$5 Dollar 5 minute DIY rear projection screen
I recently wanted to setup a rear projection screen for a family event and almost fell off my chair when I priced out what it would cost to purchase one. After some googling I saw some posting where people had used sheets or something else that is semi-transparent, so I thought I would give that a […]
Dell XPS 15 Trackpad issues
My second Dell XPS 15 (the original one I purchased was replaced by Dell due to a high pitch noise it kept making, which you can read about here) had an ongoing issue with the trackpad “buttons” sticking constantly. It would sometimes work fine and other times was unusable due to the sticking issues. I […]
Quick Homemade potatoe digger
We had an excellent crop of potatoes this year and I wanted to find a way to dig them using my little tractor instead of tackling them by hand. I ended up welding some metal rebar to a 16″ cultivator shovel top help lift the potatoes to the surface, and then mounting it onto the […]
Windows 10 Monitor Power Save/Screen Saver and Computer Sleep modes stop working after upgrade
I recently upgraded my main workstation from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. The initial upgrade had a number of issues; one of which was my monitors would never shut off and go into power saving mode/screen saver and the computer would no longer go to sleep. This had been working 100% prior to the Windows […]
Honda Civic Won’t shift into Park (2006 model year)
My niece’s 2006 Honda Civic had an odd problem where it would randomly not shift into park. Sometimes wiggling the shifter around would allow it to work, but the issue occurred periodically for almost a year. My brother spend considerable time trying to resolve the issue, checking the shift solenoid and linkage. Eventually we looked […]
Gotomeeting screen sharing not working or delayed solution Windows 8.1
For the past 2 months I have had issues with my GotoMeeting not sharing my screen or applications correctly. I would share either a screen or application and there would often be a 2-5 minute delay until it started showing up for other participants in the meeting. Once the initial shared application was visible it […]
Dell XPS15 Choke Noise High Pitch Whine Potential Solutions
As a bit of background, In Sept 2014 I purchased a Dell XPS15 with an I7 processor. It took almost a month to arrive, and when it finally did I noticed a high pitch whining noise coming from it periodically. Originally I thought it was some type of hard drive noise, but narrowed it down […]
IIS System.BadImageFormatException solution
I recently received a an error deploying a new IIS site of: “System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly ” or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.” This is caused by one or more DLLs in the project being 32-bit and trying to deploy to […]
ASUS P9X79 USB 3.0 keeps crashing solution
I have had two motherboards (Asus P9x79 LX and P9X79 PRO) that have both had issues with their USB 3 ports either not working or crashing continuously in both Windows 8 and 8.1. Re-installing the ASMedia USB3 drivers would show the ports working but as soon as a device was plugged in the ports would […]
MS Publisher The Clipboard is busy solution
Often when using Microsoft Publisher 2013 I receive an error of “the Clipboard is busy. Publisher cannot currently cut, copy or paste your data because another program is using the Clipboard. Wait a moment and try again, or close other programs and try again”. Typically waiting and closing other programs does absolutely nothing. The issue […]