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The Garmin Nuvi guides you through city streets and down rural roads with accurate directions, traffic updates and a list of points of interest. All Nuvis have a model number that enables you to identify your product. You’ll need to know this model number if you want to look up documentation for your device, download updates or contact Garmin for support. If you know your model number, you can also quickly get service for your device in the event of a product recall....

Some Dell computers give you the ability to protect the hardware settings stored in the system BIOS (basic input/output system) with a password. If you wish to disable the setup password, you have two options. If you know the current password you can disable the setting via the BIOS. If you have forgotten the password, you must open up the computer and change a jumper setting on the motherboard. Press the “Esc” key to close the BIOS setup program....

After saving or downloading a photo on your iPhone, the images are sent to your Camera Roll located within the Camera app. To view these images, you simply need to open the Camera Roll and swipe left or right to view your images, including images stored in the PNG format. Once inside Camera Roll, you can set advanced options, making it possible to do more than simply view the image within the app....

Whether you want to view your favorite iPhone game on a larger screen or want to record a video tutorial on how to use a specific iPhone app, you can use a third-party app to mirror the device’s screen on a computer monitor. Programs such as Reflector and AirServer allow you to stream your iPhone screen to a monitor wirelessly but require the iPhone to be connected to the same wireless network as the PC....

Performing a word count helps you check the length of a document. Word checks are essential in academic, journalistic, medical, or work paid per word. If you have a document in a PDF file then you will not be able to do a word count on that document without Adobe Acrobat. You can, however, use one online tool called Count on It, which allows you to upload the PDF file and it will perform the word count for you....

Microsoft Word 2000 can be downloaded (for free, in most cases) from a large number of websites. Word normally comes as part of a Microsoft Works suite package, so if you load the entire package Word will be installed as a component of it. You also can reload your Word 2000 program from your Microsoft Suite 2000 disk (“disk 2”). Tips Warnings Writer Bio

Email program size limitations may cause problems when you try to send a large Microsoft Publisher file. If your file is close to the size limit, you may be able to simply compress it and email it normally. If the file is still too large for this method, you will need to use a third-party email service that acts as a file transfer site for your file. These services let you upload the file to a temporary storage site online, and then automatically generate an email for the file’s intended recipient....

Sharing and Embedding YouTube Videos Click the “Share” link under any YouTube video to expose the available sharing options. “Share this Video,” for example, provides you with the video’s link that can be pasted elsewhere. The “Embed” option, on the other hand, provides you with HTML code for embedding the video on a different site – like an auction listing or blog. If you sign in to YouTube with your Google account, you can also take advantage of the “Email” and “Hangout” options, which automatically embed the video into a new Gmail message or video chat....

Updated February 10, 2017 Reboot the computer and note the key specified to access or enter “Setup” in the initial boot message displayed when the computer first boots. Reboot the computer and immediately press and hold down the keyboard key or keys specified in the initial boot message. Note the navigation keys specified in the BIOS setup screen that appears. Usually the keys specified are the “Up,” “Down,” “Left,” and “Right” arrow keys to move the cursor, “Page Up” and “Page Down” to highlight a selection in a list, the “Tab” key to move horizontally through settings, and the “Enter” key to select a highlighted setting....

The Basic Input/Output System of your Panasonic computer gives you assess to advanced configuration options. For example, you can configure your Toughbook to automatically boot from a CD or DVD drive when a bootable disc is present. In addition, the BIOS is where you set your system clock and enable or disable certain hardware. The BIOS operates independently of Windows, so you must access the BIOS menus during the startup cycle before the operating system loads....

Divs allow you to group elements on a Web page. There are two ways to cause divs on a Web page to disappear. First, you a code makes a div into an invisible element, or you can use collapse. If you simply make a div invisible, an empty space remains where the div exists. Collapsing a div removes that empty space leaving no “hole” in your Web page. Using JavaScript linked to a button, you create your own divs that collapse and expand when users click the button....

Chatting online is a popular way of communication used by many people. You can easily send instant messages to friends and family from your own home, even while working on another project on your computer. You can find Yahoo screen names at the click of a button, allowing you to either find a new screen name for yourself, or giving you the opportunity to track down friends by finding their Yahoo screen names....

Your computer’s IP address is useful for setting up remote desktop apps and discerning it from other devices on your network, if you know where to find it. Services like “What’s My IP” only identify the public IP of your router, not the IP for your computer itself. You can find your computer’s IP two ways: through the Connections list and via the Command Prompt’s IPConfig command.

If you try to open a Visual FoxPro database management document but don’t have the program installed on your computer, you will receive the “Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library” error message. If you have this program installed already, but still can’t open files, you will need to change the program’s settings to get rid of the error message so that you can open the files and use the application normally....

Shooting great videos has become part of an everyday life in many cultures. Whether it’s documenting travel events, capturing school activities or family activities, shooting videos with your JVC camcorder is an exciting activity for just about anyone. You never want your experience to be deterred by camcorder malfunctions. So here is the scoop, many of these problems do not need a technician and can be solved with just a little time....

Updated February 10, 2017 Back up all of your documents and files to prevent the loss of some or all of your important data. Make sure your Internet connection is working. Install antivirus software and check for antivirus updates. Disconnect from the internet and then scan the entire hard drive and remove all the viruses that are found. Restart the computer and check for viruses again. Remove any that are found....

All Android smartphones have a built-in camera, so they can take pictures and store them on the SD card. You can transfer a picture from your Android device to your Windows 8 computer using the USB cable. You could also email the picture, but you need Internet access on both the phone and the computer, as well as an email account set up on the phone, to succeed. You don’t need to install additional software on your computer to connect to the Android phone....

Create Your Playlist The first step in the process is creating the playlist, and the choice of service you use for building it depends on how you want to compile your audio files. Hypster, for example, features a searchable library of MP3 files that you can use to add songs for playback. Streampad, on the other hand, takes all audio files you’ve ever uploaded to your blog and compiles them into a personalized playlist....

Text-to-speech programs convert anything typed into speech. The programs assist the visually impaired while working on a computer. Visually impaired people listen to what they’re writing, and check typed information for errors on the computer. Other people like listening to their work, rather than reading it. Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 have built-in text-to-speech programs, but the voices sound slightly robotic. Download more text-to-speech voices from the Internet with clearer, less robotic voices for free....

Old Computer Launch AOL Desktop version 10 on the old computer. If you use an earlier version, skip to the next section. Click the “Favorites” menu on the browser window toolbar, and then select “Manage Favorites.” The Favorites panel opens, listing the favorites and favorite folders saved on the computer. Click “Sign In” on the main toolbar, and then sign in using your AOL screen name and password. After you sign in, your personal directory with your screen name appears in the Favorites panel....