Samstag, 21. November 2015

7 absolute NO-GO's on the new LG V10 after 2 Weeks of Usage

After almost two weeks with the new LG V10 I found some pros ....

  • removal battery
  • micro SD card slot
  • MIL-STD-810 resistance rating
  • modern and unique shape 
  • screen capture / edit / share (one of the biggest plus for me)
  • overall great camera
  • works mostly very smooth with 4GB of RAM

but even more cons:

  • Still not same brightness level of screen as other premium cellphones
  • no water resistance at all (makes the MIL-STD-810 resistance rating somehow obsolete). E.g. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is way better protected against water
  • battery with 3000 mAh too weak for the size and weight
  • device is very heavy and bulkier than competitors
  • no wireless charging
  • lots of overexposed photos. Especially all green (wood, grass) looks way to bright and leaves some cheap photo impression. Problem existed already on LG G4, but no solution in sight
  • auto brightness not adjustable and too dark
  • kept old CPU from LG G4
  • phone sometimes does not wake up again at all - even with double-tipping volume
  • auto-brightness sometimes go to 0 brightness even in the sun. Not possible to enter a code or pattern and not possible to adjust the brightness manually.

... but biggest cons come here:

  • soft-menu / back buttons instead of hard-buttons: sometimes they completely disappear and they wast lots about 10% of the screen!
  • screen colors are really bad when at full brightness
  • zooming into photos does work, but zoom out does not properly work.
  • there's no adjustment for photo resolution and JPG quality / compression, which is unbelievable poor for a company which stress the quality of their device
  • fingerprint sensor is very poor. Recognition takes forever if working at all
  • on / off (fingerprint-sensor) in the back does NOT work for me at all. I have my phone most of the time beside my laptop and have to turn all the time
  • Volume up/down on the back is a pain. If you have a flip-cover you can't adjust sound volume while talking on the phone. Very bad.

Conclusion: definitely NO buy at all - sorry. LG - you messed it up again ...

Dienstag, 25. August 2015

Win10 PC wakes up in the night / Win10 PC wacht in der Nacht auf (Sleepless PC / restless PC)


Win10 PC wakes up in the night / Win10 PC wacht in der Nacht auf   (Sleepless PC / restless PC)

Deutsch / German:



English:



Samstag, 15. August 2015

HOW TO CREATE AN ANIMATED GIF FROM A MOVIE (E.G. AVI) SEQUENCE AND DISPLAY ON FACEBOOK?

HOW TO CREATE AN ANIMATED GIF FROM A MOVIE (E.G. AVI) SEQUENCE AND DISPLAY ON FACEBOOK?



  1. Capture video on digital camera or mobile phone
  2. Extract images from that video. You can use e.g. http://www.aoaophoto.com/video-to-picture-converter/video-to-picture.htm which can be used for free, but be careful not to install adware with it or at least remove it later). I decided to buy this software on http://www.zwallsstore.com/discount/aoao-video-picture-converter/ with 50% (only 9.99$), to avoid adware. As 'Frame Rate' I suggest to use the amount of pictures you were using to record the movie file. If you're not sure - use right click on Window (7/8/10) File Explorer and see in "Details"



    Use the frame-rates like here:



    Please use some extra time in your movie timeline to set Start Point and End Point so you really don't miss out something. You could use the Animated GIF output-format from the Aoao Video to Picture Converter to generate the GIF directly, but especially if you have a very short sequence like here with the lightning you need something more accurate to prevent a lot of black 'images' (as shown here):



  3. Hence I used this here:  https://imgflip.com/images-to-gif to upload exactly the frames I needed and ended with something like this. Of course with the free version of this website you have to deal with the watermark:



  4. From https://imgflip.com/images-to-gif you can download the picture to you computer and then upload again to photo sharing platforms like https://photos.google.com/. After that click on 'see picture(s)' and there right click on the animated picture and select 'copy picture URL'. 
  5. Now goto https://www.facebook.com/ and paste the copied link from the animated GIF from https://photos.google.com/
  6. You're done. Now the picture should be animated on Facebook   ;-))

GLHF




Samstag, 25. Juli 2015

Hoch to find out what eats your Google Drive Storage / Google Drive Storage Detail Usage

Hoch to find out what eats your Google Drive Storage / Google Drive Storage Detail Usage


Goto:  https://www.google.com/settings/storage?hl=en and place your mouse over the cake then you see the details on the right side!


