The future is now, which means you can do crazy things like connect to the world wide web through your Xbox 360 and PS3. Cool, right? Definitely. But before you start surfing the Internet you'll need to adjust the settings on both your computer and gaming console. This instructional video tutorial demonstrates the process and offers helpful user tips in setting up an Internet connection on your video game system using Microsoft Windows XP.
Learn how to backup Windows Vista to an external hard drive! 1. Click on start. Go to All Programs, select Accessories, then select System Tools. Open "Back-Up Status and Configuration". 2. Click on "Set up automatic file back-up". Be sure the top radio button is selected. Select your external hard drive. 3. Click next. Select all folders that you want to back-up. Click next again. Set your schedule (how often, what day, time). 4. Click on "Save settings and start back up". Windows will final...
This video demonstrates to viewers how to easily defrag the hard drive in your computer. To do a disk defrag on your computer: Click on the Start button. Go to All Programs. Click on Accessories. Select System Tools. Choose Disk Defragmenter. Select the drive you want to defrag (if you have more than one hard drive), and then simply click defrag. Wait for the defrag to finish, which could take some time depending on how large your hard drive is and the degree of fragmentation as well.
Steps on how to cut copy and paste on a Mac. Make sure that all your Windows are closed. 1. Click the Apple on the upper right corner. 2. Select and click System Preferences and a small window will appear. 3. Double click the small mouse picture and a bigger mouse picture will appear 4. Click on the right tab that says Primary Button and click to select Secondary Button. 5. Close the window. 6. When you right click the mouse a menu will appear and you can already cut copy and paste just like ...
Learn how to use Windows Vista remote desktop on your computer in simple steps. First go to Control panel, select 'User accounts' and create a password for your account. Now right-click on My Computer, select 'Properties' and click on 'Remote settings'. Now select the user you created by searching and return back to the properties area. Go to 'Advanced system settings', click the Computer name tab and find your computer name. Now open the Remote desktop connection, enter your name and enter y...
This video will show you how to defrag your computer's hard drive to increase its speed. To defrag your hard drive, do the following: Go to 'Start', 'All Programs', 'Accessories', 'System Tools', 'Disk Defragmenter'. Select the hard drive that you wish to defragment, and select 'Defragment'. Depending on the size of your hard drive, this process could take between one and two hours to complete. After the process is complete, your computer will be uncluttered and will hopefully run a little fa...
Watch as iblogtutorials teaches you how to speed up your Windows XP and Vista shutdown times. To speed up your Windows shutdown time, do the following: Go to Start and select Run. Type in "regedit". Click the triangle next to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" and then click "SYSTEM" current control set. Click the Control folder. Wait to kill service timeout. Change the Value data to 0.2 seconds. Restart your computer and from now on your shutdown time will be much faster.
This video shows you how to block websites without having to use software. This technique is ideal for blocking out pages such as MySpace or Facebook. Go to your C:, Windows, System 32, drivers, then 'etc'. Double click on your host file to read it with notepad. To block a website, do the following: Copy where it says '127.0.0.1' and paste it below. Next to it, type in the name of the website you wish to block, for example: http://www.myspace.com. Repeat the above step to block as many sites ...
One of the many features that comes with the 2010 Toyota 4Runner is Rear Parking Assist. To use this feature, press the button to the left of the steering wheel that is marked P. The system will beep and the green LED will be lit, confirming that the feature is turned on. When the car is put into reverse, the parking assist will start beeping. As the car gets closer to an object, the beeping will gradually get faster and faster. When the car becomes very close to an object, the beeping will b...
The 2010 Toyota 4Runner comes with a feature called Active Trac or A-TRAC. A-TRAC traction control has the traction benefit of locking front and rear differentials, but with less weight. The ABS (anti-lock braking system) will automatically brake a slipping wheel. This will provide extra torque so that wheels with more traction can continue to push the car along. This automatic feature works seamlessly and the driving experience is not hindered in any way. However, the driver can turn this on...
While the Wii may be one the most popular console today, many people may be unfamiliar with all the many uses and features of the system. In this step by step guide, learn how to utilize the SD cards or a USB drive with the Wii (which most people are not completely familiar with). It takes you through the installation process and where the SD card/USB drive will go on both the Wii and a desktop computer. When the process is complete, you won't have to use the disc every time you play the game...
The Toyota 4Runner has a manual fuel filler door. To gain access the gas cap open the door. When open the gas cap, turn it counter clockwise slowly. Then pause a few second before remove the cap. You can hang the cap on the back of filler door. The video also advises that Toyota suggests to use regular unleaded 87-octane gasoline. After filling gasoline return the cap and turn clockwise until you hear one click. The 4Runner's closed fuel system will dramatically reduce fuel evaporation. If th...
