Several models of D-Link wireless routers include a USB port, which allows you to share devices, such as printers over your wireless network. After you connect a USB printer to your D-Link router, PC and Mac users on the network will be able to install the printer and send files to it. For wireless printer sharing to work, the router and printer must always remain powered on. Writer Bio
Connecting a remote to a TV requires a clear path so the TV can receive the signal the remote lets out during the programing process. Universal remotes use 3-digit codes to sync to different TVs, but not all the codes listed will work. You must complete a process using different codes if the first try doesn’t work. Writer Bio
People with movies on VHS and DVD may not want to have both a VCR and a DVD player connected to their TV, as both units will take up a lot of shelf space on a home theater stand. Fortunately, there are combo players available that play both VHS tapes and DVD video discs. Connecting a VCR/DVD combo player to a TV is as simple as connecting any video device; several different methods can be used, depending on the type of video inputs offered by your TV model....
Updated August 30, 2017 Press the button on the right side of the Apple Wireless Keyboard to turn on the device. The keyboard is discoverable when it’s powered on. Click the “Bluetooth” icon on your computer desktop and make sure Bluetooth is turned on. Click the Windows Start button, if you have Windows 7, and select “Control Panel.” Click “Add a Device” under the “Hardware and Sound” category. The “Add a device” window appears with a list of available Bluetooth devices....
Connecting your LG Blu-Ray player to the Internet opens up a new world of entertainment. Depending on the functions built into your player, you can access BD-Live content to go deeper into movies that you purchase or buy, stream content from Internet sites like Netflix, Hulu or YouTube – or even use your Blu-Ray player as an interface to access media stored on your computer to play back on your home entertainment system....
Converting a car stereo so you can use it in your home involves two main tasks. The first is completely removing the stereo unit and the speakers from the car. The next involves converting the stereo to work on home power. This unit is made to work on a 12-volt battery; you must rewire it to work on the 120-volt constant power you get from your home. This process can vary depending on exactly how the stereo is installed in the car....
Fiber optic cable, as of 2011, is the fastest type of cabling on the market; it uses light to transmit data. The mirroring of the inside of the fiber optic cable allows the light to bounce for miles without loss. CAT 5 Ethernet cable on the other hand is a big telephone cable essentially and relies on electrical current to carry the data. Fiber optic cables are used by some networks for the server to building connection, while Ethernet cable is used for the wiring within the building....
Updated July 21, 2017 Purchase a VGA to RGB adapter from any retailer that carries computer hardware. Power off your computer and your television. For additional safety for you and your electronic equipment, disconnect both from their power sources to prevent risk of injury or damage caused by electric shock. Connect the VGA end of the adapter to your computer. The VGA end is the end with only one connection, and it looks like a small plastic box....
Database programs, such as Microsoft Access, are naturally compatible with websites that rely on stored information for generating and saving content. While the database is stored on a server that operates behind the scenes of the website, there must be a a method for entering or retrieving data. Forms, such as those created in Microsoft Access, are perfect for generating a user interface to communicate with a database. Access forms can even be converted to the HTML web format within the Access program, thereby simplifying the process of converting from your local database to the Internet....
Audio to text conversion on a computer is a useful tool for professional applications as well as audio books, hearing impaired individuals and transcribing text for website content. There are several software packages available that once trained to the user’s speech can convert audio to text on the computer. Most software packages require an in depth training period where the user practices voice commands so the speech can be easily interpreted and converted....
The DCF file extension is a version of the Digital Rights Management content format, which is typically used by cell phone companies to protect and copyright digital files such as audio, images or videos. If you purchase a DCF file you will only be able to play it on the specified device it was intended for. In order to convert a DCF file to MP4 you will need to install audio converting software....
An ActiveX control is a unit of code that you can reuse easily. This helps make common functionality consistent and saves coding time. You can reference or code one or more dlls into an ActiveX component. ActiveX components are visual or nonvisual. However, the nonvisual ActiveX components that you download from the Internet could have potentially dangerous code in them. Writer Bio
If your PDF contains tables, you can directly move those tables into Word. With Adobe Reader – the free version of Adobe Acrobat – the tables will convert as text (not within a table format) or an image. You can, however, use Adobe Acrobat to convert a PDF table and its content into an editable Word table. The “Select Table” option in Adobe Acrobat allows you to transfer formatted PDF tables into Word....
Paint.NET is free image-editing software that runs on Windows operating systems. The program’s output is rendered in the PDN format. A drawback of Paint.NET is that it does not support Photoshop PSD files, which are commonly used by graphic designers. However, there is a free plugin for Paint.NET that you can use to import PSD files into the program, where you can convert them to PDN.
No matter what you do on a computer, from writing an email to backing up data, you use certain common functions on the mouse and keyboard. Some of these are so basic you probably don’t even think about it, like when you need to click the mouse or press the spacebar. One very common function on the iMac and other Apple computers is copying and pasting. It applies to pictures, files, folders, text and many other things you see on your screen....
Updated February 10, 2017 Open iTunes. Insert the CD you wish to copy into your computer’s disc drive. Click the “Import” button at the bottom-right corner of iTunes. This will import the songs of your CD onto your computer. Create a playlist by clicking the plus sign at the bottom-left corner of iTunes. Name your playlist, and drag the songs from the CD you just copied into the playlist. Eject your CD....
Many websites feature video you may download. This practice violates the terms of service of most popular video sharing sites (such as YouTube and Hulu), but other sites do allow users the ability to download the content onto a computer. Doing so requires only a few clicks of the mouse and a high-speed Internet connection, as dial-up Internet is far too slow to adequately download a video.
If you have an unpredictable schedule that does not give you a guaranteed 40 hours a week, then you might want to create a chart in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that allows you to track your hours worked over time. You can compare this chart to the hours listed on your paycheck to make sure your place of employment has correctly calculated your payment.
Creating eye-catching text is vital for making attractive banner and poster advertisements for your business. Basic Windows applications like Microsoft Paint and Wordpad don’t come with any tools that let you add effects to your text. Fortunately, there are free online tools that can get the job done so you won’t have to buy expensive graphics design software or pay a professional designer just to create beautiful word art. Writer Bio
A virtual world is an Internet site created to look like a physical community with homes, shops, restaurants and night spots where users interact with each other through their avatars, or their virtual selves. Virtual worlds offer people a way to connect with one another while the avatars, or virtual people, offer a certain amount of identity protection by keeping users’ actual likenesses from being shown. Sites such as Second Life, Teen Second Life and IMVU all provide avatar generators where a user makes his own virtual person....
