Multimedia playback programs such as iTunes, Winamp and Windows Media Player store cover art for the songs in your digital music collection. These applications download the album art from the Internet and embed it in the associated music file. This feature lets you browse your music collection visually. However, you also can delete the downloaded album art to free up system memory or if the music player downloaded the wrong cover image....
While many rely on a TV technician to troubleshoot and repair their televisions, you can perform repairs on your Mitsubishi TV even if you have never dabbled in such repair before. Other than a magnetic coil, no special tools are required in order to perform a variety of tasks, ranging from cable adjustments to demagnetization fixes to video input switching. It is likely that a quick fix is all that is necessary to repair your Mitsubishi TV....
Microsoft provides you with a repair feature included with the installation of Microsoft Outlook to fix a corrupted PST file, which contains your contacts and email messages on your computer. The repair utility fixes any file corruption and returns the PST file to its original format. This is beneficial if the PST file has changed due to a virus or other malware. Writer Bio
The on/off button on Toshiba laptops are usually flat and suffer little wear and tear. That doesn’t mean that they can’t break, however, or get damaged due to moisture or other liquids spilled on the keyboard. If there is liquid damage, replacing the switch may not help, as the motherboard might be the culprit. In any case, if the switch is the only thing that doesn’t work, replace it with a different one to isolate the problem....
Apple’s iPod is a portable device that stores and plays songs downloaded from the iTunes Store or copied from your computer. If your tired of listening to the same songs on your iPod over and over again, take a few minutes and replace them with something different. Writer Bio
The Motorola H700 is a Bluetooth headset that enables hands-free chatting on your Bluetooth-compatible phone, and connects to your mobile phone via pairing. According to the Motorola manual, you may need to restart the device if your Bluetooth headset is not allowing you to talk using the headset. By restarting the headset you are resetting the headset and phone’s connection, which should correct pairing issues.
Many Sony CD players are also equipped with AM/FM radios. These Sony CD players are programmable, meaning you can save your favorite radio stations and audio settings by programming them into the device. However, you can also reset the Sony CD player back to the original factory settings, thus deleting all of your presets. Sony CD players have a Reset button located on the front of the device. Writer Bio
Updated February 10, 2017 Shut down the Satellite laptop (do not put it to sleep or set it to “hibernate”). If the computer freezes or will not shut down, press and hold the power button for 10 seconds until the laptop powers down. Press the power button to turn on the laptop, then press and hold the “F2” key. If the laptop was made before the introduction of Windows XP, press the power button, then press and hold the “Esc” key for three seconds....
If you are using Nessus security software and one of your user’s has forgotten their password, then you will need to reset their password. Nessus is primarily developed for Unix and Linux network systems. As with most Linux and Unix applications, the easiest way to operate the software is to use the command-line. If you want to reset a user’s password for Nessus, you only need to issue one command....
When you have a newer version of Microsoft Excel (2007 and later) on your computer, you can usually open a spreadsheet from an older version with no problem, but that is not always true in the reverse situation. Newer Microsoft Office versions are not always compatible with older programs. So to assure that your spreadsheet will be compatible with all versions of Excel, you may want to convert it back to the previous version....
Digital audio recorders have a hard drive or use flash memory to store data. Audio that is recorded onto a digital audio recorder is in the form of a file. This may be an MP3 or WMA audio file, depending on your model of audio recorder. Files need to be deleted from the recorder to record additional audio onto the device. However, after a file is deleted, you may still be able to recover the data if it is needed....
The TracFone is a prepaid phone that allows users to decide what kind of plan they want. Those who use TracFones can buy phone cards and add minutes for calls based on their needs. If you receive an SMS on your TracFone and want to reread it, you can retrieve it by just clicking a couple of times on your phone.
Using a Brother MFC printer, you can scan pieces of paper as well as other relatively flat objects, such as books. The printer sends the scanned images to the attached computer, where you can adjust the scanned document before finally saving it to the computer’s hard drive. Your printer may be equipped with an automatic document feeder, a paper feed tray located on the top of the printer. You can scan multiple pages to form a single document using either the automatic document feeder or by placing the pages directly onto the printer’s scanner glass....
Miami-Dade, Floria is home to more than 300 public schools and is the fourth largest school district in the U.S. The area’s District County Public Schools (DCPS) have created a portal for students, parents and teachers that provides useful information on everything, from schedules to grades. In order to access the website, students and parents must have a student ID number and be registered with the site. Writer Bio
Changing the amount of video RAM on your system is usually necessary only after the installation of a new video card. It’s a good idea to flash (or update) your BIOS after installing new hardware to ensure maximum compatibility, but consider that a second step. The BIOS on most HP Pavilion computers allows you a bit of flexibility with regard to your video settings and the amount of available video cache; if you can’t adjust these settings to your preference, you’ll need to update the BIOS to the most recent version....
When you activate your Apple iPhone, you can set the date and time to automatically reflect the information reported by your cellular network. However, if you need to manually configure the clock on your iPhone, use the following steps to adjust the settings. You can add multiple clocks on an Apple iPhone to show the time zones in several major cities anywhere in the world. Writer Bio
Screen savers can freeze up for different reasons, although commonly more fun and complex animated files may use more memory than ones with less graphical elements. So, when activated, the CPU may spike. The screen saver’s settings may need an adjustment to fool it into removing any noticeable glitches. If you downloaded your screen saver from a non-trustworthy source, it could be corrupted. A few straightforward tips will warm up your screen saver and get it out of the deep freeze....
Relays are electromechanical devices, meaning they have moving parts and are susceptible to failure. Eventually either the spring or the contacts wear out. When this happens, although the relay may still make its classic “clicking” noise when the coil is energized, it no longer completes the electrical connection between its terminals. Often a relay is at fault when a technician is troubleshooting some larger electrical circuit. Knowing for certain if the relay is the culprit will save a lot of time in the repair process....
Testing a Bestec PC power supply is essential to not only ensure that you are utilizing a safe power supply, but also that the power supply is not the cause of a malfunctioning system. Thankfully, Bestec power supplies conform with the ATX form factor and specifications, which allow for a signaling wire in the power supply’s main connector for testing purposes. It is the signaling wire that we’ll use to test the operation of the power supply....
When watching videos on the Internet, you may come across one that you wish to share with others. While many video websites make it possible to share videos on social networking sites like Facebook and Google+, you can instead save the video to your computer’s hard disk to play later. If you have a USB flash drive, you can download Internet videos and copy them to the device. You can then take your favorite Web clips with you and play them on virtually any computer with a USB port....
