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Disable a Brother Laser Printer From Going Into a “Deep Sleep” Mode

May 31st, 2016 · 1 Comment

I just got me a Brother MFC-1910W. It is a wireless laser printer with a scanner and a fax. Shortly after installing the printer I noticed that it goes into a deep sleep mode and won’t wake up, even when trying to initiate a remote printing job. I could not cancel the deep sleep mode […]

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Reversed Evolution – When Progress Is Making Simple Things Complicated

June 28th, 2014 · No Comments

What is a reverse evolution? It’s when things go backwards instead of going forward. It’s making a new product that is less functional and less user friendly than the old product. It is mostly annoying when it comes to products you use daily and depend on, like your Email account or your preferred browser or […]

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How to Check if an Online Store Is Real and Trustworthy

March 9th, 2014 · No Comments

Shopping online can be secure and safe when you buy at known online stores like Ebay etc. But you sometimes bump into online stores that you don’t recognize, that offer good deals. In this case there are two things you should check: Is this store real and not some scam? If it’s real, is it […]

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How to Protect Your Sound Mixer From Dust

March 6th, 2014 · No Comments

I wanted a solution to dust going in my sound mixer plug holes. I could have used a towel or a cover but I wanted something that would not hide the mixer and still give me dust protection. So, I just plugged ear-plugs in the holes. For the RC plugs you can use RC plug […]

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Screen Brightness Disabled/Disappears After Hibernation on Win 7

February 10th, 2013 · No Comments

This post is about fixing a problem with the screen brightness adjustment. On Win7, hibernation causes the screen brightness adjustment to not function, thus, staying stuck in the last brightness set. Using the keyboard brightnes key’s doesn’t do a thing. Also going directly via the control panel > power options doesn’t help. In the later, […]

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