Computers and Technology
Collection of articles, repairs, and experiments, carried out by me, relating to:
– Computer;
– Electronics;
– Computer science;
– Linux and Windows systems.
By Amedeo Valoroso.
Varese Retrocomputing 2023 was an extraordinary event, a meeting between the past and the future of the technological world. On this occasion, I had the honor of interviewing Luca and Matteo Baldi of the Ctrl + Alt Museum in Pavia, who [...]
This is the second article I write about online scams: Fortinte account sales scam. In the first article, I covered email scams and purchases on ad sites, such as Facebook Marketplace, Now, Kijiji, eBay, and others. This time, [...]
Edit 28/04/2023. ChatGPT reopens in Italy, after working on what is requested by the Privacy Guarantor: 01/04/2023. The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has intervened and, for Italian users, ChatGPT is blocked. It is hoped that the situation [...]
The professors are trembling, the workers too... artificial intelligence has arrived and is within everyone's reach! What are we talking about? Let's talk about ChatGPT, a chat in which we write questions and, on the other side of the screen, artificial intelligence responds. Let's explore the […]
PCBWay is an online manufacturer of custom printed circuit boards. In addition to the creation of custom PCBs, anyone can publish their own project, available to other users of the PCBWay website. When a customer buys the printed circuit board, it is recognized [...]
Do you have the PS4 disassembled, because you cleaned it, and you don't know how to reassemble it? Did you change the thermal paste because the PS4 Pro fan was noisy? Have you replaced the battery? Well, after seeing how to disassemble the PS4 Pro and have [...]
Welcome to the second article in the series dedicated to cleaning and maintaining the PlayStation 4 Pro! Let's see how to proceed with the replacement of the thermal paste of the PS4 Pro. Not only that, let's also see how to replace the CR2032 backup battery and how to clean [...]
Have you just bought a used Sony PlayStation 4? Does the fan run so fast that your PS4 will soon take flight? Is the PS4 Pro too noisy? Well, let me tell you one thing: it's not normal. Fortunately, the solution [...]
Here, immediately, some solutions: how to take a screenshot from Windows PC? A screenshot is a photo of the screen, snapshot, which you can paste into documents or you can save as a JPG image. It's like taking a picture of your computer monitor [...]
I recently received a recall from Fitbit for the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch. Really? A recall for a smartwatch? I thought recalls were the prerogative of cars, but instead… My experience with smartwatches My experience with […]
Connecting a remote computer to the VPN, to connect to the home or office LAN, offers many advantages. To do this, in this article we have set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network), with SoftEther VPN Server, which [...]
Connecting remotely to the home or office LAN offers multiple functions. To do this, in this article, we see how to create a VPN (Virtual Private Network) server, which acts as a bridge between the remote computer [...]
It can happen that, sometimes, you forget the PC turned on and remain in operation throughout the night. In this article, we see how to automatically turn off the PC at a scheduled time, appropriately setting Windows 10. Let's also see how to avoid [...]
The bike struggles to start? The scooter does not turn on? The starter is spinning, but the engine is not starting? Or, even, the starter does not even turn? Probably the fault lies with the battery, which needs to be replaced. Let's see [...]
Have you tried to dip an LED bulb and you only got flickering and buzzing? If it happened to you and you want to understand how you can connect LED bulbs to dimmers, to vary the brightness, you are reading [...]
Windows keeps track of all the devices in use on the computer: every time we insert a USB pen-drive, every time we install new hardware, but also every time we move a hardware, from one port to another. Each device that [...]
Welcome to the latest article on Windows 10 storage spaces. After writing three articles about mirroring, today I describe the simple storage spaces of Windows 10. The simple storage spaces of Windows 10 do not have security features [...]
Welcome to the third article about Windows storage spaces. Today I describe how to delete the Storage Spaces of Windows 10 and beyond. Before deleting the storage space, I carry out two more experiments on virtual drives: I create [...]
Windows 10 Storage Spaces allow you to combine two (or more) hard drives in a pool, later using them in one or more virtual drives. They can be used to improve data resilience: as data protection against [...]
It happens more and more often that some malicious people try to scam us online. How to protect yourself from scams? First of all you need to quickly understand what is the scam attempt and act accordingly. Let's see some of them. Protect yourself from eMail scams eMail scams [...]
I was looking for a more practical and cost-effective alternative to protect data in case of hard drive failures, compared to a RAID controller. I came across the Windows 10 Storage Spaces, in 2-way mirroring configuration. This feature of [...]
When you shut down Windows 10 by keeping some applications open, without closing them manually, the operating system can be configured to restart applications the next time you turn on your computer. It is also possible the opposite setting: that is, to deactivate the automatic reopening [...]
Cleaning and optimizing the Windows 10 registry is not an operation to be performed every day. Rather, after uninstalling applications, or after a few months of using the computer, traces can accumulate inside the registry, which is [...]
It can happen, on some computers, that the system takes a long time to shut down. In this article, I describe a couple of procedures to try to shut down Windows 10 quickly. It happened to me on a rather powerful workstation, with many [...]
Why erase traces of PC use? The topic of Privacy is very controversial. Many feel the need not to make their actions public, but not for doing something wrong! Using the PC, you always leave a lot of [...]
I have always found it particularly interesting to discover and use tips and tricks, tricks, hidden features, in short: the shortcuts of Windows 10. I have described the top 5 tricks in this article. Now let's see 5 more. Capture a screenshot [...]
I have always found it particularly interesting to discover and use tips and tricks, keyboard shortcuts, tips, in short: useful tricks for Windows 10. Some tricks are already known and used, but others are more particular. Here, then, the [...]
The blue arrows on the Windows 10 desktop icons indicate that the files they refer to are compressed. A recent Windows 10 update made them visible and… completely defaced my desktop. By informing yourself online, […]
In this article I explained how to download and install Visual Basic for free. But how to create the first application? Well, in this article I'm going to explain how to create an application with Visual Basic. I will not deal now with the actual programming, [...]
Do you want to start learning to program and you don't know which programming language to orient yourself on? Start installing Visual Basic for free. Visual Basic (also called VB.NET) is a programming language developed by Microsoft. It is very powerful and allows you to [...]