Below is everything (newest at top) with "life OR health OR environment OR computers" in its title or subcategories. For a strict listing (matching all categories and subcats), click hereONLINE LINUX DISTRO TESTERfrom 2026 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
Very cool way of getting to know what any particular Linux distro (distribution) looks and feels like... without installing anything. 'Test drive Linux distros online!' Go to https://distrosea.com/. ... read more THE GREATEST NAMES OF MODERN-DAY PERSONAL TECHfrom 2025 in ( culture / tech / computers )
Bill: Seems like whenever people mention the 'greatest' names of modern-day personal tech, they mention Steve Jobs (not Wozniack), Bill Gates (not Paul Allen), maybe Hewlett, Packard and Linus Torvalds, etc. No one mentions the founders of Word Perfect and Novell (once separate, then combined, then separate again). And I'd say the Word ... read more THE NEW CORE SUBJECT: TEACHING DIGITAL LITERACY IN TODAY'S SCHOOLSfrom 2025 in ( education / tech / computers )
In an age where students learn, communicate, and create through screens, developing digital literacy has become as foundational as reading and writing. Schools across the world are redesigning curricula to help middle and high school students navigate the online world safely, think critically about what they encounter, and communicate responsibly i... read more USEFUL ONLINE IMAGE IDENTIFIERfrom 2025 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
'Search across 146 billion images instantly with our advanced image recognition technology.' Go here: PicDetective.com... read more WORDPAD IS STILL AN OPTIONfrom 2025 in ( education / tech / computers / software )WordPad from Windows 10 can often be copied to Windows 11 and still run, even though Microsoft officially deprecated and removed it in newer builds. What usually works: Copy these files from a Windows 10 machine: C:Program FilesWindows NTAccessorieswordpad.exe C:Program FilesWindows NTAccessoriesen-USwordpad.exe.mui (or your language folder) Pa... read more A BRIEF HISTORY OF LINUXfrom 2025 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
Pretty interesting. Linux: The Untold Story - 14 min https://youtu.be/obJOwEy62bk... read more QUESTIONS FOR COPILOT (AUGUST 6, 2025)from 2025 in ( education / tech / computers / windows )
QUESTION: I've got an external drive that works fine if I plug it in (mini usb) after windows 10 has started, but if I reboot with it still connected (I'm not telling windows to boot from any devices), it messes up the windows boot process. it has a recovery partition on it and bootmgr and bootmgr.efi and RP.ini files in the root of that ... read more REMOVE DUPLICATE LINESfrom 2025 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
I created this because I needed it regularly, and thought I'd share. Click here to run it, and look below to make one for yourself: Remove Duplicate Lines Remove Duplicate Lines Remove Duplicates ... read more RESTORE RIBBON VIEW TO WINDOWS 11 FILE EXPLORERfrom 2024 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
Here's the fix for this annoying issue if you've upgraded to Windows 11: Restore Ribbon View UPDATE: I have since reverted back to Windows 10. Just too many nagging annoyances about 11, mainly the delays/latency between clicking or hitting a key and its intended response. Overall, there were some improvements here and there -- making the ... read more COMPUTER PROBLEMfrom 2023 in ( education / tech / computers )Last year I got a used Dell computer and it's been fine but Friday the WIFI quit working (the rest still works fine). I tried rebooting it and shutting it down for some while to see if cooling down might help. Well, no such luck. Is there likely any hope for it? Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 12:02 AM I remember having an Apple laptop, th... read more ABBOTT AND COSTELLO BUY A COMPUTERfrom 2023 in ( culture / humor / jokes / computers )
This is an old joke, so some of the program names might not be familiar.If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their famous sketch Who's on First? might have turned out something like this:COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTTABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in ... read more SYNDICHAIN LAUNCHES FIRST VERSION OF ITS OPEN, CENSORSHIP-RESISTANT NEWS AGGREGATORfrom 2022 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
Since Syndichain is built on a public blockchain, its data is also open and public. Every post, comment, and like is stored on a distributed public ledger which can be viewed at any time via Syndichain's block viewer...... read more REMOVE ADDRESSES FROM WINDOWS 10from 2022 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
1) EXHAUSTIVELY search all your e-mail folders -- ALL OF THEM, TRASH, SPAM, INBOX, ARCHIVES, everything -- for e-mails that contain the bad address. Remember that if the bad address was one of several in a message, even if it bounced the address is still part of that message. And it might be in a reply that was sent to you.2) Delete EVERY LAST ONE ... read more HOW TO ASSOCIATE A FILE EXTENSION IN WINDOWS 10from 2022 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
