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Yahoo’s email editor enables you to resize and color text, but it still looks like colored text that’s larger than the rest. If you’d like to create email messages that stand out, emulate professional website designers and add a graphic header to your messages. The word “header” can also refer to extra data that resides in email messages. If you’d like to trace the route that a Yahoo email took to arrive in your inbox, you can do that by viewing the message’s header information....

Social media is increasingly becoming crucial to the success of a business, and Facebook, the most widely used social networking site, should be part of any media strategy. The Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone has a built-in Facebook app that you can use to upload pictures of your business, products or employee taken with the Galaxy S’s built-in camera. Writer Bio

Conversing through text messaging has become increasingly popular. Checking texts on your phone only takes a few seconds. If you own an AT&T cell phone and want to check your messages without your phone, you can read them online through AT&T’s website. Tips Writer Bio

When your Dell laptop starts to lag, work inefficiently, or not handle ordinary operations, it may be time to reboot. Rebooting is known as “Factory Restore.” Factory Restore has been implemented by all computer manufacturers to correct these issues, bringing your machine back into its original condition without the need for installation discs. Factory Restore will remove and replace any corrupted files, leaving you with a clean machine. Warnings Writer Bio

MagicJack is a voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, service that can use your Internet connection to make free local and long-distance telephone calls in the United States and Canada. It has built-in voice mail, with a few advanced features, including the ability to email you MP3 recordings of your voice mail messages to the address you specify. Writer Bio

Type “sound recorder” while viewing the Windows 8 Start screen and click “Sound Recorder” from the search results. Click “Start Recording” or press “Alt-S” to start recording. Click “Stop Recording” or press “Alt-S” to stop recording and automatically produce a Save As window. Enter a name for your new audio file in the “File Name” section. Choose a save location by navigating through folders. To save to a different hard drive, click a drive letter under “Computer” in the left pane....

When you deactivate your Facebook account, Facebook deactivates your business pages immediately. You may not be aware, but your pages are not restored when you reactivate your account. This means that your clients are unable to find your company and products on Facebook. Fortunately, you can manually recover each business page after you activate the Facebook account. The pages are restored immediately after you manually recover them. Of course, the content of the pages is not altered in any way by Facebook....

Updated February 10, 2017 Click the “Start” button on the lower left-hand corner of the computer screen. This will open the Start menu. Click on the “Run” option. The Run command window will appear. Type “regedit” into the Run command window. Click the “OK” button. This will launch Windows XP’s Registry Editor. Expand the “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” registry listing. Scroll down and click on the “Software” entry. The “Software” entry will expand....

Updated February 10, 2017 Delete Registry Filters Go to the “Start” menu on your computer. Choose “All Programs” from the bottom of the menu. The window that opens will populate with every available program on the computer. Double-click “Accessories” to open the accessory list and choose “Run." This will open a small command box. Type “regedit” into the box and click “OK” to bring up the computer’s registry. On Vista, you can accomplish the same task by typing "regedit" directly into the "Start" menu search box....

Most laptops use a touchpad instead of a external mouse to navigate the user interface. Device drivers tell the system how to recognize and interpret the signals from the touchpad. If the drivers are damaged, uninstalled or fail to update correctly, the touchpad my become inoperative. To fix the touchpad, download and install the most recent drivers from the computer manufacturer’s website.

Windows Mail is a free email client from Microsoft that comes preinstalled with computers running Vista. Users can send, receive and manage emails and contacts through the Windows Mail interface. Software conflicts may cause Windows Mail files to go missing or become corrupt. If this happens, the application may fail to launch. To repair Windows Mail, reinstall the program on Windows Vista.

Turning Off Top Sites To completely remove the Top Sites page, open the “Safari” menu and choose “Preferences.” On the General tab, change the settings for both “New windows open with” and “New tabs open with.” You can pick “Empty Page” to use a blank white screen or pick “Homepage” to use an address, which you can change below the drop-down menus. Removing Individual Top Sites To delete a specific site from the Top Sites page in Safari 7, hold your mouse over its thumbnail and click the “X” icon that appears....

If you haven’t yet signed up for a Craigslist account, consider resisting. Although holding a free or paid account allows you to save searches and view all your posts in one place, the drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Craigslist accounts are impossible to cancel. If you already have an account and are trying to cancel it, your best bet is to delete all your postings and change your email address. Writer Bio

The prefetch folder is a feature of Windows that logs certain aspects of your computer’s booting process, making common start-up applications and tools easily accessible for a faster boot time. If a virus infects the folder though, it can slow down the process or block your computer from starting altogether. If this seems like it might be your situation, you can remove the virus using a tool already on your computer....

MS Outlook Connector is a small application that automatically configures your Hotmail account to your Outlook. It also creates a link between Hotmail and your Outlook. If you do not use either Hotmail or Outlook any longer, you should remove it from your system, a process that takes a few moments to complete. Wait for the system to uninstall the software. Restart your computer. Writer Bio

Your Windows 7 machine creates automatic backup files for you using the backup tools. It saves them on your hard drive, so eventually the backups take up several megabytes of hard drive space. As you accumulate backups, deleting old ones frees up hard drive space, and you do not lose critical backup files. The Windows system keeps track of each backup, so you choose from a list and delete each old backup one-by-one....

Blaupunkt is a manufacturer of car audio products for sale around the world. You can get your Blaupunkt serviced or repaired in the United States at an authorized service center. However, there are times that your deck problem could be remedied with a simple reset, which could save you time and money. To reset your deck you will need to remove it from the dash. For that, you will need Blaupunkt deck-removal tools....

Bluetooth headsets have quickly become a necessity for any mobile phone user because many local, state, and federal governments have passed strict laws against driving while talking on your phone. Thus, these hands-free devices are required so you can still have conversations but also keep both hands safely on the steering wheel. Sometimes, however, the connection between your iPhone and your headset may stop working and you may have reset the connection....

A free digital satellite television service in the United Kingdom, Freesat offers both standard and high-definition (HD) television programming along with programs from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Independent Television (ITV) stations. The satellite service provides each subscriber an HD receiver. The receiver processes the broadcast signal and sends it to your television. Like other electronic equipment, problems and issues do arise requiring the receiver to be reset. Resetting your Freesat HD receiver is done through the device’s menu function....

South Korean manufacturer LG makes cell phones that are used with most major wireless providers in the United States, including Verizon and AT&T. The phones come with a pre-installed security code. If you lose your phone or give it to someone else, you may want to reset the code. Whether your LG phone has a touchscreen or standard keys, you can reset the security code by following a few steps....