Category Archives: Tecnologia

How to record the screen in Windows 10 for free … with the Xbox app

To record the screen and make some tutorial, in the past I used several free applications and I wrote also some posts about that. For example CamStudio was suggested in the Nice tools (for free) post and the Microsoft Expression … Continua a leggere

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Corsi gratuiti online: piattaforme MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)

MOOC sta per Massive  Open Online Courses e fa riferimento a piattaforme/siti che forniscono corsi sul web. Generalmente gratuiti, sono pensati per una formazione a distanza che coinvolga un gran numero di partecipanti: talvolta rilasciano attestati di partecipazione ed anche … Continua a leggere

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How to repair a woofer with a foam repair kit

It may happens that your Hi-Fi stereo speakers do not play as before … and if you look to their woofers you can see that possibly the front surround suspensions (IT: sospensione pneumatica), usually made of foam, are partially broken: … Continua a leggere

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How to get GPS coordinates of a point from Microsoft Maps app

Sometime it useful to get the GPS coordinates of a point on a map or to find a place knowing them. In this post we will see how to do using the Maps app available for free in all Windows … Continua a leggere

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Fetch files available on your PC from OneDrive site

I already wrote a post on the new useful files on-demand feature (ex place-holder) since the Windows 10 Fall Creator OneDrive. In the current post I will give some information about a furthermore new feature now available in OneDrive, that … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Review e test, Windows | 3 commenti

How to let an app be displayed in mirror mode, so that you can see through a mirror (i.e. HUD) the image in the “right” way

How is it possible to let an app be displayed in mirror mode, so that you can see through a mirror (i.e. HUD) the image in the “right” way? It would be nice if you could set some option in Window 10/Windows 10 Mobile, … Continua a leggere

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How to let Outlook 2016 be opened when you click on a new email notification from the Notification Center

By default, when you click on a new email notification from the Notification Center, that email is opened using the Mail app. However, if you have Outlook 2016 locally installed, you may want to use it instead. Changing that behavior … Continua a leggere

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Come contattare Amazon telefonicamente, via chat o via email (e.g. per chiarimenti su un reso o per un reclamo)

Talvolta può essere necessario contattare il personale Amazon ad esempio per chiedere delucidazioni su un articolo o per un reso: ovviamente non sempre risulta necessario contattare un assistente per rendere un prodotto ricevuto e risulta sufficiente agire dal sito nella … Continua a leggere

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Bots sample with speech recognition and synthesis

Some posts ago I wrote about the Microsoft Bot Framework, giving some useful links. Among others, there were the following, related to bots examples with Cortana, speech recognition and synthesis … there are not so many references online: Build a speech-enabled bot … Continua a leggere

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How to see where you went in a specific day and possibly disable Google default tracking of your current position

May be you don’t know that, since many years ago (let’s say at least since 2012) by default Google trace the positions of your phone … therefore of you, because I am sure you always have your phone with you! … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Giustizia, burocrazia e malcostume, Just for fun!, Review e test, Tecnologia | 4 commenti

“Come disdire il canone RAI (e.g. per decesso dell’intestatario)” alias “come complicare la vita dei cittadini e rendere le procedure informatiche inutilmente complesse e utilizzabili solo da pochi”

Diversi sono i casi in cui è necessario attivarsi per non avere impropriamente addebitate le rate del canone RAI … automaticamente, per default: una di queste è in caso di decesso dell’intestatario del canone, magari un genitore che viveva per … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Giustizia, burocrazia e malcostume, Review e test | 8 commenti

Protetto: Come estendere la pagina delle Timbrature Online in modo che mostri il monte-ore settimanale

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Possible solution for error: “The operation system is not presently configured to run this application”

It happened to me that error when I tried to run Skype for Business possibly after some Windows update. I see that there is also a Microsoft support page on that issue and it is said that this error is … Continua a leggere

