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iPad – Good Notes- After a Restore of a Backup for the iPad via iTunes, Good Notes only showing markup, and not the PDF.

After a restore of the iPad, I opened Good Notes and some of the documents were missing the actual PDF, and only showed the markup I added. Something went wrong with the iCloud sync.

Before trying something I desperate, I …

iPad – iMessage – Can’t send/receive messages. Missing app settings, and can’t sign in

Apparently, changing my Apple Password on my iPhone a day earlier messed up the Message app on my iPhone. There was no option to re-sign back in, only to click on the “Forgot password” link. This was not a solution …

SSRS Report throwing #Error when attempting to convert RTF to Text using Code-Behind

After upgrading from sql2008 to sql2014, the code-behind of the rdl report used to convert RTF to Text was failing and displaying #Error instead of the converted text. There are numerous reasons this can happen, but for me, it was …

Windows 10 – Create local account – Transfer data to and from iPhone/iPad

The purpose of this is allow the iPad and Windows 10 to communicate back and forth data without using AirDrop or wiring up the iPad.

1) Create a folder on Windows 10 to pass data back and forth from Windows …

iPhone – Wi-Fi Calling stops working

If you can’t turn on or use Wi-Fi Calling, make sure that your carrier offers Wi-Fi Calling and that your devices have the latest software. Then, follow these steps if you can’t turn on Wi-Fi Calling or make a Wi-Fi …

Windows 10 – Enable Hibernate in Elevated Command Prompt

powercfg -h on …

Windows 10 – USB Safe to remove Notification missing

If you encounter this issue, you can reset this in registry as follows:

In the registry editor, search for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notification\Settings\Microsoft.Explorer.Notification….

There may be multiple items. Click each until you find one that states has a REG_DWORD with a value = …

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