I received the following message on my Android phone whenever I tried to access my Yahoo mail account. The application PC-mail (process com.android.email) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. This problem happened all of a sudden after the application had been working fine for a long time (since I got...
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ShareMouse: Sharing Your Mouse and Keyboard (and Files!!) Across Computers
This is very, very cool. ShareMouse I don’t even need to write anything else in this post, because the title is self-explanatory. I downloaded it and installed on two computers (one Dell desktop with two monitors, and one Acer netbook) and it just worked. No setup necessary. Apparently you can...
Continue reading...How to Show Different Wallpapers on Dual Monitors in Windows 7
From what I understand, Windows 8 will have a feature that will let you display two different desktop images (wallpapers) on your dual monitor setup. However, there are at least two ways you can accomplish the same in Windows 7 (and possibly other versions of Windows, but I haven’t checked)....
Continue reading...How To Remove a Printer Driver in Windows 7 Home Premium
I installed a network printer with an incorrect driver and when I tried to replace it with the correct one on my Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) system, I found that it was quite impossible. I deleted the printer from the printer list and then tried to reinstall it; however,...
Continue reading...How to Shut Down Ubuntu 11.10 Computer
My little Ubuntu machine wouldn’t let me shut down. I had to click on “Dash Home” and search for the term “shut down” and then it would do it, but there was no button for me to click to get it to shut down without searching. Very annoying. When I...
Continue reading...How to Get Your Android Phone Out of Safe Mode
One of my friends suddenly found that her phone had put itself in “safe mode”. She had no idea how she had done it and no idea how to get it out of that mode. After looking around on the internet, I found a solution that worked for her. Turn...
Continue reading...How to Fix the “android.process.acore” Problem on an Android Device
Edit: Some people have reported in the comments that this solution DOES DELETE YOUR CONTACTS. Use at your own risk! The problem: Your Android device (tablet, phone, Android TV) gives you the following message. “The process android.process.acore has stopped working.” The solution: Settings –> Applications –> Manage Applications –> All...
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...Ubuntu 10.04: Like, Like, Dislike (but Fixable)
I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 today. I only just restarted my computer a few moments ago after the upgrade, so I can’t give a full report just yet, but so far I have noticed two things that I like and one thing that I don’t. Like With 9.10, there were...
Continue reading...Change the Language of the Evernote Interface
Apparently, Evernote is big in Japan, which is good news, BUT when I upgraded to Evernote 3.5, the language of the interface changed to Japanese because my computer’s OS is Japanese. I would prefer to work with Evernote in English, so I tried to find a way to change the...
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