How to Edit Videos in Youbube (e.g. merge) for free

How to Edit Videos in Youbube (e.g. merge) for free


Goto https://www.youtube.com/editor  and drag your videos into the field named "drag videos here". Unfortunately then you just see only the one video.

To add an additional video just click on the field marked with the X and then you see again your other videos and you can drag more of them to merge.

After that you go to your channel / video manager:  https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U, click on the arrow right of your new video and click on download MP4.

Hope it works.

Have fun!


Dienstag, 21. Juli 2015

How to get and use a free U.S. phone number? (Wie erhält man gratis eine U.S. Amerikanische Telefonnummer)?

How to get and use a free U.S. phone number 



  1. Get a free e-mail address: e.g. www.gmx.com
  2. Use your e-mail on https://www.callcentric.com/login/ to get a new account / phone number
  3. Use your ISP data from callcentric on http://phone.ipkall.com/. Apply for a new account and specify Host Adress: callcentric.com
  4. Download "Express Talk" (no adware edition) from http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_downloads_auswahl_33987868.html?t=1437482303&v=3600&s=c56c30d46ba4c758190cd19be493f89f
  5. Install the talksetup_432.exe, set-up (use information from callcentric.com: server sip = "callcentric.com" and SIP number = number from callcentric.com) and use the Express Talk to make and get new phone calls with your new number:
  6. Important
    1. use the new number from ipkall.com and NOT the number from callcentric.com!
    2. Use the new phone number at least every 30 days - otherwise it will be closed!


Sonntag, 19. Juli 2015

Performance vom Galaxy Note II / Galaxy Note 2 drastisch erhöhen

Performance vom Galaxy Note II / Galaxy Note 2 drastisch erhöhen


  1. aktivieren Sie die Entwickleroptionen in Android 4.2
    1. Scrollen Sie herunter zum Menüpunkt "Über das Telefon" bzw. "Über das Tablet".
      Tippen Sie dort mehrmals hintereinander auf "Build-Nummer"
      Anschließend finden Sie die Entwickleroptionen unter dem Eintrag "System"
  2. Hintergrundprozesse beschränken
    1. Einstellungen – Entwickler-Optionen – Hintergrundprozesse beschränken – Maximal 1 oder 2 Prozesse auswählen


Freitag, 17. Juli 2015

How to add just a specific folder of your Google Drive to Google Photos Backup (which is not officially supported by Google ;-))

How to move photos from Android to Google Drive (to save space) and backup them on Google Photos?

If you use Autosync for Google Drive to move photos from your Android phone to your Google Drive to safe space on your phone and not to loose them your problem could be that this happens before Google Photo can backup them on the cloud (Picasa, Google+, Google Photos).

How to prevent this? I've found my own solution which I've never seen on the web:

The problem: Autosync for Google Drive uses the Google Drive as destination to safe your photos, but you can't select a specific folder on the Google Drive to backup photos on Google Photos. Just either all or nothing and you probably don't want all the pictures from Google Drive on Google Photos - like me.

First I tried with a local folder and a shortcut to my local copy of Google Drive on my PC, but obviously this was either not enough or Google recognized my cheating and ignored this. 

My second attempt was to map the target folder of Autosync for Google Drive as a network drive






and add this drive to the source folders in the settings of the Google Photos Backup Program:

(alternatively you can map a network folder in the window explorer when you go to "Network" (very important not use "C:\Users\xxxxx\Google Drive", because it's not a network place in the eye of Windows). You have to go go network (\\PC-Name\Users\User-name\Google Drive\.....) and map this on the 'extras' tab of the explorer and map as network drive and assign a specific letter which you can use in Google Photos Backup ;-))


Obviously Google accepted this and now it works just great!

Hope you get same success.

GLHF

Donnerstag, 16. Juli 2015

How to secure your data and move to a new Android device?

How to secure your data and move to a new Android device?

