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Wallpaper Won’t Change on Windows 7?

Wallpaper Won’t Change on Windows 7?

We have Windows 7 Home Premium 3-bit on one computer and suddenly couldn’t change the wallpaper. This seems to be a problem out there. There can be various ways to fix it. This one worked for us:

Hit the Start ball

Type “adjust appearance”

A link called “Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows” will appear. Click that.

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Website Fixed

It was in sorry shape for a week or so there. Sorry. It was my fault. But it’s fixed now, so let’s celebrate with some pie! Or toast. One of those.

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Patience Fail

Tried this today. Didn’t work. It was funny though.

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Iz can’t brain today. I haz the dumb.

There’s another version of this floating around the interwebz, but it didn’t quite do today justice so I made my own.

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Tactical Facepalm

Sometimes a regular facepalm just doesn’t cut it.

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Ripped-off!

Ripped-off!

Oooh! This has us mildly steamed:
http://indylaw.indiana.edu/programs/simulation/info.htm

So they totally ripped-off our annual counter-terrorism simulation. No big deal. Frankly, IndyLaw, we’re flattered. Even if you pretty much copied us on everything from your fake CNN site right down to what you named your live video feed.

But hey, it’s cool—until you allude that … Keep reading »

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Belated State Fair Report

Captured in this probably-award-winning-documentary!

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Video Cables Demystified!

Let’s face it—there are way too many different types of cables. I get asked fairly often what they’re all for, and do we even need them all? It’s really not as complicated as it seems—sort of. Anyway, let’s get to work and untangle that mess behind your TV!

Before we get too deep into it, we need to define the … Keep reading »

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Get rid of annoying “Open File Security Warning” on Windows and Mac OSX

Get rid of annoying “Open File Security Warning” on Windows and Mac OSX

Okay, so the thing about downloading a file is that you usually know that you downloaded it. Because you did that. You downloaded it. Intentionally. On purpose. And now, when you open it, Windows or OSX feels that it needs to remind you that you downloaded it.

Goodness, I find that annoying–especially when it’s my own file or script that … Keep reading »

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Displaying WordPress Pages Like Posts

Displaying WordPress Pages Like Posts

Sometimes, you just wish you could list your WP pages more like posts. I wanted not just a list of them, but with some kind of excerpt. Here’s how I did it:

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