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T his post is intended for those who are trying to submit or upload images on websites that ask for certain dimension - both in size and pixels. How to resize photograph and signature to certain width and height in pixels and file size in KB? Most online applications for government exams in India asks for scanned photograph and signature in specific pixel size and image size such as -  Upload Scanned Images of Photograph and Signature:     The scanned images of photograph and Signature should be in jpg/jpeg format only.     Size of the photo image must be between 20 KB to 40 KB     Size of the signature image must be between 20 KB to 40 KB     Dimension of photograph image should be 3.5 cm(width) x 4.5 cm(Height) only.     Dimension of signature image should be 3.5 cm(length) x 1.5 cm(Height) only. Read more »

There are numerous TV channels today but only a few selected channels are watched by most subscribers depending on various factors such as age, interest, gender etc. Kids would like to watch cartoons, youth may want to watch music, movies and sports. Elderly people may want to watch news, religious channels etc. With so many channels of the same kind, as subscribers we are paying even for channels we don't watch.  Read more »

Microsoft Intune is a product from Microsoft which helps organizations manage access to corporate apps, data, and resources. Company Portal is the app that lets an employee of a company, securely access those resources. The Intune Company Portal is a provides access to corporate apps and resources from almost any network. The Company Portal App is installed as a Device Administrator. Therefore, the uninstall process is slightly different from that of regular Android Apps. In this post, we shall not cover the installation or the configuration of the app which should ideally be setup with the help of the company's IT support. In this post, we shall see only the uninstallation process in Android devices. Read more »

In this post, we shall see how to install fonts on Windows computer and also how to backup existing fonts from Windows computer. To use any font, it has to be installed first. After which, the font can be used in programs such as Microsoft Word or Photoshop etc. Read more »

DIY - Mi Redmi Note 4 Screen Replacement In this video we'll see a demo of Mi Redmi Note 4 Screen replacement in case of a broken screen. You can buy a compatible screen replacement for your phone and replace it on your own instead of taking to a repair shop. In this video, I used a compatible screen replacement for Mi Redmi Note 4 phone that came along with the front frame and not just the screen. Read more »

CamStudio is a free and opensource software for recording desktop screen. It is probably one of the best screen recording software with tons of features.  It is useful for making demonstration or tutorial videos with good features.  Read more »

With most email clients you can easily create tasks from an email or at least mark a reminder against an email to follow up later.  Google also has a separate product called "Google Tasks" to manage tasks. Gmail has also introduced "Add to Tasks" feature in Gmail so that we can easily create task from an email in Gmail. Of course, we can also create our own tasks from the Google Tasks also. Let's see more in detail. Read more »

On some clients' website built using WordPress, there was this error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress If you also have a WordPress website where you are seeing the error "Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress" when attempting to login, please find the solution below. Read more »

  If you are running a classified website using OSCLASS CMS with some of the default themes available, you might have noticed that there is not NEXT and PREVIOUS links when an item is viewed. So, the visitor will have to either go back to home or click on related listings, tags etc. if available to view other listings. The NEXT and PREVIOUS links are desired on the item page.  If you are running an OSCLASS website, and would like to add NEXT and PREVIOUS item links, we shall see how to add in this post. Read more »

If you are using Gmail with Outlook, it is easy to setup Outlook to use Gmail. However, you might have noticed that Google Contacts and Calendar does not get automatically synced with Outlook. You may add contacts in Outlook but those will not get synced with Google Contacts and vice versa. If you just want to add the Google Contacts with Outlook, exporting the Google Contacts and importing the contacts to Outlook would work. But then it will still not sync with each other. In this post we shall see how to sync Google Contacts and Calendar with Outlook. Read more »

This post describes in brief the steps to reset the Drupal 8  administrator password in case you forget them. Writing down passwords are a big no no, and no matter how hard we try to remember passwords, sometimes, we may miss it, especially if you have various different password for different systems. And forgetting passwords also usually happens on development systems when you set some dummy or random passwords, phuff!, you no longer remember them. In this post, we shall see how to reset Drupal admin user password easily from phpMyAdmin.  Read more »

