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Advantages of Touch Screen Technology

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How to Update a Statement in PL/SQL Developer

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An update statement, which is part of the SQL's Data Manipulation Language, modifies existing data. When using the PL/SQL Developer there are certain transaction control rules used in both the insert statement and update statement. The transaction processing includes the explicit COMMIT to establish

How to Replace an AMD CPU Fan

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An AMD processor is a central processing unit (CPU) designed by the Advanced Micro Devices corporation. Your AMD processor will require a heatsink and fan to keep it at nominal temperatures. If your CPU fan is malfunctioning, you will need to remove the device to maintain the safety of your AMD proc

Define DDR2 SDRAM

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DDR2 SDRAM technology improves on the speed of its predecessor, DDR technology. It is technology that incorporates improvements in data transferring technology by reconfiguring the physical elements of RAM modules.

How to Turn On the Wireless Network on a IBM ThinkPad R51

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Many laptops have physical switches to enable or disable their internal wireless adapters, but the Lenovo ThinkPad R51 does not. Therefore, if you have purchased a secondhand ThinkPad R51 and the previous owner disabled the wireless adapter, this could leave you without an obvious way to turn it bac

Touchpad Tricks

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The mouse and the touchpad have never seen eye to eye.Laptop image by Kavita from Fotolia.comBecause the touchpad looks as though it is simple, many people assume it is inferior to using a mouse or any other navigational tool to move about your computer. The truth is, the touchpad not...

The Process Phases of A CD Duplicator

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If you were wondering how CD duplicators work, you will do well to read ahead. A CD duplicator enables mass replication of CD's that come from a recorded or a raw CD. Read on to ...

The Advantages of Multiple Inheritances

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Object-oriented programming is today's dominant programming paradigm. Almost all mainstream languages support some form of object orientation. Multiple inheritance describes the ability of a class to inherit behavior from more than one class or super-type. Multiple inheritance is notorious for causi

How to Update the ROM for a Dell Axim X50v

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The Dell Axim X50v is a PDA (personal digital assistant) that allows users to connect and browse the Internet, send and receive email, and use various multimedia applications. Dell released the Axim X50v in 2004. Earlier models of the device shipped with Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 but most units

What Is a Tray Drive?

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Tray drives are the descendants of the caddy drive. The caddy drive was a disc drive in which each disc had its own container which fit into a slot in the drive.

How to Remove Folder Options From a Computer

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"Folder Options" is a utility built into the Windows Explorer file browsing system that allows you to control the way information displays itself on your computer. For example, you can hide file extensions or view hidden files and folders. If you wish to disable a folder option, you can enter into t

How to Fix a Driver

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Drivers are small programs that allow computer hardware components and operating systems to communicate. Each component that is installed in or connected to a computer has a driver. When a company creates a computer component or peripheral device it also creates a driver for the operating system t

Video: How to Make Desktop Icons Smaller on Windows 7

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Video Transcript Hello, my name is Josiah Rea. I'm going to show you how to make the Desktop icon smaller using Windows 7. Here I am inside of Windows 7 and it's pretty easy to get to. You just right click any place on the Desktop and we're going to come down to personalize and down...

The Many Uses of an HDMI Cable

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Part of the fun of utilizing new technologies is being able to mix and integrate technologies to get results you may not have expected. In the early days of personal computers, companies would sell television ...

Why Does Sound Not Work on a Laptop?

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Silent SpeakersIf sound is not coming out of the speakers of your laptop when it's supposed to, open the laptop's control panel menu to gain access to a sounds, speech and audio devices option. This menu will assist in the diagnosis of why sound is not working on your laptop...

How to Power Multiple 80 mm Cooling Fans

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Modern central processing units consume more than 125 watts of power, translating into a small electric heating unit inside a computer case that needs to be kept cool. Video cards, hard drives and the power supply itself add to the heat output, and overclocking just adds to the problem. Installing a

How to Create an Animated "DB Z" Character

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The anime and manga series "Dragon Ball Z" (DBZ), a sequel of the "Dragon Ball" series, features a group of martial arts experts on a quest to find seven Dragon Balls. Each character wears his hair in a tall, spiked style, dons a karate-style robe and displays a wide, muscular body. To create an ani

Firmware Toolbox 4.60 Tutorial

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The Maximus Firmware Toolbox 4.6 is an application used to flash Microsoft Xbox 360 hard drives. These hard drives run just like any other drive installed on the computer, but due to the formatting of the equipment you are unable to save content from your system onto the gaming drive. The Firmware T

How to Turn on Stacks in Dock Mac

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The Mac operating system comes equipped with many innovative functions. However, many people are often not aware of the full capabilities of their Macs. One useful function included in the Mac OS X is what is known as stacks. These are a group of files placed in a folder on your computer's dock. How