Saturday, June 8, 2024

Moto G power 2021 cast to TV

 settings > Connected Devices > Connection Preferences > Cast 

tv should show up on the list. make sure tv is connect to same Wifi network as phone. tv only needs to be turned on.

Monday, April 10, 2023

Project64 lags on fullscreen

 - download latest dev build from official site (not public stable, but dev)

- use Jacob's D3D gfx plugin



Monday, January 23, 2023

Windows Aero Peek Preview taskbar setting grayed out fix

 https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/47266-turn-off-peek-desktop-windows-10-a.html#option4

Use any of the above options...bat file is easiest

Sunday, January 22, 2023

OBS running on Laptop? Black screen when capturing?

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/laptop-black-screen-when-capturing-read-here-first.5965/


 For Windows 10 1909 or newer:

Open Settings and search for "Graphics Settings". Select "Classic App" and browse to C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe (or wherever you have installed OBS). Click "Options" 



Saturday, January 21, 2023

Clone HDD to nvme SSD

 1. use free 30 day trial of Macrium (https://pureinfotech.com/clone-windows-10-hard-drive-ssd-macrium-reflect/). select all necessary partitions you want to clone from the source drive.

2. After cloning is complete, use Easy BCD to add the clone drive as default boot drive. You can remove the old drive as a boot option in easybcd as well, otherwise windows gives you a option to select which drive to boot from every time you restart.





Thursday, January 12, 2023

laptop (Inspiron 17 7773 with the 8th gen Core processor support PCIe NVME

 https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/Inspiron-17-7773-2in1-Hard-Drive-SSD-M2-question/td-p/5186371/page/2


I can confirm that this laptop does support PCIe NVME drives on the M.2 slot (so the Canadian site is correct). I just got this same laptop (Inspiron 17 7773 with the 8th gen Core processor), except that mine came with a 1TB hard drive.

Sunday, September 18, 2022

ways to disable google assistant from reading out loud search results on phone

 1. open chrome app > settings > sound > mute all

2. completely disable google assistant in google app settings:

    open google app > settings (click on user icon in top right) > hey google & voice match > turn off assistant