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Do you face an annoying situation that Windows File Explorer will auto-open everytime after you login from startup?Recently, this issue happened in both my desktop and my laptop.I managed to fix it with the following registry change:1. Open RegEdit2. Go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon3. Look for a key called Shell4. If its content is more

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Over the past 2 years, Lexar has emerged as a brand known to produce good performance and yet very cost-effective solid-state drives (SSD).Lexar started as a manufacturer producing SD cards, CompactFlash cards and thumb drives, spun off from Cirrus Logic in the mid-1990s.Later, it was acquired by Micron in the mid-2000s. In mid-2010s, it was again acquired by China Shenzhen based company Longsys

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Different regions of the world could be using different measurement units to express how big/small is a property or land area.When you book a 12 tsubos hotel suite, are you able to imagine how roughly big is it?When you rent a 6 tatamis unit for short stay, do you have any idea how big is the unit?When you buy a 1,200 square feet apartment unit, do you know how many square meters is that?Their

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A few months back, when I upgraded my CyberPower UT800EG UPS with APC BV1000I-MSX 1kVA/600W Easy UPS for power protection to my desktop PC and network equipment, I've relocated the old CyberPower UT800EG UPS to my living room to provide power protection for my TV, IPTV box and cordless phone.Later, I decided to retire the old UPS and to protect my TV, IPTV box and cordless phone with a

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Electric vehicle (EV) has been steadily trending in the automotive talk-about nowadays.The key selling points of EV cars being:Environmental friendlyFuel cost savingNo need to periodically change engine oilWhile the "environmental friendly" argument is widely debatable, as the generation of electricity at power plant, and the production as well as the disposal of rechargeable batteries, might not

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Today, my laptop suddenly experienced the Windows Explorer not responding issue.The symptoms were like this:When you double-click on a document, for example a PDF file or an Excel file, by right, the file should be opened by its associated application. Now, it hangs when the application trying to load up. The rest of the Windows and running applications will still function well, only the

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After a long waiting, the Malaysia National Higher Education Fund (Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional, PTPTN) has finally announced the dividend for year 2022 for the education savings schemes SSPN (Skim Simpanan Pendidikan Nasional, consists of Simpan SSPN Prime which formerly known as SSPN-i, and Simpan SSPN Plus which formerly known as SSPN-i Plus) on 5 April 2023.The 2022 SSPN

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My CyberPower UT800EG 800VA/400W UPS has been serving me well for more than 3 years, and it is still functioning well.It has never failed to protect my Dell XPS 8930 desktop, my Asus RT-AX86U router and Unifi BTU from sudden blackouts and also voltage spikes during thunderstorms.Anyhow, I anticipate its internal battery, which is not user serviceable, has already reached more than half

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During the recent Chinese New Year online promotion period, I discovered that the Honor MagicBook 16 laptop has its selling price dropped to RM29xx. (This promotion is still available in some of the online shops, including the Honor official website, now at a slightly higher price of RM2999 and lesser free gift, until the end of February 2023)I remember when it first launched last year, its

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Most Google users (including all Android phone users) started up with the free Google personal account.The free Google personal account comes with 15GB of cloud storage shared among various Google services including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, Android backup, etc. Certain 3rd party applications such as WhatsApp also make use of Google cloud storage to host your account backup data with

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I have just retired all the old Panasonic non-inverter air-cons in my house, which had served my family for more than 16 years, to the current generation of Panasonic inverter R32 aircons powered by nanoe X technology.Now, I can feel the advantages of using inverter aircon compared with the traditional non-inverter type, which are comfort and cost saving.The inverter type of aircon can precisely

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It always has been a frequently asked question for most of us to find out the optimal temperature to set for our air-conditioner, particularly the inverter type which is good in maintaining the room temperature at the degree we want, to strike a balance between cost & energy saving and our comfort level.According to Panasonic, the industry leader in aircond manufacturing, the best aircond