Backup


  1. Update all of your apps to latest versions
  2. Update your profiles to current settings:
    1. Whatsapp: e.g. new phone number (very important to restore backup later on)
  3. Use backup function of your apps to save data to your local storage on the phone or in the cloud (e.g. Google drive) like
    1. WhatsApp (only on local drive)
    2. Soundhound (backup your favorites on spotify)
    3. Google Drive Synch (local)
  4. Use Android settings for backup on Google Servers
    1. Settings / Accounts / Backup and restore / "Save my Data" (checkbox)
  5. Use a specific backup software to secure your app data and other things 
    1. SMS Backup +                               https://goo.gl/JSCEJy
    2. My Backup Pro:                             https://goo.gl/ixcw22
    3. Autosync for Google Drive:          https://goo.gl/a3LEp0
    4. Google Photos:                              https://goo.gl/XWcF3I
  6. Connect your device with USB to PC and copy all the files to your local drive on PC

Restore

  1. Connect to your existing Google account (connected with Google Play) and most of the apps will be reinstalled.

Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2015

How to stabilize a video for free (take out shaking) / Wie stabilisiere ich gratis ein Video (entferne Schütteln) ???

How to stabilize a video for free (take out shaking) ???

(Deutsche Übersetzung unten)
  1. Upload your video to Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/upload (as private or not listed, so nobody else can see ....)
  2. Go to your videos / Video Manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
  3. Right of your video there's an "edit" button and an arrow down. Click on the arrow and choose "enhancements". 
  4. Chose "stabilize" and then "save"
  5. On your video list Youtube says "edit in progress". After some time you refresh and it should be ready for download.
  6. Right of your video there's an "edit" button and an arrow down. Click on the arrow and choose "download MP4". 
  7. Please not that the video now is more compressed (smaller file) because Youtube always does this. Also your video will be cut slightly at the borders because of the antishake and will be little bit more blurried because of the smaller resolution. This can't be avoided.
Enjoy




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Wie stabilisiere ich gratis ein Video (entferne Schütteln) ???

  1. Laden Sie Ihr Video auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/upload (private oder nicht aufgeführt, so dass es niemand sonst sehen kann ....)
  2. Gehen Sie zu Ihrem Videos / Video Manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
  3. Rechts des Videos gibt es eine Schaltfläche "Bearbeiten" und ein Pfeil nach unten. Klicken Sie auf den Pfeil, und wählen Sie "Video verbessern".
  4. Klicken Sie auf "stabilisieren" und dann "speichern"
  5. Auf Ihrer Videoliste Youtube wird "in Bearbeitung" angezeigt. Nach einiger Zeit bitte aktualisieren und es sollte zum Download bereit stehen.
  6. Rechts des Videos gibt es eine Schaltfläche "Bearbeiten" und ein Pfeil nach unten. Klicken Sie auf den Pfeil, und wählen Sie "Herunterladen MP4".
  7. Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Video jetzt stärker komprimiert (kleinere Dateien) ist, weil Youtube tut dies immer. Zudem werden die Ränder etwas beschnitten (Antishake Technik) und das Video hat etwas schlechtere Qualität, da die verbleibende Auflösung auf die Originalauflösung interpoliert wird. Dies kann nicht vermieden werden.

How to rotate a video for free (turn 90 / 180 degrees) / Wie drehe ich gratis ein Video (um 90 / 180 Grad) ???

How to rotate a video for free (turn 90 / 180 degrees) 

(Deutsche Übersetzung unten)
  1. Upload your video to Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/upload (as private or not listed, so nobody else can see ....)
  2. Go to your videos / Video Manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
  3. Right of your video there's an "edit" button and an arrow down. Click on the arrow and choose "enhancements". 
  4. Chose either rotate left or rotate right and "save"
  5. On your video list Youtube says "edit in progress". After some time you refresh and it should be ready for download.
  6. Right of your video there's an "edit" button and an arrow down. Click on the arrow and choose "download MP4". 
  7. Please not that the video now is more compressed (smaller file) because Youtube always does this. This can't be avoided.
Enjoy



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Wie drehe ich gratis ein Video (um 90 / 180 Grad) ???

