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How To: Install an FTP server on any Windows computer
In this tutorial, we learn how to install an FTP server on any Windows computer. First, go to the website zftp server. Now, download this and install it on your computer, downloading the free version. When you install it, choose a password and enter your information, then continue to open up the program. Now open up the program and click on "run freeware". When it opens up, click on the users icon, then you can make accounts including an admin account. Create a new user for another computer, ...
How To: Reformate your computer acer hard drive
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to reformat an Acer computer hard drive. Begin by clicking on the "Empowering Technology" logo on the top of the screen and select Recovery Management. Then click on the Restore button and click on Restore system to factory default. Enter the password if you have one and click on Yes in the next process confirmation window. The system will begin to shut down. Now just wait for the computer to finish loading up and input all the system information. Thi...
How To: Set up a Linksys WR54g or WRT54g2 wireless router
This video tutorial is in the Computers & Programming category which will show you how to set up a Linksys WR54g or WRT54g2 wireless router. First you connect to your Linksys router. Then go to http://192.168.1.1 and type in "admin' as your password in to log in window and click "log in'. then go to the "wireless' tab and enter your wireless network name. In the wireless channel select '11 2.462GHz' and click save. Next go to "wireless security' and type in the wireless network key. This is t...
How To: Make your own back-up program with script
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make their own backup program. Begin by clicking on the Start menu and open the Notepad program. Then type:
How To: Use the screen on the HP TouchSmart
In this tutorial, we learn how to use the screen on the HP TouchSmart. Touch the screen lightly and precisely to open the program you want. There are tiles on the screen where you can store your music, photos, videos, and more. There are different ways to scroll around the page using your fingers. You can simply tap it, scroll by dragging with your finger, and slide your finger right to left. Remember to put your finger on the exact item you want to touch, or you will open or pull something e...
How To: Extract zip archive files with Winrar
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to extract zip archives files with the WinRaR program. Begin by double-clicking on the zipped file to open it. Users are able to explore the content in the archive, similar to navigating through a windows folder. To extract it, click on Extract To. Now select the save destination and click OK to start the extraction. When the file is finished extracting, find the extraction destination to access the content of the zipped file. This video will benefit ...
How To: Create slide effects on your webpage with jQuery
One of the many cool GUI effects that you can create on your website using jQuery is the slide effect, whereby information can cascade out from one item and the other items on the page will slide up or down automatically. This video will show you how to create slide effects with jQuery and little bit of CSS3.
How To: Use Slide and SlideToggle() Effects in jQuery
The slide effect is a popular feature of many websites that allows information to cascade out from an item on a page and the rest of the page to adjust accordingly. This effect is created using the SlideToggle() function in jQuery, the popular Javascript library. This video will teach you how to use it to make your website much easier for your users to access.
How To: Install and implement the jQuery framework
jQuery is a very powerful Javascript framework that makes making cool website interfaces much easier. This video will introduce you to the basics of using jQuery from installing it on your computer to creating your first simple element. You'll also learn the function methods that jQuery uses and how to inset jQuery into an HTML document.
How To: Use the jQuery Javascript framwork to make websites
jQuery is a very popular and easy-to-use Javascript framework that allows you to make very interactive websites quickly and easily. This video introduction will show you how to use the basics of jQuery and explains why you should be learning how to use it in the first place. If you want to make really smooth user interfaces for websites, watch this video. You really need to know jQuery.
How To: Use HipHop for PHP to improve website performance
HipHop for PHP is a source code transformer that allows you to optimize your PHP code easily, which will allow you website to run faster on less server space. This video is a record of a seminar on using HipHop done by a Facebook employee who had a hand in it's development. If you make websites using PHP, this will be very good stuff for you to learn.
How To: Use CakePHP to create and develop websites
CakePHP is the Ruby on Rails of the PHP world, an open-source web application framework that allows users to create really cool websites and software without spending money on expensive programs. This extensive video series will teach you everything you need to know about working with CakePHP and should make your website a lot more interesting.
How To: Use jQuery to make more interactive websites
jQuery is a very powerful and very easy-to-use Javascript library that allows web designers to make much more interactive websites much more easily. This long video will walk you through the basics of using jQuery to make a website with the help of a Firefox extension called Firebug.
How To: Use AJAX with jQuery to create a simple login script
If you're working on a website and want users to use it repeatedly and form a community on it, you should probably give them a way to create an account and log in to your site. This video will show you how to create an AJAX login script using AJAX with jQuery, which will allow your users to do exactly what I described above, making your website much more professional and a much better place for people to stay and click on ads or whatever else you want them to do.
