Sims 3 corrupt game fix

• To fix the load game issues
  Use "Save" the first time you create your household.
  Then NEVER EVER use "Save". Use "Save as". (Yes you must delete some old savegames but the games loads a lot faster next time)
  When you exit sims 3 and the game asks you: Save game? PRESS NO!!! (Use "SAVE AS" before you exit)
  When you change city and the game asks you: Save city? PRESS NO (or continue without save)!!! (Use "SAVE AS" after)
  NEVER EVER click "Save". Only use "SAVE AS".

The Sims 3 freezes fix

• The Sims 3 freezes when playing. Especially when you play Isla Paradiso.
  Why you ask. Well simulation is the answer.
  
  All households who are around you need to be stimulated. You say to your Sim to cook. But the computer must simulate all computer played Sims households around you to do things.
• Computer do your sims stuff: takes 100 milliseconds.
  Computer do Scott family (4 sims) stuff: takes 4*100 milliseconds.
  Computer do Mark family (4 sims) stuff: takes 4*100 milliseconds.
  ... On Isla Paradiso are about 20 (4 sims) families living on the island that must be simulated. 20*4*100=8000 milliseconds. THATS 8 SECONDS.
• The solution. Go to "Change city" and wrecks (move out) all families in the city. Let shops and other facilities remain. You will still be visited by Sims even if no one else but you live in the city.

Autostart program as administrator in windows 8

• If you have added a program in the Startup folder, and you have said that the program must have administrative rights, the software will not start.
  
• How to fix it:
1. Remove your auto start shortcut in the Startup folder.
2. Create a shortcut to your program on your desktop.
• Hold the right mouse button over the program and press and drag it aside. Release. Then select Create Shortcut from the menu that pops up.
3. Right click on it and go to properties:
   
4. Go to advanced and run as admin:
   
5. Now. Go to the Start menu and type on the keyboard "Sche" and press the "Task Scheduler" (sv: Schemalägg aktiviteter)
6. Press action in the menu and create activity:
   
7. Do this: Put a name, Run with highest priviligies
   
8. And this: New, start when login, All users, OK
   
9. And this: New, Start a program
   (Change the name to what you need.)
   "C:\Users\Katarina\Desktop\Script.lnk"
   (C:\Users\Your account\Desktop\Your link name.lnk)
   
10. This:
    
11. In the end:
    
    Done!
    

Windows 8 fix broken profile

• If you can not get into the settings on Windows 8, it is probably because your profile is broken. You can create a new profile with the administrator account.
• To enable the Administrator account, do the following:
• Go to the start menu (press the Windows key on your keyboard).
• type cmd (eller kommando på svenska)
• Right-click the command prompt and press Run as administrator
• If you can't run as administrator do this:
• Reboot computer and press F8 just before you see the windows logo.
• In the menu click "Failsafe mode".
• Select your broken profile and login, yes it works here.
• Go to the start menu (press the Windows key on your keyboard).
• type cmd (eller kommando på svenska)
• Right-click the command prompt and press Run as administrator
• Type the following into the box that appears:
• net user administrator /active:yes
• På svenska: net user administratör /active:yes
• Press enter
• It should read "command performed" or similar
• Go to the Start menu (Windows key)
• Press your icon in the right corner and select Administrator
• You must log in to the Administrator account
• Now, go to the control panel and user accounts.
• Press Manage another account.
• Press Add Account.
• Press the Add button.
• Press to log in without a Microsoft account (not recommended).
• Local account.
• Enter your new username and password.
• You now have a new administrator account
• Log on to the new account so we disable the system account.
• Go to the Start menu (Windows key)
• Press your icon in the right corner and select your new account
• Go to the start menu (press the Windows key on your keyboard).
• type cmd (eller kommando på svenska)
• Right-click the command prompt and press Run as administrator
• Type the following into the box that appears:
• net user administrator /active:no
• På svenska: net user administratör /active:no
• Press enter
• It should read "command performed" or similar

How to set silent mode on android lollipop

• To turn on silent mode on a nexus 5 with lolipop:
  
  Press the sound up/down button once:
  
  
  Press priority and press the options/config/gear:
  
  
  Set it like this:
  
• All done. You are now in "Silent mode". To turn off silent mode just press the sound up/down:
  
  And press the "All" button.
  Now when you press the "priority", you will enter into "silent mode" and when you press "all" will be in normal mode. You do not need to lower the volume to silence your phone. In the "silent mode", you will still hear the alarm clock as usual.

I can receive mail but not send why?

• The most common is that you have not enabled secure authentication (SSL).

Do this:

1. Go to your email program.
2. Settings > Account.
3. Make sure to check "Secure connection", "Secure authorization", "SSL" or something securi.
4. Note that the incoming mail server may not require authorization. If you stop getting mail, uncheck secure authorization on incoming mail server.

iPad/Android and iPhone internet share/hotspot stop working/timeout.

