A collection of all the random projects I create for myself.
//Recently I purchased Office 2021 at a fire sale price (considering it’s 2023 as I’m writing this), and when I went to download the offline installer the file was corrupted (shoddy wireless connection). When I went back to get the link again, I was put through a gauntlet of dead ends until I finally found the correct place, no thanks to Microsoft.
Continue reading “Downloading the Offline Installer for Office 2021”//I’ve seen this posted in countless forms by countless people having countless issues. It’s sad: more often than not these are good people trying to learn, trying to fix their mistakes, or just trying to get their project working! But many forums and websites shut these people out because they “don’t know how to ask a question” or something along those lines.
Here are the unwritten rules of what you should try before you ask for help.
Continue reading “My code is broken”//Office has a sign-in button in the top corner of every program by default to give you the (supposed) benefit of linking everything you do to Microsoft’s cloud. There’s a way to disable this “feature” by changing a simple registry key. I understand that this information isn’t new; there are articles out there on how to do this. But without fail I need to look it up every time I reinstall Office, so this is here for my own sanity.
Continue reading “Disable Sign-In Button in Office 2013, 2016, and 2021”
//I already use a password manager, and I don’t want to use HP’s. Yet because I installed HP Client Security, I’m bombarded with notifications to install an addon that isn’t properly supported just because I want to use disk encryption and a fingerprint reader. There’s no good solutions out there (HP forum says “uninstall our software”), so I poked around with Process Monitor and “fixed” it myself.
Continue reading “Disable HP Client Security’s Password Manager”