ToyotaUSA shows us a quick video detailing cruise control on the 2010 Toyota 4Runner. Cruise control is standard on all 4Runner models. Behind the lower right side of the steering wheel there are switches for the cruise control. To activate it, press the on/off button at the end of the stock. A green icon will be illuminated on the instrument panel. Accelerate or decelerate to desired speed and push the stock down to set it to that speed. To increase the cruise control speed, move the stock u...
For anyone experimenting with music, learn how to create a basic synthesizer using Reaktor 5.1. This video tutorial shows us step-by-step how to create a modular synthesizer beginning with showing how to structure various instrumental sounds at different pitch levels using the software system. The pitches can be ordered in all different kinds of configurations allowing you to play around with sounds until you find the ones you want. Follow the steps outlined in this tutorial to learn how to c...
The metalx1000 shows how to install Linux the on a phone. He talks about the Openmoko operating system. The first thing he shows is where to download it from and which one to download. The next thing he talks about is a tool that he will be using called "dfu-util" which he states you can download from the Openmoko site. The next thing he do is enter some commands for the dfu-util tool and continue to show you how to install Linux on a phone. By watching this video, you will gain the knowledge...
Veronica from Tekzilla teaches you how to monitor network activity on Windows 7. Go to ITSamples and download the Network Activity Indicator program. Install it and run it. This will add a new icon on your system tray. It blinks to reflect incoming and outgoing packets. You can right click to see a more detailed report. You also get statistics and a menu for your network and firewall settings. So to get the popular windows XP type network indicator icon all you need to do is follow the steps ...
Have you ever driven your car on rough terrains? Seems difficult to handle it. You can now steer, brake and accelerate at the same time with the new 2010 Toyota 4Runner. It has introduced a new technology called crawl control which helps determine optimum combination of speed and traction. It processes inputs from wheel speed sensors, vehicle's stability control computer, G-sensor and the engine control unit. To start this system, shift the transmission to neutral and then the transfer case t...
First, insert a bootable XP cd in your hard drive. Then the setup will start. Press "enter" to setup XP and then press F8 to accept the agreement. After that, press "enter" to setup Windows XP on unpartitioned space. After this press "Format using the NTFS file system". Then a new window will appear which will start the formatting process which will take several minutes depending upon the ram on the computer. This will help you quickstart your new PC on your own.
A quick tutorial on how to effectively removed corrupted files from your USB pen drive Insert USB drive into computer. Click on "My computer". Right click on your USB drive (e.g., Removable Disk Drive E: )Go to "Properties" and select "Tools". Under "Error Checking" select "Check now". On the "Check Disk Options" menu select "Automatically fix file systems errors and scan". Click start. Once completed the corrupted files should be removed. It is advisable to also get virus software to scan yo...
The video provides you two easy ways to get onto MySpace at school. There is no need to install anything at all. If you have a Windows operation system, open a command prompt window and just ping MySpace. Then copy and paste the IP addresses you found directly into your browser's address bar. In case you have a Mac computer, try search 'ip address finder' on Google and tool sites such as ip-address.com can help you find the same information. Now getting onto your favorite MySpace will never b...
The thenewboston shows you some short tips on how you can speed up your computer. He is using the Windows Vista Operating System for the demonstrating. He says he believes it should also work with Windows XP. The first thing that he says to do is go to your start panel and then go to "All Programs" then to "Accessories" then click on Disk Cleanup. After watching this video and performing the steps, your computer should run faster then what it is running at now.
This video tutorial shows you how to block any website on a Windows xp operating system by simply using notepad. First the URL to the site that needs to be blocked should be located by visiting the website form your browser and copying the URL from the address bar. Next close the browser and locate the "hosts" file and open it with notepad as indicated. Make the necessary changes to the "hosts" file and save it. Now the selected website is blocked on your computer.
This video shows you how to make a brochure using Microsoft Publisher. To create a brochure first you will need to choose the brochure template in Publisher, in this case the presenter chooses the event brochure. You can then customize the template by changing the default text, which the video shows you how to do by highlighting and deleting. It also shows you how to move to page 2 and change the text there. You can also change the default pictures by choosing the picture to replace and brows...
This video tells you how to set your default browser to Firefox3.5. In a few simple steps, you can set Firefox as your default browser and also make sure the browser is Firefox whenever you browse. Open Firefox browse- click on Files-Select Tools-Select options-select advanced-you will find System default at the end, just click the option button against". Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup. This option changes your browser to Firefox and also makes sure that alwa...
Do you like the Linux Ubuntu program on your MacIntosh computer? This tutorial allows you to make it possible. Through the usage of VMware Fusion, the video teaches you how to install the Linux Ubuntu program on your MacIntosh. In addition, this video tells you where to get the programs you will need to follow the tutorial. By the end of the video, you will learn how to install Ubuntu on your MacIntosh regardless of the fact that Ubuntu is a program for the Linux operating system.
