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WOMEN'S IN TECH

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  There's no question that the tech industry has a problem with women. From the sexism faced by early female computer scientists to the lack of women in leadership positions today, the industry has a long way to go in terms of gender equality. But there are also many inspiring women making waves in the tech industry. These women are developing innovative new technologies, leading successful companies, and inspiring the next generation of girls to pursue careers in STEM. Here are just a few of the many incredible women making a difference in the tech industry: 1. Susan Wojcicki Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube and one of the most powerful women in tech. She was an early employee at Google, and her garage was the site of the company's first headquarters. Wojcicki has been a driving force behind some of Google's most successful products, including AdSense and Google Analytics. 2. Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg is an American business executive, billionaire, and philanthro...

HOW TO SPLIT WINDOWS 10

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  If you're running Windows 10, you can now split your screen into two equal halves. This can be done by opening up the Action Center and clicking on the "Display" tile. Once you click on the "Display" tile, you'll be given the option to "Partition Screen." Clicking on this will split your screen into two equal halves. If you want to adjust the size of each partition, you can do so by clicking on the "Adjust Partitions" button. From here, you can drag the partition line to the left or right to make one partition larger or smaller. Once you're satisfied with the partition sizes, click on the "Apply" button to save your changes. There are many ways to partition two windows on Windows 10. Some people use have a go-to option, while others prefer to use a tool to do the work for them. Regardless of your chosen approach, there are a few key steps that are essential to succeed. First, you need to create a new Windows 10 partit...

The Computer is Frozen. A Program Is Not Responding!

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Whenever your computer freezes, or a program hangs and not responding: Try the following troubleshooting techniques; Push the Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys at the same time. Then, start the Task Manager, highlight the program’s name, and hit the End Task button. Perform a hard reboot by simply pressing the on/off button to turn off the computer manually. This action should only be done as a last resort if you have an unresponsive program or critical error.  This process could cause data loss or corruption.   Once the computer is responding again, run a virus check.

My Printer Not Connecting

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 If you are having an issue with installing a printer or getting other issues dealing with a printer or printer setup on the computer, try this troubleshooter.  If a step doesn't apply, skip to next step  1. Turn computer off  2. Turn printer off 3. Disconnect power to printer for 2 minutes  4. Turn printer back on  5. Wait one minute  6. Make sure all connections are good  7. If your printer has both parallel and USB connectors, only have one of the two connected and not both. The USB is faster. (most new systems do not have parallel connections)  8. Turn computer back on  9. Make sure the printer has ink  10. Is the printer networked? If so is it connected to the network via computer or router. If it is connected via a computer and the computer is off, the other systems will not see it.  11. Make sure the dependencies to the print spool is started  12. Check the manufacturer of the printer to see if there is a newer driv...

QUICK SOLUTION TO KEYBOARD PROBLEMS

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If you are having an issue with a keyboard, try the following; 1. Was any liquid spilled on the keyboard? If so, you may have to replace the keyboard.  2. A key could be stuck. Unplug it from the computer and press every key on the keyboard to see if it gets unstuck. Also sometimes an object can get under a key and this should fix that issue.  3. When you type the letters are not moved over but instead are replaced. 4. Set the BIOS to default and clear NVRAM 5. If the keyboard is USB, make sure the USB features in the BIOS is enabled.  6. Make sure the keyboard is plugged into the correct port. Today most PS2 ports are color coded (not all systems though). Purple is keyboard and Green is mouse. Some systems will not allow the keyboard to be plugged into the mouse port and some systems will allow you to plug the keyboard in the mouse port. If you have it in the mouse port and the keyboard is not working, that could be the cause.  7. If you do have it in the correct po...

WHAT TO DO WHEN MONITOR FAILS TO DISPLAY IMAGE

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Check the obvious things first. Verify the monitor is plugged in (and that the receptacle has power), the video cable is connected to the video card, the computer and monitor are turned on, and the brightness and contrast settings are set to the middle of their range.  If none of these steps solves the problem, your monitor, video card, or video cable may be bad. Check the suspect monitor on a known-good system or a knowngood monitor on the problem system. If you have ACPI or APM power management enabled, it may be causing the problem. Some systems simply refuse to wake up once power management puts them to sleep.  We have seen such systems survive a hardware reset without restoring power to the monitor. To verify this problem, turn off power to the system and monitor and then turn them back on. If the monitor then displays an image, check the power management settings in your BIOS and operating system and disable them if necessary.