  1. Laden Sie Ihr Video auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/upload (private oder nicht aufgeführt, so dass es niemand sonst sehen kann ....)
  2. Gehen Sie zu Ihrem Videos / Video Manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
  3. Rechts des Videos gibt es eine Schaltfläche "Bearbeiten" und ein Pfeil nach unten. Klicken Sie auf den Pfeil, und wählen Sie "Video verbessern".
  4. Klicken Sie auf drehen links  oder drehen rechts und dann "speichern"
  5. Auf Ihrer Videoliste Youtube sagt "in Bearbeitung". Nach einiger Zeit bitte aktualisieren und es sollte zum Download bereit stehen.
  6. Rechts des Videos gibt es eine Schaltfläche "Bearbeiten" und ein Pfeil nach unten. Klicken Sie auf den Pfeil, und wählen Sie "Herunterladen MP4".
  7. Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Video jetzt stärker komprimiert (kleinere Dateien) ist, weil Youtube tut dies immer. Dies kann nicht vermieden werden.

How to compress a video for free (make the file size smaller) / Wie komprimiere ich gratis ein Video (mache die Datei kleiner) ???

How to compress a video for free (make the file size smaller) / Wie komprimiere ich gratis ein Video (mache die Datei kleiner) ???


  1. Upload your video to Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/upload (as private or not listed, so nobody else can see ....)
  2. Go to your videos / Video Manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
  3. Right of your video there's an "edit" button and an arrow down. Click on the arrow and choose "download MP4". 
  4. Thats's it because Youtube will compress your file anyway. Of course you can't expect exactly same quality, but it's still OK for most cases and it's really much smaller file size.
Enjoy

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Translated to german by Google Translater



  1. Laden Sie Ihr Video auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/upload (private oder nicht aufgeführt, so dass niemand sonst sehen kann ....)
  2. Gehen Sie zu Ihrem Videos / Video Manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
  3. Rechts des Videos gibt es eine Schaltfläche "Bearbeiten" und ein Pfeil nach unten. Klicken Sie auf den Pfeil, und wählen Sie "Download MP4".
  4. Das ist, dann deshalb, weil Youtube Ihre Datei trotzdem zu komprimieren. Natürlich kann man nicht erwarten exakt gleiche Qualität, aber es ist noch OK für die meisten Fälle und es ist wirklich viel kleiner Dateigröße.



Montag, 13. Juli 2015

Wie verbinde ich ein ReadyNAS (Duo) NAS als Netzlaufwerk unter Window 7 / How to connect a ReadyNAS Network drive with Win 7

Wie verbinde ich ein ReadyNAS (Duo) NAS als Netzlaufwerk unter Window 7 

Windows-Taste drücken und nach Raidar (Programm) suchen und dann dieses starten:


Auf das gefundene NAS klicken und auf 'durchsuchen' klicken:


Von den angezeigten Shares, das gewünschte 1x anklicken und mit rechter Maustaste 'Netzlaufwerk verbinden' klicken.


Nun nochmals bestätigen bzw. die Optionen für die Anmeldung anpassen:


Somit sollte das gewünschte Share / Folder jedes Mal unter dem gewählten Laufwerkbuchstaben angezeigt werden.



Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2015

How to move photos from Android to Google Drive (to save space) and backup them on Google Photos?

How to move photos from Android to Google Drive (to save space) and backup them on Google Photos?

If you use Autosync for Google Drive to move photos from your Android phone to your Google Drive to safe space on your phone and not to loose them your problem could be that this happens before Google Photo can backup them on the cloud (Picasa, Google+, Google Photos).

How to prevent this? I've found my own solution which I've never seen on the web:

The problem: Autosync for Google Drive uses the Google Drive as destination to safe your photos, but you can't select a specific folder on the Google Drive to backup photos on Google Photos. Just either all or nothing and you probably don't want all the pictures from Google Drive on Google Photos - like me.

First I tried with a local folder and a shortcut to my local copy of Google Drive on my PC, but obviously this was either not enough or Google recognized my cheating and ignored this. 

My second attempt was to map the target folder of Autosync for Google Drive as a network drive





and add this drive to the source folders in the settings of the Google Photos Backup Program:



Obviously Google accepted this and now it works just great!

