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How to Fix Paper Capture Recognition Service Errors 10001 in Acrobat
If you're stuck in Adobe Acrobat, you'll need to fix Paper Capture recognition service errors before you can make changes to your PDF. The error pops up after you try to edit a scanned PDF document or export a PDF document into another file format, like Word. The full...
Synology NAS Package Center Doesn’t Connect
You go to your Package Center and your packages don't load at all. The error is Connection failed. Please check your network and time settings. The problem is the URLs required by the Package Center can't be resolved. There are a few issues that can cause this. They...
Why I Switched Back From Notion to Evernote
I started Evernote back in 2014. It didn't take long to fall in love and completely change my approach to note taking. Previously I had used OneNote to get me by. When Notion came along and I saw all of the features available, I had to try it out. I didn't intend to...
NAS Hard Drive Disappears From Synology Storage Pool
Upon entering your office, you hear beeping from your NAS. You log in to DSM and see that there is an alert that a drive has been removed, causing a System Partition Failure. The problem is the drive was never removed. To get the missing drive to show back up again,...
Some Services Can’t Reach Internet With Unbound
If you recently changed your Unbound configuration and now you can't access the Internet, you can verify Unbound is behaving properly by doing the following two things: Verify Unbound is actually running.Verify your configuration is actually running. This was tested...
Raspberry Pi Web Interfaces Don’t Connect After OpenVPN Killswitch Script Install
I had an interesting interaction when using DietPi. I turned on the killswitch option in the VPN section and suddenly I couldn't access the web interface for any installed package on the Raspberry Pi. It looks like DietPi didn't include scripts to automatically...
Synology: Transferred Files Inside Shared Folder Disappeared
You added a network Location to This PC in Windows 10 from your NAS or other computer. You move stuff over and when you go to your network drive, the folders that you just moved aren't there. Where did they go? Did something go wrong in the move? Luckily, no. What...
Can You Crack a KeePass Database if You Forgot Your Password?
It's certainly possible to crack a KeePass database, but is it practical? I often wondered about this as a security-conscious KeePass user and someone who forgot the password to one of my databases. So I looked for an answer. If you look, it won't take long to find...
How to Batch Export Multiple Images in Photoshop
Whether you are exporting multiple custom images or resizing multiple stock images, you don't have to do them one by one. Save some time by using batch actions! What you will be doing is making an action that saves files with the settings you want. To start, do the...
Why Is ModifiableWindowsApps and Program Files Folders in My D Drive?
One day, you look in your D Drive and see two extra folders: Program Files (with ModifiableWindowsApps inside)WindowsApps Program Files is owned by Services and WindowsApps is owned by TrustedInstaller. Attempting to delete these folders will throw an error, even as...
Disable OneNote Icon in System Tray and Service Startup
Included in the Microsoft Office 2016 package is OneNote 2016. If you are not familiar with OneNote, it is Microsoft's tool to help you organize and take notes. If you are not using OneNote as much anymore or not at all, having it automatically start when you sign in...
How to Fix Office Application Unable to Start 0xc0000142 in Office 2019/2016
I had an interesting Office application unable to start error (0xc0000142) today on Windows 10 when the OneNote icon loaded in the notification area. When I tried to open all the other Office 365 applications installed on my computer, they all started with an updating...
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