Poor audio and video quality in Skype calls may be caused by the relays (other computers on the Skype network) that your communication traffic passes through before reaching your conversation partner. Relays add latency to your connection and can cause choppy audio and pixelated video. This post demonstrates how to configure Skype and your home… Read More »
This is a step-by-step guide that lays out the process for upgrading to the latest version of Cyanogenmod on a Nexus 5, while retaining your XPrivacy settings. It incorporates instructions from XPrivacy’s Github page: Get the latest nightly (or stable) ROM for your phone make/model from Cyanogenmod’s (CM) site Verify the sha1 hash of the… Read More »
In this post, you will learn how to setup a brand new hard drive in Linux Mint. This involves creating a new partition table and then dividing the disk into partitions. You can use the GParted application to do this. After you’ve physically installed the drve, reboot Linux Mint and launch GParted from the Mint… Read More »
This post will show you how to share a scanner connected to a computer running Ubuntu 14.04 with a client running Windows 8.1. Ubuntu Server Configuration Ubuntu should come pre-installed with the saned service, which provides functionality for sharing scanners over the local network. Follow the steps below to configure the saned service in Ubuntu.… Read More »
This is a step-by-step guide for replacing Lollipop 5.1.1 with Cyanogenmod and XPrivacy on a stock Nexus 5. Do you want to learn more about your phone and control access to your personal data? Those are a couple of reasons to wipe the stock Android operating system and replace it with Cyanogenmod and XPrivacy. Both… Read More »
A wise agent once said, “Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.” In recent centuries, humanity has spread like a virus, consuming vast quantities of forest, fresh water, topsoil, minerals and petroleum. The Earth has activated her immune system and is attempting to rid herself of humanity with high fever (global warming,… Read More »
This post is a supplement to the main article, Speed Up Your Computer. Over time your computer has probably become loaded with programs that you don’t use, some of which launch unnecessarily every time you boot your computer. It takes time for the computer to load these programs into memory, plus they clutter your system… Read More »
I was recently helping a friend who was unable to view YouTube videos in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP. Whenever she tried to view a YouTube video the following error message would appear: You either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe’s Flash Player She had already re-installed Adobe Flash player… Read More »
In this post I will explain some basic and advanced methods of removing malware from a Windows based PC. Sometimes malware can be removed easily by simply scanning your computer with a malware detection program and removing any infected items it finds. However, sometimes malware cannot be fully removed by simply scanning with your average… Read More »
Most people are aware that opening an email attachment from someone they don’t know can cause their computer to be infected by a virus. However, many people are unaware of the new methods malware writers are using to infect unsuspecting computer users with malicious software. Although virus writers still use email spam to infect PCs,… Read More »