Category Archives: Ask J.D.

Disable Skype Voicemail

I do not care for Skype’s voicemail feature. I much prefer Google Voice or other similar services. Oddly, I have been unable to find a way to disable the voicemail via the Skype app for Android. However, if you login to the Skype.com site you can disable voicemail at the following page: https://secure.skype.com/account?page=voicemail Woot! 🙂 PS here are a couple screenshots showing voicemail enabled and then DISABLED: Top Search Terms:[keywprd] (1)

Slow AutoCAD on Dell M6700 with AMD FirePro [SOLVED]

Step 1. Uninstall all Catalyst Drivers Step 2. Install Dell Catalyst Pro drivers from the AMD site: Drive download Step 3. Make sure hardware acceleration is enabled: AutoCAD knowledge base article   Other links: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Display-and-Video/Graphic-card-problems-AMD-Fire-Pro-M5100-in-AutoCAD-and/td-p/4867242 http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2004-2005-2006/no-hardware-acceleration/td-p/2877122 Top Search Terms:autocad 2014 amd firepro m5100 (1)slow m6700 video (1)

How long does it take to format a 5TB drive? [ANSWERED]

Question: How long does it take to fully format a 5TB external hard drive via USB 3.0? Answer: It takes about 9.5 hours to fully format! Details: This was an external “Seagate Expansion Unit” 5TB drive connected via USB 3.0 to a docked Dell E5450. I started the format (NTFS format, via Windows 10) at 9:30AM and it finished at 7PM. Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/how-long-to-format-5tb-drive-windows/ (12)how long to format 5tb (5)how long to format 5tb drive (4)how long to format a 5tb drive

FileZilla message windows font size TINY [solved]

If your FileZilla fonts are TINY when using Windows 10, like this: Then here are the steps to resolve the font size issue: #1 Go to: Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display -> Change only the text size #2 Adjust the various font sizes to your liking #3 For the FileZilla message font to also be updated, you may need to upgrade to the latest version of FileZilla* *Until I upgraded my FileZilla version (mine was OLD) the changes to Windows 10 font

Increase font size in Windows 10 Command Prompt

I recently upgraded my primary work laptop to Windows 10. The upgrade has been nice, but my Command Prompt fonts were way too small 🙁 Thankfully, after a little fiddling I was able to adjust the console font to my liking: I hope these steps are useful to you too 🙂 Top Search Terms:increase size of text in win 10 cmd (2)windows 10 command prompt font too small (2)increase font size command prompt windows (1)increase command prompt font (1)in cmd

Canon D530 printer drivers for Windows 10 [download]

UPDATE August 29th, 2020:  Canon changed their driver link on their site, here is the new link to the D530 driver page at Canon.com The URL above lists both the scanner driver and the printer driver. I recommend installing the printer driver first. Also, if you have trouble with the Canon link, the download links below still work! 👍😎 When I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 (64-bit) and connected my Canon D530 laser printer, Windows could not find the driver

This app can’t run on your PC Windows 10 [SOLVED]

If you receive an error message like this: This app can’t run on your PC To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher. Close Then you may want to try re-downloading the installation files. 9 times out of 10, this seems to be the issue. In the above instance, the original installation exe was around 9MB. After redownloading, the completed download size was 30MB. Running the new complete download worked perfectly. So, if you get the

Dell dock: monitors non-responsive after sleep

I am setting up a new office with two HP 27xw monitors connected to a Dell e-dock. Everything is working quite nicely, except after going to sleep, the monitors are no longer visible to Windows. So far, the workaround is to press the physical undock button (releasing the laptop) and then re-dock the system. All while keeping the laptop’s lid/display closed. Also, to prevent this from happening I have set Windows 10 to never put displays to sleep when the

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