Nearly everybody with a digital camera has difficulty previewing the results of their expert shooting while taking photos in bright sunlight. The glare on a camera’s LCD can sometimes be so bright that it’s impossible to see anything on the display. This not only makes it hard to see your photos, but can also make it very difficult to make any adjustments in the camera menus. There are, thankfully, some measures you can take to overcome this all-too-common inconvenience....

Whether you have accidentally changed your screen saver or another program has changed it for you, it is possible to get your favorite screen saver back. By changing a few settings in either the Windows or Mac OS X operating systems, you can change your default screen saver to any screen saver you like. Writer Bio

At any time in your T-Mobile contract or prepaid service, you can request a replacement SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. You will not be able to have two SIM cards registered to the same number at the same time. Once you order another SIM card, the previous one is automatically deactivated for security purposes. You can however, order a replacement card registered to the same phone number. Tips Writer Bio

Cadillac cars, such as the STS, CTS, CTS-V, and SRX, come equipped with XM satellite radio. To activate this service, you’ll need to contact XM’s customer service line. The customer service representative will need the car’s radio ID to activate it remotely. The radio ID is also known as the ESN (electronic serial number). The ESN is displayed on channel “0.”

Visit Tumblr and sign in to your account. Click the “Gear” icon and choose the blog you want to edit. In the Theme section, click “Customize.” Click “Upload” next to Header Image in the Appearance section, if your theme offers this option. Locate a file on your computer and click “Upload” to set the image as your blog’s title. Image files can be in any format but must be less than 5MB....

Sprint PCS allows you to establish a username and password to access your account online. Online account access enables you to view your current usage, pay your bill and activate mobile phones on your account. If you have forgotten your Sprint account password there are ways that you can get a new or temporary password in just a few steps. Note: If you manage several accounts under your username, you will have to enter the phone number or the device serial number to reset the password on that account, before you can move to the next step....

Facebook is a social networking site with more than 500 million active users, 50 percent of which log in on any given day. For some people, a Facebook account loses its usefulness, becomes more of a distraction or simply less fun than they had imagined. For whatever reason, some users choose to delete their account. Facebook provides an easy to find option called “Deactivate Account,” but this does not delete your Facebook account completely....

Apple’s iPhone comes with an icon on its home screen that links you directly to the App Store. Introduced in 2008, the App Store celebrated its 10 billionth download in 2011. If you have removed the App Store icon from your iPhone by accident, you can restore it so that you have full access to purchase applications from your iPhone once again. Sometimes you can achieve this by changing the settings on your iPhone, but if that does not work you may need to restore your iPhone to factory settings....

Yahoo! Mail has the ability to forward notifications of new messages to your cell phone via SMS text message. Each notification includes the address of the sender, the subject line for the email and as much of the body of the email as can fit in a single text message. This feature is called Yahoo! Mail Alerts. Sign up for Yahoo! Mail Alerts to allow yourself to be notified of new messages while you are away from your computer....

One of the more impressive ways of disguising a TV is to hide it behind a functional mirror that displays a televised image on its surface. The secret is a two-way mirror, which permits viewing through one side, while functioning as a normal mirror on the other. A two-way mirror lacks an opaque backing, so the only thing preventing you from seeing through it is your own reflection; when the light source on the opposite side is stronger than the reflected light, it shows through the mirrored side....

The simplest way to hide your IP address when sending an email is to configure your browser’s connection settings to connect to an anonymous proxy server. There are plenty of free anonymous proxy services available on the web to which you can temporarily configure your browser. After altering your connection settings, simply log into your webmail account and compose and send your email as you normally would. The Internet header in the recipient’s email will list the originating IP address as the proxy server’s IP address instead of your IP address....

Whether you use an Apple iPod Touch or iPhone, an HP Touchsmart PC or any other touch screen device, it takes time to learn how to perform procedures that you’re used to perform with a mouse by using your finger. Practice highlighting words and phrases using a touch screen to master one of the most fundamental skills of using a touch screen computer or mobile device. Writer Bio

You set up a Netflix on your Samsung LCD TV by connecting the device to a computer through an HDMI connection. This connection allows the LCD TV to act as an external monitor for your computer. The HDMI connection retains the original image and sound quality of the Netflix videos played on your computer. Setup only takes a few minutes. Click the “Start” button on your computer and then select “Control Panel....

Importing a CSV file of calendar information into iCal will allow you to keep multiple calendars up to date and synchronized. ICal does not support CSV importing by default, but there is a plugin available for this funcyion. iCalTextImport will allow you to export your CSV file using Microsoft Outlook, web calendars and other software and attempts to translate the file into a format readable by iCal.

A scanner is an external computer device that allows users to make digital copies of hard file documents in seconds. It is like a copy machine that copies the file onto your computer instead of a piece of paper. Each scanner comes with its own software that helps you manage scanned documents or pictures. Some people like to edit photos once they are scanned onto the computer. It is a good idea to import your scanned photos to an editing program, like Adobe Photoshop, so you can edit them before you save them....

Craigslist is a large, free online classifieds site that represents nearly every city in the nation and every country across the globe. Since it is so widely used, the sheer number of ads can be overwhelming, while the uniqueness of any one ad can be underwhelming. One way to stand out is to create a flyer or an ad in a desktop publishing or word processing program, then save it as a PDF to load into the Craigslist standard ad format....

Due to distance and signal loss, it is sometimes necessary to install a cable amplifier. These boxes, roughly the size of a deck of playing cards, offer the extra oomph required to push the signal along the wiring, eliminating the lossy effects of splitters and diplexers. Tips Warnings Writer Bio

The Ubuntu Linux operating system is available either with or without a desktop environment. The version with the desktop environment is meant for personal use and includes word processing, email and graphic editing software. The version without the desktop environment is called “Ubuntu Server.” The server version does not come with any graphical software or productivity software. There are three different desktop environments available for the Ubuntu operating system. The default is the Gnome desktop....

An external hard drive is a portable storage device essential for backing up files, or transferring them from one computer to another. They vary in memory size and are compatible with iMac computers. Before using your external hard drive with your iMac, it is important to properly install it. Once the installation completes, you can begin moving files to and from your storage device. Writer Bio

The Virtual Studio Technology programming platform allows developers to create virtual instruments and audio effects that can run on multiple digital audio programs. Acoustica’s Mixcraft digital audio workstation includes several built-in VST instruments and effects; to expand the program’s capabilities, install additional VSTs into the program. VST instrument plug-ins are virtual synthesizers that generate sounds in Mixcraft, while VST effect plug-ins alter the sound character of either an audio clip or a VST instrument....