Thursday

What is the color of a given hex value, between 0 and F, for example, #707070 ?

Download and install Paint.NET at http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/.

Open Paint.NET.

Make sure the Colors frame is opened. If not, click on Menu > Window > Colors (F8).

On the Colors frame, click on More>> button.

Key in the Hex value, key in 707070 as an example.

To know the color, see the square box at top left corner. That's all for now.

Tuesday

Solution: How to open chm file?

Double-click to open the chm file.

You will get the following popped-up message box:
Frame title: Open File - Security Warning
Do you want to open this file?
Name: file1.chm
Publisher: Unknown Publisher
Type: Compiled HTML Help file
From: a path
[Open] [Cancel] buttons
[x] checkbox: Always ask before opening this file
Warning Icon: While files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer. If you do not trust the source, do not open this software.

Untick the checkbox 'Always ask before opening this file'.

Click on the Open button.

All text in the chm file is now viewable and not longer empty anymore.

Saturday

Notepad++: Disable Clickable Links

+ Open Notepad++ program
+ Menu > Settings > Preferences > MISC. at the left section >  Clickable Link Settings
+ Untick the Enable checkbox
+ Click on the Close button
+ Restart Notepad++

Tuesday

Browser: Open in new tab and not on the same page / not in the new window

"Ctrl + Click" on the link. Your page will be opened on the new tab and not on the same or in the new window.

Alternative solution:
- Click the mouse middle button

Contributor to this posting: Anonymous

Saturday

Android: Move your installed App from the tablet to the SD Card

+ Tap on Home key
+ Go to home screen bottom bar, tap on action overflow icon
+ Select System settings
+ On the left menu, select Apps
+ Select any app, for example, Kingsoft Office
+ Tap on "Move to SD card" button

Friday

LibreOffice Writer: How to change the text case from uppercase to capitalize every word?

+ Menu > Format > Change Case

+ Select one of the following:
    + Sentence case
    + lowercase
    + UPPERCASE
    + Capitalize Every Word
    + tOGGLE cASE

Wednesday

Android: Free Ebook Reader: Mantano Reader Lite: How to highlight a word and to clear a highlight? And also, some important tips...

Q: How to highlight a word?
S: Long press and release on a word and then select the text highlight thumbnail.

Q: How to clear a highlighted word?
S: Tap on the menu button, select Navigation icon, select Highlights tab at the rightmost side of the screen, tick the word box that you want to clear and then select dustbin icon.

More Tips:
+ Long press and release on a word and select ColorDict icon to search for the meaning of the selected word
+ Three ways to turn pages: swipe, tap on the left/right sides of the screen or use the volume keys
+ Swipe up/down to increase/decrease the font size for EPUB or reflowed PDF file

Tuesday

Friday

Android Tips on Navigation & Get in Touch

Tip: Alternative way to navigate Apps pages:
Tap on Apps
Tap and hold on the navigation panel
The dotted navigation panel will turn into the slider for easy navigation

Tip: Fast way to send message or make call to get in touch with your friends in the contact list:
Tap on Contacts
Swipe to left over the name to send message
Swipe to right to make call

Monday

How to change date format to day/month/year in GanttProject software?

Download and install GanttProject from http://www.ganttproject.biz/.

Open GanttProject program.

Go to Menu > Edit > Settings > Application UI.
Use date format: select custom
Custom short date format: type "d/M/yyyy" (for example: 1/7/2123)
Date Format Explanation:
d = single or two digits for day numbers 1-31 in month
M = single or two digits for Month numbers 1-12 in year
mm = lowercase two letters "mm" for minute numbers 00-59 in hour
yyyy = exactly four digits for year

Press OK.

Friday

LibreOffice Draw: How to add or delete glue points on any shape and connect two shapes with a connector line?

  • Open LibreOffice Draw program.
  • Select the rectangle shape from shape toolbar at the bottom of drawing page.
  • Click a point and drag-and-release to another point on the drawing page to draw a rectangle.
  • Select the "Glue Points" icon from the shape toolbar. This will open Gluepoints toolbar.
  • On the Gluepoints toolbar, select "Insert Glue Point" icon.
  • Click on the just drawn rectangle shape to select it.
  • Click a few locations around the rectangle boundary to add glue points.
  • To delete a glue point, click on the glue point and then hit the delete key on your keyboard.
  • Draw second rectangle.
  • Select Connector icon from the shape toolbar.
  • Click a glue point on the first rectangle and drag-and-release to other glue point on the second rectangle to connect both shapes.

Monday

Visual Basic Solved: Missing Design View on Windows Form

+ Open the Visual Basic Project file dot.sln
+ Click on Solution Explorer > Show All Files
+ Expand Form1.vb
+ Double-click to open Form1.Designer.vb file
+ Copy and Cut all the code out of the Form1.Designer.vb file
+ Double-click to open the Form1.vb file
+ Paste the Form1.Designer.vb code into the Form1.vb file
+ Save all files
+ Double-click on the Form1.vb file to get back the Form1.vb[Design] Windows Form. Alternatively, you may right-click the Form1.vb and select View Designer to view the Windows Form

Sunday

How to convert eml file format to html using Mozilla Thunderbird program?

