Archive for June 2009
How to upgrade BIOS
In order to upgrade BIOS version and drives of your system, first of all you need to determine the manufacturer and model of your Motherboard. In general you can get this information from the BIOS pack. But, if you don’t have it or lost it then you can find the manufacturer and model of your Motherboard with a free utility program BIOS Agent Plus. You can download this utility from here.
So, download and install BIOS Agent Plus then it will give you information about your BIOS like the following screenshot. Next follow the steps mentioned below. Continue Reading “How to upgrade BIOS” »
How to find my ISP
In case you want to know full name of your ISP there are many ways to find it. Ffirst of all you need to find out the Global IP address of your system or the Default Gateway of your ISP.
The IP address you get from commands like “ipconfig/all” or “ipconfig” is your local network IP and which is different from the global IP address. The global IP address is assigned to your system by your Internet Service Provider. Now, you can get your global IP address easily from websites below without doing anything, just open any of these sites… Continue Reading “How to find my ISP” »
How to Find Printer IP
Back in college days, when I had to use shared printer connected to other labs, finding the network printer IP was the toughest thing specially if no one was around. So here is an article on how to find Printer IP connected to your network.
Now, local area networking is almost everywhere and even at home we are on a LAN with our desktop and laptop for various purposes like internet sharing, file and printer sharing, backup etc. But, suddenly if the LAN printer stops working then it’s quite important to know the printer IP to detect and restore it.
List of Stop Words
What are stop words - stop words are commonly used words like a, an, the etc which often occur in sentences. In linguistics, if you want to take a sample to understand it better, it is often recommended to remove the stop words out of it as for a big corpses (sample of words and sentences) these stop words constitute a major chunk of it and often affect the result of conclusion.
Search engines also often skip these stop words while creating their index as well as its advisable to not use them in url of sites.
How to Clean Computer Screen
I have covered this topic before on how to clean laptop screen and this article on how to clean computer screen is very much on the same line though computer screens are way different then laptop’s which are LCD. Old computer screens were of glass and are way easier to clean. You don’t need any special chemicals to clean the computer screen, though if you want, you can use the same pack which I had advised for laptop screen.
Here are some basic tips on how you can clean computer screen -
How to Record Streaming Audio
In Yesterday’s article, I had talked about how you can record streaming video, now today I will talk about how to record streaming audio.
Audio streaming is a term used for “live” listening. You don’t have to download the entire file to listen it, it will load in the background as you listen it. This technology is also used for life broadcasting, such as online radio stations. Recording such streams is easy.
How to choose a Zip Drive
We all know what are zip drives, don’t we ? here is a article guide on how to choose a zip drive for you. For those who are not sure, a zip drive is a portable storage device developed mainly for back-up and archiving personal files. It was created and developed by the Iomega Company.
You don’t have much of a choice when it comes to sizes. There are only two options available: a 100 MB disk and a 250 MB disk. If you ask me, based on today’s standards, they are useless but some still use them.
How to choose a Video Card
So to continue with the hardware series of howto articles, after processor, motherboard, zip drive and laptop memory, here is an article on how to choose a Video card.
How to choose a Wireless Router
If you are looking to have your own wireless network in your home like I have or in your office, you need to choose a wireless router. For me, I got it from my ISP itself though I do had to pay money for it.
The evolution of technology inevitably came to wireless communication. Today we will stop and take a look on how to choose a wireless router. Everyone who owns a laptop knows is not much of a laptop as long as you have to stay with the internet cable plugged in – it just severs your mobility.
Satellite TV on computer
If you want to watch satellite tv on your computer, there are couple of ways to do it. Unfortunately most of the information availbale about watching satellite TV on computer are not true,thanks to a product of clickbank. Marketeres filled the web with that ebook affiliate links saying you can watch thousands of TV channels for free on your laptop or computer, which is not true.
Statistics show the fact that the average adult watches TV programs for about 2 hours per day. Considering we all do this do relax, aren’t you tired of zapping in search of a good movie or TV show? The solution for this is satellite TV on computer. It’s easy, fast and clean, ready to go in a few minutes, not to mention you will have up to 3000 channels compared to about 500 in classic television.