The Kindle Fire was the first model in the line of e-book readers to have a backlit screen, joined since by the Fire HD and the Paperwhite models. A common problem with the backlight is that its current setting may make reading uncomfortable. The Paperwhite presents a second problem with the backlight in the form of uneven brightness along the margins of the screen. Writer Bio
Fingerprint readers provide a computer with a comprehensive level of security straight out of spy movies. Toshiba’s Fingerprint Reader defends against unauthorized access to a computer based on the owner’s individual fingerprints. The Fingerprint Utility handles the controls of the fingerprint scanner’s hardware and allows you to set additional security methods. If the Fingerprint Reader is not operating properly after upgrading to Windows 7, or causing unwarranted errors, replace the utility with an up-to-date version....
Sandisk produces several different types of removable storage devices, including flash drives and memory cards. Flash drivers offer convenient portable storage, while memory cards are frequently used for peripheral devices, such as digital cameras. Although it is recommended to format memory cards using the host device, you can format Sandisk memory cards or flash drivers using your Mac computer. Writer Bio
Updated February 10, 2017 Plug the iPod USB cable into the bottom of the iPod Shuffle. Insert the free end of the iPod USB cable into a free USB port on your Mac or PC computer. Open the iTunes application on your computer by using the Dock on a Mac or the “Start” menu on a PC. Click on the name of your iPod Shuffle underneath the “Devices” section on the left side of the iTunes window....
Free Hosted Scripts Open the Text Hit Counter page of the Free Hosted Scripts site in a browser (link in Resources). Click the “Tumblr” radio button, then edit the widget as needed. For example, you can change the label “Hits:” to “Visits:” or another identifier of your choosing. You can also change the starting number for the counter. Click the “Generate the HTML Code” button. The page refreshes with two boxes containing the counter code and detailed instructions for embedding the code....
Updated February 10, 2017 Open Microsoft Excel 2007 on your computer and then select the “Microsoft Office” button. Click the “Open” button. Select any Excel file and then click the “Open” button. Press the “Ctrl,” “Alt” and “Delete” keys at the same time to bring up the Task Manager. Click the “Applications” tab and then select the Excel 2007 file you have open. Click the “End Task” option. Open the Excel 2007 program again and the Document Recovery task pane will appear....
About Blank pop-ups are caused by a computer virus that hijacks your Web browser. In addition to flooding your computer with pop-up advertisements, the computer virus may change your Internet homepage, redirect your Internet searches, slow your computer, add icons to your desktop and decrease your available memory. If not removed, the virus will simply reinstall itself every time you start your system. Fortunately, the virus can be removed completely by following the steps below....
Updated September 15, 2017 End Processes Hold down the Windows key and press "R." The Run box opens. Type "taskmgr" into the Run box and press "Enter." The Task Manager opens. Click on the "Processes" tab. End the following processes. To end a process, right-click on it and select "End Process." phafxfa.exe svhost.exe smbdins.exe sethcd.exe tsmsetup.exe Delete Registry Entries Hold down the Windows key and press "R." The Run box opens....
Recycling an old TV is easier than ever thanks to local, state, and federal organizations that help recycle electronic products. Aside from local or regional recycling facilities, some electronics manufacturers may offer to recycle a junk TV, often free of charge. Recycling an old TV instead of dumping it in the garbage helps to keep the environment clean and free of the hazardous chemicals and materials found in many electronics....
The Chatroulette portal allows you to connect with random strangers around the world through your webcam. The site consists of two media players; one displaying the feed from your webcam, the other showing images from your partner’s. If you’re receiving a message that says “Your IP address is banned,” it’s likely that you or somebody else using your IP address has violated the service’s terms and conditions. The site doesn’t provide a process to appeal your ban, but you can work around this by shielding your IP address through a proxy server....
If you want to transfer all of the data from your Mac laptop or desktop to another Apple computer, the easiest way is to use the Disk Utility tool to create an image of your internal hard drive. This imaging process is sometimes referred to as ghosting, because the Norton Ghost application performs the same functionality for Windows-based computers. Since Norton Ghost is not available for the Mac OS X operating systems, Mac users must use Disk Utility to ghost their computer....
The BIOS, or basic input/output system, gives users the option of changing the settings of their computer without booting into Windows, Linux or another operating system. Basic settings, such as changing the boot order and system date, are all accessible from within the BIOS, but accessing the BIOS menu requires pressing an access key at the correct time during the boot process. Each computer manufacturer uses a different access key or combination of keys to get into the BIOS settings....
Sending Direct Messages Direct messages are only seen by you and the person you’re messaging. They aren’t listed in your public timeline. The recipient must follow you on Twitter in order to receive a direct message. Click on the envelope icon along the top of the screen. This brings up the Direct Messages box. Click on “New message,” type in the name of the other person in the top dialog box, and enter your message in the bottom dialog box....
Sign in to your Tumblr account, click the name of your blog, and then select your primary blog or one of your secondary blogs from the list. Click “Customize,” and then click the “Edit HTML” link. Press “Ctrl-F” to open the Find function, and then type “Archive” (without the quotation marks) in the search box to highlight this word in the code window. The correct line of code should be similar to the following:...
On June 12, 2009, over-the-air TV stations in the United States switched from analog signals to digital. Digital broadcasting offers high-definition picture quality and more available channels, but requires a digital antenna, as well as a converter for any set without a built-in digital tuner. If your analog TV doesn’t have composite RCA jacks, the DTV converter should connect using a coaxial cable like the one used to connect to cable TV....
Mac gamers have traditionally gotten short shrift since most games are first developed for Windows, but new tools and an increased focus from game devs on the Mac platform have made the idea more viable than ever. If you’re experiencing slow performance gaming on your MacBook Pro, changing a few settings and making a hardware upgrade could dramatically improve the quality of your gaming experience. MacBooks aren’t as flexible as a desktop PC, but there’s still a certain degree of tweaking available to the gaming enthusiast....
Inserting data into MySQL from a form on a website using PHP is something that developers often do. The task is not complicated, so even if you do not have advanced programming skills you should be able to carry it out with no trouble. The main technologies involved are HTML, PHP and SQL. To implement an SQL insertion on a database from your PHP scripts, you need to observe a few simple steps....
Most buttons on websites fall into one of two categories – images styled to look like buttons or HTML form buttons. You can place either type into your WordPress header if you wish. The process is similar for both methods and involves editing your template files to paste the button code into your header. After you do this, the button will appear on every page of your WordPress site....
While many people like the idea of putting speakers in the ceiling to get sound to different rooms in a home or office, they often have no idea how to connect the speakers to the amplifier. Prewiring your home when building it (or building an extension) makes the connecting process much easier. Doing it after the fact is more complicated, but can still be done, especially if there is a crawl space for your ceiling....
Log in to Tumblr and click the “Activity” link to see recent notifications relating to your blog. Among the notifications you will see recent new followers of your blog – click the plus icons to follow these users back in return. Click the “Followers” link on the dashboard to see a list of all your blog’s followers, with the most recent at the top. Use the search box at the top of the list to look for particular users....
