Computers & Programming Features
How To: Program a user registration with PHP
How to program a user registration using php, sql and phpmyadmin. Part 1 of 3 - How to Program a user registration with PHP.
How To: Get around a firewall with tsocks
Stuck behind a firewall? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to circumvent a given firewall in five minutes or less by using the tsocks transparent SOCKS proxying library under the Ubuntu Linux distribution. To get started using tsocks, take a look!
How To: Enable or disable Data Execution Prevention (DEP) on a Microsoft Windows PC
In this clip, you'll learn how to both enable and disable Data Execution Prevention on a Microsoft Windows PC running either XP or Vista. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over five minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Set, Change and Remove Admin Password
Hello friends today we will show you how you could set the administrator password of PC. This video also shows how to change or remove admin password from your PC. You must have access the administrator account. Now just follow the tips.
How To: Add Facebook, Twitter, and other Social Media icons to your Wordpress header
Trying to get more traffic for your Wordpress blog? Looking to connect with the people who visit you online? This video will show you how to facilitate web interactions by adding social media icons to your blog's header. This video uses the 2010 theme to demonstrate. CSS may be intimidating, but this video will show you exactly what to do.
How To: Secure a website with membership and roles in ASP.Net
Learn how to secure a web site using the new Membership and Roles features of ASP.NET 2.0. In this ASP.Net video tutorial, the topics include user registration, password recovery, and restricting access to content with roles.
How To: Use Perl to Connect to a Database
Note: The article assumes that the reader has a fundamental understanding of at least one other programming language and Perl. This is intended serve as a quick reference for Perl's input/output of data to databases.
How To: Tether a 3G Windows Mobile phone to your laptop
Want to share your Windows Mobile phone's high-speed data connection with your laptop over Bluetooth? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at CNET TV can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just over a minute's time. For the specifics, and to get started tethering your own Windows or Mac laptop to your Windows Mobile phone, just watch this handy how-to.
How To: Install Webmin on a Debian server via SSH
This video demonstrates how to install Webmin via SSH. Once you've downloaded the Webmin interface package, you'll want to install it onto your serve. In order to do that, you'll need to depackage it. If you're new to Linux or otherwise unclear about how to proceed, then watch this video for step-by-step instructions.
How To: Set up port triggering on a Linksys wireless router
Before you can use Xbox Live 360, you'll have to allow your console to use certain ports that, by default, it may be blocked from using. One way to open up those ports is with port triggering. This helpful home networking how-to will walk you through the process of getting triggering set up in your own wireless router.
How To: Play lightsaber with a Wii remote and MAC OSX
Wii Saber is a new MAC program that allows the player to hook up a Wii remote to the MAC OSX and play lightsaber games. Finally, the long-awaited union of MAC and Star Wars nerds. Watch this video computer tutorial and learn how to play lightsaber on a MAC with a Nintendo Wii remote.
How To: Use Select Case statements when programming in Microsoft Visual Basic
In this clip, you'll learn how to use Case Statements in your Visual Basic projects. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular event-driven program language or a seasoned developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free Visual Basic programming lesson. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Completely erase all the data on your hard drive
In this video the instructor gives tips on how to erase a PC hard drive. An MIT study shows that 74 percent of the discarded hard drives contain private data on them that can be read and recovered by others. So you should learn how to completely erase all the data so that no one can recover or read from it later. Now formatting the drive or deleting a few files wont do it. For this you will need to have a proper software that meets or exceeds that US Department of Defense standards for data r...
How To: Disable AUTORUN.inf and autoplay on a Microsoft Windows PC
Protect your Windows PC from malicious software by disabling AUTORUN.inf & autoplay. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Automatically log in to Windows XP
This video tutorial from Help-Vids shows you how to setup the automatic login in Windows XP so that you are automatically logged in as a specific user when you turn your PC on. Go to the start menu, select run and type the given command. When the user account dialog opens un-check the setting requiring the user to enter a name and password to use the computer and click apply. Fill in the user name and the password of the user that needs to be automatically logged in and click OK. Now when you...
How To: Find a cool Windows XP hidden Easter egg
In this tutorial the author shows how to find out a Cool XP Easter Egg hidden in the XP which comes by downloading the latest update of widows update. The author now opens Internet Explorer and visits the windows site. Now he quits the explorer and holds down both the Control key and alt key and right clicks on the desktop seven times. Now keeping the control key pressed, he releases the alt key and right clicks the desktop and chooses the option 'Create ShortCut'. Now he releases all the key...
How To: View BSOD mini-dump files on a Windows PC with BlueScreenView
Want to access and read your Windows BSoD files? With BlueScreenView, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Work with packages in Adobe Flash Professional CS5
In this clip, we learn how to work with packages in Adobe Flash Professional. Whether you're new to the Adobe's popular Flash authoring application or are a seasoned Flash developer merely looking to better acquaint yourself with Flash Professional CS5, you're sure to be well served by this video guide.
How To: Install applications in Sabayon Linux
A video from PC Mech that shows you how to install application in Sabayon Linux, a Linux flavor that is based on Gentoo Linux and is known for its ease of use.
How To: Edit, debug, and execute XQuery with XMLSpy
Learn in this video how to use XMLSpy to create and edit XQuery documents, debug them and profile execution speed and bottlenecks, and execute them against local XML data or XML stored on a database server. XML editing can't get easier then this.
