I like to keep a record of general ICT issues I’ve resolved so I have something to refer back to if they reoccur. Keeping this publicly-available may have the benefit that the list is crawled, indexed and may benefit someone out.
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 moreI 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 moreWindows 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 moreUsing an older Xbox 360 driver for a Thrustmaster wheel prevented Windows 10 crashing.
Read moreA network router-level firewall policy for UDP flood defense prevented web browers downloading files on network hosts.
Read moreGarmin Virb uses an embedded IE (Internet explorer) browser to show the maps but as IE is outdated (even before 2018). Google maps uses new javascript resources that IE does not support so the maps may not show. Additionally the IE browser will be deactivated by Microsoft.
Read moreNow that Google have ceased the Stadia service and enabled the Stadia controllers to be switched to bluetooth mode, I started using mine on the PC but there’s a problem.
Read moreQuite often Windows (even prev. versions) would lose the default application association to open image files (e.g. JPG) with Windows Picture Viewer. When I right-click and go to open with…, the application isn’t shown. The only fix I know is to edit the registry.
Read moreI’ve been running out of space on my boot drive, a 250 GB SSD, but I’m reluctant to upgrade it with another SSD because I am overhauling my system shortly and will go NVMe rather than SATA. However, it does mean I have to keep on top of things so I don’t get the dreaded error about scratch disks being full in Photoshop. One of those things is the enormous pagefile.sys that Windows keeps generating.
Read moreSome of the quirky codes to type into the dialler on mobile phones (smart and non-smart) that I’ve found or had vendors tell me about. I first started using these with Nokia phones.
Read more