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Disable Automatic Screenshot Uploads – Does it drive you crazy that Zwift defaults to uploading five random screenshots and a video to Strava for every ride you do, and there’s no apparent way to disable this… Read more: Zwift – Disable Automatic Screenshot Uploads

How to boot and install Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Nimbat or other Linux  versions from a USB stick on a Microsoft Surface Laptop. Before Proceeding Ensure you have backup copies of your critical data. Ensure you have… Read more: Boot Ubuntu USB stick with Surface Laptop

How to Disable Windows Web Search Windows 10 or 11 – Enterprise or Pro Editions.  Microsoft enables many features favorable to their finance department but of questionable favorability for you and I.  Microsoft does provide some… Read more: Disable Windows Web Search and Ads

How to change your password in RDCMAN, Sysinternals Remote Desktop Connection Manager.

Want to hear audible text notifications on your phone while wearing your Google Pixel Watch? My phone happily lets me know I’m getting phone calls while wearing my watch but not text messages. Yes I may… Read more: Google Pixel Watch – Unmute Notifications on Phone

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Make a 28lb single speed coaster braked spot welded AMF Roadmaster bicycle go 28mph by pushing platform pedals on a loose cinder track with 33 other like minded maniacs spinning out 110 rpm. Cinders on fire!… Read more: Little 500 – The Posers 1987

Are you suddenly unable to create a Teams meeting in Outlook? You no longer have the option to create a new Teams meeting in Calendar view? You’re not alone! The general issue in play has long… Read more: Teams Meeting Add-in Disabled by Outlook

How to add your Gmail account to Outlook for Microsoft 365. The process has changed as of February 2023 and requires the latest version of Outlook for Microsoft 365. This process allows you to send and… Read more: Add Gmail Account to Outlook for Microsoft 365

How to install and use the Outlook for Microsoft 365 add-in for reporting messages as Phishing, Junk or Not Junk with the Report Message add-in. The online version of Outlook (Outlook.com) has the “Report” button built… Read more: Enable Phishing and Junk Mail Protection – Outlook for Microsoft 365

This – is art? Dropping into the 7 minute mark of SAFA Brian’s – 65 MPH through the desert Full screen, crank the audio.

Dell Latitude 7400 laptops after upgrading to Windows 10 21H2 may have issues with the touchpad being unresponsive. When running on battery your Latitude Touchpad may not respond when waking the laptop from sleep. This prevents… Read more: Touchpad Not Responsive – Dell Latitude 7400

O365 Outlook  for Mac is a great program but as with most any app there are some issues. This particular issue is a bit over the top – crazy stupid, but also very easy to fix.… Read more: Microsoft O365 Outlook for Mac – Stops Receiving Email

Dell Latitude laptops – I never understood why laptop keyboards default to the F1-F12 keys of which, admit it, you’ve only ever used 2 maybe 3 tops  but you did need to use volume, brightness, keyboard… Read more: Unlock FN Function keys on Dell Latitude Laptops

Well that was somewhat unexpected – Dave Grohl

Ilulissat Icefjord – Iceberg Turning Over – Peter Søndergaard    

Did you accidentally enable Shuffle for your Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist? Seems to be quite easy to turn on (cough, eh-hem…) but to turn it off? Ha! Shuffle for the auto generated Discover Weekly list does… Read more: Spotify – Turn off Shuffle for Discover Weekly List on Android

Protect your email with SPF (sending control) and DKIM (spoof control) –  when hosting with O365 Email. How to use DMARC to Validate Email:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dmarc-to-validate-email?view=o365-worldwide How to use DKIM to validate outbound email:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dkim-to-validate-outbound-email?view=o365-worldwide NameCheap –… Read more: DKIM + DMARC + SPF for Email with Microsoft Custom Domain

So I buy an excellent pair of Cyclocross tires – WTB Cross Boss 700 x 35c TCS Light Fast Roll Tire. I slap that new rubber on and pump it up. Hit the road and I’m… Read more: New Bike Tire Wont Seat Evenly On The Rim – Soap!

Notepad ++ lets you create backups of individual files, but if you’re like me (may the lord have mercy) and you have lots of snippets, notes and copy/pasted text in unsaved files and tabs… well you… Read more: Notepad++ Backup or Migrate

Issue: This simple WordPress site was randomly spiking the CPU for over a year at 75-100%. Once every 2-4 days, sometimes every day. Sometimes for five minutes sometimes for an hour. When checking during an event… Read more: WordPress + High CPU Utilization + Digital Ocean – Fixed With A Fiver $

Mike Terrana – Likes to jam.

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Is your brand new or nearly new Dell Latitude 7400 laptop hot with the fan continuously running fast and loud for no apparent reason? When you check Task Manager CPU utilization isn’t high as might be… Read more: Dell Latitude 7400 Running Hot and Loud with Heat & Fan Issue

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… Read more: Install Video Driver Only – AMD Radeon Graphics Card

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.

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… Read more: Linksys WUSB6300 AC1200 Won’t Connect After Windows Update

Adrian Belew was playing in bar with cover bands seemingly going nowhere and hitting thirty. Then Frank Zappa’s limo driver was asked for a good live music destination in Nashville. Adrian’s band was covering the Stones… Read more: Adrian Belew – Guitar Virtuoso

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… Read more: Lenovo Laptop Display is Dim

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… Read more: Help! That God Damn Thing from Microsoft Office Is On The Screen Again!

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,… Read more: Laptop Display Brightness Too Dark In Low Light

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,… Read more: Google Pixel 3 – Speed Up The Lag

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

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… Read more: Indoor Cycling Training – Tacx Galaxia Rollers

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… Read more: Spotify Volume Drops at Start of Song

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… Read more: Plantar Fasciitis – stretches for relief