Image Credit: Sitthiphong/iStock/GettyImages Searching by birthdate on Facebook can help find a person with a common name or locate people with the same birthday as you. While Facebook currently doesn’t have a way to search for members by birthday alone, you may still be able to locate a specific person if you know some of […]
How to Set Up a Media Server With Windows 7
If you have Windows 7 and a PS3 or other system that can benefit from a Media Server, and you are tired of burning all your .AVI, .MPEG, etc., movies to DVD and wish you could stream them instead, you can easily set up Windows Media player 12 to share and stream any video, music […]
How to Transfer Contacts From Excel to an IPhone
Connect the iPhone to your computer via USB for best connectivity. Image Credit: Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Getty Images Transferring contacts from Microsoft Excel to your iPhone is a three-stage process. First you must export the contacts from Excel to a Comma-Separated Values, or CSV, file. From there, you import the CSV contacts into Outlook, the native […]
How to Find an Ethernet Controller Driver
Image Credit: Ciaran Griffin/Stockbyte/Getty Images Most hardware devices need a driver that has to be installed onto the computer before the device can properly function. An ethernet controller, for one, cannot function without its driver installed in the computer. It usually comes with a software disc that you need to install. An ethernet controller, also […]
How to Convert an iPhone to a Speaker
Use iSpeaker to turn your iPhone into a mobile speaker for your computer. The iPhone’s speaker provides a relatively wide range for listening, despite its small size. When the speakerphone is activated, or when headphones are not connected, the audio for any apps on the device plays through the primary speaker, and the volume for […]
Types of Errors in Numerical Analysis
A mother and daughter are using an abacus. Image Credit: Ariel Skelley/Blend Images/Getty Images In the world of math, numerical analysis is well known for focusing on the algorithms used to solve issues in continuous math. The practice is familiar territory for engineers and those who work with physical science, but it’s beginning to expand […]
How to Import a PST File in Thunderbird
You can import a PST file in Thunderbird. Image Credit: golubovy/iStock/GettyImages There are many different email clients available, and one popular freeware client is Thunderbird, produced by Mozilla, the authors of the popular Firefox web browser. The most common email client is probably Microsoft’s Outlook, which allows you to create a backup file of all […]
How to Reset the Acer Aspire One to Factory Settings
You may be able to restore your damaged Acer netbook. The Acer Aspire One is a netbook, not a laptop. A netbook is a smaller, scaled-down version of a laptop. It does not have the memory capacity or graphics of a regular laptop. It also lacks a CD drive, which means you cannot restore the […]
How to Update Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is a free digital media player developed by Microsoft. The newer versions are only available for Windows operating systems. Windows Media Player allows you to watch DVD movies, listen to music and upload files to portable media players such as MP3 players. Updating your Windows Media Player application ensures that the program […]
How to Rotate a Canvas in Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator’s artboards include editable features. Image Credit: Image courtesy Adobe Systems If you’re accustomed to working with Adobe Photoshop’s “Rotate Canvas” command, you may expect to find an equivalent option in Adobe Illustrator. In Photoshop, the canvas defines the live area of an individual document, which constitutes a resizable object you can crop and […]