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How To: Do a full fresh install of Snow Leopard OS X 10.6

Insert DVD containing Mac OS software into system drive. Reboot system. Confirm installation and agree with license. When prompted to select drive, select disk utility from menu bar. Select hard drive and click on erase button. Select Mac OS extended file system. Confirm erasing all data. Once drive formatted, close disk utility. Select to install in hard drive that was erased. After installation completes and system reboots, select Language and Keyboard for your country. When asked if alread...

How To: Make DVDs from AVI files with Windows DVD Maker

In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to make DVDs from AVI files with Windows DVD Maker. You will need a codec for this, which can be found at www.divx.com. Download the free version. While installing, when the prompt for component selection comes up, keep only ‘divx codec’ checked and uncheck the other components and install the codec. Now insert a DVD in to the drive and open up windows DVD maker. Select the movie you want to record, give a title and click next. Select the...

How To: Create an Excel table in Excel 2007

First, open the Excel worksheet you have previously created that you would like to create a table for. Click on any of the cell that contains data for your table. On the menu found on the upper portion of the application, go to the Insert Tab. Find and click Table. Your entire worksheet will now be selected. When a prompt window appears, click OK. Your table should now be created automatically.

How To: Reformat your hard drive to install Windows XP

In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to reformat your hard drive to install Windows XP. You will need a copy of window XP. Insert the CD in to your CD drive. Restart your computer and the command prompt will show. Press any key to boot from the windows XP set up CD. The set up screen will be displayed. Click enter and agree to all the terms. Then select the driver on which you want to put the XP and click enter. Then select the NTFS file system and not the ‘quic...

How To: Program using simple code in Java

Java is a wonderful programming language which is widely used all over the world. To do programming in Java you will need a Java Development Kit which is also called as JDK in short. This can be downloaded from the Java Website for free. To improve and assist in your developmental activities you will also need an IDE, which is an Integrated Development Environment where you can develop, compile and test you code at once place. Though Java code can be written in a normal text pad and compiled ...

How To: Tag people in your Facebook status

When you tag someone in your Facebook status, you can show everyone activities you are doing together! This is incredibly simply, simply type the @ symbol when writing your status. Your Facebook account will immediately prompt you; showing you different people on your friend's list. It will also ask if you want to tag groups or events in your status. As you keep typing the name, simply select the friend, group or event you wish to tag. Now, your status update has a link to this person, group ...

How To: Remove ntde1ect.com & autorun.inf virus & trojan files

In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to remove ntde1ect.com & autorun.inf virus & trojan files. Go to my documents > tools > folder options > view and unhide the files and click OK. Open up the task manager. Under properties, click on explorer and end that process. Then look for wscript.exe, select it and minimize the task manager. Now open up command prompt and type in ‘dir’ against C drive. This will not list the hidden files. So, you type in ‘attrib –r ...

How To: See who's using your wireless network on a Windows PC

This video shows you the method to find if someone else is using your Internet connection. There are two methods for this. The first method involves opening the start menu and click on 'Run'. Type cmd in the text box which opens as a result of clicking on 'Run'. Type NET VIEW at the command prompt. This will show all people using your network. The second method involves going to Start menu. Go to Connect to and Show all connections. Click on My network places. Click on 'View workgroup compute...

How To: Easily get autotune in Garageband

User tomreviewer shows us how to get autotune in GarageBand. Open GarageBand and create a new project. Make sure the Key is set to C. Delete the default track by clicking on Track, then Delete Track. Start a new track by clicking on Track, then New Track. Select Real Instrument Track when prompted and click Create. In the sidebar that opens click on Vocals, then Male Basic. Any of the Vocals, however, can be used. Press the Record button and record your voice. Click on the Scissors icon in th...

How To: Make a recycled hybrid board book

Creativity Prompt demonstrates how to make a hybrid board book. First, select printed paper of your choosing. Cut off the excess paper with a cutting blade and crease the paper for the spine. Fold and burnish the paper. Apply a generous glue stick layer to a recycled board book and adhere the paper to it. Burnish the paper with a brayer to strengthen the adhesion. Let the glue dry and trim off the excess paper. Cut the rest of the paper for the board book pages. Cut out photos and titles for ...

How To: Repair a broken PS3

In this Video Games video tutorial you will learn how to repair a broken PS3. For this you got to put the PS3 into stand by mode. Press down the button located at the top end of the console for 7-10 seconds and listen for 3 beeps. It may not work the 1st time. So, do it again. Then this message is flashed on the TV screen – ‘connect the controller using a USB cable etc’. Once you connect the USB cable the trouble shooter prompt comes up displaying 6 options. If you are not using HDTV this wil...

