I recently bought some ink for my printer. I insert the cartridges, but get the Error 1485. I removed them and then reinserted them a couple of times. Still same error.
A search online indicates that it might be unsupported ink cartridges. They are original Canons and I buy them from the same online source. I’ve never had an issue with them.
I eventually realized what happened. I currently have a Canon TR4720 printer. I bought it because my Canon MG2525 would not allow me to print up a full page picture on 8x11 glossy paper. The TR4720 is also wireless. I was going to send my MG2525 to the recycle bin but it’s now back in service because I accidentally bought the wrong printer cartridges. My TR4720 takes cartridges PG-275 (black) and CL-276 (colour), but I purchased PG-245 (black) and CL-246 (colour) for the MG2525.
Make sure to purchase the right cartridges. If you sure you have the right ones but still getting the same error, unplug the power from the printer for about 60 seconds. Then plug it in and see what happenes.
So we are getting another blast of Winter on this Easter Monday (when I wrote this originally). The power blinking on and off all morning. A woman called because after the power came on she was getting an error on her TV screen. It would first say E126 and then 8888.
I think she is still using a “Motorola DCX” series cable box.
I went searching for “error 126” and “e126” and came across an article for “E1:26”.
The fix was simple. Unplug the power to the cable box. Wait for about 5 minutes then plug it back in. Wait a few minutes for everything to get ready and then try it. She waited 10 minutes and everything is working again.
If this doesn’t work then a call to the cable company would be in order because the cable box might be damaged.
The 8888 as I understand it is just a reboot code.
Yesterday I had a guy bringing me his computer because he had an issue with Facebook. He was getting a message that “A feature was temporarily blocked because he was using it to fast”.
He could only scroll down through a few posts on his wall and he would get a popup message claiming his "It looks like you were misusing this feature by going to fast." Was he scrolling down through his post to fast? If you are going to block an account, Facebook, at least give a more detailed message on what was actually done wrong or to fast.
Even with the block, he still had some limited use of the site, like messenger. In his case he could scroll down through a few posts until he got to an error message claiming that something went wrong, click on the reload/refresh page button, which only brought up the blocked feature message.
A number of people have had this happen to them according to an online search. Apparently, any activities done repeatedly in quick succession gets flagged. Facebook AI thinks your a spammer or a robot. Because, a robot is trying to determine if you are human or not.
Other people online seem to have had the same issue. Sometimes the block last a few hours, sometimes a couple days. There is a feedback option but it's hard to defend yourself when you don't know what you did. I just left the message, “I don't know what I did.”
Luckily the block is gone this morning. I can't tell the owner not what to do because neither one of us knows what he did wrong.
I was going to take screen shots this morning but the problem seems to have been cleared up. If you get this blocked account message, click on any button or option that allows to to appeal the decision, but otherwise there is nothing else you can do but wait till Facebook unblocks you.
A guy bought me his new laptop to setup for him. Then he came back because when he signed into his Facebook it was behaving like he just set up a new account even though he had it for years. No posts, no friends.
I don't know why but I automatically assumed he somehow signed in wrong. And it turns out he did. In his email address he forgot to press shift for the @ sign and had the number 2 there instead.
example2hotmail.com instead of example@hotmail.com.
I'm surprised he got in at all. Facebook must of thought he was trying to create a new account. Anyway, after fixing the username, everything is normal again. I know a woman who put in a comma instead of a period before the com. So double-check your typing and "Don't Rely On Auto-Fill". Type it out.
My nephew had problems with AVG antivirus. First of all, he doesn’t know how it got on his system. He mentioned Ccleaner so I had a hunch. Watch the install screens carefully. Be sure to uncheck any unwanted software. AVG kept crashing and made the system unusable. The first thing to come to mind was to try a program called “Revo Uninstaller - www.revouninstaller.com/products/revo-uninstaller-free.
He managed to download it but still couldn’t use it. I then instructed him on how to get into “Safe mode”.
Using Revo we were able to remove AVG in SafeMode. When he rebooted and confirmed AVG was gone he then mentioned he had a second problem. He couldn’t get the software to work that allowed him to control the settings of his webcam.
He uninstalled and installed the software again but no luck. Again, I suggested using Revo. Sorry, can’t remember the name of the software used but using Revo to remove all the bits and pieces normally left behind by the traditional uninstall process did the trick.
AVG is gone and he can now adjust the settings of his webcam.
Just a quick tip. Sorry no screen shots.
My sister was having trouble logging into the Facebook app on her Android phone. She would log in and everything seemed Ok for a few seconds, then she would get a Login Session Expired message. She would login again and it would repeat over and over.
The solution, clear out the the saved data and cahe. Go to (settings may differ slightly based on phone and Android versionSettings - Apps - Facebook - Storage - Click on Force close, if available otherwise Clear Data (or Clear Storage) and Clear Cache. If you don't have the force stop clear it out anyway.
Previously, I wrote about having problems fixing my HP Deskjet D1341 - Power Light Blinking and the printer unusable. I didn't find a fix at that time but I did find a way to keep using the printer but not to full capacity. My printer wouldn't work with the black ink cartridge in.
One of the things that I try when troubleshooting printers is to unplug the power and then plug it back in. From experience it does work most of the time. Online research seems to indicate that this is a good way to clear out printer issues but how long to wait before plugging the printer back in seems to up for debate.
10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, all have been suggested. I decided to try it a little bit longer. A few hours. I unplugged the printer power cord and the USB cord and was going to let it set overnight.
A few hours after I unplugged it before going to bed I decided to plug in the power cord and to see if it made any difference. If not I would unplug it again and wait overnight before trying again. I plugged in the power and turned it on. It made a sound like it was printing up something but it didn't pull and paper through. Then it stopped. The power light was not blinking.
I left the power cord in and turned it off. I wasn't going to test this thing until the next day. So this morning I plugged in the USB cord and turned it on. The power light remained solid, not blinking. So I decided to try and print up a few things. Everything printed up without an hitch.
So if you try the power cord method, unplug all cords and give it an hour or two. Overnight if possible. This is what worked for me.
Note:This happened a few times. The last time I was not able to clear it out no matter how long I kept it unplugged. Time to buy a new printer.
A woman bought me her Vista laptop because an error message box kept popping up with the message (sorry no screen shots):
McUICnt.exe Entry point Not Found. The procedure Entry point BCryptDerivekeyPBKDF2 could not be located in the file bcrypt.dll (maybe not exact wording)
Every time I clicked on OK to close the box it immediately opened again. I could still login and use the computer normally otherwise. So I knew it was either a corrupted startup program or a program uninstalled that didn't get all the bits of it removed properly. So I decided first to search for the program McUICnt.exe
I found out that the file is usually associated McAfee products, in this case the McAfee Security Scan Plus. Luckily, like I mentioned, except for a box I couldn't close, it didn't interfere with the other operations of the computer so I uninstalled the McAfee program, restarted the computer and problem solved. I did run a few scans for adware and spyware, just to be sure and everything came out clean.