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Sunday, March 1, 2015

The camera is used by another program

On my sisters Asus A8JR Laptop Skype was complaining "The camera is used by another program".
How i fixed it:
She had ICQ installed and it was started with windows. Setting ICQ to not start automatically, made the webcam usable for Skype.

How to change the name of a network connection in Windows 7

Windows 7 automatically names network connections like Connection 1 etc. I want to assign a name to the network connection myself, but theres no context menu or link in the network and share center. How i fixed it: Click on the network type symbol next to the name of the network at "Active Networks" in the network and share center. A dialog box opens to allow entering a name for the network and to choose the symbol to be displayed. Here are the screenshots for my german OS:

Click on the network symbol to open the dialog:

Dont get the iPhone 4s there are better phones

I just got my first iPhone, what a disapointment.
It was my first iPhone since I am loyal to Sprint and my unlimited data plan.
Im ready to return it after one day.
Even after the IOS5 upgrade the OS feels old and dated, it still looks the same as it does on my kidss generation 2 ipod touch. Was this boxy phone the best they could come up with.
My HTC Evo 4G had a huge screen compaired to this and its 2 years old!
Yes, Siri is cool, but you will need it since you cant read anything on this little screen!
I like how readable my email is on Andriod and when I zoom in on my email the text doesnt wrap, and that just sucks.
I read that the Galaxy 2S has a 4.5" screen and a better camera. I should have got that.

How can i change move re locate the local temp folder of Microsoft OneDrive Skydrive to a different location

I wanted to move the local temp folder of OneDrive to a different harddrive on my computer.

How-I-fixed-it:

I found the right hints here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/wiki/sdoptions-sdfileset/change-the-onedrive-folder-location/147dade2-830b-46ee-bf7e-36a8eab9446a

Change the OneDrive Folder Location

Technical Level : Basic

Summary

Learn how to change the OneDrive folder location. This is useful if you have a limited storage capacity main drive but a separate storage drive and you want your OneDrive content synced to the separate drive. This is not for OneDrive for Business.

Details

Many people use two separate drives on their computers: a main drive like an SSD to run the operating system and other programs, and a regular hard drive to store the bulk of their content. OneDrive defaults to the C:UserOneDrive location, however you can change it wherever you want.

Change the OneDrive Location in Windows 8 and Previous

To change the OneDrive folder location in Windows 8 and previous versions, you have unlink OneDrive from your account and then repeat the setup process:

Right-click on the OneDrive icon in the notification area and then select Settings
Select "Settings" and then select "Unlink OneDrive"
Follow the setup process again and ensure to select the new drive or location to have OneDrive sync to; you must wait for your files to download again to the new location

Please note: if youve connected your Windows 8 user account with your Microsoft account, OneDrive wont let you unlink the application. Youll have to unlink your Microsoft account from your Windows account first.

Change the OneDrive Location in Windows 8.1

To change the OneDrive folder location in Windows 8.1, you can simply change the location directly through the Properties menu of the OneDrive folder:

Open File Explorer, right-click on the OneDrive folder in the navigation pane (left-hand side), and then select Properties
Click the "Location" tab and then select "Move"
Select the location where you want OneDrive to sync to and then click OK

OneDrive will move all of your OneDrive files from the default location to the new location; you dont have to wait for files to download again.

Firefox does not start but HDD usage goes up to 100 on Windows 8 1 and blocks freezes the computer

Today my firefox 33 did not start any more. In task manager the process was shown, but with memory = 0 and CPU = 0. But the HDD usage of my computer went up to 100% and it was fully blocked for everything else. Waiting for a couple of minutI es did not change anything, also rebooting did not help

How-I-fixed-it:
Since Internet Explorer since worked on the computer, i went to https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/new/ and installed the latest version of the firefox browser. After this, firefox worked fine again.

Windows blue screen fix