Oshanz PC Survival Guide

Can't uninstall xbox on windows 10 (solved)

2018-06-13T10:45:00.001-07:00

1. right click Start & click Windows Power Shell (admin)
2. copy & paste: Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxApp | Remove-AppxPackage
3. press Enter
4. wait till it finishes :)

Disable Xbox Game Monitoring (Solved)

2018-06-12T23:45:00.003-07:00

1. search regedit
2. expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Services / xbgm
3. Right click on Start
4. Modify change from 3 to 4
5. Click ok

Disable Microsoft telemetry and get your privacy back (Solved)

2018-06-12T23:25:00.005-07:00

Group Policy Settings

1. serach gpedit

2. expand Windows Components / Data Collection and Preview Builds /

3. Right click on Allow Telemtry

4. click edit

5. check Disabled

Services Settings

6. Search services

7. find Connected User Experiences and Telemetry

8. Right click Properties

9. Disabled

"rendering device has been lost, application is now closing" error while playing Overwatch (Solved)

2018-06-03T14:47:00.003-07:00

This basically is caused by corrupted system files in windows 10. So try System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files. Full instruction from Microsoft

1. right click Start & click Windows Power Shell (admin)
2. copy & paste: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth (Let it run)3. copy & paste: sfc /scannow (Let it run)

After the process is finished, you may receive one of the following messages:

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

This means that you do not have any missing or corrupted system files.

Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

To resolve this problem, perform the System File Checker scan in safe mode, and make sure that the PendingDeletes and PendingRenames folders exist under %WinDir%\WinSxS\Temp.

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.

To view the detail information about the system file scan and restoration, go to How to view details of the System File Checker process.

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.

Printer offline in Windows 10 (Solved)

2018-03-23T12:20:00.001-07:00

1. Search for services

2. double click on Print Spooler
3. Select Automatic for Startup type, then click Stop and then Start to *refresh* connection with the printers
The printer should be back up by now. If it is still not, turn off the printer for 10 seconds and turn it back on.

Slow windows 10 and High CPU usage (Solved)

2017-12-18T10:58:00.002-08:00

Windows 10 Computer is slowing down with 100% CPU usage?
There is a high chance that Windows update is hogging your system resources because of corrupted installation files.

Check in Task Manager:
1. Right click Start & click Windows Power Shell (admin)
2. Under Processes, click and sort by CPU to to find the resource hogging services/apps
3. If Windows Modules Installer or Windows Modules Installer Worker is one of them, apply the following fix

To REALLY fix it, go to Control Panel:
1. Search for control panel
2. View by: select Small Icons (on the top right)
3. Click Troubleshooting
4. Click Fix problems with Windows Update
5. Click Advanced and make sure Apply repairs automatically is checked
6. Click Try Troubleshooting as an Administrator (if shows up)
Repeat above steps until there is no more repairs availalbe

Run DISM and SFC

1. Right click Start & click Windows Power Shell (admin)

2.typ DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

3. type sfc /scannow
4. if corrupted files cannot be repaired, type

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt"

zero out translation and rotation mel

2014-09-15T10:17:00.001-07:00

rotate -os 0 0 0;
move -os 0 0 0 ;

tip: I hot key it to "0" key so that when i select an object, I can just hit 0 to zero out everything

Useful programs for animators

2014-09-15T10:14:00.004-07:00

Kinovea

video player for studying poses
http://www.kinovea.org/

File Box extender

pin windows on top
http://www.hyperionics.com/files/

Key frame MP player

media player with scrubbing, stepping, maya sycing

http://zurbrigg.com/keyframe-mp

get rid of annoying rings when clicking with wacom tablet

2013-04-03T17:02:00.003-07:00

There are two type of circles that come up under your cursor when you click with tablet pen in windows. Here is how to remove them:

Ring 1: show when users left click

1. Run... gpedit.msc (only for windows pro)
2. User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Tablet PC - Cursors
3. Enable Turn off pen feedback

or just http://goo.gl/kgZHv and run the files for automatic adjustments

Ring 2: show when users "hold" click

1. Windows key
2. search for "Pen and Touch"

2. Under Pen Options - Double click on '' Press and Hold ''

3. Uncheck '' Enable press and hold for right-clicking '

Change from Hover click to Click & Tap

Also to avoid miss clicks go to

1. Wacom settings / Advanced

2. change from Hover to Click & Tap

select objects in current select anim Layer (HotKey)

2013-04-03T14:48:00.000-07:00

string $item;
for ($item in `ls -type "animLayer"`){

if (`animLayer -q -selected $item`){

string $layers[] = {$item};

layerEditorSelectObjectAnimLayer($layers);

