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Set Up a New Windows PC with WinGet: A Repeatable App Checklist
Install a small, explicit set of Windows tools with exact package IDs, record failures, and reuse your package list on the next PC.
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Docker Disk Full? Find the Space Hogs and Clean Up Safely
Separate images, build cache, logs, and persistent data before reclaiming Docker storage. Keep the volumes and rollback images you still need.
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Splitting a Dual-Lens Camera Feed for a Hikvision DVR
I recently picked up an inexpensive dual-lens Yoosee camera. It works well, but there’s a catch: it doesn’t provide separate video streams for each lens. Instead, it merges both lenses into a single frame, which makes viewing difficult even though the camera can technically be added to a Hikvision DVR. After some research, I found …
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How to Keep Your Marshall Speaker Always On
I received a Marshall speaker from my wife as a birthday gift. It has an “Energy-saving” feature that automatically turns off the Bluetooth connection if no audio is played for 15–20 minutes. The problem is that when I’m busy and come back to my PC, the speaker has already disconnected and I have to reconnect …
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Restart Computer To Bios Immediately
Sometimes you need to restart your computer to make changes in the BIOS, and you usually have to press a key such as DEL, F1, F2, or F10. Each brand uses a different key to enter the BIOS. I have a trick to enter the BIOS from Windows without pressing any key. Just run this …
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Turn Windows Menu Windows 11 Back To Windows 10
I Don’t Like the Windows 11 Menu Do you feel the same way about Windows 11’s right-click menu? Personally, I prefer the classic Windows 10 style. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to bring it back. Run the following commands in Command Prompt (as Administrator): After running these commands, restart your computer. The right-click menu should now look …