I love Microsoft Windows 10 but one thing that was really getting on my nerves was that Excel was taking ages to open and save files. I also noticed that even when trying to add a formula, Excel would ‘freeze’ for awhile and would display the message Not Responding. What causes the slow performance of […]
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How to use AWS to Extract Massive ZIP Files
I use Google Drive to store my data. I also use Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive but like the integration of Google Drive with Inbox by Google and other Google apps that I use. In order to backup my data I’ve used Datto Backupify for several years and all had appeared to be going well. Backupify […]
The easy way to print a list of folders and files in Windows
Here are some very quick and simple instructions on how to create a text file listing all files and folders in a certain Windows directory. It’ll only take a minute. Windows 10 Instructions In Windows Explorer go to the location of the folder which you want to print a contents list. Press Alt -> D on […]
Fix Windows 10 JPG Remote Procedure Call Failed
I love Microsoft Windows 10; I find it easy to use and reliable. An issue that suddenly appeared however is that each time I tried to open a JPG or JPEG image, the photo wouldn’t open and I’d get an error popup noting that the remote procedure call failed. Although I’ve worked with Windows for […]
Fix Google Calendar showing wrong times
If you view multiple calendars in your Google Calendar (also called Gmail Calendar), you may have a problem whereby the time of events from a shared calendar are wrong. This is really frustrating but fortunately really simple to resolve. The reason that this problem occurs is that your calendar timezone setting may be incorrect. Follow […]
How to save a large file to a USB stick
Providing Mailchimp and WordPress services means that often clients need to send me images. Of course the simplest is to use Dropbox, Google Drive or similar however many of my clients prefer to save the images (or video) to a USB drive then give me the drive. With large files (e.g. over 4GB in size), […]
Fix Windows 10 Time Problem
I love Windows 10 however on one of my computers the time is always wrong. Even although I manually set the correct time, time zone and automatically synchronize with Internet time, the time is always a few hours fast once I restart my PC. I’ve tried all sorts of things to correct the time problem […]