How To: Generate 3D terrain in Microsoft Visual C++
In this clip, you'll learn how to create 3D terrain in MS Visual C++. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular general-purpose programming language and IDE or are a seasoned developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free, official video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look. Generate 3D terrain in Microsoft Visual C++.
How To: Create a molecule viewer in Papervision3D & Flex 3
Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University shows you how to build an interactive Molecule Viewer in Papervision3D and Flex 3. This is a fun application building project for anyone learning Adobe Flex Builder 3 and a great resource for molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry.
How To: Add memory to a Apple MacBook Pro notebook computer
Learn how to add memory (RAM) to a Apple MacBook Pro notebook computer. Upgrading your MacBook Pro laptop memory is easy to do and an inexpensive way to improve the performance of your MacBook.
How To: Change the language in Windows 7 with the Ultimate and Enterprise editions
Does your PC speak YOUR language? It can, at least if you have Windows 7 on your computer. Specifically the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7. You can easily change your computer's language in just a few clicks. See how!
How To: Create a GUI Jbutton for Java game development
Want to write Java games and applications but don't know beans about object-oriented programming? Never you fear. This free video tutorial from TheNewBoston will help you on your merry way to accomplishing just that. Specifically, this lesson will demonstrate how to create simple GUI JButtons when coding in Java. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this programmer's guide.
How To: Lock your desktop wallpaper
Lock your Windows desktop wallpaper to prevent it from being changed. Lock your desktop wallpaper.
How To: Create an array of display modes when Java programming
Want to program your own Java games and applications but don't know beans about object-oriented programming? Never you fear. This free video tutorial from TheNewBoston will have you coding your own Java apps in no time flat. Specifically, this lesson discusses how to build a list of display modes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful programmer's guide.
How To: Install your 2Wire Gateway for High-Speed Internet
Learn a little bit about technology with help from EMBARQ. Watch this how-to video tutorial on installing your 2Wire Gateway for EMBARQ High-Speed Internet. This will cover exactly how to install your EMBARQ 2Wire Gateway modem for Internet. This is the complete process step-by-step from box to connected online.
How To: Customize Keynote printing options in Mac OS X
Let's say you're about to give a presentation and you want to print slides for your audience. Well, you probably want to customize your lay out so you don't waste ink, toner or paper. With Keynote, that's really easy to do. With your presentation open, go to File, the Print, and with the third dropdown menu, select Keynote. Here, you can customize your layout easily. For more, as well as step-by-step instructions for customizing print settings in Keynote, watch this video tutorial.
How To: Use MacFuse to browse an SSH server through the Mac FS
With this how-to, you'll learn how to mount an SSH server on your Mac as part of the file system. The key is a third-party program called MacFuse, which is available, free of charge, through Google Code. To get started running SSHFS, or the secure shell filesystem, on your own Mac, take a look!
How To: Track load progress with ActionScript in Adobe Flash Professional CS5
In this clip, we learn how to track load progress within a Flash Professional CS5 project. Whether you're new to the Adobe's popular Flash authoring application, new to ActionScript 3.0 or are a seasoned Flash developer merely looking to better acquaint yourself with Flash Professional CS5, you're sure to be well served by this clip. For more information, and to get started tracking load progress in your own Flash Builder projects, watch this video guide.
How To: Build a quiz engine with ASP.NET 2.0 and Microsoft VWD
In this four-part programming lesson from the Absolute Beginner's Series of Visual Web Developer C#/ASP.NET video tutorials, you'll learn how to build a quiz engine.
How To: Delete Ubuntu GRUB Boot Kernels
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.
How To: Set up a WiFi network with a Linksys wireless router
In this tutorial, we learn how to set up a Wi-Fi network with a Linksys router. First, go to your cable modem and remove the yellow Ethernet cable. After this, plug the Ethernet cable into the very first port of the router and plug the other end into your computer. After this, connect any other electronics you have with cables, then plug the router into the wall to give it power. Next, turn the power to the modem and router back on. When finished, you should see a new Wi-Fi network appear in ...
How To: Remove the hard drive from a 15" MacBook Pro
Interested in installing a new hard drive (or, less happily, the victim of drive failure)? This brief how-to will guide you through the process of removing the hard drive from your 15" MacBook Pro without damaging your computer. This tutorial will also be of use to those who wish to learn more about the guts of their MacBooks without actually disassembling their units. Take a look.
How To: Create animated GIFs in Mac OS X
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make an animated image on a Mac OS X computer. Users will need to download the GIFfun program. Once downloaded and installed, open the program and drag the images into the program. Then set the time delay for each image, amount of loops and configure the options. Once your finished configuring the image, click on Make Gif. The image will be produced in the small square window below. Then simply drag the image onto your desktop. This video will bene...
How To: Replicate a dictionary with an associative array in C#
This tutorial shows you how to replicate the functionality of an associative array using a dictionary inside of C#.
How To: Add custom entries to the Windows context menu
Whenever you right click a file in Windows it opens up the context menu, which gives you options of what to do with the file. Learn how you can add your own custom options to the context menu by editing the Windows registry.
How To: Create a simple YouTube Search App with AppleScript
Check out this video tutorial to see how you can create a YouTube search application simply with Applescript.
How To: Map a network drive in Windows XP
In this video the instructor shows how to map a network drive in Microsoft Windows XP. Network drive is similar to the disk drive that is present on your computer like C drive, D drive but instead of pointing to a hard disk on your computer it points to a server that has enabled shares. Shares allow you to create or edit files and folders. By mapping that server share to a folder in XP you can use that share as a normal drive. To do this go to start menu, right click on My Computer and select...