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How to Copy Video to DVD

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Many people have boxes and boxes of video tapes sitting around that they want to copy to DVD. This is a great idea since video tape fades over time and after a few years everything disappears. Once video is transferred to DVD, it is in a digital format and will never deteriorate. Follow these tips t

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How to Copy & Burn DVDs on a Mac

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While most commercially produced DVDs are copyright protected, you're free to reproduce your own productions---or those of your friends, with their permission of course---as much as you like. If you've managed to misplace the source file you originally used to create a DVD, you can easily copy the D

How to Access Unusual Floppy Formats on PC

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Several different sizes of floppy disks have been used with computers over the years. These floppy formats are no longer built into computers; however, it is possible to hook up an external disk drive to your computer and access the floppy disk's contents on the computer. All you need are the extern

How to Select and Install a Wireless Router

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One of the advantages of having a laptop computer with wireless capability is that it can be used wherever you go at places such as work, a coffee shop, or the library. You should also continue to utilize this wireless capability at home. You can do so by installing a wireless router. It is very

How to Lift a Print & Stick

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Purple Chimp Print & Stick Decorating Sheets are cotton sheets that have an adhesive backing. You place these sheets and print designs on them using your inkjet printer. You then can peel off the sheets and press them onto paper and other hard surfaces -- such as the front of a binder. On some surfa

How to Dual Boot in Fedora Core

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Dual booting into a Fedora Core system allows you to try out Fedora Core while having the safety of Microsoft Windows available to you in case things don't run under Fedora. This is one of the first steps people take in trying out a Linux and Fedora before committing totally to Fedora. This also all

Pros and Cons of Inkjet Printers

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Firstly, the inkjets are lot cheaper than the advanced laser printers. But, they come with higher maintenance and refilling cost. The inkjet printer manufacturers market these printers at a relatively low price because they make higher profits on the ink cartridges. Some of them sell new printers wi

Care and Feeding of Laptops - Basic Maintenance They Don't Tell You About

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Computers get hot, CPUs and hard drives specifically, and they are cooled with air flowing around them, moved by the fans in the system. Especially note; Laptops do not have the airflow that a desktop has and should be shut down after 8 hrs of use. They are not intended to be left on 24/7. There are

The Simple Way to Set Up a Mac Airport

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The AirPort Extreme and the AirPort Express are wireless routers from Apple. The AirPort Extreme serves as the primary base station and the AirPort Express can serve as a portable router or wireless extender when paired with an AirPort Extreme base station. These devices can be set up to create a wi

When to Use a Lag Port

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A link aggregation port, or lag port, is a computer networking port that groups multiple physical connections into one logical port. This has many advantages, such as improved bandwidth and redundancy. However, it is not always appropriate to use a lag port. Lag ports should be used when a system re

Hard Drive Shredding - Important For Your Business

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Used computer hardware contains old messages, credit card information, bank account details, social security numbers and plenty of other personal and sensitive information. Whether it’s online or local biz, identity theft is burgeoning in all fields.

How to Make an iPod Glove

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iPods are innovative and popular music playing devices which allow the users to listen to digital music whilst on the move. iPods have only one button and are manipulated using a central touch wheel. Due to the sensitive nature of the touch wheel and screen, it is important that these elements are

How to Run XP Pro on Two Computers

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The Windows XP Professional operating system was released in late 2001, and contains the Remote Desktop feature along with Windows Security Center and the embedded system Backup utility. Running this program on two computers requires a version of XP Pro with a volume license key, enabling multiple i

How to Check & Update Only to Security Packages

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Microsoft will release updates to the Windows operating system periodically. These updates can include new features, service packs and/or security fixes. Microsoft allows you to manually check for updates and select which updates you wish to install. That way, if you wish to only install the "Import

How to Set Up a Dell Monitor

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If your desktop computer is hooked up to a CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor, or your LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor is too small to see everything it displays, you may consider upgrading to a new monitor to make your computer more usable and to make yourself more productive. Whether you have a D

How to Format a Hard Disk in Windows Vista

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The Windows Vista operating system has a built-in "Disk Management" utility. You can manage the hard drives on your computer with this utility. This includes partitioning and formatting hard drives so that they are usable by the operating system. Your computer can write and read data on the drive af

How to Install a Kilobyte Memory Upgrade Card

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When you upgrade your available computer memory by an additional kilobyte, you see an increase of speed with your computer starting up, opening programs, saving files and browsing web pages. Memory upgrades are straightforward and don't require much more work than opening the computer case. If you c