QUESTION:I installed a program called Audacious which I want to be the default for .wav files. When I go in Settings and try to change it from the current default my only choice is to get a program from the Microsoft Store. When I try to do that, Audacious doesn't come up as any kind of option. How do you change default programs in Windows 10?A... read more A GUIDE TO UTF-8 ENCODING IN PHP AND MYSQLfrom 2021 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
UTF-8 is a variable-width encoding that can represent every character in the Unicode character set. It was designed for backward compatibility with ASCII and to avoid the complications of endianness and byte order marks in UTF-16 and UTF-32. UTF-8 has become the dominant character encoding for the World Wide Web, accounting for more than half of a... read more TIME TO SWITCH FROM FIREFOX TO ANOTHER BROWSERfrom 2021 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
If this is true, it looks like a good time to get rid of that pesky control freak of a browser, Mozilla Firefox in favor of the Brave, Edge, Opera, Safari or Chrome browsers. Of course, three of those browsers (Edge, Safari, Chrome) are owned by companies with a history of censorship, so.... you should probably download and use Brave, Opera and wha... read more FIX THOSE FACEBOOK-MANGLED LINKS TO YOUR SITEfrom 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
I was unaware Facebook recently added a unique click identifier to all outbound links on facebook.com. Coincidentally, one of the security measures of this server is to disallow query strings as part of the URL. Thus, any visitors coming over from Facebook were suddenly blocked and banned on sight.: How to remove Facebook's fbclid parameter us... read more ALTERNATIVES TO YOUTUBEfrom 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / movies-tv-video )
A reminder that there are alternatives to YouTube. See below: Banned · BitChute · Brand New Tube · Brighteon · Funny or Die · Item Fix · Limited State · Live Leak · London Real · Minds · Odysee · Rumble · RuTube · Steamable · SteemIt · TikTok &... read more WHAT IS THAT PORT ON MY PC?from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers )
Very helpful website with images and explanations here.A computer port is an interface or point of connection between the computer and its peripheral devices. Some common peripherals are the mouse, keyboard, monitor (display), printer, speakers, flash drive, etc.... read more REQUIRING A PASSWORD (OR NOT) IN WINDOWSfrom 2019 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
In Windows 7 (and possibly other versions), use NETPLWIZ and check (or uncheck, then recheck) the box that says something to the effect of require users to enter passwords. Make sure your own username is highlighted before you check/uncheck that box.... read more E-RECYCLING SERVICES IN NASHVILLEfrom 2018 in ( education / tech / computers / hardware )
Electronic Waste-Recyclingelectronic recycling nashville area... read more OPTING OUT OF ADSfrom 2018 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )Useful site here to opt out of various online ads: yourchoices.com. Some of the biggest name brands always seem to be conveniently unavailable.... read more RUNNING WINDOWS IN A LINUX VIRTUAL MACHINEfrom 2017 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
I'm going to try running Windows in a virtual machine after installing Linux on my PC, as per these instructions: superuser.com. It'll probably suck (because Linux sucks), but after all of NSA's Windows backdoors were published online (somewhere, look it up), I'm almost afraid to use my Windows machine. I use my iPhone and ChromeBoo... read more LINUX ON CHROMEBOOKfrom 2017 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
Installing Ubuntu Linux on my Chromebook as per these instructions: lifehacker. I hope it works! And I hope I like it. I got tired of some of the limitations of the ChromeOS. I'll still be able to toggle back and forth between the two operating systems.See also Windows in virtual machine or Turn Computer into Chrome device... read more 45 PERCENT OF AMERICAN JOBS WILL BE DONE BY COMPUTERS IN 20 YEARSfrom 2013 in ( education / tech / computers )
And then the third stage my words, not theirs will be when people realize how irritating and stupid these computers are. Consumers, otherwise known as people, will stop using services that are overly-computerized, and bosses everywhere will be forced to trash their computerized systems in favor of good new-fashioned humans. : GizmodoFor work... read more UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 7from 2013 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
Yes, I know Windows 8 is out, but I'm always a version or two behind at home. I'm upgrading my wife's computer, not my own. She got MS Office 2013 for $10 from work. Incredible deal, right?. But it requires Windows 7 or 8. So, yeah, Microsoft got us in the end, but we're still getting off cheap. My wife wanted Windows 7, anyway. She... read more PLLEEAASSEE REEAADD!!! IT WAS ON GOODMORNING AMERICA!!!from 2010 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
