Looking for any easy way to start up and shut down guest operating systems within VMware Player? This clip provides detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to automatically launch and/or shut down a guest OS from within the VMware player. To see how it's done, and to get started using the VMware auto launch feature yourself, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.
Induction cooktops are a great option if you're interested in heating food faster and saving energy in the process. They operate a bit differently than other cooktops and you should understand how so, if you plant to own one. This quick tutorial will show you how to use an induction cooktop easily.
In this clip, learn how to install the final version of iOS 4 to any iPhone or iPod Touch. This new operating system is great and includes a ton of updates. If you can't afford a new iPhone 4G, this software update will help make your 3G feel like new. Follow along and install 4.0 today!
If you have the operating system Ubuntu, you can download some pretty cool software onto your computer. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to download and use Xscreensaver with your computer. Using this program will give you a lot more control over you screensaver and how it appears. Enjoy!
Gaming consoles are capable of a lot more than power ups these days. Even a small console like a PSP can operate like a small computer, enabling you to browse the internet through WiFi connections. This video will give step-by-step instructions on how to get internet on your PSP.
Hit a plateau with the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system? If so, give this free video tutorial a go. It'll teach you how to "downgrade" from Vista to the comparably stable Windows XP OS.
Learn how to set-up Basilisk II, a 68k Apple Macintosh emulator that will allow your to run a Mac OS 7 operating system simultaneously on Windows XP. It includes System 7.5.5 and various applications/games.
In Windows XP and Windows Vista, alt-tabbing was pretty basic but it got the job done. Well, in Windows 7, it looks cool *and* it gets the job done! How convenient.
Windows 7 is awesome, and here are four super cool secret tips to make it look even better. Say hello to your new operating system! Learn how to use aero shake, jump lists, libraries, and more. Watch this video and learn how to use some of the new features on Windows 7.
Being able to manipulate your kite to perform tricks is an awesome talent, so why not begin to learn how to perform The Comete. This video shows the handmotions necessary along with slowed down clips to see exactly how the operator manipulates the kite.
GetConnected host Mike Agerbo talks to Jamie Brigden about installing the Mac OS X operating system on a Windows-based Dell Mini 9 Netbook. The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Laptop Netbook is a hot item these days with its portability, so why do Apple users have to be left out to dry?
Need to know how to customize your general system information? It's handy if you build or fix your own systems and want a way to brand them, or just to personalize your system. This is a great tutorial on customizing operating systems in XP by informationleak.net hacker Halla.
This hacker's guide demonstrates a quick PHP script which may allow you to crawl through the operating system on your hosting provider. demonstrate the power of PHP on a Virtual Host, or vhost, if PHP is not correctly secured by your web hosting provider. For more information on this hack, watch this helpful video guide.
Netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool that displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface statistics. It is available on Unix, Unix-like, and Windows NT-based operating systems. This video tutorial presents a basic introduction to working with the netstat tool. Determine whether you've been hacked with this how-to.
With Windows® Fax and Scan feature that works with the Windows Vista™ operating system makes it even easier to share fax and scanning capabilities with multiple users. Where previous fax and scanning programs allowed an individual user to send and receive faxes or scan documents with a locally-connected fax or scanner; Windows Fax and Scan provides a flexible system for multiple users to share local or network-connected scanners and fax devices. F
An important part of surgery is knowing the various types of closures to perform. This medical how-to video demonstrates how to do a subcuticular suturing technique. The subcuticular suture technique is also known as intradermal suturing. Follow along and learn how it is done. Subcuticular or intradermal suturing technique is great for wound closure in the operating room.
An important part of surgery is knowing the various types of closures to perform. This medical how-to video demonstrates a horizontal suturing technique. The horizontal mattress suturing technique is especially good for laceration repair or wound closure in the operating room. Follow along and learn how it is done.
An important part of surgery is knowing the various types of closures to perform. This medical how-to video is a demonstration of a staple insertion and removal technique. The use of staples is used for laceration repair or wound closure in the operating room. Follow along and learn how to insert and remove stables. This is a two person procedure.
The OWC Mercury Extreme G4 is a fantastic high speed single processor replacement to your current processor. The Mercury Extreme, unlike other processor upgrades, does not use or require 'enabling' utilities to operate. It's the easiest upgrade for your G4 Quicksilver Macintosh to boost its speed. This video tutorial will take you, step by step, through the installation process. For more, take a look!
