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How to retain your GUI settings in Kodi

When you restore Kodi or copy your existing Kodi userdata folder to another device it will always default the guisettings.xml, always. Even if you drop your previous settings into Kodi via a network folder, it will still reload it to default upon restart. This is because the guisettings.xml can't be written into the userdata folder when Kodi is running. To prevent this from happening, overwrite the guisettings.xml with SSH using two programs. One to stop and start the Kodi process and one to copy over the backed up guisettings.xml file that contains all your GUI goodness.

HP Laserjet won't print multiple copies on Windows 8.1

Right-click the LaserJet printer icon and select Printer Properties . Select the Device Settings tab. Find the Mopier Mode and Job Storage settings at the bottom. Change the settings from Enabled to Disabled on both. Click Apply and OK to exit.

Harmony Smart Control won't turn off Playstation (updated 26/07/15)

[See 2nd option at the bottom for the alternative fix] If your Harmony remote won't turn off your PS3 using bluetooth (but turns on OK), modify the power settings for the Power Off so they like like mine below. Seems there is a bug in the Harmony software that mixes up the cross and circle depending on what region you're in.

How to change the firmware of a Dahua IP dome from Chinese to English