Do the following steps:

+ Download and install Mozilla Thunderbird at
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/.

+ Double-click to open the eml file using the installed Mozilla Thunderbird program.

+ Click the Forward button. This forward button is at the top right corner.

+ Select Menu > File > Save as > File. "Save Page As" frame will be popped up.

+ Change the "Save as type" drop down textfield  to HTML Files (*.html;*.htm;*.shtml;*.xhtml).

+ Click Save. That's all for now.

Saturday

OMNeT++ IDE can't be opened solution

When you click to open OMNeT++ IDE, you get a pop-up error message stated that, "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine".

A simple solution will be by restarting your PC.

There might be other solution. If you know, post your comment here.

Tuesday

Android: Press Space Bar Twice to Add a Full Stop, one Space and Capitalize the Next Letter

+ Press the Home key
+ Press the Menu key
+ Select Settings > Language and input
+ Under Keyboards and input methods, tap on Samsung keyboard setting (the gear icon)
+ Tap on Advanced
+ Tick the Auto-punctuate box. This will automatically insert a full stop by tapping the space bar twice

Solutions on How to Stop the Android Phone Battery from Draining Quickly

Do the following to stop your phone battery from draining quickly:

Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to disable Wi-Fi
Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to disable GPS
Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to disable Screen rotation
Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to disable Bluetooth
Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to disable Mobile data
Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to disable Sync
Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap to enable Power saving

Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Slide the horizontal line to the left to decrease the screen brightness level to be less than 20%

Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap on Settings (gear icon) > Display > Screen timeout > 1 minute

Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap on Settings (gear icon) > Display > Wallpaper > Home and lock screens > Use dark wallpaper by getting the dark wallpaper from the Internet in your Gallery folder (don't use live wallpaper)

Home key > Menu key > Settings > Display > Tap to untick Smart stay

Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap on Settings (gear icon) > Scroll down to System > Drag the Motion Switch to the left to disable Motion

Home key > Drag down from the top status bar > Tap on Settings (gear icon) > More settings > Drag the NFC switch to the left to disable NFC
Home key > Menu key > Settings > More settings > Drag the S Beam switch to the left to disable S Beam

Home key > Menu key > Settings > Location services > Tap to untick Use wireless networks
Home key > Menu key > Settings > Location services > Tap to untick Use GPS Satellites
Home key > Menu key > Settings > Location services > Tap to untick Location and Google search

Home key > Tap on Apps >  Tap on S Voice > Press Menu key > Settings > Tap to untick Wake up command (enable this may drain your battery)
Home key > Tap on Apps >  Tap on S Voice > Press Menu key > Settings > Tap to untick Wake up in lock screen

If Chrome browser is installed, open Chrome.
Menu key > Settings > Developer tools > Tap to untick Enable Tilt Scrolling

In the event of excessive battery consumption or mobile phone malfunction, restart the device by pressing the power key for 8 seconds, or by pressing and holding the power key and selecting restart. 

Thursday

Linux Mint Cinnamon LTS Guide

Linux Mint's success is down to its ease of use, easy to customize, easy to personalize and the standard modern beautiful desktop interface. Linux Mint also takes it to another level with good innovation and it is very stable. It is a desktop environment that designed to put you in control and get things done.

The Linux Mint OS functions without collecting your data.

Other multi-billion company A has privacy issues, has privacy concerns, has chosen to not to make privacy a key part of their message and is absence of privacy assurance. The word "privacy" is noticeably missing from the company's marketing materials.

Other company B also collects, collates and couriers data about your computer, laptop or mobile phone back to its own multi-billion software company Canonical. You need to pay attention and read through the B data collection policy. B also collects telemetry data that might make it less appealing to folks concerned about privacy. B also has a walled garden of sorts in their software distribution platform called Snap. Downloads from Snap often take a little longer to run as they contain extra files that should allow them to run on any Linux distro. This means that you get less control over exactly what are downloaded to your computer, laptop or mobile phone. Snap is also controlled by the Canonical the company that develops B which has made lots of Linux enthusiasts concerned that B might become a walled garden of sorts.

The similar goes to the other multi-billion company C which has a walled garden in their software selling store called App Store.

Users have become increasingly aware of how important privacy is and are starting to question what data is being collected from their devices without their knowledge.

We want the desktop to stay the hell away from the internet. It is feckless attempts at using social networking on the desktop. We don't need the web to be integrated into the desktop.

Don't infect desktop users with the mobile phone disease or tablet disease! Don't make all the human-computer interaction through touch screen and large icons. Don't forget that there are people with desktop PCs with twenty-something-inch screens out there. Don't make people forget all the shortcuts they've used over the years.

