this is a mid $20 mic with a dynamic range of 40hz to 20Khz and this company is an upstart Read more…
If you have a hard disk you need to scrap or sell and you want to remove your data from it, this is the place for you. In our case, we had 700 3TB disks that need to be wiped and resold so we wanted to make sure it would Read more…
We explain the advantages of using PayPal invoicing and provide a full demonstration of how to configure and use PayPal invoicing including the solution to the dreaded “Logo was not added successfully” PayPal Invoicing FAQs: Is PayPal Invoicing free? It’s free to use the invoice template to create and send Read more…
We thoroughly explore the Dell 5300 2 in 1 by unboxing, disassembling and upgrading the M.2 drive from a Micron 2200S to Crucial P1 1TB. We review the ports and features then benchmark it. Lastly we compare it to many other products including the Dell Latitude 7390 5480 6440 and Read more…
We find out if different M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD’s are all the same. In a Dell 5300 2 in 1 we test the Dell supplied Micron 2200S, a Crucial P1 and a Adata XPG S11 using Novabench benchmarking tool. We also show how to swap out the SSD’s in the Read more…