Windows Media Player does not support the AMR format. Adaptive Multi-Rate files (AMRs) appear most often as voice recordings on cellphones. The format, developed by Ericsson, efficiently compresses the human voice in a small file size. In order to play your AMR files in Windows Media Player, you’ll first need to convert them into a […]
Cell phones can detect other cell phones nearby via Bluetooth communication. Image Credit: Wi6995/iStock/GettyImages Losing a cell phone is no fun, especially if calling it doesn’t lead you to it. The good news is, there are some tools that can help you track it down. Although you can use a cell phone detector app to […]
VGA and SVGA cables both use the same pin configuration. Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images In traditional desktop computer setups, a cable connects a computer to a monitor. A video graphic array (VGA) cable carries analog signals and supports video resolutions up to and including 640 x 480. A super video graphic array (SVGA) cable carries […]
Finding friends’ profiles in the MSN member directory is easy. Hotmail is an Internet webmail service provided by Microsoft through its Windows Live platform. Hotmail provides free email service to members and also lists members in the MSN member directory. The MSN member directory can be searched by email address, name and phone number, providing […]
A woman types on a laptop Image Credit: shironosov/iStock/Getty Images An M3U is essentially a text file that contains a list of URLs and file paths. It stands for MPEG version 3.0 URL, and it was originally intended for the Winamp Player. Today, many popular media players support it. Among these are iTunes, Windows Media […]
Uncheck the Protect My Tweets box to make your account public. Image Credit: Image courtesy of Twitter When your Twitter account is set to private, only your followers can see your tweets. To make your account public, change the Protect My Tweets setting in the Security & Privacy section of your Twitter account’s settings panel. […]
Convert a PDC file to PDF. The PDC file format is a protected PDF file created by LockLizard. The protected file prevents other users who do not have the LockLizard software from opening the file. In order to convert the PDC file back to a PDF one must unlock the PDC file through the LockLizard […]
Image Credit: S.Maggio What do you do if Twitter suddenly won’t let you tweet? There are a number of possible reasons that may interfere with Twitter use, including account suspension — in the event of rule violations, for example — hacking, or inappropriate use. The following tips and troubleshooting will help get you tweeting again. […]
Apple’s MS-DOS FAT is just a different name for Microsoft’s FAT32 format. Image Credit: Westend61/Westend61/GettyImages To format USB for Mac and Windows, there are two disk formats to choose from: exFAT and FAT32. The other formats – Microsoft’s NTFS and Apple’s Mac OS Extended – don’t work well on the other operating system. There are […]
Network printing has replaced the need for multiple physical connections between one computer and many printers. Printers have evolved to keep up with advances in personal computers. Some of the original means of connecting printers are less commonly used. Parallel port interfaces, commonly known as Line Print Terminal (LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, etc.) are being replaced […]
