Hot Computers & Programming How-Tos
How To: Make a password protected folder on Windows Vista
Watch this video to learn how to make a password protected video.
How To: Create a folder on the Windows taskbar
Watch this video to learn how to create a folder on the Windows taskbar. This is not a particularly hard task.
How To: Use class declarations in headers for C++
Watch this video to learn how to use class declarations in header files with C++.
How To: Use object oriented programming encapsulation in C++
Watch this video to learn how to use OOP encapsulation in C++. Other topics included in the video include class declaration/definition.
How To: Use arrays in C++
Watch this video to learn how to use arrays in C++. This video also discusses offset zeroes, array boundries, and strings.
How To: Use methods in C++
Watch this video to learn how to use methods with C++. The video also covers ISO standard C++ and library headers.
How To: Create an OOP design with C++
Watch this video to learn how to create OOP design with C++. This video also covers public and private variables and functions.
How To: Use the switch statement in C++
Watch this video to learn how to use the switch statement in C++.
How To: Use conditional operators in C++
Watch this video to learn how to use conditional operators in C++. This video also covers the rules of scope/visibility of loops.
How To: Use void functions with C++
Watch this video to learn how to use void functions with C++. The video also covers the use of more than one return statement, immediate return, and variable scope/visibility.
How To: Use the for loop in C++
Watch this video tor learn how to use the for loop in C++. Part 1 of 2 - How to Use the for loop in C .
How To: Use function definitions is C++
Watch this video to learn how to use function definitions in C++. The topics of declaration order and calling/returning are also covered.
How To: Use if/else statements in C++
Watch this video to learn how to use if/else statements in C++. Also learn about the equals/more-than/less-than.
How To: Use the calculator functions in C++
Watch this video to use the calculator functions in C++.
How To: Print text with C++
Watch this video to learn how to print text with C++. Other topics covered in this video include semicolon usage, whitespace, and case sensitivity.
How To: Use fundamental functions in C++
Watch this video to learn about the fundamental commands of C++. Also covered are the topics of custom commands, different file types, headers, and the main function.
How To: Say 'hello world' in C++
Watch this video to get set up with C++. The video covers creating a project, what to do with the console window, hello world code, and the debugging process.
How To: Freeze time in Flash CS3 with ActionScript
Using ActionScript, Paul Wyatt reveals how you can freeze movies without the need for extra frames. This is the perfect way to optimise banners, and much more!
How To: Create a combobox
This tutorial shows you how to create a combobox using ActionScript in Flash 8. Create a combobox.
How To: Clean white apple keyboards
This is a brief overview of how to clean the surface of a white Apple Keyboard using Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser. This works well on MacBook, iBook G4, and Apple desktop keyboards (both slim aluminum and older PowerMac keyboards).
How To: Remove Stains from a Macbook with toothpaste
Watch this video to learn how to remove stains from a Macbook with toothpaste. The instructions don't specify whether or not it has to be a white Macbook.
How To: Create a simple .NET application
This tutorial is for ultra beginners in .NET, it shows how to create a simple console output and simple form in VB.NET and C#. It is done through notepad and without any IDE.
How To: Make a beginner's program with Visual Studio
Using Visual Studio 2008, this video introduces the novice programmer to the world of programming in C#, first with a brief discussion about programming and the learning process itself, and then by teaching a Hello World program.
How To: Edit a dynamic flash template
This tutorial shows you how to edit a Dynamic Flash Template just by moving files around in folders and doing a little HTML writing. Edit a dynamic flash template.
How To: Stay safe while working with circuitry with straps
"Always be strapped," says Techno-Guru Lloyd. Word! Techno-Guru Lloyd of My Home 2.0 tells you how to stay safe while working with sensitive electronics and circuitry.
How To: Decide between a CTR350 or Cradlepoint MBR1000 router
This video is to help people decide between the Cradlepoint CTR350 or the MBR1000 wireless broadband routers.
How To: Connect to a CTR350 broadband router
This video helps you to understand how to set up and connect to your computer using the Cradlepoint CTR350 BroadBand Router for wireless Internet.
How To: Tweak a Macbook to Dvorak keyboard layout
Here you see how to take of the keys of your Macbook keyboard. In the second video of the series you see how to put the keys back on.
How To: Use Samsung TruDirect technology
Watch this video to learn how to configure and use the new Samsung TruDirect DVD burning technology
How To: Install a nVidia SLI 2.0 system
Watch this video to learn how to install a nVidia SLI 2.0 system. While it is not very hard, this new graphics system requires two external power sources.
How To: Use a SIXAXIS controller on a PC
This video shows you how to use a PS3 SIXAXIS Controller on your Windows XP computer
How To: Make basic programs in C++
Watch this video series to learn basic C++ programming. Part 1 of 2 - How to Make basic programs in C .
How To: Enable text copying in a flash website
This video will show you how to enable text copying in a flash website. By allowing text copying you are making your site more user friendly, but also making in more vulnerable to plagiarizers. Enable text copying in a flash website.
How To: Use Wubi With Windows XP
How to install Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu without creating new partitions.
How To: Let the user choose the background in HTML
Watch the video to learn how to let the user choose the background of the site. This is a cool feature that makes your site more user friendly. Let the user choose the background in HTML.
How To: Create an image gallery in HTML
Watch this video to learn how to create an image gallery in html. Create an image gallery in HTML.
How To: Set up gallery thumbnails
Watch this video to learn how to set up gallery thumbnails. This is a cool effect and it is not that hard to do. Set up gallery thumbnails.
How To: Create a sliding door button on your website
While sliding doors is far from a new concept and will be obsoleted once we see wider support for multiple backgrounds (CSS3), it is still a good one for your bag-of-tricks. The theory is that if we have an extra hook in our markup, we can apply two overlapping background images to a single spot of text. When that text grows or shrinks, these overlapping images and reveal more of themselves creating the illusion it is a single expandable graphic. In this video screencast, we do a quickly exam...
How To: Create modules with PHP for your website
Many sites do not use any fancy Content Managment System (CMS) to generate their pages, they are just just good ol' static HTML content. A site for your grandmothers pie baking business probably only has a few pages, perhaps a homepage, about page, and contact page. Each of these pages has different main content, but much of it stays exactly the same, like the header, navigation, and footer. Think of these sections as "modules" that you can easily use PHP to insert into the page. This way, ma...
How To: Format a CSS website
Being organized and using good formatting in your CSS files can save you lots of time and frustration during your development process and especially during troubleshooting. The multi-line format makes it easy to browse attributes but makes your file vertically very long. The single-line format keeps your file vertically short which is nice for browsing selectors, but it's harder to browse attributes. You can also choose how you want to group your CSS website statements. Do you do it by sectio...