More often, people are using their cell phones instead of traditional home telephones. White page directory listings do not include cell phone numbers. If you need your number listed for personal or professional reasons, you have several options to get it included in a directory. Once you request the addition of your cell number to the directory, it can take up to one week for it to register with the directories....

Keeping track of friends on Facebook may seem a bit overwhelming, since you can have more than 5,000 friends added to a single Timeline. To keep a current list, you may need to repeat the process you choose from time to time, since contacts may leave Facebook or unfriend you without Facebook sending you a notification. After you’ve created a file that includes the names of your friends, save it on your computer with the date so that you can determine when those people were active as friends on Facebook....

The beeping sound heard in your computer can some from a number of things, including when the wrong key is pressed or when an error occurs. The beep is a warning but can be annoying over time. Disabling the beep does not harm your computer in any way. However, it does mean you won’t be able to hear a warning if any errors occur on your computer.

Maybe you’re receiving annoying phone calls from phone solicitors and telemarketers. Or, someone could be calling you at odd times from an unknown and private number. There are many ways to get rid of all such harassing phone calls on your home or cellular phone. While some methods may require the assistance of your carrier, others are do-it-yourself solutions that can be accomplished directly from your home or cell phone....

The call drops or the phone doesn’t ring. Reception cuts out suddenly and you’re left with a block of plastic that was once a working cell phone. In a large building, cellular and radio frequency can be notoriously bad, especially when the building is made with heaps of metal. Metal, an excellent conductor, receives some of the signals service providers send out. Unfortunately, the signals travel to whatever the metal is touching, namely, not your phone....

Setting Up WebcamMax This will likely seem obvious to you, but it might not be as obvious to a friend or family member you’re trying to help troubleshoot: For WebcamMax to work with Skype, both programs need to be running simultaneously. Which one you launch first doesn’t matter. Do keep in mind, however, that WebcamMax immediately starts intercepting your webcam’s video feed when you launch it, so if you’re already chatting with somebody on Skype, your video will drop....

You might not be able to prevent your Internet Service Provider from knowing the sites you visit, but you can keep Internet Explorer from remembering them. Using IE’s InPrivate browsing mode, you can surf the Web, view online videos, and then exit the browser without leaving a trace of your activity on your computer. This type of browsing is also useful if you share a computer with others or don’t want IE to store temporary and permanent information on your hard drive....

SoundCloud Music Player Tumblr officially supports the audio player widget from the music-focused social media platform SoundCloud. In fact, you can post a SoundCloud song directly to your Tumblr blog, as SoundCloud provides the HTML code you need to embed a song within your Tumblr blog theme: find a song’s “” embed code by clicking its “Share” and then “Embed” buttons, and then copy the code and paste it into your Tumblr blog theme immediately after the “” tag or directly above the “” tag....

DSL requires you to hook up a modem to connect to the Internet. The process is simple, but can become complicated if you have never done it before or if the documentation accompanying your modem is vague or too technical to help you. These steps will guide you through the process. Warnings Writer Bio

IBM created the DB2 database system as an open environment database solution. This allows users to set up a DB2 database on a range of platforms for either small projects or large enterprise solutions. DB2 databases use the SQL language to form queries or instructions on how to add, remove or select items from the database. SQL uses a special date format as a data type you can insert into a DB2 database....

Inserting Icons Into Tumblr First, upload all of your icons to a Web host that allows external linking. You can upload them to a third-party Web host account, or you can upload them into a Tumblr post. Right-click and copy the URLs of each icon to your clipboard. From your dashboard, select the blog into whose layout you want to insert the icons, and then click the “Customize” tab. In the Description box, enter the following code for each icon: Replace “social-media-link” with the URL to your social media profile, and “image-link” with the corresponding URL to your hosted icon....

A Dish Network HD dish provides high-definition quality satellite programming to your home. Installation can appear daunting, but you don’t have to shell out the extra cash for installation fees. Instead, you can handle the task yourself as long as you have a friend as an assistant. You can mount the dish, hook up the satellite receiver and make appropriate dish alignment corrections using nothing more than a drill and either a component video cable or HDMI cable for receiver installation....

A label printer can be a smart investment for a business that frequently mails packages. The DYMO LabelWriter 400 is one such product. It is a thermal printer, which means that you never have to replace an ink cartridge as you would with an inkjet printer. Additionally, the LabelWriter 400 requires no warm-up time and prints labels almost instantly. The drawback is that it requires a specific type of label, which can be expensive....

When you are hooking up equipment like a powered amplifier to a car audio system and your deck doesn’t have the proper connections for an amplifier, you will need to use a high/low impedance converter. Audio signals are sent from a head unit by a high-level signal or a low-level signal. A high-level signal is an amplified signal like the one sent to your speakers, a low-level signal is a nonamplified signal sent out of the red and white phono outputs....

The Logitech Precision Gamepad Controller adds a “PlayStation” type game controller on your PC. Installation of your game controller is remarkably easy. The device is a registered Windows 7 compatible device, which means Windows 7 automatically installs the device without the need for any further software. Whether you run a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7, the Logitech Controller is truly plug and play. Writer Bio

Hughes Network Systems sells high-speed Internet access over satellite. Each subscriber receives a HughesNet satellite modem; the modem bridges network packets between the subscriber’s local (personal or business) network and HughesNet’s connection to the Internet. Satellite modems do not have Wi-Fi capabilities. You can, however, configure your Netgear wireless router to provide a wireless network on top of the wired Internet connection provided by HughesNet.

Updated July 21, 2017 Installing a PCMCIA Sound Card in Your HP Laptop Locate the PCMCIA slot on your HP laptop. On most laptops from HP, the PCMCIA slot is located at the left side of the front of the computer. Press the “PC Card Eject” button. Remove the PC card cover. Retain it so that you’ll have it if you remove the new PC card later. Insert the PC sound card with the upper label facing up....

The Toshiba Satellite comes with a CD or DVD drive, depending on the Satellite model you’re using. You can install an upgraded Satellite optical drive or replace a faulty drive without sending your laptop in to Toshiba. The process does require some laptop disassembly, but it can be done without specialized tools or computer knowledge. Writer Bio

Coby Media Manager is a cross-platform application for Windows and Mac OSX operating systems. It allows you to create and organize playlists, and transfer songs, videos and photos to and from your Coby video MP3 player. Media Manager allows you to locate different kinds of media files on your computer and organize them in categories depending on how you want to upload content to your media player. You can install the program quickly....

The Lexmark 5600-6600 line is a series of all-in-one printers capable of printing, scanning, faxing and copying. Although you can use the device to scan or copy without installing it in a computer, you will need to install the program software prior to printing. The software is included with all new printers in the Lexmark 5500-6600 series, or you can download the necessary drivers from the Lexmark website.