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Windows 10 Fall Creator: nuova funzionalità di Files on-demand (ex placeholder) in OneDrive [anche per OneDrive for Business e documenti su SharePoint]

Tra tutte le novità  introdotte dalla nuova versione autunnale di Windows 10 (Fall Creator Update) sicuramente una di quelle di maggior rilievo, a mio parere, è la ricomparsa della possibilità di avere file su richiesta (Files on-Demand) in OneDrive (anche … Continua a leggere

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How to format an HD not visible in Windows 10’s File Explorer

Sometime it may happens that you want to use an HD recovered from some other PC, possibly a not Windows one (e.g. Linux). When you connect it via USB port using a Hard Disk Docking Station, it may happens that … Continua a leggere

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How to make your tripod head Manfrotto mod. 222 work again

I have the great tripod head Manfrotto mod. 222 since the 90s … it’s an ergonomic dream: it has rock-solid quick release plate and when you pull the trigger it frees the head for movement in any direction. However, some … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Fotografie, Review e test | 10 commenti

Family useful features available for Microsoft accounts: for children, weekly activities report, limit screen time, sites/apps/games block and smartphone localization

I already wrote a post related to the Family Calendar, that is a calendar shared among family members. Another interesting feature available in the Family section of a Microsoft account, are related to activity of children, such as limiting screen time, … Continua a leggere

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How to insert lines of example code into a WordPress post

Whenever it is a long time I inserted some code in a post in this WordPress blog, when I have to do it again I do the same mistake … so it is worth to write a post for me … Continua a leggere

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Family useful features available for Microsoft/Google accounts: “Family Calendar” and more

There are several interesting features in any Microsoft account, that you can use whenever you use any Windows 10 device (PC/tablet/smartphone) or even other platforms, for example if you use some Microsoft apps (e.g. Outlook as a client for your … Continua a leggere

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How to connect a Microsoft Framework Bot to a Microsoft channel (e.g. Cortana, Skype)

In a previous post I spoke about connecting a Bot with a third party channel (i.e. Facebook Messenger). Connecting a Bot to Microsoft’s specific channels is even easier because you do not need to create/add specific tokens. In his post … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Review e test, Windows | 2 commenti

How to connect a Microsoft Framework Bot to a third party channel (i.e. Facebook Messenger)

In Bot Framework Portal left menu  (How-To guides -> Connect to channels), there is a specific section related to the connection of a bot to a channel and, after Microsoft ones (e.g. Bing, Cortana, Skype for Business, Direct Line, Microsoft Teams, … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Review e test, Windows | 1 commento

Come aggiornare a Windows 10 Mobile terminali non ufficialmente supportati

P.S. 4/7/2019 Vedi anche il post seguente: How to make your Android smartphone looks like a Windows 10 Mobile device – Part 1: “metro” tiles style user interfaces possibly better than Windows phones one ____________ Se avete un Lumia non ufficialmente aggiornabile … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Review e test, Smartphone OS | 1 commento

How to delete a wrong word inserted by mistake in the custom dictionary in Windows 10 Mobile

It may happen that, for mistake, you add (using the suggestion bar available in Windows 10 Mobile while you are writing) a not correctly written word: how can you delete it from the custom dictionary in order it will not … Continua a leggere

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How to add a certificate in Windows 10 possibly required to use Skype for Business

Sometime to use Skype for Business in an intranet there is the need to install a firm certificate: it may even happens that Skype for Business works when your PC is connected to Internet (if you have required the proper … Continua a leggere

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What to do if a the performance of a Windows app starts to decrease

Sometime it happens that the performance of an app decreases (or it starts to work not properly): this may happens with some resources consuming apps like the Facebook one. Every app has a reserved memory where it can store locally data and … Continua a leggere

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Why your iCloud email, configured in your email client, do not work anymore since 15/6/2017

Some months ago (exactly since 15/6/2017) all my email clients I configured in my Windows PCs and smartphones started to have problems in accessing only an iCloud email … while the same account continued to work properly only on an … Continua a leggere