}

tearOff shotCam mel

2013-03-27T16:30:00.000-07:00

string $myPanel = `getPanel -wf`;

if(`getPanel -to $myPanel` == "modelPanel")
{
lookThroughModelPanel primary_camera_rig:camera $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -nurbsCurves false $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -displayAppearance "smoothShaded" -displayTextures off $myPanel;

tearOffCopyItemCmd modelPanel $myPanel;

lookThroughModelPanel persp $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -nurbsCurves true $myPanel;

};

note: replace primary_camera_rig:camera with name of shotcam

this script does the following:
-looks through the shotcam, turns off the nurb curves, tears off the shot cam, looks through perspective cam again

show only curves + poly mel

2013-03-27T15:19:00.003-07:00

string $myPanel = `getPanel -wf`;

if(`getPanel -to $myPanel` == "modelPanel") {

setNamedPanelLayout "Single Perspective View";

lookThroughModelPanel persp $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -allObjects 0 $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -nurbsCurves true $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -polymeshes true $myPanel;

modelEditor -e -displayAppearance "smoothShaded" -displayTextures off $myPanel;

setWireframeOnShadedOption 0 $myPanel;

setObjectPickMask "All" 0;

setObjectPickMask "Curve" true;

};

This script does the following:

-hides all objects, show nurb curves, show poly meshes, turn off wired on shaded, go to smooth shaded mode, make only curves selectable

curve visibility toggle mel

2013-03-27T15:06:00.004-07:00

string $myPanel = `getPanel -wf`;

if(`getPanel -to $myPanel` == "modelPanel") {
if(`modelEditor -q -nurbsCurves $myPanel` == 0) {
modelEditor -e -nurbsCurves 1 $myPanel;
}
else {

modelEditor -e -nurbsCurves 0 $myPanel;
}
}

increase shelf height mel script

2012-08-08T19:14:00.002-07:00

int $shelfHeight = `layout -q -height ShelfLayout`;
int $doubleShelf = $shelfHeight + 20;

if ($shelfHeight < 150)
{
layout -e -height $doubleShelf ShelfLayout;
}
else
{
layout -e -height 40 ShelfLayout;
}

animation audio clips

2012-05-06T18:03:00.000-07:00

www.dailywav.com
www.moviewavs.com
www.radiolovers.com
www.moviesounds.com
www.moviesoundclips.net
www.wavcentral.com/movies.htm

Reel prep

2011-09-22T19:03:00.001-07:00

five stages of grief

denial
anger
bargaining
depression
realization

demo reels
- show weight
- simple 2 dialog
- single person dialog
- strong one person expression

stern > relaxed

Mel command list selected and shelf slected

2011-06-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

ls -sl

select -r (copy and paste listed result here)

Helpful Animation tutorials

2011-05-15T00:23:00.000-07:00

Animating Cartoon Characters in Maya
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?cid=40&pid=3485

Animation Tips and Tricks in Maya
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=173

Random rock generator in maya

2010-03-22T20:01:00.000-07:00

1. go to Creative crash website

2.download script named: 'RockGen'

3.put in maya folder or load MEL script

4.in maya MEL type rockGen to bring up window

5.Highlight the text "rockGen" & press enter

6.or middle mouse drag to self

Mac is getting slow? Make it run fast again!

2009-07-30T17:29:00.000-07:00

My Mac Book Pro is running OS X, and it has been getting slower everyday. I had been ignoring it - until now - because it's gotten so @#$%ing slow it's pissing me off. I shouldn't have to spend a dime to fix this. so you got the same speed problem? and you are cheap like me? You've come to the right place.

You're probably also like me. You turn off your Mac every night before off to sleep - and this is the problem. Let me explain why:

Mac is designed to run periodic maintenance tasks to get rid of unused logs and cache files. It also backs up some UNIX files. However, these maintenance tasks were programmed to run at night, at 3, 4, or 5 AM, depending on what they do. That is, unless your computer is turned off or asleep.

Manually run maintenance:
1. Open your Terminal ( Go/Utilities/Terminal )
2. Type :
sudo periodic daily ---- This runs maintenance task that is scheduled daily
sudo periodic weekly ---- This runs maintenance task that is scheduled weekly
sudo periodic monthly ---- This runs maintenance task that is scheduled monthly
enter your admin password when asked, and wait patiently until it's finished.

bam! your Mac is just as fast as when you first got it! :D If you want additional optimization, check out below for a couple more free tips to speed up your mac!

Repair permissions:
Try repairing permissions with disk repair. What does it do? Basically, Macs assign permissions to applications and folders. If these permissions get messed up, your applications may run sluggishly or not even open. Just run it from time to time, you'll be glad that you did.

1. Open Dis Utility (Go/Utilities/DiskUtility)
2. Click on the drive you wish to repair permissions on
3. Click the First Aid Tab
4. Click the Repair Disk Permissions button

Clean up your startup:

Maybe there are too many programs running when you start up the computer.

1. Open System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items tab.

2. If you see an app there that you don't need and use, select it and click the minus (-) sign.