I have a Canon printer and it starting having trouble feeding the paper in. I found this really odd thread (please follow the link, as you won’t believe me otherwise) that suggested, amongst other things, the following: turn the printer upside down and shake it shove a slightly thick piece...
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Blank Screen on Dell Vostro After Windows 10 Upgrade
This is a problem with the graphics driver and the BIOS. 1. The problem is caused by the computer selecting an external monitor (which may or may not be present) as the main monitor for the laptop. If you have an extra monitor, attach it to the Vostro and the...
Continue reading...How to Get a Jawbone Jambox to Connect to a Windows 8 Computer
When I tried to connect my Jambox to my Windows 8 machine, at first it didn’t recognize it at all. Then it recognized it as a phone device and asked for a passcode (but wouldn’t let me enter the passcode that Jambox suggests, which is “0000”). I tried connecting the...
Continue reading...Japanese Keyboard Doesn’t Work on English Windows 7 Laptop
I bought a new laptop that was custom made. It had Windows 7 in English, but the keyboard was Japanese (i.e. quotation marks [“], rather than the at sign [@], above the 2). However, the keyboard mapping wasn’t correct. When I pressed shift+2, I got an at sign instead of...
Continue reading...No Sound *Sometimes* on Windows 7
My Windows 7 (64 bit, Dell) computer seems to randomly pick when it wants to play sound and when it has better things to do. I upgraded the soundcard’s firmware and tried all sorts of things but could never make the problem go away without having to reboot. Tonight I...
Continue reading...How to Get a Wireless Keyboard and Mouse to Work with a USB Hub on Startup
Okay, so here’s what happened. I bought a new computer and decided to treat myself to a wireless keyboard and mouse. When I plugged the receiver into the USB port in the back of my computer, the keyboard and mouse sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t, so I figured the signal...
Continue reading...Unplug Computer and Internet during Thunderstorm
Here is a short, but sweet, bit of computer advice. If you hear a thunderstorm on the horizon, unplug your computer AND unplug the cable that connects your computer to the internet. In fact, if you live in a place that gets a lot of thunderstorms (in my city we...
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