Hope you get same success.

GLHF


Freitag, 5. Juni 2015

Dienstag, 2. Juni 2015

Speicherkarte voll bei Eye-Fi X2 Karte / Eye-Fi card memory full

I had this problem and Eye-Fi support was not able to help, but now I've found the cause of the problem. Some month ago I've started to save photos as JPG AND RAW (not only JPG) on my Nikon D5100. I guess that's why the Eye-Fi software was not copying / deleting the RAW files and the SD card filled up.

Hope it works for you as well!

Samstag, 30. Mai 2015

Google Contact Information (e-mail / telephone / etc.)

Sometimes it's very hard to get contact information from Google to solve any issue with them - especially if you don't have a paid account. Here some information:


  • https://www.google.com/business
    • 1-866-246-6453
    • local-help@google.com
  • Google Adwords
    • Free phone support: 1-855-607-0435

Sonntag, 24. Mai 2015

The one and only unlimited Live Chat Software for Websites

https://mylivechat.com/

All other LiveChat Plugins have limited Chats (20 or 30) for the free account. mylivechat.com is the only unlimited Plugin and even comes with its free mobile client.

Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2015

How to make a JPG / PNG / GIF from Word Doc / Docx for free and without loss of quality

How to make a JPG / PNG / GIF from Word Doc / Docx for free and without loss of quality

  • Create your document in Winword and Save as PDF
  • Open the PDF with the (absolutely free) PDF24 and save as PNG (,JPG or other graphic programs)
I used this to reuse complex Word pages in Powerpoint. If you just copy/paste sometimes you lose special effects from Word or you face other problems.

Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2015

How to uninstall or re-install supported McAfee products using the Consumer Products Removal tool

How to uninstall or re-install supported McAfee products using the Consumer Products Removal tool

Use this link to uninstall all McAfee products if you cannot remove with
"Systemsteuerung\Programme\Programme und Funktionen" (german path ...)

https://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS101331

Montag, 23. März 2015

How to combine multiple Goole GPS Tracks (.KMZ) so you can see all them together on one map and save this as new track?

How to combine multiple Goole GPS Tracks (.KMZ) / MyTracks so you can see all them together and save this as new track?


Goto https://www.google.com/mymaps, select 'new map' and add as much layers on the left side as you want. For every layer you import a corresponding Google GPS Track File (.KMZ)




How to edit a Google GPS Track File (.KMZ) ???

How to edit a Google GPS Track File (.KMZ) ??? 



  1. Save your Google GPS Track File (.KMZ) as local file on your computer
  2. Download and install http://www.gpstrackeditor.com/
  3. Open this site: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input, select your local file as input and the ".gpx" as output format and click on 'Convert'.



    After that your new '.GPX' file is ready for download (click and download to local drive).
  4. Open the installed gpstrackeditor program and open the new .GPX file. On the right side you see all your waypoints edit them.



    Most probably you will delete some of them because you forgot to stop your GPS recording at the end of the track (;-)). There's no multi select, but you can hold down your 'del' key as long as needed ...  After that save your edited .GPX file, go back to http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input and convert this file back to .KMZ (Google Earth KML). Download your file and replace the original one with this corrected version.
Good luck and have fun !!!






Freitag, 20. März 2015

MSI (Motherboard) Support


Unfortunately no E-Mail Address for Support so far .... :-((

===============================================================

USA
MSI Computer Corp. (L.A. Office)
Address: 901 Canada Court, City of Industry, CA 91748
Tel: 1-626-913-0828
Technical Support:
AIO & Notebook : 1-888-447-6564 Hours: Mon-Fri (6:00AM - 6:00PM PST)
VGA & Motherboard : 1-626-271-1004 Press 1 Hours: Mon-Fri (9:00AM - 6:00PM PST)
Customer Service / RMA : 1-626-271-1004 Press 2
Online Customer Service
Sales Department : 1-626-913-0828 Press 1
USsales@msi.com
Marketing Department : 1-626-913-0828 Press 2
usmarketing@msi.com
Rebate Center :
Online Customer Service

FAX:
Technical Support & RMA: 1-626-581-1551
Sales & Marketing: 1-626-913-0818
HR Department: 1-626-913-0819
Accounting Department: 1-626-913-0897
website: http://us.msi.com

    Montag, 16. März 2015

    Teleboy.ch - ein technischer Fehler ist aufgetreten

    Teleboy.ch - ein technischer Fehler ist aufgetreten


    Loggen Sie sich aus Ihrem Teleboy-Profil aus. Löschen Sie dann Verlauf sowie Browsercache und starten Sie den Browser neu. Anschliessend loggen Sie sich bitte erneut ein und überprüfen Sie, ob die Störung weiterhin auftritt.