How To: Fix a PS3 Black Screen of Death

In this Video Games video tutorial you will learn how to fix a PS3 Black Screen of Death. For this you got to put the PS3 into stand by mode. Press down the button located at the top end of the console for 7-10 seconds and listen for 3 beeps. Repeat this step again. Then this message is flashed on the TV screen – ‘connect the controller using a USB cable etc’. Once you connect the USB cable, the trouble shooter prompt comes up displaying 6 options. You can use the 6 options to troubleshoot yo...

How To: Disable Windows Vista's user account control

In Windows Vista start off by going into the control panel in the start menu. In here go into "user accounts and family safety". Inside go into "user accounts". A screen will appear where you can make changes to your user account. Here there should be an option to turn user account control on or off. Click on this will bring up another window where if you uncheck the solitary checkbox you will have succeeded in turning User Account Control off. After doing so click ok and then press restart n...

How To: Quickly disable the uac option on Windows Vista

To quickly disable the UAC option on Windows Vista operating system on a computer first go to the control panel on your computer. Then go to user accounts, next click on turn user account on or off and you will be prompted to type in your password. Type in your password and press enter. Then uncheck the box that says use UAC to help protect your computer. Then click the okay button to finish. You can now exit out of the control panel and go back to your desktop. The UAC on your computer shoul...

How To: Change your NAT settings to OPEN using Netgear router

Be warned before hand that by making changes your router settings that you know nothing about can damage your router. Start off by opening your internet browser and then in the address bar either type 192. 168. 1. 1 or www.routerlogin.com. A prompt will come up in which you have to fill in "admin" in the first box and "password" in the second one. Look for the "Advanced" option and under it will be "WAN", click it. Now change your "NAT filtering" to "open". Make sure that "Disable SPI Firewal...

How To: Connect to a wireless network in Windows 7

First to connect to a wireless internet connection using Windows 7 you must first click on the icon that looks like sideways stairs that is located on your desktop in your task bar. Click on the icon and you will be taken to a page that will show all of the wireless connections in your area. Find your network then click on it. You will be prompted to type in your network security key, do so then your computer should connect to the wireless internet within the next few minutes. Close out of th...

How To: Disable user account control

Basically there are three quick ways to run a program as administrator. You can do that by clicking on cmd. We usually use this cmd prompt for finding your I.P. address and you can modify user accounts also. Another way is to click on start and type cmd in Run. Make a right click on cmd and click Run as Administrator. Final way to run program as an administrator by having right click on the program and select properties next select Compatibility, then select Operating System and finally, sele...

How To: Install apps and games on the Nokia N900

You can install applications and games on your Nokia N900 by following the tips in this video tutorial. The two easiest ways of obtaining these items is to either use the App Manager or the Ovi Store. The App Manager has a built-in software catalogue. Just click on it, hit Download, and then Games. Then, select whatever games you want and follow the prompts to install it. Installed applications and games can be found in the More folder on your phone's home page. Ovi Store is Nokia's applicati...

How To: Change your NAT to OPEN for gamers

This is a simple and easy way to change your NAT settings to open. First, open the command prompt. Type ipconfig, and then look for an IP next to default gateway. Make sure that you remember it. Type that IP in your browser. Enter your router information. Go to the administration tab, and enable UPnP. If you did this right your NAT settings should be open. You will see a significant change. You will be able to join and play games easier, and matches will be made quicker. This is a very easy p...

How To: Completely delete Internet Explorer 7 or 8

To delete Internet Explorer 7 or 8 from you computer, search for "unlocker" in the Google search engine. Click on the first search result to go to the unlocker site. Click download to access the unlocker application. Click the save me option when prompted. Next, find the downloaded files and install the unlocker application on your computer. Go to the local disk C, open the program files and find Internet Explorer. Right click on Internet Explorer and then click on the unlocker. Select the ap...

How To: Follow people in TweetDeck

For anyone new to Twitter, this video tutorial shows how to utilize TweetDeck. Following a lot of people and having a lot of people follow you is the whole point of Twitter. On the top tool bar of TweetDeck, there is a magnifying glass tool, you can run a search of someone and the search will bring up multiple listings of various avatars. If you keep the cursor over the avatar, select on the user prompt and then add the avatar to your group. Following these steps allows you to follow someone ...