You have freedom to create desktop shortcut for any program in one step. 

You have freedom to create local accounts and let your paid operating system company goes the hard way to steal your data.

Which Linux Mint version should you use?
If you don’t know which version to use, you should choose the Linux Mint Long Term Support (LTS) release at https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php. Choose the latest one.

Which Linux Mint edition should you use?
If you don’t know which edition to use, you should choose the Cinnamon 64-bit edition.
Linux Mint window manager is simple, user friendly, fast and very stable. 
Linux Mint desktop environments bring high usability by offering all the familiar start menu (desktop menu), taskbar, local accounts, program menus and workflow to make you feel right at home.

Why do you choose Linux Mint distribution as your desktop operating system?
Linux Mint is designed to be comfortable and easy to use but also powerful and configurable.
Linux Mint distribution comes ready to deal with proprietary video and audio codecs such as Flash, MP3 and DVDs.
It believes in Open Source as a choice, not as a constraint. Linux Mint thinks it makes sense to share code, to credit the technology we use, to let people help us, to allow others to build upon what we are making and to enable progress in general.
The Linux Mint desktop includes desktop environment, taskbar (bottom panel), system tray, local accounts, and most importantly the all familiar start button (desktop menu).
Linux Mint distribution comes ready with office program applications and feature rich tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, LibreOffice Draw (free PDF editor software), vector graphics, flowcharts, databases, Math formula editing, screenshot taking that enhance your productivity.
The show desktop shortcut icon is placed near to the start menu.

What is one of the core goals of Linux?
Linux for human beings. Give people option to choose. Do not force people to use mobile phones and tablets UI for desktop, server, IoT, VMs, browser, and cloud environment. It is spelling doom for the goal of creating converged experience with phones acting as desktops. The desktop will continue. The choice, ultimately, is to invest in the areas (communities, customers, revenue) which are contributing to the growth of the Linux, the ingredients for a great and independent Linux, with scale and momentum. Continue to produce the most usable open source desktop in the world, to work with commercial partners to distribute Linux desktop UI, to support corporate customers who rely on Linux, and to delight the millions of software developers who innovate on top of Linux. The markets and community, ultimately decide which products grow and which disappear. Try not to cause fragmentation in the Linux community. Mobile phones will not have any long-term impact and have not killed PCs. A lot of the time, people don't want the best software so much as they want the best software they can get for a certain amount of money. Do a nice job striking a balance between price and features. 

Notes:
Linux is all about choice and total freedom. You can choose to have taskbar (bottom panel), start menu (desktop menu), local accounts and system tray for your desktop PC. 

Wednesday

Warnings in the Android's Mobile Phone and Device Manual

Notes:
+ Do not use a screen protector because this causes sensor malfunctions.

+ Do not allow water to contact the touch screen. The touch screen may malfunction in humid conditions or when exposed to water.
+ Do not use your device while it is charging. Doing so may cause electric shock.
+
To lower your risk of hearing damage, do not listen at high volumes for long periods of time.

How to set CodeBlocks version 12.11 to compile and run a C++11 source code file with -std=c++0x of GNU GCC Compiler?

Do the following steps:
  • Open the CodeBlocks program
  • Write a C++11 source code file
  • Click on Menu > Settings > Compiler…
  • Make sure the Global compiler settings icon is selected from the LHS icons menu
  • Check if Selected compiler: GNU GCC Compiler
  • Check if Compiler settings tab is being selected
  • Under the Compiler settings tab, check if Compiler Flags tab is being selected
  • Check if Categories: <All categories>
  • Tick the box: Have g++ follow the coming C++0x ISO C++ language standard [-std=c++0x]
  • Click OK button to close the Compiler settings window
  • To test it, click the "Build and Run" icon from the toolbar
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Tuesday

How to remove “RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 14.0.3” extension manually from Firefox browser?

Do the following steps:
  • Go to the folder path at “C:\ProgramData\Real\RealPlayer\BrowserRecordPlugin\Firefox\Ext\Components”.
  •  Rename and move the following files to a different location (or delete them):
    • nprpffbrowserrecordext realplayer.dll
    • nprpffbrowserrecordlegacyext realplayer.dll
    • nsirpbrowserrecord realplayer.xpt
  • By clicking on Firefox Menu > Tools > Add-ons, you will notice that the “RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 14.0.3” extension is successfully removed.

Solution to Firefox Browser Error: Bad Request HTTP Error 400.

When you browse to a website, for example at http://www.thestar.com.my/, you get the following error message:

Bad Request
HTTP Error 400. The request is badly formed.

The solution to this problem is:

Click on Menu > Tools > Options > Privacy > remove individual cookies > type at Search: “thestar.com.my” > highlight all > Remove Cookies > Close > OK.

Lastly, go back and now you can continue your browsing at the same website again.

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