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This way, the next time I encounter the same issue, I’ll be able to find the solution easier by googling.
This category contains assorted tips, tricks and solutions regarding all the different workarounds and solutions related to technology pretty much in general.
This article explains how to “fix” (I use that word very loosely here) your OneNote when it suddenly goes bonkers, losing all of the controls and becoming this weird floating ancient thing that the boomers used to call “sticky notes”. It’s out of control, floating somewhere on your screen, insufferably…Continue reading Help! My OneNote just turned into “Sticky Notes” – what do?
This article explains how to search through all of your workbooks in OneNote for Mac OS. The same thing you can do with CTRL+E on Windows – that is. Because for whatever reason, in OneNote for Mac, it’s hidden. Background (and problem) Oh, OneNote for Mac, my dearest… Why must…Continue reading Where’s the CTRL+E search in OneNote for mac?
I feel like this is a regression in the “New Outlook (New)”©, but I could be wrong. Not sure if it worked in the client before, but it definitely did work in the “Outlook Classic (New)” (which is the legacy version of Outlook), and it isn’t working in the new…Continue reading Outlook doesn’t show flagged emails as tasks
This article explains a couple of different ways to fix any video playback stuttering, when watched on YouTube, on your OnePlus phone. I first ran into this on OnePlus 8 Pro, but according to the chatter online, there are plenty of other OnePlus handsets with the same… Well, I’m not…Continue reading How to fix YouTube stuttering on OnePlus 10 Pro?
Struggling to transfer tables from Excel to Microsoft Loop? Weirdly enough, you’re not alone. In this wonderful world of ours, simply copying and pasting often turns your perfectly organized rows and columns into an illegible blob. It’s frustrating, inefficient, and downright maddening for a superficially fancy and shiny new tool…Continue reading How to Copy-Paste a Table from Excel to Microsoft Loop Without Losing Your Mind
So about a year ago, I paid (or made my employer pay) 4000 USD to get an AI-PC. That laptop had no AI features whatsoever, so its NPU is still in brand new condition. Great savings abound if I ever end up selling it! 😜 But about 6 months later,…Continue reading “The Copilot key isn’t connected to an action. Choose what you’d like to happen when you press the Copilot key”
This article explains how to uninstall Skype for Business when it’s not visible in your Control Panel, Settings, Installed apps or Programs and features. This article also (accidentally) underlines the futility of using a separate uninstaller application. They’ll typically introduce more trouble than they’re worth. But let’s get to it.…Continue reading How to remove Skype for Business, if it sneaks back onto your machine?
This article explains how you can output the value of a secret variable stored in Azure DevOps. This applies both to secrets stored in a Variable Group, or Pipeline Variables stored as secrets. Is it safe, secure and advisable to do this? No! But is it possible? Yes it is!…Continue reading How to output the value of a secret variable in Azure DevOps?
This article explains how to work around the issue where the Copilot app fails to take pictures. Sounds boring, right? But hey – even with all of the gripes I have about Copilot, I do use it daily, and I’d really like it to work. Because when it does work…Continue reading Copilot Android app refusing to take pictures? I have the dumbest fix you’ll ever hear, but it’ll work, trust me.
This article explains how to get your built-in webcam back after a Windows 11 update (in my case, February 2025 Cumulative Update package) hides/disables it. The weird thing is, the camera is visible in the Device Manager. No app can see it though. And trying to update the driver through…Continue reading Adventures in the Windows 11 24H2-land: How to restore your webcam after February 2025 Patch breaks it?
