Windows 11 – Add a program to startup
This process was so simple in previous versions of Windows where you’d simply copy a shortcut to an executable, into the startup folder. There’s three methods described here.
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Resources regarding computer science and education within the field.
Webcam Freezing in Win 10 / 11
Something changed significantly in Windows 10 (compared to Win 7) and many people’s webcams stopped working and, as is typical, few vendors released drivers to support existing cameras for Win 10. There’s a multitude of issues (and resolutions) for webcam issues in more recent Windows versions but this one seemed to work for me.
Read moreWD Purple Hard Drive Failing / Replaced
My system is separated into three main drives with my Windows install on the nvme C:\ drive, my media on an 8TB mechanical drive and my ‘personal’ files on a 2TB drive. This latter drive began to fail.
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Xbox Discounts as CSV File
I own a fair old number of Xbox games so when the weekly or special sales come about I need a quick way to see which titles would interest me. I wrote a small Python program to aid me.
Read moreSeparating A Music File into Multiple Tracks
This is a quick guide on how to get a long mp3 audio file and break it down into individual tracks. You may need to do this when an album has been saved as a single mp3 (can happen when downloading from youtube via a “youtube to mp3” sites). I’m going to use a video of Meiko Kaji’s discography (or partial) to illustrate this.
Read moreMigrating Windows 10 To A New Hardrive
I am writing this mini-guide for my future reference and, as is so often the case, I’ve publicised in case somebody else may benefit. Over the years I’ve changed which hard drive my operating system (OS) resides on because I’ve typically upgraded the hard drive. Sometimes it’s been painful (and long-winded) but this recent occassion was smooth.
Read moreEnable Windows Media Player taskbar toolbar in Windows 10
Windows Media player may have just been the default media player on many Windows versions but it was actually pretty decent. The most useful feature was the toolbar that appeared when the player was minimised but for some reason, MS omitted this feature in Windows 10.
Read moreThrustmaster Ferrari 458 Italia Wheel Crashes Windows 10
Using an older Xbox 360 driver for a Thrustmaster wheel prevented Windows 10 crashing.
Read moreFile Downloads (Chrome, Opera) Failing
A network router-level firewall policy for UDP flood defense prevented web browers downloading files on network hosts.
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OWI Robotic Arm Control Program
Using work undertaken to communicate over USB with the OWI Robotic Arm, I wrote a program, in Python, to control the robotic arm.
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