Hands on a laptop computer Image Credit: amanaimagesRF/amana images/Getty Images The laptop fan is an integral part of the system, responsible for keeping the internals of your laptop cool under pressure. Without the fan, your computer would overheat in mere minutes, ruining an investment of several hundred (or thousand) dollars. Testing your computer fan requires […]
Image Credit: Poike/iStock/Getty Images The command prompt is a keyboard-based feature built in to the Windows operating system. The program has a long list of uses, like modifying network profiles or writing batch files that modify how other programs will run. After working with the command prompt for a while in a single session, the […]
Log in to your old RocketMail account using Yahoo’s free mail service. Image Credit: scanrail/iStock/Getty Images Yahoo Mail and RocketMail have merged into a single email service. While creating a new RocketMail account is no longer possible, you can still access an existing RocketMail account through Yahoo Mail just by logging in. Access Your Existing […]
A well-written passage can conjure images and convey emotions just as well, if not better, than a painting, so you may want to add text to a work of art or even a simple image you’ve created using Microsoft’s Paint application. By taking the text of a Word document and moving it into Paint, you […]
How to Create a PDF From a Word Pad File Image Credit: PeopleImages/E+/GettyImages If you’re using Microsoft Wordpad, the popular Microsoft Windows text editor and word processing tool, it’s sometimes useful to convert Wordpad files to PDF format so they can be viewed on more devices and be harder to accidentally edit. On recent versions […]
Visual Boy Advance is an emulator for the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Visual Boy Advance is a popular emulator for the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Visual Boy Advance allows you to play ROMs, or digital images, of games for either system on your computer. Properly configuring Visual Boy Advance will help […]
You can fix your LCD TV error. Image Credit: Dennis Fischer Photography/Moment/GettyImages The “PC Mode Not Supported” error is the result of a miscommunication between a Samsung LCD TV and a connected computer. Essentially, the computer settings and television settings are misaligned, and the picture does not display. Adjusting the settings to match the display […]
Image Credit: Ciaran Griffin/Lifesize/Getty Images A Windows Internet Names Service (WINS) is a component on a Microsoft network used to resolve name queries. A WINS proxy is a server machine that resolves names of computers to the location on the network, similar to pinging an IP address. WINS has mainly been replaced by TCP/IP networks, […]
It’s important that domains also be accessible with the WWW prefix. A basic domain name—for example, yourdomain.com—is usually all that’s necessary to load a website in a web browser. However, adding the prefix “www.” before the domain name has become a standard convention, and it’s a good idea for every website to be accessible via […]
A Logitech wireless mouse makes navigating your computer’s desktop screen more convenient, but electronic glitches can sometimes occur. For example, if your computer isn’t recognizing the mouse for some reason, the mouse probably isn’t broken but just needs to be reset. No technical knowledge is needed to reset your Logitech mouse because it comes installed […]
