Best little program for a quick image resizer for Windows 10,11

Windows Image Resizer

 I still think Google Docs is the easiest and free app/program for all your office and creative needs.

And it syncs across across all your Google accounts  on any device that is signed in.  

Get it at Google Docs

 It has been soo long since I have gotten back to the blog..have had much to deal with over the past coupla years as I am sure a lot of us have with Covid etc.

 

I will be posting Windows 10 info mostly but occasionally important Windows 11 tweaks as well.

 

Drag and Drop a Desktop Shortcut

If the app or folder that you’re wanting to pin to the Taskbar is already on your desktop, then all you need to do is click and drag the icon to the Taskbar. (HTG)  No need to close out the app/program

HDMI to TV Monitor-no sound problem in Linux 19.2 etc

You need the Pulseaudio Volume Controller

Using Terminal type in     sudo apt install pavucontrol

Then go to Sound and Video in start menu

You will see Pulseaudio Volume Control

Open it and click "all output devices" lower right

On the top of menu

Input Devices- Monitor of HDMI audio

Output Devices-shows HDMI

Keep arrowing to the right to "configuration"

Go to Profile- in drop down hit HDMI PORT Digital Stereo

Now.....try your sound--it works!

When Linux wireless does not awake from suspend mode-here's how to fix it

r8169                  34108  0 
mii                     4381  1 r8169
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rt3090sta             905769  0 
vboxdrv               230432  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
joydev                  8740  0 
...

The Realtek 8169 ethernet device network connection is lost after returning from sleep.
So go into the hardware specification

type in Terminal

sudo lsmod

the result for this search is

...
r8169                  34108  0 
mii                     4381  1 r8169
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rt3090sta             905769  0 
vboxdrv               230432  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
joydev                  8740  0  

 So name I was looking for is the name of "r8169" kernel module from the list above. Next thing is to add this kernel module to the list of kernel modules to unload before going to sleep and reload after returning from sleep.  Do this by editing (creating it if it doesn't exist)
 /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules file like this:

sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules

Now we add following to that file (you should replace "r1869" with the name of kernel module that is making problems for your configuration):

SUSPEND_MODULES="$SUSPEND_MODULES r8169"

That is it. Now put your PC to sleep and test is your troublesome hardware working after resume.


Courtesy of Techy Talk

Be careful with Bing Search Engine

This article is courtesy of How to Geek this morning...I recommend using Duck Duck Go for your search engine for safety's sake

PLEASE READ

For those of you who are getting the message on Facebook that someone who is already your friend wants to be your friend (again)....do not click on it or anything...

Run CCleaner and clear out the cache, cookies and temp files on your computer browsers....also create a NEW password on your FB page and then log out and log back in....

Try to keep safe in the great big web world.

Hello FINALLY!
Due to cancer and being laid up for a long time I have decided to post some things that I feel needful
right now.
Welcome back to Tekkie's Tips!


For those of you who use LASTPASS and also have it running in Firefox....there seems to be an issue sometimes where the icon in the toolbar will not work anymore when installing or upgrading....you cannot get to the drop down menu....

here is the fix:

Click right on the add-on icon in toolbar. On top of pop-up window will be "lastpass". Click on it will open the login page and after login everything works just fine!

Windows 10 Appearance Tweaks

another excellent article by How To Geek

HERE

Built in Ads in Windows 10...

How To Geek has a wonderful article on how to disable all of Windows 10's built in advertising.
I suggest you all go there and read and do the suggested edits.

HERE

Windows Update-- the easy to understand way.....

Manually reset the Windows Updates Components once again and then re-initiate the Windows Update process.

Resetting Windows Update Components will fix corrupt Windows Update Components and help you to install the Windows Updates quickly.

Please follow the below steps to reset the Windows Updates Components:

1. Press Windows Key + X on the keyboard and then select “Command Prompt (Admin)” from the menu.  (right click on CMD-"run as administrator")

2. Stop the BITS, Cryptographic, MSI Installer and the Windows Update Services. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press the “ENTER” key after you type each command.

                           net stop wuauserv

                           net stop cryptSvc

                           net stop bits

                           net stop msiserver

3. Now rename the SoftwareDistribution and Catroot2 folder.

                         C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution-- Rename to SoftwareDistribution.old

                         C:\Windows\System32\catroot2-- Rename to Catroot2.old

(Make sure the processes have been stopped so that you are able to rename the folders)

4. Now, restart the BITS, Cryptographic, MSI Installer and the Windows Update Services. Type the following commands in the Command Prompt for this. Press the ENTER key after you type each command.

                        net start wuauserv

                        net start cryptSvc

                        net start bits

                        net start msiserver

5. Type Exit in the Command Prompt to close it and then restart the computer.

6.After restarting the computer, now retry to install Windows Updates.

Ref: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058



This process finally worked for me to be able to install Windows 10 on my Windows 7 Desktop computer.