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If you want to remove and / or replace the disk from a Seagate Backup Plus External USB chassis, you are in the right place. Remove the Seagate USB disk from the box and any loose plastic packaging Use a flat edge screwdriver along one of the two long edges Read more…
We recently needed to get a 10 minute interview transcribed and I blew an hour testing sites, reading blog but generally going no-where. There were a great number of people that chimed in with such useful comments as: Just pay a human to do it Machine transcription a farse that Read more…
If you want to add or change the URL links that appear in your header channel art in YouTube, but cannot find the link (pun intended), you are likely using Google Chrome or MS Edge. There are several annoyances using Chrome on YouTube, which is definitely unexpected because Google owns Read more…
The Dell Lifecycle Controller is simply the management tool Dell built to update firmware. When booting a Dell Server you will be able to access the Lifecycle Controller but it may ask you for an IP address. My concern was that it was asking to set a static address on Read more…
If you are having unexplained performance problems with your WordPress Site and you have already tried: disabling ALL your plug-ins – 99% of the time Add-In’s) are the problem with WordPress sites installing a AntiVirus and running a scan on the site – we strongly recommend the free version of Read more…
If you want your webpages to rank highly in searches, you need to ensure that your site is delivering pages quickly. Google, Bing and other search engines really care about the speed of a site and will reduce page rank due to poor site performance. Fortunately the world seems to Read more…
If you have a Apple Mac and it is running slowly there are many things you can do, but you will find few things that improve performance like replacing the spinning disk with a solid state disk. There are ways to clone the existing disk but in this video I Read more…
The difference between an Active and a Passive DisplayPort adaptor is a circuit that makes the conversion happen. Active DisplayPort adaptors have a chip that makes the conversion happen while passive DisplayPort adaptors do not. In most cases you are best to just buy Active DisplayPort adapters but Dual Mode Read more…
If you spend time on Wacom pen tablets you will see the Intuos line is quite broad. We found it quite confusing. Below is a simple explanation of differences between the various Wacom Intuos products starting from the top of the line and moving down to the bottom of the Read more…
If you have a Thrustmaster T80 Steering Wheel you need to know: How to set up a T80? What do the color of lights mean on a Thrustmaster T80 Steering Wheel? Why is the LED flashing red on your Wheel? How to use the T80 Steering Wheel be used on Read more…
If you use Google Analytics to keep metrics on your website you likely already know that there is no prebuilt report showing you the source of traffic for any one page on your web site. I find this very unusual because knowing where your visitors are coming from for you Read more…
If you have a projector, the bulb is eventually going to die and you are going to have to replace that bulb. Projector bulbs do three things, turn on, turn off and fail. It is inevitable. In this short video we show how to disassemble the top of a BenQ Read more…
UPDATED: April 16 2020 – IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have problems downloading the files from Adobe watch our video explaining why some downloads in Chrome or Edge no longer work and how to get around the problem, HEREhttps://www.urtech.ca/2021/04/solved-download-links-dont-work-in-chrome-or-edge/. Adobe Acrobat updates may fail with: Error 1328: Error applying patch Read more…
If you are using SharePoint hosted on Microsoft’s Office365 platform you might think that you cannot change the background wallpaper, but you can. Change the Wallpaper on SharePoint: Click the COG (top right corner of the screen) Click SITE SETTINGS Click CHANGE THE LOOK (under LOOK AND FEEL) Click the Read more…
Intel used to have a pretty simple naming scheme for its CPU’s but as the market demanded more features, Intel started adding suffix letters to its processors. Often the letters added on to the end of an Intel CPU number can mean enormous differences. Below is a list of Intel CPU Suffix Letters: C Read more…
If you have Sophos Safeguard you likely have annoying popup messages saying things like: Sophos Safeguard: Communicating With Server Sophos Safeguard: No New Settings Available Sophos Safeguard: Synchronization with Sophos Safeguard server succeeded These will occur several times a day and drive your staff insane. Fortunately there is an easy way Read more…