The lock screen of Manjaro KDE shows media controls for active media files. Take a look at the screenshot below. Some users consider this a privacy issue. Here is how you can disable this feature. Step1: From the KDE start menu search for Screen Locking. Step2: Screen Locking ➾ Appearance tab Step3: Disable the button Show media …
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VLC media player supports two types of zoom: basic zoom and interactive zoom. Basic zoom simply increases the size of the whole video, while interactive zoom allows you to zoom in on a specific portion of the video. Interactive zoom To enable interactive zoom: Go to Tools âž¾ Effects and Filters âž¾ Video Effects âž¾ …
If your keyboard or laptop does not have indicators for caps, num or scroll keys you might want to consider a software-based solution. Contents Audio Alert Visual Alert Key status using Autohotkey Audio Alert Start Menu âž¾ Settings âž¾ Ease of Access âž¾ Keyboard In the Toggle Keys section, choose the option Play a sound whenever you …
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The color scheme in Windows Terminal can be changed from the GUI or by editing a JSON configuration file named settings.json. Contents Choose a built-in Color scheme Add and choose a third-party Color scheme Change select colors from a color scheme Choose a built-in Color Scheme Select Settings from the dropdown menu or press Ctrl+, …
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It is possible to log into a Windows 10 PC using only the mouse. Here are the steps:- Click on the empty login screen to make the controls visible. Click on the accessibility icon on the bottom right. It is the unusual representation of a wheelchair between the network indicator and the power button. Click …
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Virtualdub does not have a dedicated fast-preview option. The only way to fast-preview, without giving up on normal preview, is to hold down the arrow key. I find this a little inconvenient and slow. Here is an Autohotkey script to simulate fast-forward and fast-rewind in Virtualdub. It uses the aforementioned key hold-down method but Autohotkey …
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There are times when you need to run a command-line application. This article shows how, using an example. We will convert a PNG file to WebP using Google’s Libwebp application. As we work through the example, we will learn many important Cmd commands, including some advanced ones. In the end, we will see how to …
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By default, IrfanView supports all the major image formats. It also supports various non-image formats natively; for example, text files. It is possible to add support for even more formats via plugins. What all this means is that IrfanView will attempt to display many files that are either unsupported, non-image or both. If you attempt …
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Here are the steps for cropping an animated GIF using Gimp. Open the GIF file in Gimp using File âž¾ Open Press Shift+C to select the crop tool. It can also be selected via Tools âž¾ Transform Tools âž¾ Crop or by clicking on the crop icon on the Tools Pane. Select the portion of the …
It is possible to abort a shutdown in Windows provided that the shutdown command had a timeout associated with it. Restarts triggered by Windows updates usually have a timeout. Also, if you are invoking shutdown from the command line you have the option of setting a timeout for the shutdown. I will explain where this …
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