Computers & Programming: Page 8

The Ubuntu experience has improved greatly with version 10.04, providing an easy-to-use interface. Especially when it comes to installing programs. However, it still relies on an online internet connection for installing additional software.

In my previous post, I wrote showed you how to install Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on your PC. This time we'll be doing an upgrade from that to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).

The Ubuntu CD does not contain much in terms of software applications. So how can we incorporate other programs that would be made available after booting from a live CD?

Wondering how to connect and upload files via FTP from the command line? This is a very simple tutorial, by request from a friend. I hope you find it informative and helpful.

Are you ever in another time zone, do you travel to other parts of the world, or are you just too lazy to figure out what time it is in Japan? Well with Windows 7 you can add up to two extra clocks from different time zones in your system tray. This will also work for Vista but screenshots are from Windows 7. Check out how to do it!

Accidently delete important files using Shift+Delete keys in Windows XP? Can't get valued pictures back from the recycle bin after you emptied it? How to retrieve data from ‘not recognized’ hard drive and reconstruct inaccessible partition?

Get to know Microsoft Windows Server 2008 a little better by spending some quality time with this video. Learn about the start of authority tab in DNS, which includes a number of features, including serial numbers, time to live, responsible person, retry interval and others.

If you ever use NS lookup in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you have to permit the machine running it to accept zone transfers. To do so, follow the instructions in this video. This video will show you how to use the name servers tab in DNS to allow machines to receive DNS lookups.

You may need to perform routine maintenance on your DNS server from time to time by clearing the cache. Servers keep records of the lookups they have performed, and when they become resolved records they can be cleared. Follow the instructions of this how to video to clear the DNS cache in Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

You can create many types of domain name service records in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Glue records, CNAME records, mail exchanger and many other types of records are possible. Follow the instructions in this video to learn how to manually create DNS records.

A broken screen may seem like the end of the line for your laptop, but don't worry! The screen is the most fragile and vulnerable part of a laptop, and it is not uncommon for it to break. You can replace it yourself and give your Dell Inspiron a new life.

noob - Short for "newbie." Someone with little to no experience or skill. In some gaming communities, there is fierce debate over the distinction between "noob" and "newb"—one being derogatory while the other simply indicates being a novice. While some may argue the semantic differences, "noob" is the most common spelling seen around the internet, for both purposes.

“Compaq password reset to recover or unlock my forgotten Compaq Presario password is needed for me! Will the lost HP Compaq password make my data lose?” Many HP Compaq PC users ask such questions once meet password problem. Now, let’s share three common methods to solve the issue!

This video explains where to install a SIM card for a 3G modem in a Lenovo X61. With just a screwdriver you can replace the SIM card in a Lenovo X61. It is a simple installation, once you learn where the SIM card should go.

CF card is widely used by digital camera for its larger size, from about 512MB to 64GB, lower cost as well as faster speed, which allows digital camera shoot under special conditions, such as moving objects. The most popular and trusted brands for CF Cards including Kingston, Ritek Ridata, SanDisk, Transcend, Apacer, Viking, and Lexar.

If you already have your basic keyboard shortcuts under control—we're talking classics here, Control-C (copy for PC) or Command-C (copy for Mac)—it's time to load up your memory bank. There are endless shortcuts available (truly endless—since you can customize them yourself), but you don't need to memorize them all, only those you expect to use most. Below, two cheat sheets for upping your keyboard maneuvering status from "basic" to "intermediate" for both Mac and PC users.

I read many articles on website traffic generation. There are many methods and strategy to improve your website traffic. Social media marketing, article marketing or answering is latest trend to improve your website traffic.

As you already know, Ubuntu doesn't update a major Firefox update to their repository. Here are the steps to do a major Firefox update on Ubuntu.

Back in 1982, the Commodore 64 home computer was released by Commodore International for $595 (which would now be close to $1,300). It featured an 8-bit microprocessor, 16-color video microchip, awesome sound chip, parallel and serial capabilities, and a whopping 64 kilobytes of memory, all of which helped make it the best selling home computer from 1983 to 1986. It surpassed anything IBM had out at the time. Its greatest competitors were the Apple II and Atari 8-bits, 400 and 800. And it had...

