[SOLVED] My iPad's Keyboard Does Not Have Arrow Keys

If you have been using a hardware keyboard for your work, you might wonder why there's no arrow keys on the iPad's software keyboard. Although you can tab the cursor at a certain point, all too often it is just not accurate enough.

In fact, iPad's on screen keyboard can be turned to a trackpad! In the "trackpad mode", you can move the cursor with ease, you may even be surprised of its efficient and precision positioning of your cursor.

Turn your keyboard into a trackpad - Touch and hold the keyboard with two fingers until it turns light gray. Now drag around to move the cursor.

[SOLVED] Microsoft OneDrive Downgraded to 5GB Free Space

Starting July 2016, Microsoft will downgrade its OneDrive free plan to 5GB. If you have more than 5GB of files in OneDrive, you will not be able to change or add anything in OneDrive and all your files will be set to READ ONLY. Sorry.... this is now a trend that service providers like Microsoft and Evernote are moving people to paid subscriptions instead of a free plan. If you are happy to pay a modest fee to Microsoft, you do not need to continue your reading here... just subscribe and you're good. Otherwise, check out for more options...

One option, if you need storage space less than 15GB, switch to use Google Drive. Or, you may carefully group your files and put them in different cloud services like Dropbox, Box, or even iCloud, etc... if you do not mind all the troubles. A quick way to reduce your storage size, move all your pictures and videos to an external hard disk instead of putting them in OneDrive.

If you are thinking of buying a new phone, you may consider ASUS, which offers 100GB Google Drive space for about 2 years. I am sure you can find similar offers from other vendors, ...

ASUS - Redeem Google Drive Space 100GB:

https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1011790

If you are very concerned about what would happen to your files in OneDrive starting July, check this out:

https://blog.onedrive.com/onedrive_changes_FAQ/

Honestly, no free lunch. Yet, also time for us to rethink how we are using cloud services. At times, we have to admit that we have entered a kind of "lazy" mode and abusing others' "kindness"...

SOLVED! Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death When Watching TV

I'm using MediaPortal for a few months watching TV, without any problems. After upgraded to Windows 10, MediaPortal continues to work without a problem for many weeks. But just recently, after watching TV for a while, Windows crashed with BSOD... with a message "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart..."

Interestingly, watching web-based TV (Adobe Flash) also crashed Windows...so it's NOT APP. Hard Disk check reported no error. It does not look like hardware failure. And, weird enough, when running Media Portal or web-based TV on my first monitor, Windows did not crash.

Ah....driver problem! My second monitor is with an updated NVIDIA driver.

Download a copy of the latest GeForce 210 driver from official website - http://www.geforce.com/hardware. Installed it... tested....

No BSOD, no crashing...when watching TV.... ;>

Why....it's not my first time heard of report of NVIDIA driver problem with Windows 10...

 

    

SOLVED! Microsoft Internet Explorer Not Working After Upgrading to Window 10

After upgrading to Windows 10, the default browser is Edge. However, many websites are still not compatible with it. Very frustrating is that my old Internet Explorer 11 is not working, it keeps loading and just a BLANK PAGE...

If you have similar experience, this may help...

First, you need to find Internet Explorer in Windows 10, click on the magnifying glass at the bottom left corner of Windows 10. Type "Internet Explorer".

Wait! .... instead of left click on it, RIGHT CLICK on "Internet Explorer - Desktop app" and select "Run as Administrator". Now, something different happened, the page loads! Also, some websites with special add-on or plugin modules now works fine! One example, TVB's Pearl channel works properly - http://mytv.tvb.com/tc/live/pearl

SOLVED! Skype failed to start or connect to server on Windows 10

After upgrading my Windows 7 to Windows 10, Skype failed to work or connect. Even after reinstalling with the latest Skype, it won't work with the following screen..."Sorry, we couldn't connect to Skype." Actually it is nothing to do with Internet connection...

To solve the problem, this is what I've done:

1. Start Task Manager (Windows Key+X, or right click on the time at bottom right corner), find "Skype". (Press "More details" if you cannot find the app)
2. Right click on "Skype" and select "Properties"
3. In the "Properties" of "Skype", go to the "Compatibility" tab.
4. Check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and select "Windows 7" from the list.
5. Restart your Skype or restart your computer.

SOLVED! Missing Windows Media Center in Windows 10

Windows Media Center is not part of Windows 10, you have to look for alternatives. My choice, MediaPortal, which is free of charge and as powerful and feature-rich as Windows Media Center.

My primary use of Windows Media Center is for watching TV. Here are some simple steps to configure your MediaPortal so that you can use it to watch TV with the TV capture card.


INSTALLATION
1) Download a copy of the MediaPortal. My choice is MediaPortal 1 (although MediaPortal 2 will also work)
Download link - http://www.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-download

2) Run and finish the installation. Basically you will accept all default settings.

