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Roxio Easy Media Creator 9.0 DE (Deluxe Suite) is an older version of the Roxio Creator suite. This set of applications allows users to create and burn CDs and DVDs, edit existing videos, convert files to other extensions, play back media and transfer data to MP3 players. However, before you install this product you need to know the system specifications to make sure your PC can handle the workload. You need a 1024 X 768 resolution monitor with a 16-bit color graphics card (24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended)....

Printing on both sides of a piece of paper is beneficial for the environment and your wallet. While you can use any type of printer paper, some are better suited to handle the amount of ink that double-sided printing generates. They can alleviate the bleed-through that occasionally happens. Writer Bio

While you normally use a CAT5 cable for Ethernet communication, CAT5, CAT5e and CAT6 cables can also carry video communication. When you want to connect a device with a VGA output to a device that has component input, you can make a custom video cable from a CAT5 , CAT5e or CAT6 cable by attaching three component connectors to one end of the cable and connecting the proper wires to a 15-pin VGA connector on the other end of the cable....

Encoding Differences Weird characters can appear if the original email you reply to was written using a non-Latin-based language, such as Cyrillic or Arabic, or emoticons and symbols unsupported by your version of Outlook. Outlook conversion of ASCII text into curly Unicode text can also cause certain characters, such as as apostrophes and straight quotes, to not display correctly on the recipient’s end. Formatting Marks Weird characters also appear if you accidentally turned on the formatting marks feature that displays all of the formatting changes you made in the email as symbols....

Computer networks provide unlimited uses for today’s society. A network administrator’s responsibility consists of always being able to track a problem when it happens on the network. To perform their jobs effectively, they rely on a vast amount of tools and expertise. One such tool is ICMP protocol. This protocol is integrated with IP protocol, which is the basic makeup of a network and allows requests to be sent out and information to be sent back to the administrator....

Windows 8 enables you to set your computer to return to factory settings through the Settings menu, but you can also start the recovery process by pressing the correct key as your computer boots. Both HP notebooks and desktop computers use the “F11” key to access Windows’ recovery mode, which wipes all your personal data and third-party applications before reinstalling the operating system and original software.

Creating a link to a profile on Facebook is more commonly known as “tagging” somebody or something. You can create tags to your friends or people you follow on pictures you’ve uploaded or in your status updates and posts. When you tag somebody, a blue hyperlink appears that others can click on to go to that person’s profile page. Writer Bio

Twitter’s system for deleting accounts allows for some wiggle room, just in case you change your mind. For one month after you’ve “deleted” your account, your Twitter data is still accessible – if you choose to reactivate your account. Before that month is up, your list of followers is untouched. However, your followers will not be able to access your tweets or see your account data unless you reactivate. Writer Bio

Old-school computer users will remember what it used to be like to restore a system. In the early days of Windows, reinstalling was a 3.5-inch floppy disk project; later systems saw a disk-and-CD combination, which was followed by a set of recovery discs that are all but obsolete by 2011. Manufacturers like HP now ship systems with a recovery partition, and users are left to their own devices to find backup media....

The ATI I/O Communications Processor controls the Enhanced Host Controller Interface and Open Host Controller Interface on ATI motherboards using the RS400, RC400 and RC410 chipsets. The EHCI provides support for USB 2.0 and the OHCI, USB 1.0 and USB 1.1. Writer Bio

You have many choices in selecting an antenna for a Wi-Fi wireless network adapter for your computer. If you use the antenna that came with the adapter and experience weak reception and slow Wi-Fi network performance, unscrew the stock antenna and replace it with a higher-gain model. Wi-Fi equipment makers rate compatible antennas in units called dBi. The higher the dBi rating, the stronger the antenna’s reception.

Free-to-air TV refers to television stations that are broadcast around the world with no encryption to block reception. They are different from local air stations in that they broadcast worldwide rather than just locally. Anyone can receive these TV stations without paying for the service, provided they have the equipment to do so. Writer Bio

OCR (optical character recognition) and OMR (optical mark recognition) are specialized systems that convert images on a paper to a format that is easily readable and processed by a computer. Both OCR and OMR technologies are comprised of hardware and software components. They function by reading images by scanner, which recognizes and deciphers them into an electronic form. The first basic OMR sensor was created by IBM in the 1930s....

Search Engine A search engine, such as Google or Bing, sends out Web crawlers or spiders that visit websites and follow the links in each Web page, similar to the way you might browse pages on the Internet. The Web crawlers read the contents of each Web page to determine the subject and context of the information. They also collect other data, such as the number of links to a page and the reputation of the websites that link to it, to make a determination about the quality of the information....

The function of the D drive can vary from computer to computer. Drive letters are not always assigned by function. More often that not though, a D drive is an optical drive. Writer Bio

Updated August 29, 2017 History While the telephone revolutionized communication following its invention during the late 1800s, deaf individuals could not benefit from the technology until Robert Weitbrecht invented the teletypewriter in the 1960s. The original TTY machines used an acoustic coupler to hold the telephone handset receiver and recycled teletype machines to transcribe the incoming messages. TTY relay services emerged to spread the technology, serving to convert voice-to-text and text-to-voice communications for individuals without TTY machines....

AT&T Uverse is Internet Protocol television that offers subscribers television, land line and wireless phone service and Internet service. According to AT&T, Uverse is the only fully integrated Internet Protocol available on the marketplace, as of June 2011. The service syncs your home phone, television and Internet and, according to AT&T, gives users greater flexibility for using the home’s technology than traditional cable or satellite. To fully utilize Uverse television, users need a Uverse remote control....

Comcast markets an optional digital video recorder service as an add-on to its Xfinity-branded cable television offerings. The devices allow you to record movies, a single TV episode or a complete series. Other benefits include controlling live television, with the ability to pause and replay action. High definition and standard definition DVR services are available. Comcast also has a whole-house DVR option that permits DVR programming available across multiple TVs within a household....

For many, Skype is a convenience, or a necessity for having face-to-face time with friends, family and business contacts. However, the convenience factor can quickly be diminished by poor video quality and freezing images. If you’re experiencing freezing images on your Skype call, you should check your hardware and computer performance. You should also remember that the issues could be on the end of the person you are talking to, so have him check his system as well....

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has many features, but isn’t nearly as useful when it’s stuck on the charger. If your phone is taking a long time to charge, there are a few ways to fix the problem and improve your charging speed. The faster the Galaxy S3 charges, the sooner you’ll be away from the outlet. Writer Bio