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How to Find a Roommate Free
When you're moving to a new city, one of the first things you need is a place to live. Often, the most economical option is finding a roommate with whom you can share rent and utility costs. But if you don't already know someone in town, roommate-hunting can be tough. Worse, many sites offer to conn
How to Play the Xbox on a PC Monitor
Xbox is a video game console that is typically connected to a television to be played. You can also connect it to a PC monitor and play without a television. This allows players to sit at a desk and be closer to the monitor than they would be when playing on a television. It is also useful when play
Video: How to Prevent Files From Being Copied
Video Transcript
Hi, my name is Luke and this is how to prevent files from being copied. If you'd like to restrict copy access to a file, what you're going to need to do is change its permissions. In Windows the way you do this is by right clicking the filing question, scrolling down...
How Did Cisco UCS Get to 10,000 Systems So Fast?
Cisco did something fundamentally different with the UCS. They took the controller, LAN, and SAN connections and put them into a special box called a Fabric Interconnect. Each UCS chassis only has power supplies and server blades in it, and the dual Fabric Interconnects can connect anywhere from 8 t
Can a Virus Make My Downloads Slow?
In the world of Windows computing, viruses are blamed for almost everything, including slow boot-up times, slow programs, even slow downloads. Unfortunately, in the world of Windows computing, viruses are common. Despite recent attempts to make Windows more virus proof, computers with this operating
Why Won't the USB Drive Show Up in My Computer?
When a Universal Serial Bus [USB] drive doesn't show up in your computer, it can be an urgent problem, especially when you need to access files or data stored on the drive. It is not easy to troubleshoot this issue, compared to other computer problems, because there are a few probable causes for the
Avidemux Tutorial
Avidemux is a free, open-source video-editing program. You can download Avidemux for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux from its official website. Avidemux can transcode video and audio to different formats, combine media files, apply a variety of filters, edit out parts of a file completely or move section
How to Start an Acer Integrated Webcam
Most of Acer's laptops and netbooks have an integrated webcam, with its lens above the screen. A basic webcam program is included with the Windows operating system on Acer laptops and netbooks, so you don't have to download third-party tools to use your webcam. If the webcam isn't working properly,
How to Remove Songs From a CD
You can remove songs from a CD use software that is pre-installed on your computer. However, in order to do so, the CD must be in the CD-RW format. The CD-RW format, which stands for CD Rewritable, is the only CD format that can have songs or files erased and rewritten to it. All other CD formats ca
How to Change the Partition Boot Order
If you have more than one operating system installed to different partitions on your computer, you may want to change the default order in which those operating systems boot up. A computer looks for the operating system according to settings in your BIOS and according to which partition you select.
How to Record from VLC to a CPU
VLC media player is a free video and audio playback and conversion program developed by VideoLAN. In addition to standard playback options, VLC is capable of saving and converting files to a computer using the "Stream" option. With some technical knowledge, the user also can configure VLC to stream
How to Set Up Wireless With My Comcast Cable Modem
A Comcast cable Internet connection is more than fast enough to share among the computers in your home, but it's inconvenient to run Ethernet cables around the house to all of them. A wireless network connects all the wireless-enabled computers in your home to the Internet and each other. For access
Virtual Server 2005 Tutorial
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is an operating system virtualization program similar to Microsoft Virtual PC. Unlike Virtual PC, VIrtual Server is meant for deployment on servers and not desktop computers. It doesn't have a typical desktop administration program. Instead, virtual machines are created
How to Copy a Program to a New Hard Drive
Copying a program to a new hard drive is a necessary skill for most computer users. The ability to add programs to your computer makes the machine itself more useful. The process is the same no matter what the program itself actually does. This process is a task that can be accomplished by even a no
How to Duplicate a Hard Drive
Backing up important data is practicable with the ease of duplicating a hard drive. The cost of hard drive space is now below 10 cents per GB of data, allowing an affordable option for safe data storage. A separate hard drive provides assurance that important data is safe from viruses or deletion.
Power Consumption of a Computer
The power consumption of a computer varies depending on several different factors, including the type of computer and accessories being used. Knowing when to turn your computer off is a major power saver.
How to Get Quality Training in the Ccie Course?
The people who are wondering to get the expertise in the networking usually follow up the ccie course. It is the most advanced course of the networking available in the Cisco system. So, the students ...
How to Set Up Power Auras for "Shadow Priest"
"World of Warcraft" is a massive multiplayer roleplaying game. Modders have created a variety of addons for the game, including "Power Auras." This addon creates graphical representations of the buffs and debuffs active for the player. For instance, if the player has Holy Stoicism and Vampire Touch
How Can I Make My Wired Laptop Wireless?
With each newer generation of laptop computers, wireless networking is becoming more common. Nearly all new laptops sold today have wireless capabilities built in. To make a laptop that has only wired Ethernet capabilities able to participate on a wireless network, you must install a wireless networ
Directions to Change the BIOS Battery in a 380ED Thinkpad
Your laptop's BIOS is a small, black chip built into the motherboard. The BIOS chip stores information crucial to your computer's overall operation. Most importantly, it stores data that allows some of your laptop's most important hardware to communicate with the operating system, and it is powered