Terry Hollett – Daves Computer Tips

HP Printer Error Code 0xB98088FC

Terry Hollett — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:04:54 +0000

I woke up this morning to this error message blinking on my HP Printer (HP OfficeJet 3830). Error Code 0xB98088FC Luckily, the fix was simple. Turn it off and on again. I pressed the power button, but it didn’t go off. It did restart. Problem solved? I’ve been reading online that some people have fixed the problem, only to have it return a few days later. Only time will tell. Here are a few…

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Patch My PC

Terry Hollett — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:15:50 +0000

I recently ran WinGet to update the apps on my computer. It ran OK with one small snag. WinGet Breaks 4K Downloader Plus I was made aware of a program called “Patch My PC”. Thanks, Mindblower. A search shows it’s been covered before in past articles. Read: Top Notch Free Software Updater How To Patch My PC So I decided to try out the latest version. I downloaded the portable…

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No Power On Gateway PC

Terry Hollett — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:12:38 +0000

After a winter storm, we had a power outage that lasted almost 20 hours. Not good in an apartment with only electric heat. No lights, no heat, can’t go online to complain to anyone. 🙂 I previously wrote about someone’s computer not turning on after a power outage. The fix was to unplug the computer, hold down the power button for 30 seconds, plug it back in, and turn it on.

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Winget Breaks 4K Downloader Plus

Terry Hollett — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:01:45 +0000

I used PowerShell to update all the programs I have installed. I had one problem with it. It broke my video downloader called “4K Downloader Plus“. Download 4K Downloader Plus. It would not open. I purchased a license for this and was concerned that this might have screwed it up. I figured I would have to get in touch with 4K tech support, but I didn’t. What I did was visit the 4K site and…

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Watch International TV From Your Browser

Terry Hollett — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:01:31 +0000

I was watching a YouTube video when it mentioned a website that allows you to watch International TV Stations directly from your browser. You know the drill, had to check it out myself. The website is tv.garden It’s pretty simple to use. Here is their default screen. Click on a country. It takes you to a list of channels. This will vary between countries. Canada has 111 channels listed.

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Netflix Video Not Playing

Terry Hollett — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:21:51 +0000

I’m not really into wrestling or sports, in general, but I have relatives who are. They were trying to watch a wrestling match, but the video wouldn’t play. There were no error messages. All the other videos seemed to be working. I first assumed that because the broadcast date was the same as the day they were trying to watch it, maybe it wasn’t available yet. They waited. A day later…

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Settings Crashing When I Click On Privacy Settings

Terry Hollett — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:50:57 +0000

I previously wrote about the “Activity History,” but it wasn’t the original article I planned to write. I was originally going to write about “how to delete the activitiescache.db file manually”, but I had some issues with it on one of my computers. When I manually deleted the file on my CyberPowerPC, I had no issues. On my Asus computer, that was another story. Everything worked except when I…

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Hallmark Card Studio Cannot Connect To Server

Terry Hollett — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:01:29 +0000

I was trying to make up a card with “Hallmark Card Studio” when I kept getting an internet connection error. It couldn’t connect to the server, and I couldn’t open any of the listed templates or clip art. For the first time after using this program for a few years, I realized it depends on an active internet connection. The biggest problem was that there was no problem with my internet.

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Turn Off Activity History For Privacy

Terry Hollett — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:03:11 +0000

After watching some YouTube videos, I discovered that Microsoft keeps a log of your activities in a file called “ActivitiesCache.db”. I thought it was only for Windows 11, but I also found the file on all of my Windows 10 computers. The path to the file on my system is C\Users\Terry\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform\L.Terry\ActivitiesCache.db It’s a hidden file, so you have to show…

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Make A World Map In LibreOffice

Terry Hollett — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:40:02 +0000

I watched a short YouTube video about an easy way to create a world map if you ever need one. I had to try it. This works in LibreOffice and Microsoft Wordpad. I believe they used Microsoft Word in the video, which I don’t have. It does not work in OpenOffice or OnlyOffice. Type the following: 1F5FA And then on your keyboard, click: Alt + X The LibreOffice version looks like a…

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Import Photos From iPhone Without iTunes

Terry Hollett — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:23:20 +0000

A couple wanted me to copy their pictures from their iPhone. They were trying to open their “Outlook” email app, but it was greyed out. When they wanted to open it, they would get a “not enough space” error. I plugged their phone into their computer and opened iTunes to copy the photos to their laptop. For some reason, I couldn’t get iTunes to work. It wanted to update. But it was very slow to…

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Show Only The Channels You’re Subscribed To – TiVo

Terry Hollett — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 05:23:20 +0000

You are scrolling through your onscreen channel guide and wondering exactly what channels you have – three ways to know: 1. You can painstakingly go through the channel guide and write down all the channels. Did I do it? I cannot answer that on the basis that I might incriminate myself. 🙂 2. With our TiVo service, in the channel listings, the channels we have are listed in white letters…

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Another Top 5 Horror Picks

Terry Hollett — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:03:43 +0000

With only a couple of more weeks before Halloween, here are my 5 top picks from YouTube for the best short horror videos. Actually, this would be the second list after the original published here. My Top 5 Short Horror Picks From YouTube 2025 I usually prefer stories with a supernatural twist, rather than just slasher flicks. Descriptions are from YouTube. 1. Greed & Gore After a…

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Navigate YouTube Shorts On TiVo

Terry Hollett — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:44:36 +0000

YouTube Shorts are short videos under three minutes long. They must be in vertical format with a 9:16 aspect ratio. I first avoided playing them because I didn’t know how to stop them without exiting YouTube altogether. After a little button pushing on the remote, I think I have it figured out. I can’t stop the videos except for pausing them, either using the pause button (big yellow one)…

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