Easy Fix: Missing Right Click WordPad

WordPad is the number one program I use on a daily basis. That may sound crazy to some, I know. However, I don't need Microsoft word, Open Office or anything else. I just need the simplistic features and non energy sapping blank white canvas that WordPad provides to do my writing and editing. It would be nice if it had a word counter, but hey, you can't have everything.

The problem of, all of a sudden having no options when right clicking in WordPad seems to be a common one. Like, nothing happens what so ever, but right clicking anywhere out of WordPad and everything is fine. Some people recommend just deleting the WordPad.INI file from the Windows folder. That will work fine. But some users are paranoid of deleting anything that's located in the C: drive of the computer in fear of removing something important, and then the computer not working anymore. And that's understandable.

So an easier, or less panicky method is to save and then close all your open WordPad files. Then go and download the free version of CCleaner. This is an excellent program. After that, simply run a clean and, just to be newbie safe, make sure the above cleaning options are selected as the pictures shows. Run the clean. Re-open your WordPad documents and give them a right click. All should be fixed. Hope this helped you out. Back to work for me. Until the next time.

JetPack Plug-In Stats Not Showing Fix

A little annoying, but in my experience with this problem, an easy fix. I've read about a few people experiencing this problem disabling the plug-in, uninstalling, and then re-installing it and all has been well. I didn't do that as I was convinced that wasn't going to solve the problem in my case. And was I right, it wasn't needed. There are most probably several causes and numerous fixes to this error. Some of the causes may be because the server were the stats are pulled from may be down. Or there could be a conflict with another plug-in. Some people have taken their sites apart trying to find out the cause of this issue!

Here is the error. You try to fetch your stats, it looks like everything is about to load but then throws up the following error message:

"We were unable to get your stats just now. Please reload this page to try again."

How to fix it? The cause of this problem for me was when Jetpack (Or Wordpress- where the stats are coming from) updated their SSL Certificate. If an SSL Certificate gets updated and your Date and Time are not correct (behind the time of the update) it will throw up all types of errors. "Connection not secure", Untrusted website, and even, We were unable to get your stats just now..

My CMOS battery has died, so my time was about one hour behind. I usually set it to what I think the time is - which is usually close enough - each day. Upon receiving this error, applying the solution, and then refreshing the stats page, I'm back in business and everything is working well. Be sure to check your date and time if you are getting this error message in Jetpack Stats.

How To Clear Android Keyboard History

Doing a quick Google search on to how clear / delete the Android keyboard history throws up many results relating to Samsung mobile phones, such as the Galaxy S7 etc. The first few pages are nothing but related to mobile phones.. This is understandable due to how popular Samsung phones are. But if you want to clear the keyboard cache on a Tablet device that's running Android, the instructions / procedure is not the same.

Other than it being a bit annoying, there are many instances in which you may want to clear the keyboard history. One could be that you were researching something and have completed it and now the history isn't relevant / needed anymore. Or you may be using a shared device and don't want someone else's history popping up every time you type something. Or, even for your own privacy. Whatever the reason, here is how to clear the keyboard history on an Android device - in this case a tablet with Android Lollipop OS installed.

1. Click the settings (cog) icon
2. Click "Language & Input"
3. Select "Android Keyboard Settings (AOSP)"
4. Click "Text Correction"
5. Turn off "Personalised Suggestions"

And that's it, the history has been cleared and wont be saved anymore. Please note: Predictive text is still activated when the above feature is turned off. Hope this helped you out. Until the next time amigo.

How To Stop Added Text In Emails Avast

If you have been getting a little confused by seeing a load of odd text appearing at the end of your Google emails, you'll be glad to know you're not alone. It looks a real mess, and it's to do with your Avast Anti-Virus. Here is an example of the text code.

<div id="DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
>       <tr>
>         <td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a
> href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail"
> target="_blank"><img
> src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/2016/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange_184x116-v1.png"
> width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" /></a></td>
>               <td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e;
> font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a
> href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail"
> target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a>
>               </td>
>       </tr>
> </table><a href="#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1"
> height="1"></a></div>

So how do you get rid of it?

There is an easy fix.  First open up your Avast Interface. Then click the Cog symbol that's located in the top right hand corner. You should now be on the "General" Tab page of the settings. Look down the first list of options (clickable boxes).

The last box on that page is called "Enable Avast email signature". See the picture above. If you've been getting the text at the bottom of your emails this box will be ticked. UNTICK this box and press OK to save. Now send a little test email. You should now have a nice clean email with no added text from Avast. Hope this helped you out. Until the next time..

HTTP Wordpress Image Upload Error Fix

Well, wordpress has just been updated (April 2016) and as usual there are a few bugs that need fixing! Wordpress is a great platform, but I'm suffering from the flue here and just trying to keep things moving by tryin to add a hassle free post to one of my websites. Which is usually the case..No such luck though today when I'm ill. I know Wordpress can't always get everything perfect with all the different plug-ins and conflicts etc, but I wish they would test more before releasing new updates! Anyway, rant over. Here's how to be able to upload images again!.

This http wordpress error when trying to upload an image is a seriously annoying problem. Several fixes have worked for a few lucky people, but most do not work. The error remains. Deactivating all plug-ins then trying to upload an image does nothing either. Some have suggested changing the write permissions of the folders, but for me and many other people that did nothing either. So what fixes this problem?

Go to this link on github: https://github.com/getsource/default-to-gd Download the file by clicking the Download Zip button on the right hand side (See picture). Add the file to your sick wordpress site just like you were adding a new plug-in. Install and activate the new mini plug-in and you should now be able to upload pictures again. And the good thing is this file is less than 2kb in size. Right, back to work for me. Hope this helps you out! Until the next time..Hopefully not with this same error!