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How To: Conserve your laptops battery life
Five simple tricks to keep your laptop running longer.
How To: Clean your laptop with this homemade solution
Regular cleaning of your laptop computer is easy, and might save you tons of trouble in the long run. Learn how to clean your laptop with a homemade solution.
How To: Record straight from a video camera to a computer
Recording home movies is quite a joy - how else would you remember that time your son shot milk out of his nose from laughing too hard, or when your shih tzu did a headstand? But it's often a pain transfering all your film files from your video camera to your computer.
How To: Print on the go with HP mobile wireless printers
HP has you covered with Mobile printing. With printers like the Officejet H470wbt and the PS A820 you can print on the go.
How To: Print with HP's wireless printer
When you're sharing a printer, dealing with cables and networking can be a hassle. Having a printer with built-in wireless or using a wireless conversion kit for standard printers, allows easy sharing of your printer with multiple computers.
How To: Use the HP Compaq 2710p Notebook PC fingerprint sensor
You can feel confident the important files and information stored on your HP Compaq 2710p business notebook is safe and protected and only accessible by you, with the Fingerprint Sensor.
How To: Turn the HP 2710p Compaq PC into a tablet PC
A bright and energy-efficient widescreen with up to 5 hours of battery-life. You'll flip when you see the screen! The HP 2710p Compaq business notebook PC.
How To: Use the HP Compaq 2710p Business Notebook PC
Get a new perspective on computing with an HP Tablet PC. HP's Tablet PCs are well-equipped personal notebooks, with a significant twist. The display turns around one hundred and eighty degrees, transforming your notebook into a flat tablet touchscreen PC.
How To: Use Internet Sharing for a modem
No need for Bluetooth DUN or 3rd party software: it's easy to use Internet Sharing in Windows Mobile so you can tether your phone for use as a modem.
How To: Upgrade the RAM on a Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium
The process is a little more complicated than the older Samsung UMPCs, but if you're game, here's how to take the device apart and upgrade the RAM
How To: Re-assemble a key on an Apple MacBook keyboard
This Video shows how to reassemble/ assemble/ attach a single Key/Button from an Apple MacBook Keyboard
How To: Replace a key on your MacBook keypad
Given how glued we are to our computers these days, we're surprised we're not replacing PC and laptop keys on a monthly basis from all the wear and tear. If you've got a key/button that has kicked the bucket, it's best to replace it with a new one.
How To: Open your cd rom when computer is off
A one step guide to opening your cd rom when your computer is turned off.
How To: Type with an old fashioned typewriter
Do you have an old-timey typewriter sitting at home? This video will show you the history of it, as well as teach you how to type with it. Type with an old fashioned typewriter - Part 1 of 2.
How To: Make a DVR from an old computer
Turn an old computer into a DVR that you can use to watch TV and record shows from over the internet using a TV card and free software.
How To: Clean white apple keyboards
This is a brief overview of how to clean the surface of a white Apple Keyboard using Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser. This works well on MacBook, iBook G4, and Apple desktop keyboards (both slim aluminum and older PowerMac keyboards).
How To: Remove Stains from a Macbook with toothpaste
Watch this video to learn how to remove stains from a Macbook with toothpaste. The instructions don't specify whether or not it has to be a white Macbook.
How To: Stay safe while working with circuitry with straps
"Always be strapped," says Techno-Guru Lloyd. Word! Techno-Guru Lloyd of My Home 2.0 tells you how to stay safe while working with sensitive electronics and circuitry.
How To: Tweak a Macbook to Dvorak keyboard layout
Here you see how to take of the keys of your Macbook keyboard. In the second video of the series you see how to put the keys back on.
How To: Use Samsung TruDirect technology
Watch this video to learn how to configure and use the new Samsung TruDirect DVD burning technology
How To: Install a nVidia SLI 2.0 system
Watch this video to learn how to install a nVidia SLI 2.0 system. While it is not very hard, this new graphics system requires two external power sources.
How To: Use a SIXAXIS controller on a PC
This video shows you how to use a PS3 SIXAXIS Controller on your Windows XP computer
How To: Upgrade your ASUS Eee PC
This video will show you how to upgrade your Eee PC with Windows XP/ MCE + 2GB Ram + 8GB of HCSD Storage.
How To: Install a new PCI-E video card
This video will show you how easy it is to install a new video card in your existing system.
How To: Install a new hard drive
This edition of NCIX Tech Tips will show you the steps to install a new hard drive for your PC. He'll also talk about other alternative large capacity storage solutions that don't require opening up your PC.
How To: Upgrade the memory of the ASUS Eee PC
In this wordless video, a pair of hands demonstrates how to replace the RAM of the Asus EEE Pc. WARNING! this probably violates the warranty.
How To: Monitor your battery's life
Want to keep an eye on how quickly you're draining your battery? Curious how much longer you can last before replacing that battery? This is just the thing.
How To: Improve notebook battery life
Patrick from Tekzilla explains the mysteries behind notebook battery life cyles.
How To: Test Cat5 cables
Patrick from Tekzilla explains Cat5 cable testing.
How To: Connect a laptop or PC to an LCD monitor without DVI
Have an LCD flat screen monitor, but don't have DVI output on your laptop or desktop computer? That's no problem, because nowadays most LCD flat panel monitors come equipped with both DVI and VGA inputs. If not, you simply need to purchase a VGA to DVI adapter, which are pretty cheap, and connect it to your DVI cable and graphics card on your computer. Patrick from Tekzilla Daily tells you all about it, along with a tip on making sure your resolution stays it best and brightest when hooking u...
How To: Use a KeyLlama USB hardware keylogger
This video will demonstrate one of the KeyLlama brand of hardware keyloggers in action, specifically the 2GB USB model. I hope this video will give the viewer a better grasp of how these hardware keyloggers work. Use a KeyLlama USB hardware keylogger.
How To: Expand the RAM in an Asus Eee PC to 2 GB
This video shows you how to expand your RAM in an Asus EEE PC in less than 3 minutes to 2 GByte RAM using 1 Kingston KVR667D2S5/2G Modules, which costs about 50 bucks ..
How To: Improve the performance of a Geforce 8800GT video card
Single-display performance mode: If you have only one active display, this is the setting for you. You can also specify this setting if you have problems with the multi-display modes.
How To: Control a Eee PC using your iPhone as a remote
This is a short tutorial on how to use your iPhone as a remote control for your eeePC. First download touchpad from installer.app, as well as install VNSea if you don't have it.
How To: Replacing keys on a laptop keyboard to Dvorak layout
I changed my laptop keyboard over to the Dvorak layout and someone asked it if was hard to do so I made a short video to show how its basically done.
How To: Clean your computer keyboard in six steps
Six steps to clean a membrane keyboard. IMPORTANT - NOT FOR LAPTOPS or NON-MEMBRANE KEYBOARDS
How To: Move your keyboard keys from QWERTY to Dvorak
Change your keyboard to the Dvorak Keyboard layout.
How To: Hack a computer by resetting the bios password
This is hardcore, serious hacking at its best. So it goes without saying that you probably shouldn't be attempting this computer hack unless you've successfully shut down your friend's computer at school using Command Prompt and sent out a fake virus to loved ones.
How To: Move to a Mac
How to make the transition from PC to Mac and transfer all of your old files from your PC to your new Mac.
How To: Overclock your PC
Back in the day, only the foolhardy overclocked a PC. Today? It's practically expected for home builders. We walk you thru the basics of getting free performance from your processor.