February 2022 - Page 2

How to check Bluetooth version in Windows

Posted by Alex On February 19, 2022

To determine the Bluetooth version on a Windows computer, you need to open Device Manager. This can be done in several ways at once: 1) Click on the start menu and start typing ‘Device Manager’, click on the suggested match. 2) OR open the ‘Power User Menu’ using the Win+x keyboard shortcuts and select ‘Device Manager’ there 3) OR press...

How to set default keyboard layout

Posted by Alex On February 17, 2022

This article will show you step by step how to set the default keyboard language in Windows 11. If the Windows 11 operating system has more than one keyboard layout, then when you turn on the computer, one of them is selected as the active one. This selection is always the same, regardless of which keyboard layout the computer was...

How to add a new keyboard layout in Windows 11. How to remove a keyboard layout

Posted by Alex On February 17, 2022

In Windows 11, you can add a keyboard layout with a different language. And you can add any number of languages. Related: How to change keyboard shortcut to change keyboard layout in Windows 11 How to change the language of Windows 11 without reinstalling the OS How to set default keyboard layout How to add a language to the Windows...

How to change the language of Windows 11 without reinstalling the OS

Posted by Alex On February 17, 2022

In Windows 11, you can change the language of the operating system without reinstalling it. Language pack files take up little space. The Windows language changes in the OS settings, in order for the changes to take effect, you don’t even need to restart the computer – just log out and log in again. Note that if you just want...

How to change keyboard shortcut to change keyboard layout in Windows 11

Posted by Alex On February 17, 2022

By default, Windows uses Alt+Shift to change the keyboard layout. Many users are more accustomed to using the Ctrl+Shift combination to change the keyboard layout – this small instruction will step by step show how to change the keyboard shortcut that is used to change the keyboard language to Ctrl+Shift. By the way, it may be useful for you to...

How to connect to digital TV from a computer in Linux (IPTV, DVB-IP and TVoIP)

Posted by Alex On February 14, 2022

IPTV, DVB-IP and TVoIP From a technical point of view, Internet TV provided by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is different from video streaming such as YouTube or even live TV broadcasts. Internet providers for digital television services use local IP addresses and multicast. Such broadcasting is tightly tied to the local resources of ISPs (that is, it will not be...

How to quickly move to the beginning and end of a web page

Posted by Alex On February 14, 2022

The pages on some websites are very, very long. Navigating a page with a lot of text and images can get too tedious if done with the mouse. There are several ways out of this situation at once. This short note will show you how to move up and down very quickly on any web page. Use the buttons on...

Is it safe to remove configuration files left over from removed packages? (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On February 11, 2022

What does the package status “[residual-config]” mean? When searching the package repository using the apt utility, you may encounter programs that have a status like this instead of “installed” or not installed. [residual-config] See also: How to check if a package is installed on Linux Mint There can be quite a lot of such files. This raises the question: is...