How To: Schedule tasks in Windows XP

In this video, the instructor shows how to schedule tasks in Microsoft Windows XP. Scheduled tasks are nothing but programs you want your computer to run at specific reoccurring intervals like daily, weekly, monthly, etc. This can be a very helpful feature if you want to update a particular software or run a system virus scan at regular intervals. To do this, click on the start button and go to run. In the Run command prompt, type in 'tasks' and hit enter. Now this opens up the schedule tasks...

How To: Easily change your IP address

This video discusses how to change your IP address in Windows XP. Start by clicking on the Start Button and then Run. Type in "cmd" and press enter. This will open a Command Prompt box. From here type in "ipconfig" which will show your current IP configuration, including your IP Address, Gateway, DNS Servers, etc. Next type "ipconfig /release". This will release all IP information from your current network adaptor. Next open up network connections, right click on Local Area Connection and sel...

How To: Access the hidden service menu on the Lg enV3

In this video from ereshkigal19 we learn how to access the hidden service menu on the LG enV3. To do this, open your phone and type ##5473784236368 (##lgservicemenu) and press Send. When it prompts you to enter the service code, it is all 0 for the entire thing. This will get you into the menu. He also warns not to mess with everything in the menu because it might mess up your phone. After watching this video you will know how to access the menu but also are warned that it could cause problem...

How To: Get onto MySpace at school when it's blocked

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...

How To: Install VMware and Windows XP in Ubuntu

Software expert David Steinlage guides the viewer through the step-by-step process of installing VMware and Windows XP on a computer driven by Ubuntu Linux. The first step is to get a serial number, which can be obtained free by visiting the site www.vmware.com and filling out the registration form. The VMware installer application Automatix is then opened and upon clicking the desired options, the installation of VMware starts automatically. At the end of installation, the user is prompted t...

How To: Format a hard drive using Windows Vista

Formatting the hard drive on Windows Vista is easy. First click Start, then Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management. When that opens up, click Storage Disk Management. This will open a window showing all the computer's partitions. It isn't possible to format C: because that is where the operating system is installed. We will format disk 2. Right click on that, and select New Simple Volume. This will open the wizard. Follow the prompts through the wizard to Finish. The compute...

How To: Install the Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer

This video shows you how to easily install the Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer. The first thing you have to do is open the Internet Explorer and surf to http://get.adobe.com/flash/player/ . Scroll down the page, uncheck the Download Free Google Toolbar box and then click the "Agree and Install Now" button. Then, click the pop-up bar in the upper side of the browser that just appeared, and click the Install ActiveX Control. A pop-up window will appear. Click install and then wait until...

How To: Get around site blockers at school to view MySpace

You want to use the websites you want to use, regardless of any school blocks or other hindrances, so how? This video tells us by using the IP addresses of your favorite sites. To find this IP address, at your home, or an other unblocked location, in your start menu, you must access Programs, then Accessories, then Command Prompt. When the window pops up, then type in "Ping http://www.myspace.com" without the quotations, for instance. Write down, then, the string of numbers that appears, whic...

How To: Permanently Disable the 'Software Update' Notification on Your Samsung Galaxy — No Root Needed

Updating your Galaxy to the latest software version is optional, but you wouldn't know that from the persistent notification and status bar icon that are constantly reminding you to. Thankfully, you're just an app away from hiding these eyesores without the need to update your phone.

How To: Permanently Remove the 'No SIM Card Inserted' Notification on Your Samsung Galaxy — No Root Needed

Your Galaxy's lock screen already lets you know there's no SIM card installed if it's missing on your device, so there's really no need to have a persistent icon for it on the status bar. If you want to hide the pesky symbol and accompanying notification for good, there's a nifty app you need to check out right now.

How To: Use Your Saved Chrome Passwords to Log into Apps on Your Galaxy

If you use Google Chrome on your computer, you've undoubtedly saved a ton of passwords since the browser always prompts you to. But Samsung uses their own password service on their phones by default, so you'll have to change a setting if you want to use your Chrome passwords to log into apps and sites on your Galaxy.

How To: Block Spam Texts with Samsung Messages

With so much of our personal data floating around the web, it's nearly impossible to get away from spam calls, texts, and emails. Unfortunately, this isn't just limited to the online world — filling in your contact information in a raffle ticket with the hope of winning that shiny new car in the mall, for instance, can often result in getting swamped with spam texts containing sketchy loan offers.