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Earlier on, all Malaysian citizens who are eligible to vote in the General Election (all citizens of age 18 years old and above should be automatically registered in the current system) can check for their election voter registration status online in MySPRSemark which is available in the form of:WebsiteAndroid appApple iOS appNow, additional information is already available in the same MySPRSemak

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If you want to have a common charger for multiple devices that charge using USB cable, and better still, to be able to charge multiple devices at the same time, then you can look for a multiport charger such as this UGREEN CD226.The UGREEN CD226 is a 4-ports charger that supports fast charging (or quick charging / super charging) of various protocols including PD3.0, PD2.0, PPS, QC4+, QC3.0,

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If you need to generate a QR code, for whatever reason, what tools do you normally use?I have been using QRCode Monkey for quite some times, and I find this free online QR-code generating website is still among the best, as it is free of charge and feature-rich.It allows you to generate QR codes of your own style and design. Your design can be colourful too.Your QR code can be of high resolution

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Typically, there are 2 types of loans. One is fixed interest rate type, and another is variable interest rate type.Some examples of fixed interest rate loan are: car loan, personal loan, credit card loan, study loan, business loan, etc.Since the interest rate is fixed throughout the loan tenure, you can calculate its total interest using the simple interest formula of P x R% x T. The total loan

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Kenanga Digital Investing (KDI) has been around for a few months since early 2022, and I have just joint on the bandwagon last week.KDI is a robo-advisory investment platform under Kenanga Investment Bank. It can be accessed either using web browser to its website, or via its mobile app available for Android and iOS.FYI, this is the same Kenanga Investment Bank which has another popular

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FYI, there is an online e-learning portal called e-LATiH by HRD Corp (formerly known as HRDF, under MOHR), which you can freely register for an account to enroll for a selection of 1000++ free online courses.The URL of e-LATiH is: https://elatih.hrdcorp.gov.my/This online e-learning portal is open to Malaysian and also non-Malaysian. Basically, everyone are free to use it without much

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Handphone is a necessity nowadays.Every now and then, new models of handphone are being introduced into the market, with price tag ranging from a few hundred ringgit to a few thousand ringgit.From the perspective of personal finance management, one simple formula to evaluate your affordability for new handphone is that: the handphone price should not exceed your one week worth of net income for

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Recently, we talked about which models of car can you afford with your monthly fixed income?Now, let's apply the same method to find out how much housing loan can you afford with your monthly fixed income, for your own residence (not for investment purpose)?Certain residence types, such as single-storey linked house, double-storey linked house, town house, semi-D, bungalow, etc. do not need

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Have you ever made a simple evaluation on which models of car can you afford with your monthly fixed income?Or, in other words, if you already have a car model that you want to buy, how much salary do you need to earn so that you can pay for its monthly loan instalment without too much financial stress?I recently shared a simple evaluation result in the Little Red Book (a.k.a. Xiao Hong Shu) and

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Timer switch plug is a kind of gadget that can easily convert a normal wall socket into programmable timer socket. I have been using it for quite a long time, from one generation to another.Some scenarios of using timer switch plug include:To supply electric power to TV and audio-visual devices in the morning, so that they are well standby to be turned on instantly, and to cut off the power

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Recently, I purchased a new Asus RT-AX86U router to replace my 4-years-old Asus RT-AC86U router. The main reason being I want to take advantage of the RT-AX86U's WiFi AX (a.k.a. WiFi 6) capability for some of the newer devices in my household.What should I do with my old Asus RT-AC86U router after I have successfully replaced it? Well, I converted it into an AiMesh node to form a stronger,

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Unlike the Jobstreet salary report 2022 (Malaysia Edition & Singapore Edition), which provides the insight of the current median salary figure in various popular industries, and also from the perspective of career specialization, the PERSOL Salary & Employment Outlook 2021/2022 (Malaysia edition & Singapore edition) provides a similar salary market value insight from a different

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Recently, Jobstreet has just released their salary report of Malaysia’s job landscape, and also of Singapore's, respectively. The reports aimed to provide insight of the current post-pendemic regional job market, as a reference guide for the hiring managers, HR, job seekers. as well as students planning for their tertiary education field of studies.The information and statistics in the

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