Yearly Archives: 2026

I have run into a problem with composer. Every time I try to update, I receive the error: After I first encountered this, I remoeved and reinstalled Composer according to this website. But that has not resolved the issue. composer self-update now works, but composer update does not. My research […]

Because I had malware on my Windows, I reinstalled it with a USB flash drive. When prompted for a product key, I skip it which allowed me to navigate to Windows 11. Now that I want to activate Windows, the BackupProductKeyDefault stored in the Registry Manager is not working. Clicking […]

On this Windows 11 system USB Device Tree Viewer lists the HID Keyboard Device under port #6 (SONiX USB USB Composite Device) and the HID-compliant mouse under port #7 (HP 435 Mouse USB Composite Device). Both of those ports appear under USB Root Hub (USB 3.0) which has, in the […]

I have a document spanning over several pages. To reuse dates and other data I use fields. Some of the fields are dates and at one place I want to use two dates to calculate and print the number of days between those. Libreoffice documentation insinuates that the formula mechanism […]

when using outlook email, I can change the From address to one of my alias Outlook email addresses in iOS or in the Windows Outlook app, but I’d like for Outlook to automatically set the From Email address based on the subfolder I am sending the email from. I know […]

I used Python library to convert pdf files to docx. Unfortunately, these files contain a lot of end of paragraph sign in the middle of sentence. I tried MS forums to resolve this problem using MS Word wildcard but unsuccessful. Then I tried to open my files in OpenOffice Writer […]

I use Windows 11, Home Edition and, as far as I know, I’m current with all updates. When turning on the system this morning, both screens remained totally black. One screen (the secondary one), flashes small squares with “HDMI” or “Analog” in the upper corners for short periods. Both screens […]

Setting Window will not open on Windows 11. I have tried ms-settings: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth sfc /scannow Still unable to open setting. Problems updating Windows 11 Windows Update is an essential component of Windows 11, ensuring your system remains secure, stable, and up-to-date with the latest features. However, issues […]

I recently built a new PC, and this keeps happening. Whenever I turn the power supply switch on it will turn on automatically then restart 2 times. I always use the power switch to power on and to shut off after i have shut down the computer first because the […]