How To: Use AJAX with jQuery to create websites
AJAX (Asyncronous Java and XML) is one of the most important parts of web design, allowing web designers to create much more dyanmic and interactive websites then they could in the past. This video for beginners will show you how to get started using AJAX with jQuery, an easy-to-use but powerful Javascript library, to make websites. It won't walk you all the way through creating a website, but is a good place to get started.
How To: Make an accordion on your website with jQuery
jQuery is a very powerful and easy-to-use Javascript library that you can use to make websites. If you're here, you probably already know that and want some help doing so. This video will show you how to create a simple accordion in jQuery. An accordion is the part of a website, usually along the side, where links to other parts of the website are grouped under headings that expand when clicked or moused over. Do this, and your website will be much more professional and easy-to-navigate.
How To: Use the basics of the jQuery Javascript library
jQuery is a popular and powerful Javascript that is easy to use and heavily extensible. Have you wanted to learn how to use it, but lacking in the Javascript skills expected of you by many tutorials on the subject? This video for beginners will introduce you to the basics of using jQuery, from downloading it to making your first projects. Now you can take advantage of this powerful library to make your websites more dynamic and increase traffic.
How To: Use jQuery to improve your website and business
Isn't it amazing how quickly children can learn how to use technology that seems completely incomprehensible to older people? Nowhere is that more evident than in this video. It features a 12-year-old prodigy explaining the ins and outs of using jQuery, the popular Javascript library, in web development. At over an hour in length, this video goes into great detail and should teach you everything you need to get up and running in jQuery.
How To: Optimize Mac OS X for running Digidesign's Pro Tools 8
This video explains how to optimize your Mac, for maximum performance when using Pro Tools. Whether you're new to Digidesign's Pro Tools 8 or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you are certain to benefit from this free software video tutorial. For complete instructions, take a look.
How To: Free up system resources for Pro Tools 8 in Mac OS X
This video describes how to free up system resources on your Mac, resulting in better Pro Tools performance. Whether you're new to Digidesign's Pro Tools 8 or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you are certain to benefit from this free software video tutorial. For complete instructions, take a look.
How To: Trash Pro Tools user preferences in Mac OS X
Want to delete your Pro Tools user preferences in Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6)? Whether you're new to Digidesign's Pro Tools 8 or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you are certain to benefit from this free software video tutorial, which presents a complete overview of how to trash your Pro Tools user preferences.
How To: Center icons in the Microsoft Windows 7 taskbar
Interested in centering icons within the MS Windows 7 taskbar without third-party software? It can be done! And quite easily. So easily, in fact, that this home computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about five minutes. For complete instructions, and to get started using this Win 7 trick yourself, take a look.
How To: Auto launch and shutdown guest OS's with VMware Player
Looking for any easy way to start up and shut down guest operating systems within VMware Player? This clip provides detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to automatically launch and/or shut down a guest OS from within the VMware player. To see how it's done, and to get started using the VMware auto launch feature yourself, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.
How To: Use PHP to design and make cool websites
PHP is a scripting language that since 1995 has allowed web developers all over the world to create more dynamic websites. This video series will show you how to use it from start to finish, covering the very basics and very advanced techniques. If you want to move you web design skills beyond XHTML, watch this video.
How To: Use Javascript to make websites more interactive
If you already know HTML or XHTML, you can create some pretty cool websites. The Javascript programming / scripting language allows you to make them much more interactive, dynamic, and professional. This video series will walk you through basic and advanced Javascript coding and leave you prepared to make really great websites.
How To: Remove and upgrade the RAM in a mid-2010 Mac Mini
Interested in upgrading your RAM? This brief how-to will guide you through the process of removing the RAM module from a mid-2010 unibody Mac Mini without damaging any of the components, the first necessary step of any successful repair or upgrade. This tutorial will also be of use to those who wish to learn more about the guts of their Apple computers without actually disassembling their units.
How To: Load roll paper into the Epson Stylus Photo R1900
The Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer can not only print on paper, but it can print from roll paper, too! No more single sheets of paper are needed, which is especially nice when printing banners or larger documents. Epson shows you how to load roll papers such as Premium Canvas Matte and Satin into the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 using the roll paper holders that are mounted on the back of the printer.
How To: Back up your hard drive
You store everything on your computer's hard drive… precious family photos, your favorite music and video files, valuable financial information, and let's not forget about all that porn (just kidding). You can't back up your data when it crashes, so don’t wait another day to protect your hard-earned hard drive data.
