Author Archives: Jack

Motorola Android Bluetooth Keyboard not pairing with iPad

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Jack

I had an older Motorola Android Bluetooth keyboard that I decide to give my niece to use with her iPad. I figured it would be simple to pair it and all would be good. Turns out it was not so … Continue reading →

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Sleep mode failing on Dell Vostro 200

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Jack

This was strange occurrence. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 and every time it went to sleep, when I went to wake it up, the case fan would whirl up at full throttle and stay on, the screen … Continue reading →

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Power issue on Lenovo Lynx K3011

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Jack

This one was an interesting issue. The tablet works great, so I decided to invest in the docking keyboard. The keyboard works great too but then all of a sudden it would not charge. After some head scratching, a few … Continue reading →

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Windows updates not installing on XP

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Jack

I had to re-install an older laptop the other day and when I went to do the windows updates, it kept failing. A little research lead me to Microsoft website explaining that windows update on XP would only work if … Continue reading →

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How to re-enable Adobe Acrobat in Word

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Jack

So every now and then i do something stupid. I was converting a Word document to PDF and right in the middle of the conversion, being the click happy person I am, I click on the “X” and closed Word. … Continue reading →

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How to add a two line watermark in word

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Jack

I didn’t think it was possible to have a two line watermark in Word but I accidentally ran across how to do it. First create your watermark via “Page Layout” and watermark. Now double click in the header area to … Continue reading →

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How to print to a Dymo or Brother label printer from a PDF

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Jack

Recently I was given a PDF of repeated labels formatted for a standard address size on Avery labels, it was 3 columns by 10 rows. I figured it would be easy to print to a label printer, select file-print, select … Continue reading →

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Setting a time limit on a computer

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Jack

I had a client that wanted to restrict how long users could stay on a publicly accessible computer. There are a lot of options out there but I needed to find something fairly in-expensive since they are a non-profit organization. … Continue reading →

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Restricting printer access

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Jack

I had a client that wanted to restrict access to a shared network printer on two publicity accessible computers. The printer natively did not have built in password protection and the network was not domain based so setting up active … Continue reading →

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WordPress timing out on Godaddy

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Jack

If you have a WordPress site hosted on GoDaddy, you may notice accessing your admin control panel and even your site may take a long time and even timeout. After a bit of Googling and not finding anything, I broke … Continue reading →

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