How To Change Facebook URL
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 5:34 am
Recently, someone asked me to send a link to my Facebook profile and when I noticed the URL, I thought to myself that it would be nice if it were something different than http://www.facebook.com/aseem1234.
At the time I setup Facebook, I really didn’t care what the URL looked like and just chose whatever username came into my head. If you’re in a similar boat and have a Facebook URL that you want to change to something better, then read on!
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How to Stream Netflix to Your TV
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 5:47 am
Everybody I know pretty much has a Netflix account. It’s pretty ridiculous if you don’t! For a small monthly fee, you get access to tons of streaming movies/TV Shows, plus you can get all the new movies via DVD or Blu-ray.
Anyway, the point is not to praise Netflix, but to teach you how to get your Netflix streams onto your HDTV. Luckily, there are tons of ways to get Netflix on your TV, some of which you may already have the equipment for and don’t even know it!
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How to Open RAR Files on a Mac
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:55 am
RAR is a file compression format that is used to reduce the size of large files. It’s similar to ZIP files and it’s common on the Windows platform. However, there are times when you need to open a RAR file on your Mac. In that situation, you will need to download and install third-party software in order to view the contents of a RAR file.
In this post, I’ll list several programs you can use (both free and paid) to uncompress a RAR archive. If you’re interested in more Mac tips, check out our Mac sister site Switching To Mac for daily tips!
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View and Clear the Contents of the Windows 7 Clipboard
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 6:44 am
In previous versions of the operating system, there was a simple method for viewing the contents of the Windows Clipboard. Starting with Windows Vista and carried into Windows 7, Microsoft removed this method forcing users of the OS to resort to third-party software to view and manage Clipboard content. Learn how to view and clear the contents of the Windows 7 Clipboard the easy way.
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Make One Page Landscape in Word
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 5:34 am
Recently, I was writing a Word document and I came across an interesting problem! I had about 20 pages in the Word doc, but I needed only one of them to be in Landscape orientation!
Even though I’ve been using Word for 10+ years, I never ran into this situation before. After playing around with page breaks and section breaks for about an hour, I finally figured out how to do it without Googling!
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Setup Surround Sound in Windows 7
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 6:22 am
Buying speakers and a good sound card is the first step to getting surround sound from your Windows 7 PC. However, even after you place your speakers and install the drivers, you still need to setup your surround sound system. Learn how to setup a surround sound system in Windows 7.
Surround Sound and Windows 7
It takes some specific hardware and software to achieve surround sound from a Windows 7 PC. First, you must invest in either 5.1 or 7.1 speakers. With 5.1 surround sound, you get the following speaker configuration:
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