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How To: Remove the speaker assembly from a 15" MacBook Pro

Accidents will happen. This brief how-to will guide you through the process of removing the speaker assembly from your 15" MacBook Pro both quickly and efficiently without damaging any of the components, the first necessary step of any successful repair. This tutorial will also be of use to those who wish to learn more about the guts of their MacBook Air laptops without actually disassembling their computers.

How To: Call a web service over HTTPS in a Silverlight application

In this clip, you'll learn how to call web services over HTTPS when working in Silverlight. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular web application framework or a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free MS Silverlight programming lesson. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.

How To: Simulate transparent objects with alpha blending in Microsoft Visual C++

In this clip, you'll learn how to utilize materils to simulate transparency when working 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. Simulate transparent objects with alpha blending in Microsoft Visual C++.

How To: Hide or show network icons in Windows XP

If you're reading this, you're connected to some network or directly to the Internet. Have you ever wondered how to set the network icon on the Windows XP Task Bar? This video will teach you exactly how to do this simple task. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Hide or show network icons in Windows XP.

How To: Use Windows Vista Remote Desktop

Learn how to use Windows Vista remote desktop on your computer in simple steps. First go to Control panel, select 'User accounts' and create a password for your account. Now right-click on My Computer, select 'Properties' and click on 'Remote settings'. Now select the user you created by searching and return back to the properties area. Go to 'Advanced system settings', click the Computer name tab and find your computer name. Now open the Remote desktop connection, enter your name and enter y...

How To: Use the Picture Box control in Visual C# 2005

Interested in creating your own dynamic, web-based applications using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition? In this installment from the Absolute Beginner's Series of Visual C#/ASP.NET form control video tutorials, you'll learn how to use the Menu Strip control which provides a standard Windows style menu in your applications. For more information, as well as tips for being a smarter user of Microsoft Visual C#, take a look! Use the Picture Box control in Visual C# 2005.

How To: Cut and paste on your computer

In this tutorial, Jonathan shows us how to cut and paste on a computer. To do this on a mouse, you will see the left side clicker is the left click and the right is the right click button. To practice, go to a random website and highlight some text, then right click and a drop down menu will appear. Click on "copy". Now, open up a Word program and right click again until you see the drop down menu. Click on "paste" and you will see the text you just copied appear before your eyes! This is a s...

How To: Use the Finder buttons in Mac OS X

This video instructs you how to use the "Finder" Button if you own a Mac on OS X. The "Finder" window shows the Mac user the contents of the hard drive. It describes functions of the Finder folder: i.e., adding an untitled new folder in the Finder file. It also discusses how you can view the "Finder" in a variety of layouts: grids, lists, etc. The video shows you how to use the buttons on the upper left hand corner of the "Finder" screen to maximize, minimize, or close the window. It also dis...

How To: Flash the screen when you receive an alert in Mac OS X

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to flash the screen when receiving an alert in a Mac OS X computer. To turn on this option, go to the Universal Access window and select the Hearing tab. There will be 2 options for users to use. The first feature allows the user to flash the screen when an alert sound has occurred and the second feature allows users to stereo audio as mono. To test the flash the screen, click on Flash Screen. This video will benefit those viewer who use a Mac compute...

How To: Automatically swap out your wallpaper on a PC with John's Background Switcher

Ever wanted to use a slideshow of images as your desktop background? With John's Background Switcher—a free application for Microsoft Windows PCs—, 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 four minutes. For complete details, including step-by-step instructions, watch this video guide.

How To: Connect to a MySQL database with PHP

In this clip, you'll learn how to connect to a MySQL database with PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free video programming lesson. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look

How To: Map a network drive on your personal computer

In this tutorial, learn how to map a network drive on your personal computer and make your life easier and more organized. If you need to map your system for any reason, check out this video. This video will give you a complete overview and step by step in just a few short minutes so you will be ready to map your network in no time.

How To: Move your iTunes library

If you have a large iTunes library, you may want to consider moving it to an external drive. But did you know you can also have some of your media on an external drive without having to move the library? In this video guide from MacMost, you'll take a look at three methods of handing an iTunes library on an external drive.

How To: Use the Tab control in Visual Basic 2005 Express

Interested in creating your own dynamic, web-based applications using Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition? In this installment from the Absolute Beginner's Series of VB/ASP.NET form control video tutorials, you'll learn how to use the Tab control which presents a familiar folder-style content navigation system, and is a good way to organize multiple panes of content in your application. For more information, as well as tips for being a smarter user of Microsoft Visual Basic, take a lo...

How To: Set parental controls for a user ID in Windows 7

In this video the instructor shows how to set parental controls for a user ID account in Windows 7. To do this go to the 'Start Menu' and go to 'Control Panel'. In the Control Panel window select the 'User accounts and Family Safety' link. There is an option called 'Set up parental controls for any user'. Select that link and it opens a window where it asks you to Choose a user and set up parental controls. There you are presented with some user accounts that are currently active on that syst...

How To: Secure remote desktop

Hak5 isn't your ordinary tech show. It's hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics, to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Damn the warranties, it's time to Trust your Technolust. In this episode, see how to secure remote desktop.

How To: Backup your computer with an external hard drive

In this video, we learn how to backup your computer with an external hard drive. First, go online and download and install Cobian Backup. After this, start a new task on the program and then name it your computer backup. Change it to a differential and change the time frame to once every five times. Now, click on the file section and add the files you want to have backed up. If you want to copy your entire C drive, just highlight that. Now, the C drive will show up, then click add underneath ...

How To: Troubleshoot Mac trash that won't empty

If you have trouble emptying your trash on your Mac computer, you will need to launch the Terminal first, in order to begin troubleshooting the issue. The trash will often fail to accept items, if it believes that a program or object is in use. Move the application that you can't delete onto your desktop. Add a line of code to the terminal. Add the application to the code, by dragging it to the code. It will ask for your code. Enter your password. Press enter. You will need to use a Sudo code...

How To: Make an image map without additional software

This video is a quick lesson on how to make an image map for free without the software. You use image mapping if you are creating a website or you are a partner with http://youtube.com. From your PC or Mac you go to http://www.image-maps.com and that is where most of the free image maps are available. Then you click on "start mapping my image" and you will see a preview, and then you follow the steps in the tutorial. The video was very informative and precise on a step-by-step process to do t...