Recent content by Tepid Mess

Hello, I have a horizontal outlet box that is in a cutout in ceramic tile. For this reason I want/need to salvage the box, or at the very least the cutout. I'd like to buy and use one of those taps that has a small shelf on top. To use those, however, it must be plugged in to a receptacle...

I almost feel like this is a code overlay or memory leak problem or equivalent. Or possibly some malware. Something running, maybe something recently updated, is clobbering something that the touch pad needs. This would possibly explain why the problem occurs intermittently and somewhat...

Thanks, I will reconsider this. However, the OP in that post said that his touchpad NEVER worked on Win10 from the moment he got his machine. My issue is different, as my configuration has been working for years without problem, until very recently.

Thank you! I will come back to look at this later. At the moment, my laptop is working fine, and I'm in the middle of a couple of things.

Hi, thanks. But what I meant was, do you have the link to the thread where all this was discussed, and in which the link you pasted was offered as a solution? I'd like to read for myself how the guy described his issue, what others suggested, what he tried, and what he had to say exactly...

Hi, this might be kind of a weird question, but I hope someone knows the answer, if there is one. I had a vendor create a high resolution copy of a drawing for my use. He used Photoshop. As output, he gave me a .png, and a .psd file. I do not have, nor do I know how to use Photoshop. In my...

Thank you. Do you have the link to that discussion? The URL you provided has drivers exclusively for Intel NUC products. My laptop has an Intel (i5) processor, but it is not a NUC device. If this wasn't an oversight, could you please clarify? Thank you!

Thank you for your help. HP Pavilion x360 Convertible 14-cd2xxx Windows 10 Home 10.0.19044 Build 19044 BIOS Version AMI F.06 I considered a loose cable, and I might check that out. But if it was due to a loose cable, would it always be "fixed" by doing a reboot? I'm not sure that...

Starting a few days ago, the touchpad on my HP Pavilion laptop began failing intermittently, usually, as best I can tell, after resuming following locking my system. I am Windows 10, no recent updates, changes, or difference in usage. When the problem happens, there is no cursor seen on the...

Ha! I was probably on the mark after all. Barely six hours after sending my email to their customer support email id, I received this reply, pasted almost in its entirety: We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. We will send the new controller ASAP. Could you please leave...

Thank you once again. Your "can break with normal use" comment is apt. The small upside to this being a trending standard is that many (most?) companies know it's the case and thus have adopted a fairly liberal exchange/warranty policy. I have emailed the company and described the issue and...

Thank you. I agree with a lot of what you have surmised. This set is cheap. Cheap price/cheap quality. I don't doubt it at all. These things are ubiquitous now, each more inexpensive (and with likely poorer quality) than the next. I think you are pointing the finger at the controller...

Thanks for the reply. Here are some pics. They mostly show the basic setup, not fine detail. Note in pic d that both connectors enter the controller through one place--maybe something loose there? View: https://imgur.com/MeZzk9f (a) View: https://imgur.com/ud8RQRl (b) View...

Hello, My daughter has a set of strip lighting that has worked well for about six months. The controller unit has four cables coming out of it. One is where the A/C adapter plugs in. A second is simply the receiver for an IR remote control. The remaining two are identical 4 pin connectors...

Thank you. I already had considered that TV. The price was right. The size was right. I could even live with it not being a smart TV. But the showstopper for me was that it has no audio options other than the built-in speakers. No RCA, no optical, no 3.5 headphone, no Bluetooth, nothing...