    Sonntag, 22. Februar 2015

    How to delete attachments in Google Mail / GMAIL without deleting the original e-mail to save space in your google account / drive

    How to delete attachments in Google Mail / GMAIL without deleting the original e-mail


    I've been looking for such a solution, but either it was not working at all or way too complicated

    On this page I've found a new solution:  http://techawakening.org/delete-attachments-from-gmail-without-deleting-the-emails/1842/#comment-25815

    OK - it has some limitations again (e.g. your original (e-mail) time-stamp will be changed), but it was working for me from the beginning and it takes just a few minutes to read the instructions and make the needed set-up.

    Unfortunately the creator of this solution has described the whole thing three times in a row in the same blog entry and the real instructions are somehow hard to find, so I copied it 1:1 to here (hope it's fine - otherwise just let me know).

    ==================================================================

    So here the solution to follow:


    1. First log-in to your Google Docs account.
    2. Make copy of the spreadsheet by clicking here. Then click Yes, make a copy.
    3. Wait for sometime for the menu Strip Email Attachments to appear just next to help menu.
    4. Now mention the size in cell D4 and select Load Emails from the menu. Click OK in authorization popup then click on Grant access followed up by close. Again select load emails and wait for sometime. All email of that size and above it will be fetched and displayed.
    Find emails in Gmail of specified size
    5. Once it’s done,select delete attachments from the menu. That’s it. Now sit back and wait for sometime while all messages are processed. If everything went well you will see success in status column. You will also be constantly updated with ongoing process status via messages at right bottom of your screen.
    Gmail delete attachments alone in emails
    6. Finally check your inbox if you have got all the emails with just body sans the attachments and check Google Drive to see if all your files are there. Trash folder will contain all the delete messages.

    Montag, 9. Februar 2015

    How to record Skype phone calls automatically to MP3 for free?


    How to record Skype talk to MP3 for free?


    1. Download MP3 Skype Recorder from chip.de - direct download - link here
    2. Install MP3 Skype Recorder by clicking on downloaded MSI file
    3. Start Skype - Recording will be started automatically
    4. Chck recorded file in C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\MP3SkypeRecorder\MP3
    5. Check settings on program-window like autostart and start minimized. If not there - click on icon in systray



    GLHF !!!

    Freitag, 6. Februar 2015

    How To solve BF4 Server Problems 3659 UDP

    solve ERROR Game disconnected port 3659 (UDP) issue




    Good luck and have fun !!!!

    Montag, 2. Februar 2015

    ADT Home Security contract cancellation e-mail address ... ADT Home Security and pros and cons ....

    since it's very difficult to find such e-mail addresses, I'll provide here the ADT contract cancellation e-mail address:

    sascancels@adt.com

    =====================================================================

    ADT Home Security pros/cons:

    pros:

    • still looking for one ... 
    cons:
    • If battery of sensors drain, they will trigger an alarm and the police comes and you will be charged for alarm malfunction
    • from my contract ADT forgot to enter my emergency-phone, so I was never contacted by ADT and was charged thousands of dollars by the city / police.
    • main panel is totally outdated and not self explaining
    • sensors are really hard to open for installation and battery replacement


    Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2015

    Hotline / phone number from Ebay Customer Care in U.S.

    Since it's almost impossible to find a phone number from Ebay U.S. Customer support I'll provide the contact information right here:

    Phone: 1 866 540 32 29
    e-mail: customerhelp@ebay.com

    If the number has changed, just use the following link to get a phone number from PayPal and they can forward you to Ebay Support:

    https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/helpcenter/helphub/home/

    or direct to phone no:

    https://www.paypal.com/webapps/helpcenter/selfhelp/home/?action=callus



    Dienstag, 27. Januar 2015

    Wie Google Tracks / My Tracks in Google Maps oder Google Earth anzeigen?

