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The definitive guide to backing up your home computer
Readers of this blog will know that backup, or more pertainately, restore has been a regular theme. I use my laptop everyday for work and when as is the case every few years the hard drive or motherboard fails then it usually costs me several days labour and stress to get up and working again.…
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FIXED: “One or more network protocols are missing on this computer”
–Updates — 2016-03-11 Updated to note requirement to remove non-Microsoft anti-virus and firewalls 2016-01-24 refactored to give clearer path 2016-04-05 updated to remove anti-malware and suggest replacing the network card. 2016-04-06 updated to include restoring to a system restore point — I have a lovely new Microsoft Surface Pro 4 but after the November 2015…
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How to add text to (SECURED) PDF documents
PDF forms are a technology that is always used really badly. Used correctly there are several options fill in online and submit your response electronically (just like an ordinary web form) download, fill-in on a computer and then print and send print, complete with a pen and send It is really annoying when banks etc…
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How to force OneDrive to sync
I often take a photo with my phone so that I can use it on my PC. I use OneDrive’s automatic Camera Roll upload so it goes upto OneDrive in the cloud. Sometimes the PC does not notice the change in cloud and bring down the file. To force the PC to sync it is…
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Firefox shoots itself in the foot
Firefox has been my favourite browser for some time because of its low memory footprint and wide range of plugins. However it is now shooting itself in the foot. Since version 43 it has been requiring plug-ins to be signed. This is good for security but because some of the plugins that I use are…
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Windows 10 static IP bug
— superseded see updates below — I am running Windows 10.0.10586 and have recently started to lose internet connectivity. When I run the trouble shooter I get the message “One or more network protocols are missing on this computer” This can be fixed by this command netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt (see my earlier post)…
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How to fix corrupt Windows 10
I have a Microsoft Surface 4 Pro and very nice it is too. Unfortunately it is shipped with the very first version of Windows 10 and after I updated it to the November 2015 edition version 10.0.10586.0 I had lots of networking problems. It kept claiming that I had no TCP/IP sockets. This could…
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Firefox does not play nice with Cortana
I hate using hunt and peck on the on-screen keyboard. I have started to use Cortana a lot when using my #surface Pro 4 in #tablet mode. For example, I can just say “Hey Cortana, goto bbc.com” and Cortana will open the bbc in Firefox 43.0.1 which is my default browser. After I started doing…
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Cortana is rather good
Windows 10 comes with Cortana, Microsoft’s voice input personal assistant. I am using it on my new Surface Pro 4 and it the voice recognition is very accurate. Since this device can be used in tablet mode without a keyboard having voice entry is very useful. Here is a list of things Cortana can do…
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Why you should use a Windows 10 PIN
Windows 10 suggests that you use a PIN to login to your computer and says that this is more secure than a password. These seems odd because obviously there are fewer possible values. This article explains the reasoning about PINs. In short, your Microsoft Account credentials are the crown jewels that you want to protect.…
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