Recently I received a Multimedia 500 from Lenovo for review. I was a bit stoked to get it, because the side I do in home computer repair, and often I need a keyboard that I can drag around with me.…
Lenovo Yoga 900-13ISK
Lenovo sent me one a couple months back to test out and replace my 1 yr. old Yoga 3 Pro. The specs of the machine are a bit different than the ones that are currently on sale (the newer ones…
KeePass Sync and Backup
If you have not been able to tell, I really like using KeePass. But up till now I have not been using it very well. I have been backing up my database manually, by copying the file. Also I have…
KeePass workaround.
In my previous blog posting I mentioned using a plugin to allow you to associate an e-mail with each password, even if you had to have a different username. While messing around I found a workaround to that, and another…
KeePass Plugin KPEntryTemplates
I have been using KeePass since late 2004 early 2005. I have liked it as is. I started with the smaller version, the 1.x line. Now I am using the 2.x version because the features make using passwords much easier.…
Yoga 900 HOME
I received a Yoga 900 HOME from Lenovo for testing and review purposes. When I was told that I would be receiving one, I thought I would be getting a new addition to the Yoga convertible computer line. That impression…
Molex Pins and Sockets
Have you ever worked on the electrical system and run into what appears to be cheap plastic connectors with cheap tin pins and sockets? Chances are pretty good they are Molex pins, sockets and connectors. You can try using standard…
Screen Stuttering when scrolling
I have been contacted about a dozen times in the last couple of weeks about this issue. At first I thought it was a Windows update that could have been at the root of the problem, but I have also…
My Lenovo Yoga 11S (not anymore)
Just before Christmas I received from Lenovo a Yoga 3 Pro (very nice machine http://blog.donhoover.net/?p=43) to replace the Yoga 11S that they had previously sent me. One thing I had to do was to pass along my 11S to a…
Windows 8.1 does not go to sleep but powers off.
It may be even worse. In my case Windows 8.1 was crashing during the sleep process or in the wakeup procedure. Never really pinned that down. For me, and I have found out with others, it is a case of…