Author Archives: J.D. H.

Keyboard not working Windows 7 [solved]

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Q. My keyboard just stopped working and I have tried plugging in other USB keyboards to no avail 🙁 any suggestions? -Steve A. Check and see if ‘Filter Keys’ is enabled! Use your mouse to: Click the Start Button Select ‘Control Pane’ Select ‘East of Access’ Select ‘Easy of Access Center’ Select ‘Make the keyboard easier to use’ Uncheck the ‘Turn on Filter Keys’ box Hopefully that will help 🙂 Followup from Steve: That worked. Thank you! More info: Top

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Fidelity Communications internet and phone service down

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The internet and phone service was down in Salem MO this morning for customers of Fidelity Communications. It was quite perplexing at first, because I was working on a wireless upgrade at the Crossroads Inn & Suites hotel in Salem. During the middle of the upgrade, internet connectivity was lost. Eventually we determined that it was not our system’s issue but rather Fidelity’s. After contacting them we learned that a router went down in Kansas City and that caused widespread

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Salem MO hotel with good internet [Crossroads Inn & Suites]

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This past week I worked from Tuesday through Friday in Salem MO. I stayed at the Crossroads Inn & Suites and had a chance to test their internet over the course of my stay and my work. Here is the speedtest.net result for their free wifi: This result puts is at equal to or better than most hotel’s that I’ve stayed at in Springfield MO (another area where I work regularly). They also have (5) dedicated wifi access points for

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Maximum Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro and Yoga 13 SD card capacity?

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If you are wondering what the max SD card capacity is for the Lenovo Yoga series, I can confirm that both the Yoga 13 and the Yoga 2 Pro support 128GB SDXC cards. Woot! 🙂 Top Search Terms:lenovo yoga 2 pro sdxc (3)lenovo yoga 3 maximum sd card size (3)lenova yoga 2 11 maximum sd card size (2)lenovo yoga 2 13 sdhc (2)lenovo yoga 2 13 max sd card (2)ideapad yoga 13 sdxc 128 (2)lenovo yoga 13 sd card (2)lenovo

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AT&T is down in Salem MO today (cell phones and land lines)

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AT&T is down in Salem MO today 🙁 It is definitely affecting cell phones and also seems to be internet/DSL/land-lines, bummer! This is wreaking havoc with a lot of people and businesses. Example: Subway cannot accept credit card orders b/c their line is down. Thankfully, Verizon and other internet providers are still up 🙂 Top Search Terms:att outage branson mo today (1)att outage salem mo (1)salem mo newspaper att outage (1)

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Ordering the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (DK2)

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I received a tasty email in my inbox this morning, The Oculus Rift 2 is up for preorder!!! However, upon attempting to place my order I encountered some wonkiness in their ordering system (using both Chrome and Opera). Thankfully I eventually figured out how to place my order: After you enter your shipping/billing info, you should eventually make it to a screen that looks like a final ordering screen. But if you scroll down it looks like there no ‘order’

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Set 24/7 operating hours for Google Places business listing

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If you are setting up a business listing on Google Places and the operating hours are 24/7 (24 hours a day, every day) you can specify that as follow: This was helpful when working on the Crossroads Inn & Suites Google Places listing as they are truly open 24/7 365 days a year! 🙂 Top Search Terms:tell me the places that are open 24 hours (1)how to set hour as open 24 /7 on google business listing (1)how to set

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Access MySQL server over SSH tunnel using Navicat

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Today was my first time to access a MySQL server over a SSH tunnel in Navicat. After a bit of trial and error I was finally able to achieve success 🙂 Here are the main things I learned: #1 On the client machine running Navicat, use the same credentials that you would use if you were at the console of the remote server. In this case localhost and port 3306 #2 On the SSH tab, use the remote server’s IP

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