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If MS Word is slow when you type, can you fix the lag?

If you work on a large document (I am on a 14 MB document, 400 pages, 98000 words) you may find yourself struggling to just type! I’ve searched for a solution only to find out that I should disable hardware acceleration and the actual display of pictures! No joy! I guess those things might have […]

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If your Word TOC broke and you receive the message Error! Bookmark not defined

You may change a heading in your Word document, to find out that your Table of Contents broke and instead of showing the page number for the new heading it gives you an error message, that the bookmark is not defined. If you right click your TOC you are not given the option of updating […]

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Fix Thunderbird washed out colors of pasted images

If I insert an image in a Thunderbird eMail message, even selecting it in Windows Explorer, everything is fine with image colors. However, If I have an image open in some photo editor, then select it (Ctrl+a) and paste it in a message, its colors are washed out (muted). The same happens if I take […]

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If you uninstalled USB hubs and cannot use keyboard and mouse

I am surprised how irresponsible some sites can be, suggesting a fresh install of USB drivers after uninstalling the current ones! If you uninstall your USB hubs, you won’t be able to use your mouse and keyboard — and especially your keyboard is necessary to login (write your pin or password) and install new drivers […]

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Limit the bandwidth of Chrome or of any program efficiently

Several scenarios are possible when you need to work on line. You may download something with a torrent client, while you visit some pages with a browser, or you may download several files using several programs, etc. Unfortunately Windows won’t let you distribute bandwidth between your programs the way you need. Here is how you […]

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Teach Thunderbird how to recognize and delete Spam mail

Thunderbird is a powerful eMail program, which means that we don’t know all of its functions, even some that we all need to use. When you receive in your Inbox spam mail that Thunderbird’s filters did not recognize, do not just delete it, but mark it as “Junk”, clicking the relevant icon in the toolbar […]

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Search Regex WordPress plugin Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method base_url

Search Regex is one of the most useful WordPress plugins, but unfortunately its development stopped. I’ve searched and searched for an alternative, but everything I tried is inferior. Now Search Regex gives this “Uncaught Error”, making WordPress send you eMail messages to terrify you that perhaps your site is destroyed! The error regards the 26th […]

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Fix winamp caused an Access Violation (0xc0000005) error

This Winamp error usually comes from a plugin and regards a DLL file such as gen_undo.dll, etc. A common cause to an error like this is if Winamp doesn’t have permission to write to its folders. Make Winamp folders writable, including folders located in your user account /Roaming/Winamp. To identify the plugin that causes this […]

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Fix a slow File menu in Microsoft Word or other Office apps

I was so disappointed with Word being so slow when I needed to open the File menu, usually to reopen some recently used file or change some options. Before you try any settings below just think: is your document too large and complex? In this case note that Word may need some time to update […]

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If Thunderbird refuses to open web links in Chrome, doing nothing at all

Suddenly Thunderbird decided to stop opening web links, both http and https in Chrome, which is my default browser. I’m not surprised by problems like this. Installations, updates, modifications, create problems sometimes. The interesting thing is that the solutions proposed on line did not work, not one of them. I was advised to use the […]

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