Monday, March 3, 2025

Extended desktop screens turn black

 Sometimes the extended screens seem to die. Apparently the extended desktop settings may get corrupted.

In this case, the user may go to the extended desktop settings and switch the mode to "duplicate". This will overwrite corrupted settings and after some fiddling the extended desktop may be configured as in the original setup.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Fix lack of support for exfat filesystem on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils
 
Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057423/ubuntu-18-04-does-not-mount-2tb-exfat-drive-even-after-installing-exfat-fuse-exf 

Friday, August 25, 2023

Windows 10 show/hide "dim display after" option

Source:  https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-show-dim-display-after-option/

In PowerShell, enter the following command to show the Dim Display after option in the Power Options menu:

powercfg -attributes SUB_VIDEO 17aaa29b-8b43-4b94-aafe-35f64daaf1ee -ATTRIB_HIDE

To hide it, enter the following command:

powercfg -attributes SUB_VIDEO 17aaa29b-8b43-4b94-aafe-35f64daaf1ee +ATTRIB_HIDE

Monday, August 15, 2022

Cloning to a smaller SSD

Source: https://forum.macrium.com/21582/Cloning-to-a-smaller-SSD

In [Macrium] Reflect, select your source disk and click "Clone this disk".  In the first step of the wizard where you specify the source and destination, select your smaller SSD as the destination.  Then start dragging your partitions down from the source to destination one at a time, working left to right, but when you get to a partition you want to shrink, drag it down to the destination, click it down there, and select "Cloned partition properties".  Change its size on the destination as desired, then proceed with any remaining partitions. 

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Friday, July 23, 2021

Python switch version

 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5087831

This is if you have both the versions installed.

Go to This PC -> Right-click -> Click on Properties -> Advanced System Settings.

You will see the System Properties. From here navigate to the "Advanced" Tab -> Click on Environment Variables.

You will see a top half for the user variables and the bottom half for System variables.

Check the System Variables and double-click on the Path(to edit the Path).

Check for the path of Python(which you wish to run i.e. Python 2.x or 3.x) and move it to the top of the Path list.

Restart the Command Prompt, and now when you check the version of Python, it should correctly display the required version.


Or add both these paths in this order from top-down:


Python 3.8 location: 

\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe

\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts


https://blog.devgenius.io/python-for-beginners-how-to-install-python-3-8-3-for-windows-pc-a84f5d237c19

Friday, February 26, 2021

Friday, February 5, 2021

Thursday, December 24, 2020

FIJI/ImageJ save as mha

 Even if the I/O option of outputting raw in Intel byte order, the header of the resulting mha will have the MSB flag set in all cases.

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Asus "power connector is not plugged in properly"

You have to go into the following directory: Program Files (x86)/ASUS/ATK Package/ATK Hotkey and simply move the file called ATKMsgCtrl.exe elsewhere. This is the warning message executable.

Original post: https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/38525-possible-disable-power-connector-warning.html

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

OWA HTTP 440 error in Chrome

 https://www.reddit.com/r/exchangeserver/comments/iyirls/owa_440_error_in_chrome/

1/2) Thanks to this post, I was able to track the source of the problem. The "Local State" file

(Located within Chrome's local user data folder) On windows that's

C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State

Deleting it will resolve the issue next launch. I'm tracking through the file to see if I can identify a specific setting/issue within the file.


2/2) disabling this flag resolved the problem for chrome, even in CU earlier than CU16

chrome://flags/#reduced-referrer-granularity


Sunday, September 20, 2020

How to make shortcuts to Windows 10 settings on your Desktop

See  https://www.computerworld.com/article/3218116/how-to-make-shortcuts-to-windows-10-settings-on-your-desktop.html for complete article.

"Here's how to make it work:

  1. Right-click or tap and hold any blank place on the Windows 10 Desktop.
  2. Choose New > Shortcut.
  3. Pick one of the ms-settings apps listed below and type it into the input box. For example, to go to the Data Usage app, type ms-settings:datausage in the box marked Type the location of the item.
  4. Click Next, give the shortcut a name, and click Finish.

A new shortcut appears on your desktop. Double-click or tap it, and the Settings app appears.

Here's the list:

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Win 8 Office 365 update " error api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-1.dll "

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/solution-for-office-365-error-api-ms-win-core/9cbb7abb-7e7a-44ed-b747-bc2b3a424306

1st Solution

Hi all many people using windowns 8 have this problem 2 days ago when Office 365 upgrade to version 2005 13001.yyyy

After 1 period of time repair my error this is my solution very easy

Reason for this problem is that Window 8 doesn't support Apps version on store, cause Word cannot work and run error like  api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-1.dll on windows 8(64bit)

The best way is that

1. Uninstall Office 365

2. Run Window Update to 8.1 free and you can find in App store on Window 8

3. Reinstall

Very easy not use SFC or anything else like install DLL from third party ...If you do this and effective, give me 1 like 

thanks

2nd solution of Michael Samson 

Hi Everyone,

Assuming you're like me and want to stick with Windows 8 for one reason or another, here's how to fix this in 5 minutes:

1. Open a Windows command prompt.

2. Type the following, then press Enter:

cd "\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun"

3. You are now in the ClickToRun folder. Now type the following, then press Enter:

officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.12730.20352

4. This will launch the installer and will install the update (in this case a rollback). Wait for the update to completely finish. It will have a success message when done.

5. Now launch Outlook and immediately go to the File Menu > Office Account > Update Options, and completely disable all updates. This will prevent the auto-updates from running and causing the same problem again.

Please note that I tried rolling back to several versions, and you need to go back to the version above to fix this issue.

For reference it is this version:

Version 2004 (Build 12730.20352)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/current-channel#version-2004-may-21

3rd Solution of marco60cr you can download and install offline image (64bit 16.0.12527.20482) 

 

Just login to your Microsoft Account, Go to your Subscriptions. Select Microsoft 365. Install. Select Other Options, Download Offline Installation

 

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

How to Change "Install Updates and Shut Down" as Default Choice in Shut Down Windows Dialog (Tested on Win 7 Pro)


Change Default "Install Updates and Shut Down" in Local Group Policy Editor

-Click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
- For administrative privileges, create a shortcut with gpedit.msc, right click and select "Run as administrator"
Open the all usersspecific users or groups, or all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.
- In the left pane, click on to expand User ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesWindows Components, Windows Update
- To Not Allow "Install Updates and Shut Down" as Default Option
A) Select (dot) Enabled. (see screenshot below step 6)

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Prevent mouse from waking up in Windows 10

https://windowsreport.com/prevent-mouse-waking-windows-10/

Press Windows Key + X and select Device Manager from the list.

When Device Manager opens, navigate to Mouse section, select a mouse if several mice are listed, and double click it. Go to Power Management tab and uncheck "Allow this device to wake the computer".