TV SERVER CONFIGURATION
3) After installation, you will see "TV-Server Configuration" on your desktop. Run it to start configuring MediaPortal server end.

a) On the left hand side, expand "TV Servers", select your computer name and select the TV capture card detected (if your TV capture card or USB dongle is not detected, you may have to go to device manager and have the driver updated) Select "Country" of where you're, press the "Scan for channels" button. It will take some time, be patient.

b) Now, on the left hand side, expand "TV Channels", checked if the detected TV channels have been mapped to the card. If not, do it.

c) On the left hand side, expand "DVB EPG", select "TV Epg grabber", make sure all the channels are checked for the "Grab EPG for these channels". This allows you to grab the electronic program guide, which is built into app.

d) Close and save settings for the "TV-Server Configuration".

TV PLAYER CONFIGURATION
4) From your computer desktop, find another app called "MediaPortal Configuration". Run it and start in "Expert mode". Here you can adjust various important settings.

a) General\Startup/Resume Settings - look for "Start screen", here you can change to the default monitor to display your live TV. This is very useful if you have multiple monitors and you want to default your TV to display on a certain monitor.

b) General\Keyboard Default Shortcut - here are some shortcuts keys you will love to remember

c) TV/Radio\TV - under "General settings" tab, look for "When entering the TV screen", checked "Turn on TV" and "Directly show fullscreen TV". Under "Subtitle settings" tab, add your preferred languages for subtitles.

5) Press "OK" button to save changes.

READY TO START TV PLAYER
6) Now you are ready to start MediaPortal to watchtower TV. Double click "MediaPortal" on Desktop, click on "TV" and press enter (***I hate the problem here that you might find it difficult to start TV, the mouse and keyboard just mess up a bit, take some practice...***)

Just ENJOY your live TV using your TV capture card or dongle now!!

SOLVED! Chrome failed to work after upgrading from Windows 7 to 10

Though with a guarantee of app compatibility, two out of the four machines failed have the Chrome worked properly after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10....that's sad....;<

Reinstall Chrome is the most natural fix, and it worked for one of the two affected computers.

However, like many other apps, problems like this can be workaround by using "Compatibility" mode to start the app.

To solve the problem, this is what I've done:

1. Start Task Manager (Windows Key+X, or right click on the time at bottom right corner), find "Google Chrome". (Press "More details" if you cannot find the app)
2. Right click on "Google Chrome" and select "Properties"
3. In the "Properties" of "Google Chrome", go to the "Compatibility" tab.
4. Check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and select "Windows 7" from the list.
5. Restart your Google Chrome or restart your computer.

SOLVED! Dropbox failed to sync after upgrading to Windows 10

After upgrading my Windows from version 7 to 10, I noticed that Dropbox stopped functioning. It didn't get sync.

To solve the problem, this is what I've done:

1. Start Task Manager (Windows Key+X), find "Dropbox". (Press "More details" if you cannot find the app)
2. Right click on "Dropbox" and select "Properties"
3. In the "Properties" of "Microsoft OneDrive", go to the "Compatibility" tab.
4. Check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and select "Windows 7" from the list.
5. Exit your Dropbox and start it again; or restart your computer.

Similar fix also work for Microsoft OneDrive.

SOLVED! Microsoft OneDrive Stops Working after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10

After upgrading my Windows from version 7 to 10, I noticed that Microsoft OneDrive stopped functioning. Status as "OneDrive not sign in". Nothing in settings can be adjusted, all options greyed (disabled). The sign in screen of OneDrive failed to load, with a message, "Loading..." and stayed forever...

To solve the problem, this is what I've done:

1. Start Task Manager (Windows Key+K), find "Microsoft OneDrive". (Press "More details" if you cannot find the app)
2. Right click on "Microsoft OneDrive" and select "Properties"
3. In the "Properties" of "Microsoft OneDrive", go to the "Compatibility" tab.
4. Check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and select "Windows 7" from the list.
5. Restart your Microsoft OneDrive or restart your computer.

Similar approach to set "Compatibility" mode for other apps like Dropbox also works well.

SOLVED! Acer Windows 8 Laptop Very Slow, Disk Utilization 100%

For months, my new Acer Windows 8 laptop has been running very slow. It just doesn't make sense that everything is slow for such a new Core i3 laptop...until today, when I have to time to check it... and reported by the Task Manager and found that Disk Usage is 100% by the "System".

1. Go to "System Properties", then go to "Advanced" tab. 
2. In "Performance", press the "Settings" button. 
3. Go to "Advanced" tab, in "Virtual memory", press "Change..." button.
4. Uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drivers"
5. Select "Custom size", set the "Initial size (MB)" and "Maximum size (MB)" to be the same. Make the size double of the amount of physical memory you have. For example, if your computer has 4GB RAM, you may set the virtual memory initial and maximum size both to 8096. 
6. Press the "Set" button, OK to finish.

After a while, observe the disk utilization, if it goes down. Congratulations! You have the same problem as me and now is fixed!!