Want to access a website without using bookmarks or, heaven forbid, typing its URL into your address bar? This video tutorial offers instructions for creating a desktop shortcut to a given website while running any version of the Windows operating system and running any browser. Take a look!
Sometimes the hardest step to operating a new mobile phone is just turning it on. This video guide to the LG C200 shows the basic getting started type functions, from turning it on and off, to charging, taking photos, and making phone calls. Watch this video cell phone tutorial and learn how to use the LG C200.
Molly from MacMost.com shows how to configure Apple's Mighty Mouse as a two button mouse. This will allow you to bring up contextual menus by right-clicking à la other popular operating systems. Learn how to configure your own Apple Mighty Mouse with this tutorial.
The HV20 comes with a manual focus roller, which is a good thing. However, it is a bit awkward to operate. Here is a minimalist friction tool that can be used to accomplish the same task (well, perhaps with enough practice). It is small, portable, cheap, and light-weight. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a manual focusing stick for a Canon HV20 video camera.
This software tutorial shows you how to create the "X" on the Mac OS X Leopard box in Photoshop. Basically you are learning how to create a shiny letter X with a Mac background. So if you want to create the cover look of the Mac Leopard operating system box, then watch this Photoshop tutorial.
This is a useful video on how to basically wipe your operating system and re install it to hopefully fix whatever is wrong with your computer. Don't forget to backup your files.
Many home projects require cutting, and the jigsaw is a great tool that's easy to operate when you have to start sawing. See how to use a jigsaw in three simple steps.
A vise grip is an inexpensive and useful tool that you will make your life a lot easier. See how to operate a vise grip.
The Panasonic DMC TZ3 is one of the more straight forward super zoom digital cameras. It is also one of the more smaller and compact models. This video guide gives you a quick run through of the main features and gives you a flying start when it comes to operating the camera.
This video shows you how to operate a BSW Sirius Direct kit in a BMW 3 series/M3 (E46) with navigation.
This video shows how the BMW iPod Integration Kit by DICE functions and is used. It shows you how to control your iPod in your BMW, how to have your radio display artist, song, and album information from your iPod in your BMW, and how new generation iPods / iPhones operate with this BMW iPod integration kit.
A two-part tutorial on installing the Yellow Dog Linux operating system on a Sony Playstation 3 (PS3). With this, you can install firefox on your PS3.
This is the first of what will surely be a long and detailed series on operating the F-15 Eagle in the simulator Lock-On: Flaming Cliffs. This first one introduces you to the Eagle's radar with off and Range-While-Search modes and their symbology.
Tired of Windows and Mac OS? You might want to try Ubuntu or some other variation of the Linux operating system. The Lab Rats, Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers, teach you how to install and run Ubuntu on your system. They also address several concerns you may want to be aware of.
It's the end of an era. Facebook's WhatsApp just announced that older Android devices equipped with the Gingerbread operating system will no longer be able to use the messaging app as of February 1, 2020.
Google's working on a new mobile operating system called Fuchsia, and while we don't know much about how they intend to use it, we're now getting a glimpse at what the main interface will look like.
Microsoft dropped a couple of huge bombs at their Windows 10 event Wednesday afternoon. Free operating systems and holographic glasses? This must be a Sci-Fi novel or a Hollywood blockbuster, because it reeks of fiction.
Greetings, my friend. Welcome to Null Byte. I am Dr. Crashdump. Linux will be talked about a lot in Null Byte. It's used in most tutorials on this site, actually. You should learn how to use Linux as soon as possible, but where do you start? No worries. Let's figure that out.
Let's say you forgot the code to your Master Lock combination padlock. What can you do besides buy another one? Well, there's a surprising abundance of ways to open a combination lock other than with just the combination, some of which will even let you reset the code. Of course, these hacks aren't limited to folks just looking to open their own locks, but let's just assume that's what you're here for.
At the recent DefCon conference in Las Vegas, researchers opened many of the top commercially available gun safes with simple tools like a straw or a paper clip, and in one case, just by shaking it a bit. The investigation began after the researchers, Toby Bluzmanis, Marc Tobias and Matt Fiddler, learned that certain Stack-On safes, issued to some law enforcement officials to secure their firearms at home, could be opened simply by jiggling the doorknob.
This design is super simple and is the easiest invisible door that I've ever seen. Unlike designs that use horizontal pistons, the redstone here is completely hidden underground, and the door itself doesn't create an unsightly dip or gap in the wall.