Nowadays, many people are using Social Media, be it Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. Therefore, using Social Login simplifies the registration process in just a few clicks instead of letting user's type in to a user registration form with their details. Among the many social networks out there, Facebook is one of the most popular one. In this post, we shall see how to login users to Osclass websites using Facebook. Read more »

Google Chrome is one of the most used web browser. Google Chrome is usually always included on new Android phones as well. In addition, most Android manufacturer also includes their own stock web browsers on Android phones. On Android phone, usually the links clicked are opened in a web browser. If you prefer a particular browser, and it is currently not set as the default browser, then we'll see how to change the default web browser in Android Phone including Mi Redmi Phones. Read more »

Sometimes, when starting Microsoft Outlook, it would get stuck on 'Loading Profile' and it will never load or will take a long time to load. In this post, we shall see how to resolve Microsoft Outlook stuck on 'Loading Profile'. Read more »

A re you looking for ways to extend Wi-Fi range? We can extend Wi-Fi using wireless repeaters or wireless extenders easily as they have built in Wi-Fi repeater features. Using such routers we can easily extend Wi-Fi range at home or office. Besides wireless routers with repeater or extender features, one can also buy dedicated Wi-Fi repeaters and extend Wi-Fi network. They are usually cheaper than Wi-Fi routers. If you have such routers, then refer to the previous post , how to extend Wi-Fi using two Netgear Wi-Fi routers with Wi-Fi repeater features . However, if the routers you have do not have Wi-Fi repeater / access point features built-in, then we can still extend Wi-Fi range using those routers. In this post, we shall see how to extend Wi-Fi range using two routers without Wi-Fi repeater features inbuilt. Read more »

Saving files to Google Drive and sharing links to others?  You must have noticed that the link from Google drive file sharing is a bit long. Links can be shared via messaging or emails which they can open directly. But if in case, people need to type the links to open documents, it could be tedious and people could make mistakes too. Why not shorten the links so that it is easy to read or type? Here is how. Read more »

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds game is attracting a lot of attention becoming one of the most popular games being played. You can install PUBG on Android, directly from Play Store. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a good game. PUBG for PC is already available on Steam, but it is not free and you need to pay around 15 – 20 USD. The experience of playing PUBG on mobile is good, the controls are awesome. But if you don't want to pay for the PC version and still want to play on a bigger screen on PC, then follow the instructions below how to install PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on PC. This example is relevant for Windows computer. Read more »

European Union (EU) laws require websites to give EU visitors information about cookies used on website. In many cases, these laws also require websites to obtain consent from the visitor. Read more »

European Union (EU) laws require websites to give EU visitors information about cookies used on website. In many cases, these laws also require websites to obtain consent from the visitor. Blogger is a blogging platform from Google and as such the platform is managed by Google. As a blogger, we are only using the system to post content. The management of the Blogger system is not in our control. Thankfully, Google have we have added a notice on Blogger to help meet these regulations. The notice lets visitors know about Google's use of certain Blogger and Google cookies on the Blogger blog, including Google Analytics and AdSense cookies. To check the default cookie consent notification implemented by Blogger, refer to our previous blog post here - How To check Cookies notification in Blogger for European Union countries outside EU ?  In case, if you are not satisfied with the default notification and you want to apply your own cookie notification, you can do so following the bel...

European Union (EU) laws require websites to give EU visitors information about cookies used on website. In many cases, these laws also require websites to obtain consent from the visitor. Blogger is a bloggin platform from Google and as such the platform is managed by Google. As a blogger, we are only using the system to post content. The management of the Blogger system is not in our control. Thankfully, Google have we have added a notice on Blogger to help meet these regulations. The notice lets visitors know about Google's use of certain Blogger and Google cookies on the Blogger blog, including Google Analytics and AdSense cookies. In this post, we will check "How To check Cookies notification in Blogger for European Union countries outside EU?" Read more »