    Wenn man die Tracks unter der 'My Tracks' App auf dem Handy mit dem Google Drive syncht, dann  am besten Google Drive öffnen (https://drive.google.com) und dort unter "meine Ablage" / "meine Tracks" den entsprechenden Track doppelklicken und dann wird die Route automatisch auf einer Karte angezeigt und der Name kann dort sogar noch geändert werden.

    Alternativ Google Earth herunterladen und starten und die (lokale, replizierte) ".KML" Datei (falls mit Google Drive Sync gearbeitet wird) mit der Maus nach Google Earth hinüberziehen.

    Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015

    How to get rid of the compatibilitycheck.exe trojan / adware / virus

    How to get rid of the compatibilitycheck.exe trojan / adware / virus


    This virus / adware can really be a pain because somtimes in consumes most of the computer's cpu and memory!


    • First I tried with FreeFixer as advised bei several pages but it didn't work
    • then I started my computer (Win7) in secure mode (press F8 while restarting)
    • I opened the folder "C:\Users\..*your username*...\AppData\Roaming\Compatibility Verifier" and 
      • deleted both of the files: 
        • compatibilitycheck.exe
        • compatibilitychecksvc.exe
      • then made 2 new TXT.files with right click of the mouse in this directory with same name as the 2 above deleted files
    • Then I restarted computer in normal mode and it worked fine - no problems with compatibilitycheck virus again
    • But of course - it's not the perfect solution because the virus is still there in the system somehow and if you occasionally delete the whole folder "C:\Users\..*your username*...\AppData\Roaming\Compatibility Verifier" the virus will detect it and reinstall his original version and you can start to remove from scratch
    • Therefore I will try now with other malware scanners (like Malware-Bytes Antimalware) to remove it completely
    • Update Jan. 19th 2015:
      • Unfortunately sometime later the virus was installed again from some other program, but I was able to find and kill with Malware-Bytes Antimalware:



        as you can see it was stored in a db23.exe file in c:\windows\temp

    Samstag, 17. Januar 2015

    "Video DVD Maker Free" contains extreme Adware like Virus !!!! Don't Install !!!

    Download-Sites containing this virus "compatibilitycheck.exe":

    • http://www.chip.de/downloads/Video-DVD-Maker-Free_21939827.html
    To uninstall:
    • deactivate corresponding 'service' ("Dienst" in german) with same name
    • Restart PC
    • Delete folder:   ....\AppData\Roaming\Compatibility Verifier



    Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2015

    Wie stelle ich mein Google Konto (z.B. Google Play) auf ein anderes Land um? / How do I set my Google account (such as Google Play) to another country?

    <<< English translation below >>>

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    Wie stelle ich mein Google Konto (z.B. Google Play) auf ein anderes Land um?

    Beim Rest des Kontos ist es in der Regel nicht so entscheidend, in welchem Land man angemeldet ist, aber im Android Store / Google Play sind einige Apps in einigen Ländern nicht oder zu anderen Preisen verfügbar und somit lohnt sich eine Umstellung des Landes, wenn man länger im Ausland ist oder sogar in ein anderes Land auswandert.

    Ich habe lange gegoogelt, aber nichts Brauchbares gefunden, nur ein paar Anhaltspunkte und ein paar Leute, die per Zufall erfolgreich waren, aber hier die Anleitung, wie es sicher funktioniert:


    1. Anmeldung bei Google und dann zu Google Wallet gehen:
      https://wallet.google.com/manage/#addressBook:
    2. Dort muss die Auslandadresse erfasst werden und als "Standardversandadresse" ausgewählt werden
    3. Danach unter den Zahlungsmethoden (https://wallet.google.com/manage/#paymentMethods:) eine Kreditkarte erfassen, die als Zahladresse die oben genannte Auslandadresse hat. Wenn man die Karte schon erfasst hat und nur die Adresse noch anpassen muss, dann rechts unter 'Bearbeiten' klicken und die vorher schon erfasste Adresse auswählen und speichern
    4. Danach in den allgemeinen Einstellungen (https://wallet.google.com/manage/#settings:) auch nochmals die neue Auslandadresse unter "Privatadresse" erfassen und speichern. Nun sollte ein neues Fenster von Google auftauchen mit den länderspezifischen AGB's die man nun noch bestätigen muss und fertig ist's. 
    5. ggf. Google Play auf dem Handy nochmals neu laden oder Handy neu starten, dann sollte es ganz sicher klappen
    Viel Spass und Erfolg!

