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The Facebook social networking service allows you to post personal information, which is then displayed on your profile. In the relationship section of your profile, you can specify who your family members are, as well as what your relationship status is. When you indicate that you are married, you can specify the date of your anniversary. This information is displayed on your profile and you receive a reminder from Facebook on your anniversary....

Updated September 18, 2017

The Blue Screen of Death can be one of the most frustrating symptoms of a Windows system with problems. Although it presents information that might be useful to an operating systems expert, it’s not very helpful to most users. More importantly, it doesn’t let you actually do anything to correct the problem–it just reports it. When you’ve got a system that blue screens–especially if it does so before booting up–it’s important to know how to get to a command line so that you can try to fix it....

Let’s face it, everyone has friends on Facebook who share stories and post far too often. If you have a friend who is filling up your News Feed with posts you no longer want to see, you need not suffer through their barrage of notifications any longer. The News Feed on your Facebook homepage has a built-in feature for hiding notifications from selected friends. You can also hide notifications by navigating to your friend’s Timeline....

Open Tumblr, then click the gear icon in the top toolbar of your dashboard to open the Account Preferences menu. You can also enter the URL for the Preferences page in a browser address bar, then press “Enter” while logged in to the platform. Click the “Dashboard” option in the right sidebar to open the Dashboard Preferences page. Slide the “Show Notifications” switch to the “On” position. The “Saving…” icon appears as the setting is saved....

Whether listening to your favorite news talk shows or your preferred genre of music, your Panasonic radio includes both AM and FM bands to accommodate your tastes. Certain models also include CD players. Like other radio brands, your Panasonic radio includes ports for connecting separate AM and FM antennas. The antennas retrieve radio signals and relay the signals through the radio automatically. The antennas are included with your Panasonic radio and do not require separate power supplies, nor do the components require any special tools or add-ons....

The Nintendo Wii game system, with its innovative and intuitive motion controls, gives you and your family hours of entertainment. Before you start playing games, you’ll need to connect the Wii to your Panasonic television. The Wii comes with basic AV cables but to experience games in 480p high definition, you will need component cables. With Nyko’s component cables for the Wii, called HD-Link, you can enjoy games with a sharp, detailed picture and robust audio....

The Canon PIXMA MP560 combines the functionality of a flatbed scanner and an inkjet printer into a single, multipurpose device. The MP560 is compatible with Apple’s OS X operating system, and users of laptop computers such as the MacBook Pro can connect to the device wirelessly; the printer supports 802.11b/g and 802.11n networks. However, in order to configure the device for wireless use, you will first need to input your wireless network’s SSID and encryption key....

Although Apple’s iTunes music application comes with a library of visualizers already installed, the application also allows you to install custom visualizers downloaded from the Web. Visualizers act as “plug-ins” within iTunes – files that are designed specifically for the version of iTunes created for your operating system. After they are saved to the plug-ins directory of iTunes, the visualizers become accessible through the iTunes menu bar. Writer Bio

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) based personal locator system can help you keep track of items around your house, or find pets and even children. These systems consist of a handheld electronic tracking device and a set of coded locator tags. You attach the tags to household items, such as car keys or a TV remote control, then program the handheld tracking unit with short descriptions of the tagged items. If you lose your keys, the tracking unit picks up the signal given off by the keys’ tag so you can find them....

By default, Yahoo Messenger archives a history of all of your outgoing and incoming chat messages in a “Conversations” folder on your computer as well as in your Messenger account. Because you can also send SMS messages to cell phone numbers using Yahoo Messenger, the system also saves a history of your SMS chats with your contacts. You can access and view this history quickly in both Yahoo Mail’s Messenger widget and the stand-alone Messenger client....

Those interested in pumping up the bass may consider the bandpass sub box design. In this design, the subwoofer mounts inside of a dual-chambered box. The box is separated by a sealed chamber and a ported chamber. The circular port hole of a bandpass box forces sound into a narrow frequency range, creating maximum bass. Bandpass sub box design works well with bass-heavy genres of music such as hip-hop, hard rock and electronic....

The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe to allow the exchange of fixed-layout, noneditable document files across multiple operating systems and platforms. Using Adobe Reader, nearly any computer can view and print a PDF file using exactly the content and layout defined by the author. As long as you have the Adobe Acrobat program installed on your computer, you can create multipage PDF files of your own, either within your chosen application or by bringing together several PDFs using Acrobat’s page layout functionality....

PC microphones are inherently cheap. They are not made for recording a rock concert, just for capturing your voice for minimal playback, as part of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system or for software that takes voice commands. Even with an especially inexpensive computer microphone, you can use some standard recording techniques to improve the audio. Of course, it will also help a bit if you use a higher quality microphone with your computer....

Although supermarkets and other mass-market retailers often carry wide selections of greeting cards, inexpensive color printers have made it possible to design and print cards from your own home. The common word processing program Microsoft Word offers templates for items such as greeting cards so that users may simply download a template, insert the desired text and print the final product. If you use Microsoft Word and have an upcoming anniversary or other holiday that you would like to print a greeting card for, consider using a free greeting card template and creating the card yourself....

Updated July 21, 2017 Open Microsoft Word. Select “Insert” from the “Table” menu. Then select “Table.” The Insert Table dialog is displayed. Configure the table. If you want to write an article with 10 steps, enter “10” in the Row box and “2” in the Columns box. Select the “Autofit to Contents” radio button. This will make the rows shrink or expand automatically according to how much text you put in them....

A public hot spot enables you to connect to the network without requiring authentication, and a private hot spot restricts access to the network unless you enter the password correctly. Some routers ship with a password already configured, and when you insert the installation disc for the device into your computer, the software provides instructions for connecting to the private hot spot – but most are open to the public....

A DVR box, such as those provided by DirecTV and Dish Network, can come with an Ethernet port to connect to the Internet. One way to get an Internet connection on the DVR is to connect an Ethernet cable from the router used with your computer. Another way is to connect a wireless receiver to use with a wireless router. Connecting a wireless receiver eliminates the need to run an Ethernet cable through your house....

Adding a second monitor to your computer can improve your overall computing experience. A second monitor will increase the screen real estate of the desktop. This means that you can have more files, programs and folders open without constantly flipping back and forth through the open windows to find what you are looking for. You can configure the second monitor in Windows using the Display Settings feature. The computer must also have an available video port to support the second monitor....

Moving a heavy television is no joke. Pulling a back muscle or breaking a toe is not out of the realm of possibilities if you are moving a heavy television. It is through diligence and a proper awareness for safety that you can successfully move a heavy television. If you have a large and heavy television set that you need to move, there are some hurdles you will need to jump in order to safely accomplish the job....