Category: Software

Plesk FTP Timeout With 1&1 IONOS

I’ve been battling a Plesk FTP timeout problem with the new server I purchased with 1&1 IONOS. Everything in Linux and Plesk looked correct but I could not connect via FTP/FTPS as port 21 remained blocked no matter what I did. It turned out the problem was with the 1&1 IONOS dashboard. Once you login, […]

Greenshot Firefox Screenshots Black Screen Solved

I’ve been using an app called Greenshot to take screenshots for years. It has a lot of options but I mainly stick to the “Window” and “Full Screen” capture methods. For the last year the “Window” mode has failed to work with Firefox. It takes the screenshot but the image is all black. Not a […]

Tip For W10 Missing Windows

I run Windows 10 with a 3 monitor setup and occasional I get the problem that one of my open program will show up in the taskbar but if I click to focus on nothing will seem to happen. If I do alt-tab I will see it in the list with the thumbnail showing just […]

How To Disable Firefox Gestures

Firefox has been driving me crazy for months now as the “back” action seems to trigger at random and return to the previous page, losing whatever I was working on. I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet pen but I have disabled the touch gestures on the pad. Somehow it still seems that the normal pen […]

Hide Annoying YouTube Adverts

For the last month my YouTube videos have had the same 3-4 Udemy adverts showing up at the start of every video and in the middle of many.  It’s driving me crazy!  After weeks of seeing that Udemy guys smug face I just scream.  After a bit of digging around I finally found what I […]