    ==================== english translation =====================================

    How do I switch my Google account (such as Google Play) to another country?

    For the most part of the account, it is usually not so important which country you are registered, but in the Android Store / Google Play some apps are available only in some countries or at a different price and thus it's worth a conversion of the country if you're longer abroad or even migrate to another country.

    I googled for long time but found nothing useful, only a few clues and a few people who were successful at random, but here the tutorial on how it works for sure:

    1. Sign in to Google and then go to Google Wallet:
      https://wallet.google.com/manage/#addressBook: 
    2. There, the foreign address must be entered and selected as "default shipping address"
    3. Thereafter, in the payment methods (https://wallet.google.com/manage/#paymentMethods:) enter a credit card number which has a payment address the abovementioned address abroad. If you have already entered the card and only the address still has to adjust, then right click 'Edit' and select and save the previously entered address
    4. Then in the general settings (https://wallet.google.com/manage/#settings:) also enter the new foreign address and save as "home address". Now, a new window should appear with the Google country-specific "Conditions of Use" which now are to be confirmed and that's it.
    5. Maybe Google Play has to be closed and reopened on the phone or the mobile phone has to be restarted, then it should work for sure
    Good luck - have fun!

    Montag, 12. Januar 2015

    Using Freemake Video Converter to CUT and Burn MP4, AVI etc to DVD Disc for free - all in one!!!

    Using Freemake Video Converter to CUT and Burn MP4, AVI etc to DVD Disc for free - all in one!!!


    1. Download Freemake Video Converter from reliable site (e.g. Chip.de)
    2. Install Freemake Video Converter. Please be careful while installing. It's a FREEWARE but they have to make money in some kind. So please read every site of the install procedure very very careful and don't just click OK.
    3. Start Freemake Video Converter and drag your video file to the dashboard


    4. Click on the SCISSORS icon on right side of video to cut out things you won't have on your DVD



      cut out pieces you don't want marking left and right end and then scissors to cut


    5. Then press OK to go back to dashboard


    6. Click on "DVD" icon in the bottom to start converting and burning - just that easy and fast !!


    Good luck and have fun !!!



















    Samstag, 10. Januar 2015

    What to pay attention to when signing a business lease contract in U.S.


    1. Triple-Net-Lease: Who has to pay what additional cost? Most leases are triple-net where tenant has to cover very high cost - even repair of building (e.g. roof, ac, outside wall etc). Please be careful because this can expose you to very high risk. At least roof and outside parking should be covered by landlord in my opinion.
    2. Lease duration: please make sure, that you have possible prolongations in your contract with a fixed lease amount, so you can stay as long as you want and have not to pay astronomical amounts. Make also sure, that there are termination options from your side (tenant).
    3. Selling a business: if you have to sell your business you need something like a sublease possibility or the right to pass your lease agreement with same options to a successor.
    4. Free rent: ask your landlord for a couple of free month to get your business running with low cost. Most likely you won't make a lot of money with your store in the first 3-6 month and need to keep costs low.
    5. Restrictions: check for all restrictions as limited parking or hours of operation
    6. Fixtures: if you have to pay for additional fixtures (which are hard or impossible to sell later on) or other upgrades when moving in you should try to get some cost covered from landlord. Sometimes your landlord will grant you a discount on your lease for a certain time
    7. Buy your property: if your business is successful, maybe you want to buy the building / appartment / store later on or just prevent that the property which your rent is being sold later on to a very hard calculating real estate company. To prevent such problems you can try to add an option to buy - before someone else can buy. 
    This are just a few examples how to secure reasonable costs, possible grow and success of your business. 

    Good luck