Now that the PS5 has released, there seem to remain some unanswered questions around certain aspects of it’s function. One of the areas I found to be lacking is around USB hub support. Sony have finally added USB ports to the rear of the console, which was my main bugbear since forever. However, for those of us with a lot of USB accessories, 2 USB ports on the back simply aren’t enough. If you have an external drive, PSVR, Steering wheels, gear sticks, and other USB controllers connected, and don’t want to use the front ports, you are kind of…
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Windows 10 – When in doubt, disable fast startup
I’ve encountered a number of issues recently, and I seem to have been able to track them all back to Windows 10’s “fast startup” feature. I may be late to the party as multiple other sites have reported it, however I don’t see anywhere a list of issues that I’ve had that seem to be caused by it, so here goes: A number issues seem to appear, typically on the slower and slightly older machines. Start menu (affected my Sony VAIO VGN-TT11) Sometimes clicking the start button results in nothing happening. No start menu at all Sometimes the quick search…
Sony VAIO VGN-TT11LN – Upgrade & Windows 10 x64 Pro Driver Guide
I’ve had a VGN-TT11LN laptop for the past 7 years and, while I have used it on and off for the past few years, and successfully upgraded it to Windows 7, the age of the laptop was beginning to show. As such, I decided it was time to give the laptop a bit of an upgrade. By ‘bit’ of an upgrade, I meant upgrade it to be the best it could possibly be by using up to date components. I decided I wanted to do the following upgrades: Upgrade the 4GB of RAM it contained to 8GB (originally it shipped…
Wireless Access Point WLAN Roaming on BB10: Disabled by default?
Just a quick post – I’ve been noticing my BB10 devices haven’t been roaming across my 2 access points properly since I had them really. They always seem to latch onto the weakest access point available for some reason. It looks like this might be by design for whatever reason. To enable Wi-Fi roaming…