Windows Explorer crashing

I have been jousting with this for a while now! 

Explorer crashes if I try to copy a file or folder or right click to view file or folder properties - bugger!

I use WFE a lot to manage media for Facebook and blogging.

Tried all the usual things including running SFC to check for corrupt system files and finally started investigating shell extensions in particular third party shell extensions - Bingo!

Download ShellExView:

Extract and right-click run as administrator.

Extensions that appear in pink have been installed by third party applications.

You need to disable all of them and restart Explorer to check that it's working OK.

Then one-by-one go through enable only one and restart Explorer.

Repeat to find the shell extension that crashes Explorer.

In my case it turned out to be Format Factory, a file conversion programme.

Connecting DVD Writer to Phone - 2

Had to cut short the first session so here we are again.

Connecting DVD Writer to Phone 1

My setup for connecting external ODD via USB OTG which appears as USB storage.

USB OTG Cable

 

Just arrived via fast delivery from Amazon - stay tuned.

Samsung Flow - WiFi file transfer

Samsung Flow - transferring files over WiFi between phone and desktop.

I am always connecting my phone to the desktop via USB to transfer files, so much so that I worried about the wear and tear on the phone USB connector.

The Samsung Flow app.

Everything was cold today

Cold day, cold wind, cold rain, cold everything :-(

Stayed indoors for most of the day which worked out all right because I continued from yesterday doing network stuff in particular reconfiguring network storage.

NBN HFC cable connection in my downstairs study feeds the NTU and the Telstra Smart Modem 2 hangs off that. In front of that is a 2GB Seagate Expansion Drive.

More to come on this...

Mobile phones - over the years.

 

All those manufactures have disappeared.

Al's YouTube Channel-

My 'Turning fence palings into dressed timber clip 1' got over 9000 views

Note: My main reason for using YouTube is because my basic WordPress paid account does not allow for direct video uploads to wordpress.com - they need to be hosted on some other external site.

When I want to post videos to my WordPress blog I first upload to YouTube then grab the embed code and past that into my blog post using Open Live Writer.

Camera photos backup

Besides the usual Win10 backup I also do a manual file copy to USB HDD using the DOS XCOPY command.

Started taking digital photos way back in 1998 with the purchase of a Agfa ePhoto 1680 Digital Camera. Was expensive something like $1,600 bucks!

Dell network switch - revisited

From 2004 - 2019 this Dell PowerConnect 2016  switch was our main switch located in the upstairs linen cupboard. When it died I had a go at repairing the power supply but gave up and it was replaced with a Netgear switch. The photo below is was taken in 2019 photo when the switch died.

While cleaning up Al's Workshop came across it again and decided to have have another look – to repair.

Desktop PC upgrades - part 1

This is the 'new' study PC - i7 / 8GB / M.2 SSD / GT610.

Telstra modem upgrade

 

Somehow I missed this email from Telstra back in October regarding a free modem upgrade?

Currently we are on a free 230Mbps offer for six months and I will not continue that as it costs an extra $30 - happy with 100/40.

Anyway I clicked on the out-of-date link and good thing I did.

Telstra speed test - looks OK

Telstra offer - Upgrade to Superfast Internet

Telstra offer - Upgrade to Superfast Internet Add-On at no extra cost

Hi Alan,

We're excited to let you know that for a limited time we've upgraded your internet speed by giving you the Superfast Internet Add-On to your Premium Internet Plan at no additional cost (usually $30 per month) for the next 6 months.

The Superfast Internet Add-On has the potential to more than double the download speeds of your current plan's NBN Premium Evening Speed - the Superfast Internet Add-On has typical download speeds of 230Mbps (7-11pm).

Happy with 100/40 so will stay with that.

Note: The upload speed is normally above 30Mbps.

Lenovo AIO desktop noisy fan

For some months now our Lenovo Ideacentre AIO 510 (23) i7/16GB desktop has been annoying me with a noisy fan.

Even when idle the fan revs will increase and decrease in a cyclic manner.

Removed the back and gave it a clean out; not much in the way of dust clogging things so this will not fix the noisy fan problem. I suspect it’s software…not hardware.

Remember these must-have gadgets?

Many memories for me here in particular this Philips N1520 VCR for commercial and education markets - and I had one! Also had the N1500 domestic version; that's because I worked for Philips in the early seventies - great company.

 

Al's Tech Corner

Yay...finally managed to get PVR recording working on Kodi.

• PVR IPTV Simple Client
• Decent m3u8 playlist URL
• IPTV Recorder program add-on
• Ffmpg setup with Windows 10 env path
• Turn on the Web Server in Kodi and enable Remote Control

Here are some initial pictures, more to come - stay tuned

This is the PVR IPTV Simple Client configured to use the Fluxus IPTV playlist (URL)

Scam telephone calls

We have a Panasonic phone system that does a good job of blocking unwanted callers.

However over the last few months the Panasonic base station has been busy announcing 'Call from private caller' and they seem to be increasing!

BlitzWolf Smart Watch - updates

Took me a while to install the FitCloudPro app; supposed to be on PlayStore but not there so had to go searching and get it from the developer. Then more time spent getting the app permissions setup for proper operation.

BlitzWolf Smart Watch arrived today!

BlitzWolf Smart Watch arrived today – yay