So you’ve bought a new Windows 10 PC (or nuked your PC), and want to put a bunch of programs back on it again like Chrome, GIMP, Malwarebytes, Skype, Steam, VLC, iTunes, etc. There is a very simple way to do this: ninite.com Ninite.com allows you to tick the boxes for the programs you want … Read more
Fix with Step by Step Instructions By default Skype (and other voip call programs) reduce the volume of systems sounds when you are in a voice chat. This is rather annoying when you are playing a game and chatting to friends. Fortunately it is easy to turn off. The trick is, it isn’t a Skype … Read more
In a word – no. But that shouldn’t stop you using them anyway. As a cloud developer I encourage people to use the cloud, despite the risk. Because it’s like the rest of life – everything has a risk attached. Driving a car, catching a plane, cooking your dinner – all these activities carry an … Read more
Use MyGovID Instead After 27 March 2020, you can’t use AUSkey to access ATO services. You need to use MyGovID instead. See the ATO website for further information: https://www.ato.gov.au/Tax-professionals/Services-and-support/Working-online/AUSkey/ Previous Information I will leave this here in case there is any reason it may be helpful in the future, or in case the ATO allows … Read more
The Problem: Windows 10 using One Drive for your files. You just did a format re-install of Windows or you have a new PC. You want to copy your One Drive files to your new PC / new install of Windows. The Solution: You could just install One Drive and let it sync from … Read more
The Problem: Windows 10 user folder is the first 5 letters of your email address (e.g. danie instead of Daniel) You want to change it (because I hate being called danie) The Solution: This is going to take a while and a fair bit of messing about. The sooner you do this after installing Windows … Read more
The Problem: You add an additional hard drive to your Windows 10 PC. You can see the hard drive in the BIOS (when you press DEL as the computer first boots up). You go into “Disk Management” (Right click Windows Start Icon – Disk Management) and drive does not appear in Disk Management. You go … Read more
So you’ve got a WordPress blog, and you allow readers to comment… Welcome to comment spam hell. Doesn’t matter how small your site is, it takes no time at all for spammers to spam spam-filled comments of spammy spam spam. Honestly, who buys medicine from dodgy Russian websites anyway? Obviously enough people to warrant more … Read more
This Question Has a One Word Answer… I am often asked what is the best virus protection? Malwarebytes. As a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and programmer who has fixed hundreds of infected PCs over the last 20 years of running my own IT company, it is the only product I can recommend. Every other product … Read more
The Problem: Windows 10 PC (probably upgraded from Windows 7 or 8) Network is connected (Wifi or Cat5) Yellow exclamation mark on network icon saying internet is not connected Attempting to do a network repair fails Wifi or Ethernet adapter has an autoconfig IP address (169.x.x.x) ipconfig/release then ipconfig/renew results in “File Not Found” The … Read more