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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Stoping WIndows 10 Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry/Remote Telemetry

I noticed I had a process taking 7% of my cpu time, it was called Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry. A search indicated that this was probably sending info to MS and it would not be a big harm to stop it. I found a way of easily doing that on the link below:
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/windows-10-microsoft-compatibility-telemetry-high-disk-usage-solved/
I used Method 1 below, (taken from that site as is, please use at your own risk! All credit goes to the original authors of the above page!)
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1) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key  and R at the same time to invoke a Runcommand.
2) Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Note: If you cannot find gpedit.msc on your Windows 10, here is the method to got it.
3) Go to Computer Configuration >  Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds.

4) Double-click Allow Telemetry.

5) Select Disabled, then click OK.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

How to fix the mouse drifting on Windows 10 on a Toshiba Portege Z30-A

I have been struggling with this problem on and off for years (3 years of ownership) and have fixed this in the past by updating drivers, changing ports, etc. It seems that the problem is fixed and then someday, the same thing happens all over again!

In summary, it seems that the problem is related to the accupoint device (that blue dot in the middle of the keyboard). The way the problem seems to be fixed now is by disabling it all together. How? Follow the instructions below:



How?
Double click the touchpad icon on your system tray. (the one with the red cross)


Then, unmark the Use AccuPoint. Please note that if you tap the left top corner of your touch pad you can turn the Touch Pad on and off. and when you turn it on after unmarking the Use Accupoint, it can also turn the AccuPoint back on! So, go ahead, and see the Use Accupoint turn on and then select it off again. After that turning the touchpad on and off will not affect the AccuPoint. (or at least until it happens again and they you will need to repeat this procedure. Good Luck!


Friday, January 6, 2017

Managing iPhone pictures on Windows (10) - How to consolidate content from multiple folders into one?

So you have finally synced your pictures from your phone into your computer (100s or 1000s pictures) and now you have all these folders with multiple pictures in it so you have to go into each and every folder to see its content?

If you are like me and would like to put all of them in one folder (or a smaller number of folders organized by Year or Month)?  In this way, you can can go through those pictures all at once and not need to open one by one.

I am pretty sure someone may have created a command batch for that but this is how I did it:
1) First of all, you need to be careful to not lose data. Think about the situation where multiple folders contain files with the same name, if you simply move those to the same folder while they are in fact different pictures/files you will lose data. So I did check my folder tree first checked my folder first for duplication. I suggest you to do this outside of file explorer. I have used "Duplicate Cleaner" freeware from DigitalVolcano (found on CNET)  The software is free and very fast. Please read the instructions well since you do not want to make any mistakes here.
2) Once you are sure there are no duplication this is how I have consolidated all the pictures into one directory by:

  - Opening the parent folder which has the pictures/sub-folders. Use search to find all the files you want to copy. For that just click on search box (below ribbon on right top side)  (use an operator like *.jpg or click on the ribbon and choose a kind type, for instance kind:=picture). This will do a search on that head folder and all sub-folders and find the pictures or movies, or file (depending on your search). Now, click on Home-ribbon and Select all. This will select all the files. Now you can just click on Move or Copy on the ribbon and transfer the files to the new directory you are creating.



I hope this is clear enough, if not please ask a question on  your comments.

I have compiled this from multiple sources but mainly from an answer I found here and here. If/When I have more time I will try to add some pictures to this instruction.

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