How to Connect a Laptop to a Satellite Receiver

Enjoy high quality digital video on your laptop by connecting your laptop computer to your satellite receiver. With just a USB TV tuner stick and some coaxial cable, you can enjoy your favorite movies, sports and television programming from your satellite receiver, on your laptop–you can even use your laptop’s hard drive as a DVR […]

How to Configure UPnP on a Macbook

UPnP, or Universal Plug and Play, is a type of residential network connection that allows computers to share files and folders directly with other computers or devices. Your MacBook features a UPnP file sharing service that enables other Macs to access the files on your hard drive. Use the “System Preferences” feature on your Mac […]

How to Find the Local Host IP Address

Every computer or device that is connected to the Internet is assigned an Internet Protocol address by the routers on the Internet connection. However, there is also a special Internet address called “localhost,” which always refers back to the same device. An Internet device, therefore, has two or three addresses that are “local addresses,” but […]

How to Find a Photoshop Serial Number

Image Credit: Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images You may use Adobe Photoshop daily to create, or to alter and manipulate, photos, graphics and other design elements. You want to upgrade to the latest version of Photoshop, but you don’t remember if you ever registered the program with the manufacturer, Adobe. You need the Photoshop serial number so you […]

How to Convert a NEF on a Mac

Image Credit: Anchiy/iStock/Getty Images Most digital camera manufacturers have their own proprietary file formats for their digital images when shot in raw (or “unprocessed”) form. Raw format is the preferred method of capturing digital images, especially in high-end cameras, because it contains vast amounts of data that allow you to edit the images significantly. Raw […]

How Do I Draw in Feet and Inches in AutoCAD?

To draw in feet and inches in AutoCAD, go the the Drawing Utilities section then Units. From here you can change the type to Architectural. You can also set your desired precision in fractions of an inch. Setting your drawing units to architectural affects any command that requires a length or size, as well as […]

How to Copy and Paste Animated GIFs

It is easy to share GIFs. Image Credit: oatawa/iStock/GettyImages GIFs can be a fun way to express yourself, whether you’re texting a relative or interacting with friends on Facebook. The capability to add animated GIFs is built into many of the most popular communication tools, including text messages and social media. But you can also […]

How to Find Out Who Sent You an Anonymous Email

There are ways to find out who sent you an anonymous email. An email is supposed to be a method of communication between two people, who are most often acquainted. But sometimes anonymous emailers send you messages. Some email accounts, like school or work email accounts, are easy to trace. Unfortunately, with so many providers […]

How to Transfer KVM to VMware

Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images KVM and VMware VSphere/ESXi are both bare metal virtualization solutions. A bare metal virtualization software is a mini operating software operating on a physical machine whose sole purpose is to manage several virtual machines. With virtualization, each physical machine can host several independent operating systems. Virtualization is used to maximize the […]