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Ibanez Custom Agent – model 2405 (sunburst)

I was 15 years old when I received, as a Christmas gift, this electrical guitar. I liked it since the beginning and now, that I just cleaned it and revised a bit (in truth, I only screwed some screws and … Continua a leggere

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How to register a new Windows 10 PC/tablet and a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone for reading Kindle eBooks

Sometime it is useful to have access to your Kindle library also from a Windows 10 PC/tablet or a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone: this post give you the useful information how to register a new Windows device in order to … Continua a leggere

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Come utilizzare gli Amazon locker

Soprattutto in questi periodi di chiusure estive, può risultare utile utilizzare il servizio di consegna presso un locker per i pacchi acquistati su Amazon: ho da poco utilizzato tale modalità di consegna e devo dire che è molto comoda, soprattutto … Continua a leggere

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How to create a sample Bot application, test it with the bot emulator and then publish it in Azure

I am trying the Microsoft BOT Framework and here you can find my first experiences. First I followed the instructions available in Create a bot with the Bot Builder SDK for .NET and in the following you can find some notes … Continua a leggere

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Blackstar ID CORE Stereo 40 V2 useful links and information

I bought the Blackstar ID:CORE Stereo 40 V2 amplifier for my guitar: it seems to be good … but may be some more information is needed. Note that sometimes Blackstar have special offers  giving you free delivery and a free … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Musica, Review e test, Windows | 5 commenti

Microsoft Bot Framework useful links

In the following there are some guides and documentations for anyone is looking for resources about Microsoft Bot Framework. Some information is taken from the Microsoft Bot Framework site and a stackoverflow answer. You can find more articles looking into MSDN … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Review e test, Windows | 1 commento

What to do if the touchscreen of your Surface 3 does not work properly .. and possibly ask for customer support

The touchscreen of my Surface 3 Pro started to have problems 😦 In particular, an horizontal area of the screen (see picture) does not react anymore to my finger, causing the tablet to be hardly usable in tablet mode! Possible … Continua a leggere

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Restrizioni sui bagagli a mano nei voli aerei

Tempo fa ho scritto un post relativo all’utilizzo di mezzi pubblici per raggiungere l’aeroporto di Caselle. In questo post mi soffermerò sulle restrizioni relative al bagaglio a mano, l’unico per default presente se non si richiedono esplicitamente ulteriori bagagli, nella richiesta del biglietto aereo. … Continua a leggere

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Use of Office 365 in a business working group

I already wrote an old post related to possible tools that can be useful especially in a smart working and collaboration work, speaking of Office 365 for Business that can be used by companies employees like the one I work … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Review e test, Smartphone OS, Windows | 3 commenti

Windows 10: a further option to project a screen of an external device on your PC when both connected to the same WiFi

I already wrote some posts related to how showing a Windows 10 Mobile device screen on an external display using Continuum and the Microsoft Display Dock or with a wireless connection using  Miracast. I  also show in another post how to … Continua a leggere

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How to remote display, in real time, the screen of Windows 10 Mobile, Android or iOS devices

Sometime it is very useful to show on an external display the phone screen, for example during a presentation. If you are using a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone, you know that with Continuum (connecting the phone to a display/projector with … Continua a leggere

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Viaggiare sicuri … anche in trasferta

Dovendo prossimamente andare in trasferta all’estero, oltre al processo di richiesta sia dell’autorizzazione sia dei documenti di viaggio, ora si deve anche compilare uno specifico modulo sul sito aziendale del Control Room Security. Un’apposita email mi ha ricordato la nuova … Continua a leggere

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Protetto: Identità digitale TIMid: test della procedura di cambio password

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How to check your privacy setting in Facebook and possibly modify it

By chance, I noticed that a new post of mine in Facebook had a visibility “Public” that is everybody could see it. I did not remember to have changed the privacy setting and I supposed that every new post was … Continua a leggere

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