It's a very old hoax. Anything with a headline like Plleeaassee reeaadd! It was on Good Morning America! and mentioning Microsoft, AOL and Good Morning America in the same email almost HAS to be a hoax these days, and this one is. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:05 PM:This is probably a hoax, but just in case it's not, I'm forwarding it. Fi... read more COOL FEATURE JUST DISCOVERED ON GOOGLE TRANSLATEfrom 2010 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
I got an error in a program that was in some foreign language I didn't even recognize, let alone understand. I went to translate.Google.com and typed in one of the words and chose Detect language in the Translate from... box. It told me the word was Danish. Look here: translate.Google.com/#svenbogstaver. Amazing! I thought so, anyway. :)... read more SAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF TROUBLEfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / maintenance )
If you get a pop up on your computer saying, You're infected! Download Antivirus 2010 or something similar to fix it!, DOn't DO IT! It's a trick. As soon as you click on it, you're infected. Here's an article on the subject.... read more HOW TO MAKE OUTLOOK 2003 OPEN TO YOUR CALENDAR BY DEFAULTfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / advice )
copied from helpdesk.ilstu.edu/kb/index.phtml?kbid1326By default, when you launch Outlook it opens to your Inbox. You can create a shortcut to Outlook so it opens to your calendar instead. To force Outlook to open your calendar as your default view, do the following:1.Right-click on your desktop and select New > Shortcut.2.Provide the location ... read more TRANSFERRING ITUNES TO NEW COMPUTERfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / advice )
QUESTION: How do I transfer iTunes to my new computer?ANSWER: I have copied your iTunes from the old computer to the new. If you haven't already authorized your current computer, here's how.If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can turn on Sync Library to access your music library and music that you've downloaded from Apple Music on a... read more FAKE ANTIVIRUS MAKES UP 15 PERCENT OF ALL MALWAREfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
Google: Fake antivirus makes up 15 percent of all malware Tech News on ZDNet... read more GO GREEN & SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT WITH 4 ALL MEMORYfrom 2009 in ( education / news / tech / computers )
Welcome to 4AllMemory.com, trusted since 2001. We now have upgrades for 111,914 models (and counting). We guarantee your computer performance will be increased.Go Green & Save the Environment with 4 All Memory... read more CAN'T SEE SENT ITEMS IN OUTLOOKfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
QUESTION: I can't see any of my Sent Items in Outlook () anymoreANSWER: Try the following:Click ViewArrange ByCurrent ViewCustomize Current ViewFilter OFF... read more YES, THAT PC CLEANUP APP YOU SAW ON TV AT 3AM IS A WASTEfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / software )
Their next play is to make it seem like everything is wrong with your PC : Yes, that PC cleanup app you saw on TV at 3am is a waste.... read more MAN LOSES $20 MILLION AFTER TAKING LAPTOP FOR REPAIRfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / maintenance )
We promise to never do anything even remotely similar to this! Man loses $20 million after taking laptop for repair.... read more DOWN FOR EVERYONE, OR JUST ME?from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )I LOVE this service! : Down for everyone, or just me?... read more SET EMAIL TO FORWARD TO SOMEONE ELSEfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
QUESTION: How do I set email (Outlook 2003) to forward to someone else while I'm out?ANSWER: In Outlook, click on Tools, Out of Office AssistantClick I am currently out of the office… and type your outgoing message, if any.Click Add Rule at the bottom left.Check the Forward box and click the To button to find the new recipient in ... read more A HEADS-UP ON RANSOMWAREfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )
Still a huge problem Beware of this scam. Don't bother trying to get them to help you unlock your pc: hackers-gang-russian-bust. The fix is to download, UPDATE, and run Malwarebytes.... read more FIXING PROFILE PROBLEMS IN OUTLOOK 2003from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / advice )To recreate/fix your Outlook 2003 profile, do the following:Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, Mailclick on Show ProfilesAdd a new profilegive it any NEW name you wantclick OKAdd your same old account back as a new account, click NextAdd it as a POP3 account, click NextYou can use the same settings as your current profile is usingClick Next... read more MAILBOX OVER THE LIMITfrom 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / advice )
QUESTION: I started getting notices that my mailbox is over its limit. I have archived items over 90 days. What else can I do to stop these messages?Isn't this pretty much the same as archiving to my hard drive?I use three months. ANSWER: You can create an Outlook Personal Folder (PST file) where you can move messages to reduce the size of your... read more |
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