Recent content by WiFi Ed

Interesting! I sometimes disabled System Restore on my Win 8.1 machines, but I won't anymore!

Windows Mail and OneCalendar (OneCalendar). OneCalendar lets you sync Google Calendar with your outlook.com calendar, as well as Facebook and Exchange. Free...

I have two PC's, one with Windows 7 and the other with Windows 8.1. There is a Homegroup, both PCs are members and can see each other and share files, etc. The Win 8.1 PC has OneDrive up and running, connected to my Windows Live OneDrive account. I'd like to add the Pictures library from the...

So for a few days in a row my PC has been playing music whenever I open IE11. I figured maybe one of those self-starting video ads, or perhaps even a browser hijack or virus.... I had 2 home pages, Bing and MSN, with MSN on top. To make sure it wasn't malicious, I ran complete virus scans using...

Good question! I guess I'm afraid of commitment :-)

I don't recall the price/tax at the moment, I buy the 1 year, 3 PC license.

I've been using it for years (since ver 4) and it has been working fine for me. It feels light, I haven't been infected, and it doesn't get in the way. I'm happy...

That's interesting. "Size on disk" is reported wrong for files on my NAS also: Time to go Google! Edit: Ok, like the OP, when I check this from a Win 7 machine the "size on disk" is reported correctly. Googling around found lots of "wrong size on disk" issues, but nothing specifically...

While in the Start screen type "sql" and see if anything pops up. If so, and it's what your looking for, pin it to the Start screen.

I think, maybe, possibly, that with WPA2-PSK you get 256 bit encryption as long as your password is at least 8 digits of ASCII text: From Wiki: "Pre-shared key mode (PSK, also known as Personal mode) is designed for home and small office networks that don't require the complexity of an 802.1X...

I had a similar problem with my media server (Plex) and IE 11 so I added 127.0.0.1 to my trusted sites. It works fine now!

I believe you have to have IPv6 enabled to join a HomeGroup...

Found a solution! I added 127.0.0.1 to the list of trusted websites.

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I use the Plex Media server application to stream my vids to my Samsung TV and that is working fine in Windows 8.1 RTM...but...I now have an issue with IE 11. Plex uses your browser to manage your media files and wants to use the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:32400/web This worked fine in IE...