This video is for XBOX360 users, and includes general suggestions for the types and models of headsets to use for the gaming system. The man on the screen giving advice is Michael Weezner, who says he is an "avid video gamer" and who has much experience about selling, buying and playing video games and accessories. He recommends the Turtle Beach Wired Headset for the XBox 360 or the Turtle Beach Wireless Headset for the XBox 360. Both have built in sound counseling features, and will block ou...
In this video tutorial the instructor shows how to solve equations by the comparison method. In this method he isolates either the x or y variables in both the equations and now compares the other side of equations directly to derive the value of the other variable. Now this derived value of the variable can be used by substituting it in one of the original variables to derive the value of the other variable. He goes on and shows how to do this with an example by solving it. This video gives ...
Looking to install Snow Leopard on your system? Have no fear. Get all your bases covered with help from this three-part video tutorial showing you exactly how to install Snow Leopard on your Mac. Snow Leopard was inroduced by Apple in June 2008 as the new predessesor of Leopard. With suppossed improved efficiency, speed, and less of a "memory footprint" - the reviews have been mixed.
AntiVirus Live is a fake antivirus software which comes onto your system and asks you to buy it. It doesn't provide any security to the computer. Here is the procedure to remove it: (1) disable the proxy server for your LAN in Internet Explorer. 2) download the process explorer from ms technet. 3) locate and kill the sysguard.exe. 4) finally remove AntiVirus Live. After following all these steps reboot the computer. Protection against future intrusion is mentioned. You should be aware of the ...
Excel Fun will show you how to get the most out of your Excel experience by learning about pivot tables. With Excel and the latest Excel 2010 you can learn how to create a pivot table. Learn where in the system to go to find the table. Learn how to add our numbers and create a calculation and watch it being solved. Your instructor will go through a detailed equation so that you can see how to do your own calculation.
In this tutorial the instructor shows how to solve linear and quadratic equations. It is a liner quadratic system where he shows a parabola and a straight line and he intends to solve the points where the line intersects the parabola. Now he uses comparison to compare the values of y in both the equation resulting in a equation in x. Now he shows the factors of the obtained polynomial equation and there by finding the values of x coordinates. Now he substitutes these values of x in the origin...
The video is very informative about the using of a Stampin' Up. The blogger explains the different parts of the system and how to use them. She first shows the finished product, in this case a label or gift tag. She then explains the process of how to die cut the various parts and how to use the dies and machine to cut out the shapes. She then explains how to put the Tags together. She then shows how to finish the product. All through the process the video also has pop ups with a brief write ...
This video shows how you can reformat your hard disk and reinstall Windows XP. WARNING: Do not attempt to do what is shown in this video unless you are comfortable with changing BIOS settings and installing Operating Systems. Also it is recommended that you have a backup of all the important data on your computer.
Learn how you would bypass a school’s web filters so that you can go to content sites that are always blocked in examples of YouTube. Click the ‘Start’ button and then click on ‘Run’ and type in cmd and hit enter on your keyboard. This will bring up a command prompt where you type in ‘ping’ and then when that populates the next prompt you enter in the website to bring up the IP address. By entering the populated number you can get into a website from the search field of a web browser. It incl...
In this video you'll learn everything you need to have and how to use and understand your gutter guard. Tracy shows you all the different type of gutter guards, plastic, powder coated metal, galvanized mesh, the ridged mesh, and your hechhog piping. It takes you from everything you need to check for, and how to properly install your mesh. As well as being cautious of safety to achieve the best result. This is a great video to watch when looking to protect your homes gutter system.
To speed up the shutdown time for your computer, start by working on the regedit. To access the regedit click the start button. In the search box, type regedit. When the regedit comes up, click it and go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Click hkey_local_machine and go down and click system. Click currentcontrolset in the the system list. In currentcontrolset, click control once. In the control window click waittokillservicetimeout. In waittokillservicetimeout, there will be a value. If the value i...
In this eight-part video designed for teachers, learn how to evaluate a student's written IELTS (International English Language Testing System) essay. The IELTS is an international standardised test of English language proficiency. In these ight parts, learn how to view, analyze, and evaluate an IELTS essay.
Want to get the Wii Opera Browser for free? This will not work with a USB, only a SD-card. Steps according to corradostyler94 listed below.
Are you a film buff whose looking to become the next Quentin Tarantino? Well, other than having a big dream, a big vision, and a camera, you need an EXCELLENT film editing program. It really make the difference between creating a crappy, home video-esque shot and creating a "Lord of the Rings" bonanza.
Picture this: the infrared sensor on your TV is not working and you are blaming it on your remote control batteries. Well, to make sure exactly what is going on, try testing TV remote to be sure. To the naked eye, you might not be able to see the infrared light, so you could think it's dead, but try filming with your camera phone or digital camera, which could pick up the IR signal.