• When you hotspot/share your iPhone's internet with your iPad all goes well. But as soon as the screen turns off, the iPad don't download anything, or time flies, the cell phone will stop the internet sharing/hotspot. Until you go the the internet share/hotspot screen again.

Do this:

• On your iPad:
1. Cell Data = OFF (Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data)
2. Wifi = OFF
3. Bluetooth = ON
• On your iPhone: (in this order)
1. Cell Data = ON
2. Bluetooth = ON
3. Personal hotspot = ON
4. Wifi = OFF
5. Go to the Bluetooth settings, this makes your Bluetooth visible for others.
• On your iPad (again):
1. Go to Bluetooth settings.
2. Connect to your iPhone. (a popup window will show on your iPhone now.)
• On your iPhone:
1. Click allow connection.
• Done :-)

Always make a cloud backup.

• External driver are a good place to save your stuff. But you do not always have it with you. What if there is a fire or a break in.. I always have a cloned copy of the external hard drive online. In the cloud.

Do this:

1. Get Google Drive or use one you have. Microsoft is giving away 25 GB of free.
   Google drive: http://www.google.com/drive/download/
   One Drive: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/download/
2. Open notepad and put this text in it: (See Image)
   Text: Link to text
   Download: Link to file
3. Make sure the External drive path and the cloud path is right.
4. Save it on your external drive and with the filename "Cloud Backup.bat".
5. Open a file explorer window. (Hold Windows Key and press E)
6. Find your auto start folder:
   Windows 8 users follow this guide
7. Open a new file explorer window. (Hold Windows Key and press E)
8. Open your external drive.
9. Hold the RIGHT mouse button over the "Cloud Backup.bat" file and drag it to the autostart folder. (See Image)
10. Every time you reboot your computer a backup will be made on your cloud drive.

Always save your stuff on an external drive.

• I always save my documents and projects on an external drive. So if your computer crashes, everything is saved.

Do this:

1. Buy an external hard drive. (See Image)
2. When you save something. Always choose your new drive. (See Image)

Faster computer or more secure computer?

I hear this all the time. "My computer is slow." "Ok, do you want a fast and more secure computer, you can not have both."

Do this:

1. Turn off automatic updates.
   Control Panel > Windows Update > Change settings
2. You have 4 choices. But do not choose the first thing that is "recomended". I personally have the last one "Is not recomended." I want to Update when I have a problem otherwise never.
3. Uninstall all "Security Updates" (See Image)
   Control Panel > Programs and settings > Show updates
   (OBS if you want to install Windows 8.1 dont uninstall the security updates that got KBxxxxx80-89 numbers, you need them.)
4. You might have 190 Updates so it takes a few hours. But afterwards, the computer goes faster. (When you are about to uninstall and it asks you to reboot, do not. Reboot when finished.)

Close an app in Windows 8.

Try this:

1. Move the mouse to the top left corner so the menu appears.
2. Right-click on it to close.

Or do it like a pro windows 8er:

1. Move the mouse to the top left corner so the menu appears.
2. Hold the left mouse button on the one you want to close.
3. Drag it to the bottom of the screen. (See image)
4. Release the mouse button.

My app store in Windows 8 has not the Windows 8.1 update.

• If you do not have automatic Updates on your computer you get this problem.

Do this:
Control panel > Windows update > Search for updates
When search is done do this:

1. Click "Important updates". (See Image)
2. Click the "Box" near "Names" so all becomes unchecked.
3. Check all the KBxxxxx80 to KBxxxxx89. (See Image)
4. Click "Install".
5. After install you should see the "Windows 8.1 Update" in your store app. (If not reboot and start over. You will get more KBxxxxx80-89 updates after you reboot.)
   

Why Windows mail app wont work in Windows 8.

• There are some serious bugs in the built-in email program in Windows 8. However download Windows 8.1 they usually they disappear.

Where is the Autostart folder in windows 8

C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

1. Copy this text to your file explorer:
   C:\Users
2. Double click your name.
3. Copy this text after your name and press enter:
   \AppData
4. Locate:
   Roaming
   Microsoft
   WindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup

When my mouse became a "Unidentified device".

Symptoms:

• Computer boots and reboots two times.
• Mouse or other usb device wont install ("Unidentified usb device detected")
• Usb device suddenly stop working but it worked before.
• Computer wont start until you plug in all the usb ports.
• Computer plug in and plug out sound all the time!

This did not work:

• Removed usb driver.
• Reinstalled Windows.

When:

• Plug in my nexus pad into the usb port on my laptop with Windows 8.1. (22 Jun 2014)

What was wrong:

• Usb port was shorted.

How I fixed it:

• Turned off the computer and remove the power plug. Took a pen and leaned back usb head at the top.