This short guide will show you how to remove those pesky security alerts in Windows 7.

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FAQ:1:I bought a Panasonic HDC-SD9, but i can not capture the High Definition footage recorded in 24p onto my IBM computer using Windows (XP or Vista, have both). Please Help!

Forgot HP Windows 7 password? Don’t be scared. You can follow these four proven techniques below to reset Windows 7 passwordon your own.  Certainly, these four Hp password reset methods will work in all versions of Windows 7/Vista/ XP and Server 2000/2003/2008.

MS Removal Tool is the latest in the long line of malware programs that pose as official antivirus software and actually put virus and other tracking software on your computer. This video will show you how to remove MS Removal Tool from your computer and get it working good again.

Accidently delete important files using Shift+Delete keys? Can't get valued pictures back from the recycle bin after you cleaned? How to retrieve lost data and reconstruct inaccessible partition?

I found it annoying when Windows 7 one day told me that my User password was about to expire. If you are like me I would rather be the one in control of when I change my password rather than Windows dictating this.

Question: I forgot my Windows 7 Password and now I am not able to login into my Win 7 system. I am looking for ways to find my forgotten windows 7 password and I really don’t know how to do. Someone please help, Thanks in advance.

Google Labs has just launched Talk Guru, a service that lets you obtain basic information such as the weather,calculations,currency conversions, definitions, translations, web search results and sport scores by sending an instant message.

In Google definitions a macro is defined as "a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language". Basically a macro is a programming script that tells the computer what to do. You can tell a computer (via a macro) to move a mouse, click, type or do any task that a computer can do with automation. There are also many (primitive) computer viruses that are coded entirely in a macro script. There are many ways to create a macro script but I will only go over...

Some people might check their activation status of Windows XP by simply right-clicking on the My Computer icon on their desktop, then clicking on Properties. It opens up a new window with General tab showing some basic information about your PC, like system info, registered to, and computer hardware. However, it does not actually tell us complete information about the system, like whether or not your current copy of Windows XP is activated or not. To check the complete details about your...

Ubuntu users can directly copy flash videos from the web with Firefox. There's no need to install software such as a YouTube downloader, which are available in abundance throughout the web. First, you need to know where to find the temporary flash file in Ubuntu (see my other post for that).

Hard disk problems are quite common these days, and when they fail you have no other option but to replace it. Fortunately, Ubuntu has been designed to run on your USB stick!

Most of our Samsung PC, laptop or notebook users often meet problem with Samsung password reset. Sure, easy to forgot password while troublesome to find ways to unlock Samsung password. Then I will share some methods for Samsung password recovery.

Today you will get started on your way to becoming a proficient C++ programmer, please try to take this tutorial one day at a time or you may inadvertently have a nervous breakdown from over absorption. In this tutorial You'll learn:

Can you help me for my HP password reset? I just forgot HP laptop password! I usually heard such kinds of complaint for HP laptop password reset.

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 and now my boot screen is a bit messy. Since I'm not using the latest GRUB boot kernel (Linux 2.6.32-28-generic), I might as well delete it. For more documentation, visit Ubuntu Forums.

Can you help me for my HP password reset? I just forgot HP laptop password! I usually heard such kinds of complaint forHP laptop password reset.

It's somewhat funny that the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone would be released around the same time as Apple's new Thunderbolt technology. Mainly because HTC's smartphone isn't exactly something I would compare to a flash of lightning, which averages around 60,000 miles per second. But Apple's new interconnect surely deserves the Thunderbolt designation.

Windows Powershell is a powerful but unwieldy tool for web developers, with which the PowerGUI interface is a great means on interacting. This video will show you how to use SnippetManager, recently declared "Best Add-On" in "PowerGUI Challenge 2010", to create and manage code snippets to use in your projects.

This tutorial will walk you through the steps required to install the Ubuntu 9.10 operating system (Karmic Koala) on your computer. I have a Suzuki Kuiper 1411 HKS notebook computer with 2.1 GHz Intel Dual Core processor, 4GB RAM and 320GB hard drive. It has a dedicated 256MB Nvdia  GeForce 9300M GS graphics card and 1270++MB of VRAM in SLI mode.