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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
As one of the many IT professionals, do you feel that you are not that aware of your value in the market and do not know how to sell yourself? Are you just don't like doing sales?It is especially difficult for those who were last interviewed quite a long time ago. Since then, the rules of the game in the...
This is a frequently asked question (FAQ) that many people using Microsoft Outlook as their email client found their meeting invitations automatically deleted and moved from Inbox to Deleted Items folder once they've clicked on the button to accept or decline the meeting invitation.The accepted meetings...
Finally, I have retired my 4 years old Neato XV-11 robotic vacuum cleaner and replaced it with a new Roborock S7 which has both vacuum and mop function. The Roborock S7 is currently selling at the price of RM2xxx. You should be able to get it at a lower price of RM2,099 during certain online promotion...
While coding an application with MySQL as database, you might come into this situation:You want to insert a new record into a table, if and only if there is no existing record in the table with certain matching fields.The matching field(s) need not has a unique constrain in your table structure design.Your...
Recently, my Samsung Galaxy Tab A 6 tablet suddenly hit the infamous "Google Play services keeps stopping" problem.The following window will pop up almost every few seconds, even after you have chosen to close app or send feedback.Clearing cache of Google Play services did not solve the problem.The Google...
If you are using a laptop with limited number of USB ports, and/or without a built-in RJ45 ethernet LAN port, this Vention 3-port USB 3.0 hub with RJ45 gigabit ethernet LAN adapter could be a handy and useful companion for your laptop.At the price of around RM50, this small gadget is able to extend one of...
If you are using Microsoft Outlook as your email client, and facing the problem of unable to open any URL link in your emails, this could be a workable solution for you.The symptom: whenever you click on a link in your email, expecting your web browser to open the link, or in the case of a mailto email...
If you are using an iPhone or Android phone, and you want to duplicate and show your handphone's screen on your computer monitor, laptop screen, or even smart TV screen, together with audio forwarding, you can easily do that with a free software called LetsView.The beauty of LetsView is that it can also do...
DouYin (斗音) is a short-video sharing social media introduced by ByteDance in China in 2016. In mid-2017, ByteDance launched DouYin's international counterparts called TikTok.Although both DouYin and TikTok are sharing the same app icon that looks like below, they are in fact completely separate app,...
I used to make use of a freeware called MozBackup to backup my user profile in Firefox and Thunderbird. The backup file can then be copied and restored in another computer, which is an easy and perfect migration, especially to all my emails stored in my Thunderbird profile.Unfortunately, MozBackup has no...
