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This way, the next time I encounter the same issue, I’ll be able to find the solution easier by googling.
This category contains assorted tips, tricks and solutions regarding all the different workarounds and solutions related to technology pretty much in general.
I recently (finally) moved to a commercial Password Manager after I got tired of having to copy-paste everything from KeePass in my apps on Windows and letting the only company on Earth that has to remind themselves in their slogan NOT to be Evil handle all of my web/Android passwords.…Continue reading Experiences from migrating to Bitwarden
This article documents, how to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge. Because for whatever reason, Edge really does not make it obvious what the keyboard shortcut is, or if there even is one! I know what you’re saying. And believe me, that’s exactly what I’m thinking: Back to the “Project…Continue reading How to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge
This article explains how to enable Web Search for Microsoft 365 Copilot, when Copilot for Microsoft 365 thinks it’s disabled for whatever reason. But fear not! Most of the time there’s just a simple switch you need to flip to enable M365 CoPilot to access Web results for you. But…Continue reading M365 Copilot claiming “You have turned off web search in the work mode”? Easy fix!
This article explains how to untangle Excel when a worksheet file is conflicted and upload-blocked beyond salvation, thanks to a little demon inhabiting your computer. Don’t believe me? Oh, do read on – there’s plenty to be said about this particular gremlin. And if you’re a regular reader, you probably…Continue reading “Performing cleanup” – Excel is stuck with an old, conflicted file and will never recover.
This article explains a quick fix to a very topical issue: Copilot app suddenly becoming hostile to you due to your work credentials, and incredibly, carrying that grudge on and on, even after you’ve signed out of your work account (as per the bots demands) and signed in with your…Continue reading Copilot app on Windows refusing to use your Personal account? Easy fix!
… because of course it is! Ah well, winget is a great idea with a decent implementation, suffering from an unstable platform it’s built on. I’ve now seen it break down seemingly randomly 3 times – once it was one of the many reasons I had to reinstall Windows completely.…Continue reading winget is broken again.
This article explains how to fix an issue where FancyZones (from the fantastic Windows PowerToys toolset) fails to work because it conflicts with the built-in window management in Windows 11. I guess it’s too much to ask for a level of coordination here from Microsoft… Oh well. Anyway – I…Continue reading How to fix PowerToys FancyZones in Windows 11?
Every now and then, you run into a situation where you have a certificate for a website or service, but for one reason or another, you don’t have the whole chain. You’re missing some or all of the intermediaries, and even the root certificate, perhaps. This is something I run…Continue reading How to export the whole SSL (or TLS) certificate chain based on the original using PowerShell?
This article explains a fix to a puzzling issue I had with Google Chrome, where my keyboard shortcuts would seemingly randomly stop working and I’d need to click around (or change to another application with Alt+Tab) to get them working again. Luckily, the solution (or I guess it’s more like…Continue reading How to solve keyboard shortcuts not working in Google Chrome on Windows?
This article explains how to fix sudden and surprising synchronization problem(s) in OneNote, that first surfaces as search (the one you open with CTRL+E, not the unified/M365-wide top bar search) not finding any results from the page content, even if it might find some from the page or section titles.…Continue reading Search (and secretly, sync) broken in OneNote? A quick fix!
