Quick Solutions for Big Problems

Fix keyboard with ghosting problems

2020-08-05T15:36:00.003-07:00

So your kid just complained that their keyboard has stopped working and that he's not able to press multiple keys at the same time. Or that his keyboard is ghosting.

The most common solutions for this is cleaning your keyboard. Most likely, something like dirt, food, or other yuckiness that populates kid's hands just got inside the keys and is making some of the keys in your keyboard stick.

The first step would be to clean the surface of your keyboard with a damp cloth as suggested here.
You can also use a handheld vacuum cleaner and vacuum the keyboard. This will help remove any debris from inside the keys.
You can also buy a compressed air can and blow the dust or other small particles that may have gotten in-between the keys.

Falcon Dust, Off Compressed Gas (152a) Disposable Cleaning Duster, 1, Count, 3.5 oz Can (DPSJB),Black
by Amazon.com
Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AE67M/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_InZkFb4R550B1

If all this fails, maybe is time to buy a new keyboard.

How to Enable T-Mobile's wifi calling on the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (unlocked version) SM-G935U

2018-01-27T20:23:00.003-08:00

Ok, you have purchased the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge unlocked directly from Samsung to avoid being tied to any carrier and you are trying to enjoy all the features of the network including "wifi calling".

You tried to find the feature in the phone but it was nowhere to be found.

After many searches on Google,I found out how to enable this:

Go to the phone app
Click on the three little dots next to the search bar on the top left hand side of the screen to go to phone settings.
Click on settings.
Scroll down in the settings and click on wi-fi calling.
Select "Wi-Fi Preferred".

This should activate wi-fi calling in your phone!

For other interesting settings you can visit this support page at T-Mobile:

https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-28006#steps7

Surface pro 2 docking station network / ethernet adapter is not working (how to fix it)

2015-03-07T12:04:00.003-08:00

Being the proud owner of a Surface pro 2 and it's corresponding docking station I came across the issue where the Ethernet / network adapter was not being detected.

I tried docking and undocking several times to see if this fixed the issue without success.

What worked for me was unplugging the power cord from my docking station while the Surface was still docked and then plugging it back after 10 - 20 seconds.

My network adapter was visible again and the Surface connected to the wired network without issues.

For other troubleshooting of the docking station, you can check this Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/hardware-and-drivers/troubleshoot-docking-station

Hope this helps!

Cannot find disk drive in Windows XP

2009-11-05T11:28:00.000-08:00

A few things may have gone wrong if you cannot find one or your disk drives in My Computer. But let's assume you have already verified that the drive is present in your hardware configuration. If this is the case, the most likely explanation to the disappearance of your drive is that it is not properly formatted and it is not recognized by Windows.

Here is the solution from Microsoft:

Use Logical Disk Manager to make changes to logical drives when you have logical drives using both NTFS and the FAT file system. Fdisk is not supported for use in this configuration.

To open Disk Manager, perform the following steps:

Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.

In the Computer Management MMC window, click Disk Management in the tree under Storage.

The Logical Disk Manager will display, showing all available disks and their partition information.

Select the drive that is not partition by right clicking on the icon (usually it will be labelled disk1 since disk 0 is your primary disk)

You can now delete the current partition, create a partition and format the drive. Once you format it you will be able to use it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310359/

Installation of USB devices fails in Windows XP

2009-11-03T23:44:00.000-08:00

I was setting up an XP dell desktop today and noticed that the USB keyboard and mouse were not working. Even after I installed the drivers and updated the OS to service pack three nothing would work. I was getting the same message: new device found, but no matter what route I took (pointing to the drivers or letting the OS find them) it would end up being unable to install the drivers.

I found this solution on the internet after many searches so I am posting it here:

First you need another computer with windows xp.

Copy the contents of the folder c:\windows\inf\ to the faulty computer. This folder is hidden so you need to change the folder options to allow the system to show hidden files.

To copy the inf directory you can create a cd or dvd with the content of this folder.

Start the faulty computer in safe mode. Remember that to do this you need to press F8 as you are booting the computer and select the option to start in safe mode.

Copy folder inf from the CD or from the good xp machine over the network to the faulty one.

Restart the computer.

This worked like a charm for me.

After upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 you get the error: An unhandled win32 exception occurred in iexplore [4992]

2009-07-05T23:46:00.000-07:00

I recently updated my Internet Explorer to Internet Explorer 8. Once I completed the upgrade it complained the some of my programs installed didn't work well with IE8. One of these, was Skype.
The solution to this problem was to update to the latest version of Skype. However when I completed the update of Skype I always got the same error while openning IE:

An unhandled win32 exception occurred in iexplorer [4992]

If you are getting the same error try uninstalling the web features of Skype.

Go to Control Panel
Then go to Programs and features
Find Skype we features and uninstall it.

This should make your problem go away.

Can't remember password for the XBox parental control?

2009-04-24T20:32:00.000-07:00

Here is the solution:

Since there could be instances where you entered in a parental code months ago, and now can't remember it or, you may have purchased a used XBOX, and you never knew the code to begin with here is how you can reset the parental controls lock:

From the XBOX dashboard screen, go to settings and then parental control.
When prompted for the password, perform the following sequence using the XBOX controller: X, Y, Left Trigger, X.
Enter in a new password, or disable parental control entirely.
The level adjustment under Parental Control dictates the strictness of the player. The system will playback games and movies rated at the level of the slider and below.

Leapster2 touchscreen doesn't work

2009-01-24T16:56:00.000-08:00

It took me a while to find in the web why the touchscreen of my son's Leapster2 had stopped working So I am posting the solution I found on the LeapFrog site. It works like a charm:

Question:
Why doesn't my Leapster2 respond to the stylus pen?

Answer
If your Leapster2 does not respond to the stylus pen, it needs to be calibrated. Calibrating the Leapster2 is easy:

1) Ensure that a cartridge is not inserted
2) Hold down the Hint button while turning the unit on
3) When the LEAPSTER menu screen appears, press the A button
4) Touch each of the crosshairs that appear with the stylus
5) Restart unit

http://leapfrog.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/leapfrog.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1736&p_created=1221582020

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