HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) is an open-source extension for Home Assistant, which is an automation platform for home control. HACS provides a way for users to easily install and manage custom integrations, plugins, and themes developed by the Home Assistant community. With HACS, users can browse a library of community-created add-ons and install them… Read More »
Home Assistant is a home automation platform. that allows you to control and monitor your smart devices at home¹. It has a web-based interface that lets you create dashboards, automations, integrations and more¹. You can also use the official Home Assistant apps to control your devices and receive notifications on your phone or watch¹. There are… Read More »
Recently I bought TP-LINK Deco PX50 Hybrid WiFi 6 Mesh System, 3-pack. It is very simple to set up and gives good result in my flat with concrete walls and several other wifi networks around. Today out of bf the blue digibox in one room stopped working. It has cable connector, not wifi. First I… Read More »
Several users have been encountering the ‘Can’t delete a partition without the force protected parameter set’ when trying to use DiskPart to remove the recovery partition. The issue is not specific to a certain Windows version as it’s reported to occur with Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Resolving the Error Using the… Read More »
If you have upgraded your PC with new hard drive and old one is left over fro backups or other purposes then this is how you can delete system files what are usually locket out: This is for power users only!. Check , double-check and check one more time the drive letter and directory… Read More »
Some time ago I did network hardware update and this caused issues for one PC. After trying several fixes from tcp/ip reset to hardcoded IP and DNS it came up that switching to another lan card fixed problem. But on the road all those tries messed up settings so that all VPN connections stopped to work… Read More »
Remember when Windows 98 needed a computer costing $1,000+ to run comfortably? Almost 20 years later, the early Microsoft OS runs on a computer that sells for just $25 and that is so small it fits on your wrist. This Raspberry Pi-powered, Windows 98 wristwatch is a project by amateur technology enthusiast 314Reactor. This article… Read More »
Recently I lost connection to my HP Photosmart 7520 printer. Little investigation showed that printer’s IP address was changed. Printer was connected via WiFi. The current IP address can be looked up on WiFi settings page: In Windows 10 printer can be found under Settings -> Devices -> Printers & Scanners Clicking on device will bring up… Read More »
This seems to be very common issue. I have Windows 10 and Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. For some time it worked fine. But the the issues started. Usually USB device was not recognized or then malfunctioned (by error message). Sometimes phone was periodically found and lost in every few seconds. Tried different usb cables, reinstalled… Read More »
USB Cable Resistance: Why your phone/tablet might be charging slow Tablets and smartphones are now ubiquitous, and almost universally, they rely on some form of USB connection to provide the power to charge the device. This is, in no doubt, because of a desire to reduce waste and meet EU regulations and has made it… Read More »