Dec 18th 2022
Ask The Tech Guys 1954
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Windows 11 Passwords / Pins, Default TV Inputs, Text Message Timestamps
Records Sunday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
The Twitter saga continues: you can no longer link to other social networks in your tweets! How The Tech Guy has evolved over the many years. Can you disable the password / pin screen after your computer wakes up? Can you direct a smart TV to default to a specific input rather than whichever device is active? How can you convert VHS tapes to a DVD or a digital file? Why aren't timestamps appearing with my text messages on my Android phone? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple backs out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations.
- On Twitter, you cannot link to other social networks like Facebook or Mastodon.
- John Carmack leaves Meta.
- Mike B calls in reminiscing about how The Tech Guy has evolved over the years.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the new Toyota Tundra & replacing the audio systems in newer vehicles.
- Can you disable the password / pin screen in Windows 11 after your computer wakes up?
- Is there a TV that allows you to set a default input rather than constantly changing when a device powers on?
- Is there a way or a program to recover deleted text messages?
- What are some good smart switches?
- Chris Marquardt and a trip down memory lane.
- Is there a program or an easy way to convert VHS tapes?
- How can YOU help someone with a tech question?
- Why aren't my timestamps showing up on my Android device?
- A caller shares The Eclipsophile: climate and weather for celestial events.
- Rod Pyle and the Soyuz crew on the International Space Station.
- And thanks to everyone who has listened to The Tech Guy on the radio over the years! Stay tuned for the Ask The Tech Guys podcast starting in January.
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Links
- Apple reportedly backs out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations
- After months of negotiations, Apple reportedly exits the running for NFL Sunday Ticket package
- Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors
- In scathing exit memo, Meta VR expert John Carmack derides the company's bureaucracy.
- How to Launch Windows 11 without Password
- How to Turn Off Password-on-Wake in Windows 11
- How to change the default input on your Roku TV to use a cable box, game console, or other device
- Set What Your TCL Roku TV Displays Upon Power ON
- Mint Mobile store text message content
- SMS Backup & Restore
- We now know what we don’t know about Matter
- Best HomeKit light switches for the Home app 2022
- Elgato Video Capture - Digitize Video for Mac, PC, or iPad
- Eclipsophile
- Leaky Soyuz at ISS in ‘good working order,’ NASA says
- SONGS: Kimmy Schmidt Theme Song
- War - Low rider
- John Lennon - Happy X-mas
- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
- Paul Simon - Kodachrome
- Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job & Shove It
- Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
- Six13 - Elton Johnukah
- Frank Sinatra - My Way
- Steam - (Na Na Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye