Driver Installation Issue with BeagleBone Black (generalizable to any failures of installation of unsigned drivers)

Installation of Windows 10 Bone_D64.exe was failing.

Reason turned out to be:
Microsoft OS no longer allows direct installation of unsigned drivers to reduce access by malware. (there might be more to this...)


Solution:
> Updating the BIOS did not work for me, but installing RNDIS drive worked
> with the following instructions (found somewhere else that I cannot find
> now)
>
> device manager
> Under other devices choose RNDIS
> right click on it and update driver
> Browse my computer
> let me pick
> "Network adapters"
> select microsoft from on the left
> choose "USB RNDIS"
> Click next
> click yes
> then close
> DONE!!! YEAH !!!

source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/beagleboard/usb/-gczCwKR2Rk

Fixing when a file exceeds github's file size limit of 100 mb

git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch [file]' merge-point..HEAD

source: http://www.thisprogrammingthing.com/2013/fixing-the-this-exceeds-githubs-file-size-limit-of-100-mb-error/

changing the last commit message without committing newest changes

git commit --amend -m 'Your new message.'

source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11286362/changing-the-last-commit-message-without-committing-newest-changes

Git: .lock error while pushing [to origin]

My solution was re-creating the index (while keeping the worktree intact):

del .git\index
git reset --mixed head

source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13635429/git-rename-from-index-lock-to-index-failed

Host-Only Networking with VirtualBox

This will allow the guest system to access the broader internet through your host’s connection. You’ll be able to download packages, check email; whatever. Nobody outside sees anything of your guest system; as far as they’re concerned, it doesn’t exist. However, you cannot access any guest resources from your host machine, nor can any guest machines access each other. Yet.

source: http://christophermaier.name/2010/09/01/host-only-networking-with-virtualbox/

Debugging Samsung S8

various tips on restarting and booting in safe mode.

source: https://thedroidguy.com/2018/04/fix-samsung-galaxy-s8-wont-charge-troubleshooting-guide-1072340

Changing default font/spacing/etc in Microsoft Word

make changes to a document, apply changes to all (Normal.dotm) by setting as default.


source: https://www.cedarville.edu/help/Word-Change-Default-Line-Spacing

Powerpoint - multiple, simultaneous, automatic videos

Open up the animation pane and clear all other triggers/actions (source: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/change-the-playing-order-of-your-animation-effects-f41984c7-c5a6-4120-af1e-5208cf4295b4).

Select all videos on the slide that you want to play simultaneously. In the Animations tab, hit play. Right click on any of the selected videos and change to start 'Automatically'.

related: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_powerpoint-mso_other-mso_2010/powerpoint-how-can-i-automatically-play-two-video/eb19132f-2f49-48ae-94f6-59c1be8460b2

SolidWorks - customize keyboard shortcuts

To customize shortcut keys:

1. With a document open, click Tools > Customize, or right-click in the window border and select Customize.
2. Select the Keyboard tab.

source: http://help.solidworks.com/2017/english/solidworks/sldworks/hidd_customize_keyboard.htm

SolidWorks - disable resource monitor notification

Access the Windows Notifications Settings
To quickly access Windows Notification settings you can enter ‘Notification‘ into the search box next to the Windows icon on the left of the task bar (if the Search Box is missing right-click on the task bar and select Cortana > Search Box).

Then select Notifications & action settings from best match list:

Choose which SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor Notifications to receive
In the notifications and actions dialog scroll in the list until you find the SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor (if it’s not listed then you likely do not have SOLIDWORKS running , just start the application and it should appear).

Pick on the item to access it’s settings — or you can just turn them all off by moving the slider to off.

In the SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor settings dialog you can then pick and choose which notifications you want to receive and how you want to receive them. For instance you still might want to receive all notifications but you can do so without a sound by turning play the sound to off:



source: https://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2017/03/disable-solidworks-resource-monitor-notifications/

Deleting custom power plans

Click Start, and type power options.

Click Power Options.

Click Change Plan Settings under the plan you want to delete.

Click Delete This Plan and then OK.
Note: The Delete This Plan option only appears on plans you have created and that are not currently in use.

--> Can't delete the current plan that you're on.

source: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln85974/changing-creating-or-deleting-my-power-plan-settings-in-microsoft-windows-vista-kb-article-316355?lang=en

Unpairing a bluetooth device

Some smaller bluetooth devices seem to support only one link at a time (i.e. bluetooth mouse).


Click the Bluetooth icon in the notification area and choose the command Show Bluetooth Devices.

Right-click a device in the window.

The device doesn’t need to be on to be unpaired. You’ll notice that the devices show up in the window regardless of whether they’re on.

Choose the command Remove or Remove Device.

Click the Yes button in the Remove Device dialog box.

If prompted, type the administrator’s password or click the Continue button.


source: http://www.dummies.com/computers/pcs/how-to-unpair-a-bluetooth-device-on-your-windows-network/

git fatal: HttpRequestException encountered in cygwin

fatal: HttpRequestException encountered.
   An error occurred while sending the request.
bash: /dev/tty: No such device or address
error: failed to execute prompt script (exit code 1)
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No error

^While using git in cygwin.

Solution: Use powershell or command prompt instead.

source: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/8984

Compiling Makefiles in Windows

Cygwin works. You'll have to manually enable 'gcc' and 'make' installations.

source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2532234/how-to-run-a-makefile-in-windows
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4828388/cygwin-make-bash-command-not-found

Recovering titles of deleted YouTube videos

Useful if you have a playlist of music, the video has been removed, but you still have the URL.

In a search engine, search the 11 digit key that follows the ?v= field. Should at least be able to recover the title.


source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uQknYRrd-Y

Open recently-closed tabs on Android Chrome

source: https://www.techbout.com/open-recently-closed-tabs-android-phone-17690/