I was reading Is surge protection actually needed? and well I’d like to know why brownouts are so harmful. The explanation gave there is “the capacitors get above their rated voltage” But … Power supply – Why are brownouts so harmful?Read more
Power Supply Capacity Formula
Given that I am building a home computer from scratch and I have several components (MB, CPU, HDD, Video, Sound, etc) which have specific power requirements, is there a formula for me … Power Supply Capacity FormulaRead more
Powershell – How do I get get-childitem to filter on multiple file types?
I’m trying to get a list of all the XSL and XSLT files in a directory. dir -recurse -filter *.xsl,*.xslt -name But the following error: Get-ChildItem : Cannot convert ‘System.Object[]’ to … Powershell – How do I get get-childitem to filter on multiple file types?Read more
Powershell – Update-help fails to update two modules
On my computer (Win10 Enterprise x64, 1709) running Update-Help returns two errors: update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) ‘AutoSequencer, HostNetworkingService, WindowsUpdateProvider’ with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Unable to … Powershell – Update-help fails to update two modulesRead more
Prevent Windows 10 from installing/updating a specific driver?
It seems that the recent Synaptics driver update for Synaptics SMBus TouchPad on Windows 10 (build 100049) somehow doesn’t see my middle-button. Uninstalling, and installing an older driver for Windows 8.1 from … Prevent Windows 10 from installing/updating a specific driver?Read more
Prevent Windows 10 installer from using the preinstalled serial key without disabling UEFI
My laptop (a Lenovo Flex 2 15) came preinstalled with Windows 8 Standard (with the serial key preinstalled into the BIOS), and I’ve since installed an SSD (a Samsung Evo 840 120GB) … Prevent Windows 10 installer from using the preinstalled serial key without disabling UEFIRead more
Prevent Windows 7 from installing a “critical” updates that crashes the system
I am running Windows 7 home premium. Up until yesterday, everything was going just beautifully, until I received a “critical update”. As soon as the critical update was installed, the system became … Prevent Windows 7 from installing a “critical” updates that crashes the systemRead more
Print to pdf – Creating PDF Documents
When creating PDF documents a friend of mine told me that doing a “Save As” is generally a better way to create a PDF doc, the way that I generally created them … Print to pdf – Creating PDF DocumentsRead more
Printing – How to get WYSIWYP (print what you see) in a web browser?
When I print a web page from my browser, I expect to get on paper exactly the content I’m seeing in the browser.To be precise: I expect the browser to render the … Printing – How to get WYSIWYP (print what you see) in a web browser?Read more
Printing from Windows 7 command line
I’m looking to automate some printing in Windows 7. Ideally from command line. Just as if I would’ve right-clicked and selected “Print”. Tried the command: C:>print /D:”CutePDF Writer” test.txt That printer is … Printing from Windows 7 command lineRead more
