DNS server not available

When you click on your browser, you get this DNS error, and no Internet access.

This means the IP Addresses of your web pages have all been removed.

You will need to manually add back 2 IP addresses which will work for you.

This is how to do it on Windows 10 laptop:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click Network and Internet
3. Click Network and Sharing Center
4. Click Change adapter settings at left-hand side
5. You should see one icon that says Wi-Fi
6. Right-click the icon that says Wi-Fi, and choose Properties
7. In the Wi-Fi properties window, select IPv4, and click Properties
8. Select the lower Use the following DNS server address 
9. Preferred DNS server (enter this #): 208.67.222.222
10. Alternate DNS server (enter this #): 66.228.116.179
11. Click OK
12. Click Close
13. Restart your laptop
14. You should now have Internet access.

Acer laptop promo on Malaysia Day

I bought a new Acer Swift 3 laptop for RM3199 while it was still on promotion. It has a white lighted keyboard and the keys are smoothly polished much like the feel of piano keys. This is a super fast laptop with wide viewing angle. It runs on AMDI Ryzen 5 64-bit chip and RX Radeon battery.

I also bought a Canon ImageClass LBP 030 laserprinter for RM345 for home use. It needs a printer cable and prints on A4.

Download link for Canon driver:
https://support-vn.canon-asia.com/contents/VN/EN/0100629301.html?

Another Canon wireless laserprinter sells for RM400+. This wireless version prints directly from the handphone, but the sales lady said printing directly may not be that straightforward.

Office Mix and Microsoft Stream

Office Mix will be terminated on 1 May 2018
Office Mix allows interaction with the teachers' PowerPoint slides and her students.
You can add voice, video and digital link to your PowerPoints.

http://www.mixforteachers.com/what-is-office-mix.html
http://www.mixforteachers.com/get-office-mix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cY7BNsPGkM
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-retiring-office-mix-2018-baking-add-features-powerpoint
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/PowerPoint-Office-Mix/How-is-Office-Mix-different-from-PowerPoint/td-p/76920
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/142049/microsoft-retiring-office-mix-bringing-features-elsewhere
http://download.cnet.com/Office-Mix/3000-2075_4-76321229.html

Now there is Microsoft Stream.
You can migrate your contents on Office Mix to Microsoft Stream.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Migrate-your-content-from-Office-Mix
https://stream.microsoft.com/en-us/
https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/06/20/microsoft-stream-now-available-worldwide-new-intelligent-features-take-enterprise-video-to-new-heights/

PaperScan

If your scanner software is giving problems, then try PaperScan.

I am using Canon PIXMA MP130/110 Series printer with scanning capabilities.

One day, my scanner would not scan, but gave an error message instead.
Rather than try and find the printer-scanner software, I downloaded and tried PaperScan. It worked alright. I did not need Canon and MP Navigator software which I used previously.

I am now using my Canon printer linked to my Vista installed with Win 7 OS. My scanner works fine.

Download PaperScan:
https://paperscan.orpalis.com/

Countdown timer online

This is a unique and simplest app to use. There are many choices to choose from and for different occasions.


External links
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/create

Canon PIXMA MP110 series printer-scanner

Canon PIXMA MP110 printer-scanner gave problems recently. Searching for the 2 original software drivers gave no luck. Searching again gave some hope of getting the scanner to work again.

Here are the 2 software drivers needed for it to work again. You have to install both, one at a time. Remove the obsolete problematic software first, then install the newly downloaded ones.

Software to download and install for Canon PIXMA MP110 to work again:

Canon PIXMA MP110 printer driver (for printing and for scanning)
https://www.canonprintersdrivers.com/canon-pixma-mp110/

MP Navigator (for Canon scanner function to work)
http://download.cnet.com/MP-Navigator-for-Windows/3001-2088_4-10973876.html