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I realize this may not be the absolute correct place to post such a question, but I also don't know where is the correct place, and I am sure there are  people here who know a lotta stuff, so here goes...   The best I can do in the area where I live is Verizon DSL... I have a windows 10 laptop...

I posted earlier about my garage door opener and how the remotes quit working, and the circuit board in the opener is obsolete, while the rest of the opener seems like new, and how I bought a remote control to "push the button", and how it's range is too short, and trying to extend the range by...

I know what I am about to ask is off topic, but I also know that many of you are quite expert. Perhaps what I want to do may even be illegal, but I assure you I have no malicious or illegal intent. I only want this for backup. We have industrial machines that are computer based, and instead of...

I just bought a sony bravia 32 inch TV last night. I am not happy with the picture. I understand that I will not get the picture the thing should be capable of because I do not have HD signal, but I thought it would be at least as good as the CRT with the signal we do have. It seems jaggedy...

My garage door opener quit working with any of the remotes. I took it apart and looked online, and there is no replacement circuit board available... obsolete. The opener still works with the button on the wall, so I ordered three remotes and a receiver that is hooked in parallel with the...

I have a desktop computer connected directly to a wireless router, and a laptop computer using a wireless connection to the same router. Both computers work fine accessing the internet, but I would like to share files between the two, and I can't seem to get it accomplished. In the command...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to operate a component of a machine that contains a stepper motor on the test bench, for the puposes of adjustment and repair. I feel sure the OEM would frown upon this activity, so I don't think I...

I would like to find a piece of electronic equipment that I think the best description would be an electronic camshaft. In the old days a shaft was hooked to a piece of equipment that had several cams that made and broke switches at various points in a revolution. I would like something very...

anybody got a good fix for a cell phone that went swimming?

It appears that I just zapped my "stereo" receiver by walking across the room and touching it to adjust the volume. I got a wicked static shock and the speakers started making terrible buzzing noises. Now I can't get any sounds out of it, and all the front panel buttons seem to work pretty...

Does anyone have any thoughts on the easiest way to detect whether or not an AC motor is running? I would like to end up with a 5 v max. signal, and all I am interested in is whether or not it is running. The main objective is the ease of installation, as I would like to be able to just...

My daughter is going to college this fall and I want to get her a notebook computer. The last 4-5 computers we have bought have been Dell. For reasons that I am not even quite sure of, I don't think I want another Dell. Anyone have any suggestions of what brand to get? Thanks

At the suggestion of some of you , I have installed and have been using AVG free antivirus for a few months now. As before, I don't know how much this stuff is really doing or not doing, but at least it's not popping up and bugging me for subscription money. I like that. It does a lot of...

Sorry if this subject isn't up to the usual tech. standards. :( I bought 2 toilet seats about a year ago that, after a push, close themselves slowly and gently. I like them a lot... Does anyone know specifically how they do that? I think it could be applied to other things. I have seen...

Perhaps this is not entirely within the realm of this forum, but I know there are knowledgable people here. What do you think of Anti virus stuff like Norton Anti virus Internet protection McAfee etc.? Every time my subscription comes due I think " this stuff is a crock. " How does one know...

I am new to this forum. I got here by wanting to check what the smallest change would be for 10 bit A/D of 5 v. Looks like my kind of stuff. ( Is that good or bad ? ) ;) I have been messing w computers and the BASIC language since early eighties. Made some boards and had some small successes...