Stuck in Windows update – restarting forever
I am working on a customers laptop, and got rid off the problems it came in with (seizing to a stop as soon as he logged on). As a favour, I let the outstanding updates install. First of all the …
Category: Computer Stuff
Thunderbird to Outlook
For obvious reasons, Thunderbird does not provide any easy way of exporting emails into Outlook, I suppose most people would not want to do it. Recent stuff ups at Spark seem to have made accessing (sending specifically) my third party …
Windows 10 and inverted ASUS webcam
This issue is worth repeating here, if only to help anybody else looking for the fix. The issue is that after a Windows 10 upgrade of an ASUS N61JA laptop, from Windows 7, the webcam image was shown upside down. …
Wireless Broadband
I went to a customer a few days ago who wanted an “all house wifi” system installed. When I got there I realised she had signed up for Spark Wireless Broadband, and had received her modem through the post. I …
Spark internet connections and windows 10
In the last 3 days I have made 6 home visits to sort out 6 identical problems in exactly the same way each time. Customers report the same issue, the computer is connecting to the router OK, but not to …
Arduino – multi-cell voltmeter
Right at the start of the saga which is my multi-cell voltmeter/potential BMS, I considered and rejected the simplest way of doing this, namely using voltage dividers to drop the voltage from the cells down to within the range of …
Windows 7 – Windows Explorer stopped working
Wow, this was a fun problem. An Acer all-in-one computer, everything was great except for this annoying bug, everytime you copied a file (drag and drop, copy and paste, whatever) Windows explorer puts up the “Windows Explorer has stopped working” …
Windows 10 – anniversary updates
Over the last couple of weeks, I have fielded quite a few calls about windows 10 doing big updates without any notice and without being asked, and the problems caused by the updates. Obviously I mostly hear about the ones …
Word Press – HTTP error uploading media
While creating the previous post, I was happily updating the diagram in the post and fine tuning it, when all of a sudden the diagram would no longer load, giving the HTTP Error. I tried different formats (jpg, png, bmp) …
Smart TV – some interesting settings changes
At long last our ancient Samsung 32″ LCD TV threw its final wobbly, going ultra-high contrast with weird colours. It started on the final stage of La Vuelta a Espana, at the end of the stage I remarked to my …