Windows Movie Maker, the newer version of which is known as Windows Live Movie Maker, is a free utility offered by Microsoft as part of the Windows Live Essentials pack. This pack contains Windows Live Writer and Windows Live Messenger. You can download the pack entirely or select specific programs from it. If you want to download the program, check to make sure it’s not install on your PC first....
Using iHeartRadio’s website, some Coast to Coast AM content is available for you to listen to for free. While only highlights are available, all you need is a free iHeartRadio account and a Web browser to listen. To access all Coast to Coast content and to stream Coast to Coast, a “Coast Insider” subscription is required. Writer Bio
A digital video recorder (DVR) such as those offered through TV companies like Dish Network, has simplified the recording and playback of television programs. Since DVRs have built-in hard drives, they don’t require a storage medium, such as video tape or discs. If you have a recording on your Dish Network DVR that you would like to save onto your computer, however, you must have a few special tools in order to do so....
ActiveX controls are essentially mini-programs that can be shared by different Windows applications. For example, Internet Explorer is not able to display PDFs or show Flash animation by itself, but it can do so by executing the proper ActiveX controls. Unfortunately, ActiveX controls are so easy to design and implement that they are one of the most common tools for loading viruses, spyware and other malicious software onto people’s computers....
Accessing the Label The product label is on the bottom of your ThinkPad laptop. To access the label, fold your laptop’s screen down to close the laptop and prevent accidental scratches and then carefully turn your laptop over. Reading the Label On the label, look for seven characters following the word “Type” above the barcode. This is the product number. The first part of the product number before the hyphen is the machine type number....
As television monitors age, they often begin to display incorrect colors. This is due to the color censors beginning to fail, causing the monitor to display video only in a red, green, blue or yellow tint. However, a monitor discoloration isn’t always due to an aging screen, and there are a few specifics you can troubleshoot to ensure the monitor displays the video properly. Writer Bio
Adding a bit of variety with electronics is a great way to give your home a unique touch and give new life to old equipment. Instead of hanging up an old rotary phone for good when you get a digital line, connect that phone to a digital line phone service or voice over IP connection with the help of a small and easy-to-use accessory . Tips Warnings Writer Bio
Yahoo provides a list of the most recent 20 times anyone has logged into your Yahoo account, though when viewing the list and clicking “View more,” older logins will appear. This list contains six pieces of information about each login so you have as much information as possible, especially to determine if someone has accessed your account without your permission. Writer Bio
If you enter the wrong passcode for your iPod Touch too many times, the device will become temporarily disabled. While Apple does not specify how many chances you have to enter the passcode correctly, you should not enter the wrong passcode more than nine times. You may have previously set your device to erase data after 10 incorrect passcode attempts, a process that cannot be reversed. Writer Bio
Acer computers have a special, hidden partition built in to them called the Recovery Partition (also known as the Restore Partition). This partition is used to restore the operating system of the computer back to its default factory state. If a computer becomes infected with a virus or is experiencing other software-related problems, this type of restore is ideal because you don’t have to deal with juggling installation discs or knowing what information to enter to perform the reinstallation manually....
Proxies are used by corporations, residences and educational institutions like colleges and libraries to prevent Web users from accessing specific websites. Generally, restricted web pages contain inadequate content, utilize extreme amounts of bandwidth or receive excessive traffic. Websites like Hotmail also become blocked by network administrators setting up Internet restrictions. However, if you need to access Hotmail, you can use one of the proxy sites online. These websites allow you to bypass Internet restrictions....
Modern Dell Inspiron laptops will almost certainly contain a memory card reader that accepts 8GB Sandisk SDHC cards, but that’s optional on Inspiron desktops. Older Inspiron computers may contain a card reader that supports SD cards, but they may still not accept the SDHC format. Consult your Inspiron’s documentation or call Dell’s support number to find out if your computer’s card reader supports SDHC cards. If your computer doesn’t have a card reader, you can add a USB card reader that supports SDHC cards....
AT&T SIM cards are the basic account information storage of an AT&T cell phone. Because they are active and store all of your contact information and data, they can be placed in other phones, and all of your information is transferred with the card. You can perform the initial activation of your card by calling AT&T from another phone or online through the AT&T website.
Many blog posts begin with an introduction of a few paragraphs, followed by a “read more” link. This initial excerpt is sometimes used elsewhere, such as on the blog homepage where an entire article would be too long to fit. Clicking “read more” moves you further down the page to read the remainder of the article, which is known as “after the jump.” You can create a “read more” link with an HTML anchor tag....
The initial view of a Word document upon opening the software may be somewhat bleak, just a white virtual sheet of paper. Through a variety of ways, you can add a background image to a Word document to accompany your proposals, letters, marketing materials or latest bursts of creativity. Word offers a way to quickly automate the process to ensure you get a perfect fit, or you can opt to add images in manually....
The number of bids an eBay auction receives in the first few days sometimes does not accurately represent the interest in the item. Some people, for example, might wait until the last day–or even the last few minutes–to bid. On the other hand, a complete lack of bids on an item that should be popular may mean that people are not finding your listing, perhaps because of a mistake in categorization or a misspelling in the item’s title....
If you’re tired of boring links, text and images on your Blogger sidebar, surprise site visitors with a video. YouTube, the online video sharing site, allows users to grab the HTML video code from any video and embed it on a Web page. By adding an HTML gadget to your blog, you can paste YouTube video code into the gadget and insert the gadget into your sidebar. Users viewing your blog will then see the video whenever they visit your blog....
Blogger gives you the ability to publish photos on your blog using a slideshow, which automatically rotates pictures on your page. These animated images are an entertaining feature for your visitors, and they give you the opportunity to create eye-catching displays out of your media. As long as you have your photos hosted on a photo management service, such as Flickr or Photobucket, you can build a slideshow using Blogger’s slideshow gadget....
Backing up Windows Update files will save you time when you need to install the same updates on multiple computers or when you reinstall Windows on a computer. Downloading an update once is faster, as it eliminates additional download times. If you reinstall Windows on a computer because of reasons such as hardware failure, the updates will need to be reinstalled as well. Download updates from the Microsoft Download Center website and back them up to media such as an external hard drive for this purpose....
Creating an email block list can help you increase protection and privacy for your Gmail account. If you want to reduce or eliminate spam, Gmail contains a filtering system that gives you the authority to choose which emails are delivered to your inbox. These filters allow you to stipulate specific email filters such as sender’s email address, email subjects and words contained in an email, and designate an appropriate action....
