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How To: Add Text-to-Speech to a Visual Basic application

This video shows how to add Text-to-Speech to a VB application.

How To: Work with the VB Studio 2005 Screen Saver Starter Kit

We look at how to find the existing and new starter kits for VB 2005. We run the RSS Screen Saver starter kit. Next, we will modify the kit and install the screen saver.

How To: Install Nvu free HTML editor

This tutorial demonstrates installing free HTML WYSIWYG Editor Software called Nvu so that you can get started with programming in HTML.

How To: Install Apache and MySQL

Learn how to install Apache and MySQL by using XAMPP. You will also write a small application in PHP.

How To: Program a PHP forum

This video covers creating and programming a a PHP-based web forum. Topics include basic layout, login and logout, Admin start, creating categories and subcategories, creating topics, and more...

How To: Power a computer with car batteries

The original idea was to turn a small home UPS into a giant UPS but because the UPS was only able to run the RAID-wielding desktop for three minutes before shutting down, he decided to add two 24V car batteries to the equation (the maximum that his UPS could tolerate). The good news: it worked, and will run his computer for an hour plus.

How To: Create your own font in Windows XP

Create your very own font with the built in XP Program! Check out this hidden Windows XP program and do wonders.

How To: Design your own font in Windows XP

Design your own font characters for windows, using a hidden application in windows xp. Try it now!

How To: Dual-boot Windows XP and Mac OS X on a PC

This shows how to install Mac OS X on Intel/AMD PCs as a dual boot with Windows. Part 1 of 2 - How to Dual-boot Windows XP and Mac OS X on a PC.

How To: Customize the dock on your Mac

This video shows you how to customize the dock on your Mac using Candy Bar application from Panic.com (http://panic.com/candybar), and icons from IconFactory (http://iconfactory.com).

How To: Organize your Mac dock using folders

Watch this video to learn how you can use folders to better organize your Mac dock. Group together applications in folders and add the folders to your dock instead of each individual app.

How To: Hack into a Windows PC with Ophcrack

Learn how to hack into a Windows PC by using a program called Ophcrack.

How To: Stop alert balloons in Windows XP

Learn how to disable alert balloons in Windows XP.

How To: Password protect and hide files and folders in Windows

How to password protect a folder and make files invisible in Windows XP.

How To: Create a shutdown shortcut in Windows

How to create an icon that will shutdown your computer when clicked in Windows XP.

How To: Print File Lists in Mac OS Leopard

Gary Rosenzweig looks at various methods for printing lists of files in folders in Mac OS Leopard: downloadable applications, using the Terminal, and simple copy and paste methods.

How To: Open Windows mail attachments on a Mac

When you're a Windows OS user it's very easy to send out attachments on emails as .doc documents, made in Microsoft Office or Excel. But just because you're a Windows user doesn't mean your friend or coworker is. Or say that you're a MAC user and your friend keeps loading you with Microsoft Office documents. What do you do, other than telling him to stop already?

How To: Make text easier to read in Mac OS

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at three ways to make text on your screen easier to read. This could be used by people with visual impairments, but also could be used by anyone wishing to reduce eye-strain or be slightly more productive. Techniques include enlarging font size in Safari, using screen zoom, and using text-to-speech.

How To: Password protect files in Mac OS

Gary Rosenzweig from MacMost looks at one method to protect a set of files with a password on a Mac. It involves using Disk Utility to create an encrypted disk image.

How To: Use smart folders in Mac OS X

Gary Rosenzweig and Molly Stanberry from Macmost show you how to use smart folders in Leopard.

How To: Use the Mac OS Leopard Finder

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the Leopard finder and discovers some handy functionality and shortcuts.

How To: Remove the Windows XP search assistant

This trick shows you how to remove the search assistant dog in Windows XP. You want to go to: Start, run, type regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER SoftwareMicrosoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer CabinetState, create a new string and call it "Use Search Asst" (remember the Caps), give it the value "no".

How To: Hide you OS X desktop icons with Camouflage

This tutorial shows you how to clear the MAC OS X desktop using free software called Camoflauge.

How To: Manage computer cables

Perform cable management to improve cooling and system layout.

How To: Pimp your laptop with paint, lasers and fur

A fabulous mink wrapped notebook? Automotive paints, laser etching and water bubble finishes? It's one of our odder episodes of Systm. Learn how to customize your laptop.

How To: Change keyboard shortcut assignments on a Mac computer

Learn how to assign and change keyboard shortcut assignments on your Mac.

How To: Use Disk Utility to verify & repair disk permissions

This tutorial demonstrates how to use Disk Utility to verify and repair disk permissions and how to verify your hard drive.

How To: Use the dictionary & thesaurus application in Mac OS X

Learn how to take advantage of the handy built-in dictionary and thesaurus application on your Mac OS X.

How To: Eject a stuck CD on your Mac computer

In this tutorial learn how to eject a stuck CD using a terminal command on your Mac OS X computer.

How To: Build a multimedia PC computer for under $1000

Watch this step-by-step tutorial on how to build your own PC computer for under $1000. This is a great, very thorough video!

How To: Build your own PC computer

Watch this video to learn how to put your own PC computer together. The video offers helpful tips on what you'll need to assemble your PC and how to mount it into the case.

How To: Improve video search by parsing video & text

This is a Google Tech Talk from March, 26 2008. Timothee Cour - Research Scientist lectures. Movies and TV are a rich source of highly diverse and complex video of people, objects, actions and locales "in the wild". Harvesting automatically labeled sequences of actions from video would enable creation of large-scale and highly-varied datasets. To enable such collection, we focus on the task of recovering scene structure in movies and TV series for object/person tracking and action retrieval. ...

How To: Code a prank hard drive formatting program

Learn how to write a simple prank program that will make someone think that their hard drive is being formatted and completely erased.

How To: Transform Windows XP into Mac OSX

3 Easy Steps to Transform Your Windows XP to Mac OSX http://osx.portraitofakite.com/

How To: Emulate a Wii with your laptop or PC

A tutorial on how to turn your laptop or desktop PC into a Wii, for under $50, and in less than 10 minutes. Note* this will not play actual Nintendo Wii games but will allow you to use the Wii modality to play PC games and games made specifically for this setup.