How To: Format an SD card
Is your SD memory card getting a little too full? Is it not working? Try reformatting it. It's the first and sometimes last step to troubleshooting card problems. So, if your SD card has become too cluttered, this guide will restore it to a like-new condition with a simple format.
How To: Clean crumbs out of a keyboard
Keyboards are one of the easiest things to get dirty, especially those keyboards that have the removable keys. Crumbs and all kinds of other gunk can get lodge down in those deep crevices of the keyboard, but here's a quick tip to help you out. If you have a crumb-y keyboard, use the sticky side of a post-it note to lift bits from between the keys. Ta-da!
How To: Unrar or unzip any .zip or .rar folder
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to unzip any zip or rar folders. Users will need to begin by downloading the program provided in the video. This program application is only available on Mac computers. It is able to expand archives and restore corrupted or missing archives. Once you have downloaded the program, double-click on it to open it. To unzip a folder, select a destination to extract the folder to simply drag the folder into the program. This video will benefit those viewers ...
How To: Speed up Windows XP and Vista boot performance
In this tutorial, we learn how to speed up Widows XP and Vista using boot performance. Disabling programs in the background you don't need will really increase the speed of your computer. To turn the programs off, click "start", then "run", then "msconfig", and press "ok". A new window will appear, choose "startup". You will see check marks next to programs that start when you turn on your computer. Click the check marks next to the boxes to disable or enable the programs you want to run when...
How To: Save and swap OS X icons
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to save and swap icons on a Mac OS X computer. Begin by selecting the application that you want to get the icon from, and copy it. Then open preview, go to the File menu and click on "Create new clipboard". Users are also able to apply the icons on other applications or drives. After you have copied the desired icon, select the application with the icon that you want to replace, press the Command and I buttons, select the icon and paste the copied ico...
How To: Fix a window position on Windows 7 desktop
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to remember Windows Explorer positions. Users will need to download the Shell Folder Fix program provided in the video. Once downloaded and installed, the program will remember the position of every Windows Explorer window that is opened. Now whenever ever the user opens that folder in the future, it will be displayed in the same location as before. There are also some additional features to the program such as: displaying the windows title and saving...
How To: Manage multiple Finder windows with tab browsing
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get tabs in Finder. This can only be done on the Mac OS X computers. Users will need to download the Total Finder application from the site provided in the video. Once downloaded and installed, this program will allow users to manage multiple Finder windows in a series of tabs in a single window. In the Finder Preferences, users are able to configure the sidebar, label color, file name and trash options. This video will benefit those viewers who us...
How To: Access all Windows 7 settings at once
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to access every Windows 7 setting at once. Users will need to download the Windows 7 in a Box program provided in the video. Once downloaded, simply click on one of the functions (Functions, Folders, Internet Settings, Programs, Tools and Settings) on top of the window and select the option that you wish to use. This program will organize all the Windows 7 settings into an easy to comprehend layout. This video will benefit those viewers who use a Wind...
How To: Password protect a folder in Snow Leopard on your Mac
In this tutorial, we learn how to password protect a folder in Snow Leopard on your Mac. First, go to the finder and click on "utilities". Now go to "file, new, disk image from folder". Now, you can select the folder you want and then click "image". Make it a read/write folder so you still can edit the files and enable the encryption. Save this, then it will ask you for a password. Create a password and then verify it. When finished, uncheck the "remember my password", then click on "ok". Now...
How To: Find your MAC address in Windows XP
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to find their computer's MAC (or physical) address in a Windows computer. This task is very easy, simple and fast to do. Begin by clicking on the Start menu and open the Run program. Then type "cmd" in the Run box and press OK. When the black command prompt opens, type in "ipconfig /all" and press Enter. The computer's MAC address will be listed as Physical Address under Wireless Network Connection. This video will benefit those viewers who use a Wind...
How To: Use Stock.Xchng to access free stock images
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to use Stock.Xchng to access free stock images. The site is at SXC. Go to this site and you will find a large number of stock images that are free to use. And every day new photos are being added. You can search for an image by category by clicking on the search box and scrolling down to find your category. You can also type in the search box to find a photo of your liking. The image also tells you what is the screen size, prin...
How To: Type in special characters on your Mac
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to type in special characters. Begin by opening System Preferences and select International under Personal. Then click on the Input Menu tab and check Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer. Now check "Show input menu in menu bar" and click OK. Then click on the flag icon on the top of the screen and select Show Keyboard Viewer. This will allow users to type or mimic the actions of the keyboard. Users are also able to change the character by selecting ...