Left Click Automatically in Windows

There are many different scenarios in which you can find yourself compelled to repeatedly left click your mouse - to activate a button on a web page, scroll through a document one page at time, or to accomplish some other task. There is a way to get through a tedious situation like this more rapidly.

The Tip of the Night for May 9, 2017, discussed an open source program for Windows called AutoHotKey. If you download AutoHotKey here, and install it, you'll be able to run lots of scripts which change how your Windows system functions. This script:

^g::

click

. . . placed in a text file renamed with the extension '.ahk', and then double-clicked . . .

. . . will allow you to left click an endless number of times when you have CTRL + G pressed down.

Win 10 Can't Find an iPhone

If you plug your laptop into a PC running Windows 10, and it charges, but Windows doesn't find the phone - in iTunes or Device Manager, turn off the mobile hotspot on the iPhone. This seems to prevent Win 10 from finding the mobile device. This evening, Win 10 instantly found my iPhone right after I shut down the mobile hotspot.

wifi troubles

If you have difficulty connecting to a wifi network you are sure that you should have no trouble logging on to, consider folllowng these steps to the remedy the problem. This worked for me tonight when a laptop running Windows 8 didn't connect to a wireless network - I wasn't even prompted for a password.

1. Open device manager - you can find it with a simple Windows search.

2. Locate the wireless network card in the Network adapters section. Right click on it and select uninstall.

3. Restart your PC. Windows should detect the card and automatically reinstall it.

This trick got me back online and working tonight.