Author Archives: J.D. H.

Remove small scratches & goop from iPhones/iPad [SOLVED]

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Q. Any tips for removing scratches from my iPhone and iPad? I want to sell them on eBay and right now they are pretty scuffed up 🙁 -Stephanie A. If you ever need to quickly remove scratches or glue from a metal/aluminum clad device (like an iPhone, iPad, or other tablets/phones) you may want to try this simple tip: find a mild toothpaste (one that has a bit of grit to provide some abrasiveness) put a small dab on your finger (you may want to apply

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Wifi bridge from old house to new house

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Recently I setup a wifi bridge between our old house and our new house. This setup is surprisingly difficult since there is considerable foliage in between the two houses. Also, once the signal gets to the new house I wanted to rebroadcast it so we had nice full home coverage. Thankfully, TP-Link has some very nice (and inexpensive) wireless access point/bridges available. Two of them made quick work of the problem and now we are enjoying our old internet at

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Flush DNS cache in Windows 10 [solved]

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Windows 10 is a wonderful OS, right up there with Windows 7 and one of my favorites. Thankfully, most of the classic commands still work on Windows 10 too 🙂 Here are the steps for flushing the Windows DNS cache in Windows 10: #1 Open Command Prompt (Administrator account is not required) #2 Type: ipconfig /flushdns #3 Press Enter Voila, your DNS cache should be flushed! Now you can get a fresh resolution of IPs for any domain names you

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Fix Brightness Adjustment Dell Laptop Windows 10 [SOLVED]

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Recently I upgraded three different Dell laptops to Windows 10. The first was a Dell Inspiron 11 2-in-1, the 2nd was a Dell Latitude E5450, and the 3rd was a Dell XPS 13 (2015 Infinity Display). While I love Windows 10 so far, there is one major annoyance: brightness adjustment no longer works! i.e. when you press Function Key + Brightness Up/Down, the onscreen brightness meter pops up but the actual brightness adjustment does not work 🙁 Thankfully, after some

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Windows 8.1 disable web search

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I like the Windows 8 search feature as it allows you to quickly find settings, programs and other items with a quick text search. However, I do not like the new Window 8.1 Bing web searches that get integrated into the search pane 🙁 The web searches: -make the entire process seem slower and less responsive -raise privacy issues, as your searches (which may be intended to be local and private) are sent to MS -make the results more confusing

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Exede data plan changes, terms

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Any Classic Exede Plan or Recovery Act Plan to any Evolution Plan Under the Evolution service plan, accessing web pages and email will generally not count toward your monthly data allowance. However, all other internet usage will count toward your monthly data allowance, including video embedded in web pages or email, streaming video or audio media and sending or receiving emails with attachments greater than 25MB. Any Classic Exede Plan, Recovery Act Plan or an Essential 10 Plan to any

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Olympus 75mm lens

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Item specifics Condition: Used : Brand: Olympus Model: Digital ED Focus Type: Auto Camera Technology: Digital Camera Type: Digital SLR Maximum Aperture: F/1.0, F/1.8 Focal Length: 75mm Series: Micro Four Thirds Focal Length Type: Fixed/Prime Bundled Items: Case Type: Telephoto, Telephoto Zoom, Portrait Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan Compatible Brand: For Four Thirds UPC: 050332185807   Detailed item info Product Information Any photo enthusiast interested or specialised in taking portraits and indoor shots will certainly reap the benefits of this high-performance

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Dell Latitude E6430 Laptop i7-3520M 512GB SSD 1GB NVIDIA 5200M 8GB 9 CELL WIN7

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Here I list items that I purchased and then sold at a later date. Simple enough huh? Here we go… Dell Latitude E6430 Laptop   This was a backup laptop and I I have not been using it anymore due to switching to a desktop for work. So I am looking for a good new home for this laptop. From a display and performance standpoint I found it to be an excellent laptop. It does have a crack in the

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