Skype doesn’t recognise my webcam but it does recognise the microphone on the webcam
I got a new webcam the other day for the purposes of making Skype calls.It is a Logitech C920 Pro HD webcam. Now that it is working the picture quality and microphone quality are fantastic.Definitely 5 stars from me! When I went into the settings of Skype the microphone on the webcam was recognised but…
Read MoreHow to create a strong and easy to remember password
We spend our lives online and are constantly logging onto websites. Criminals want your passwords so they can access your emails, bank accounts and personal information. At the same time we are constantly being told to have strong and secure passwords. We struggle to create passwords as well as remember them. When creating passwords we are…
Read MoreReset forgotten password using sticky keys in Windows 10 1803
If you have a PC that you can’t login to because you don’t know the password then you are probably aware of the Sticky Keys replacement trick. The idea is you boot the computer up using a Windows disk and you overwrite the sethc.exe file with the cmd.exe file. You then reboot the computer and…
Read MoreWhich Microsoft Office Do I Need?
Are you confused by the choice of Microsoft Office products out there? Perhaps you know that you need certain applications such as Word and Excel but looking at the options and different prices you find it very confusing. In this post I am going to help you make an informed decision. I am going to…
Read MoreOutlook 2016 error – Instant search encountered a problem while trying to display results
Everytime I recently tried to do a quick search in my contacts I was getting the following error message: Instant search encountered a problem while trying to display results. Modifying your query may resolve the problem. After reading numerous posts about checking the indexing options I eventually solved the problem by doing a repair…
Read MoreRequire a password on wakeup missing in Windows 10
I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 on my laptop, after the hard drive failed. I set it up that I didn’t have to login when Windows started. However, when the computer went to sleep I would have to enter my password which I found very annoying. All the links I found on the internet…
Read MoreRepairing Office 365 caused it to uninstall!
The other day I was having problems with my Outlook, as part of my Office 365 subscription. So I carried out a quick repair via the Windows Control Panel. The quick repair didn’t work so then carried out a full repair. I then carried out a full repair and it completely uninstalled my Office 365.…
Read MoreMicrosoft Office 365 vs Home and Student Edition
In a recent post we talked about the cheapest way to get a legitimate copy of Microsoft Office 2016. Naturally that option won’t be available to everyone and it might not be the right solution for everyone either. Today we are going to compare Microsoft Office 365 and the Home & Student editions. Office 365 Microsoft…
Read MoreRepairing a computer’s power supply
f you’re unlucky enough for your computer to literally go bang and for the fuse circuit in your house to need resetting then you have probably just witnessed the power supply on your computer failing. It’s a relatively rare thing to happen but when it does there will be lots of things running through your…
Read MoreMicrosoft Office 2016 crashes when saving files
I was working on some Word and Excel documents the other day and every time I tried to save them the applications would crash. I ended up having to force close the applications and when I reopened them it would auto-recover my documents but if I tried saving them again it would crash again. When…
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