When your Toshiba Tecra laptop is not plugged in, it still receives power from the RTC (Real Time Clock), which is also called the CMOS or BIOS battery. If the RTC battery dies, your Tecra will no longer save important settings like the system time and the boot-up procedure. You can change the RTC battery yourself but you first need to remove a series of other hardware components that block direct access to the battery....

Solaris is a Unix operating system often used for servers developed by Oracle. Solaris is a multi-user operating system. Like other UNIX operating systems, every user account on Solaris has its own home folder and permissions settings. Solaris includes the standard UNIX “usermod” command which changes a user account’s name and automatically takes care of renaming the home folder and adjusting system permissions. You must have root, or administrator, permissions on the system to change a user account’s name....

The EPS file extension stands for Encapsulated PostScript. It is most often used for vector-based graphics, such as files created in Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw. EPS files are usually used to import a vector graphic into another document, such as an Adobe InDesign, Quark or Word file. EPS files can be scaled down because it is vector-based and not affected by resolution. However, you can change the file to a JPEG or PDF file, which may be useful if you need send a copy of the graphic to someone by email....

Millions of computer users employ multimedia player/manager programs such as iTunes and Windows Media Player to download, store and play digital music and video files. One feature of these programs is the ability to display and change the names of those files, including the artist, genre and title of the album. Changing this information is easy. You just need to access the intended files stored in your media player program....

If you run Windows XP on your computer and are wondering how fast your Internet is, you can easily check the speed. You may need to know how fast your Internet is if you’re considering a telecommuting position or if an online game you want to play requires a minimum Internet speed. You only need to access the Control Panel on your computer to get started.

Updated September 13, 2017 Deactivating an Account Log in to the account you want to deactivate. Click the dropdown menu icon in the Facebook menu bar, then click “Settings.” Click the “General” tab, then click the “Deactivate Your Account” button. Enter your password and click “Continue.” Select your reason for leaving, choose to opt out of any future emails if you so desire, and then click “Deactivate.” Click “Deactivate Now” to complete the deactivation....

Microsoft Excel is a commonly used program for both businesses and individuals to track and calculate data. In some cases, you may end up with two spreadsheets with separate but related data that you want to compare on one page. In this case, you will need to combine the two spreadsheets. Once the spreadsheets are merged, you will be able to see the information on both to make your comparison in chart or graph form....

Updated September 15, 2017 Press the “Enter” button on the front panel of the HP DesignJet 750C. Press the up arrow to select “I/O Setup” and then press “Enter.” Press the up arrow to select the “Modular” setting and press “Enter” again. Press the “Enter” button when you see the “Cfg Network=No” message in the front panel. Then use the up arrow button to change the setting to “Yes” and press “Enter” to save it....

The HP LaserJet 4000 printer can be connected to your office network if you have a network card installed in the EIO slot at the rear of the printer. You can configure the printer’s network settings using the JetAdmin software, or directly at the printer control panel. Use the printer keypad to scroll through the printer menus and enter the network settings manually if you know the IP address and other settings....

Configuring Wi-Fi on your LG mobile phone can help you lower your cellphone bill. When you use Wi-Fi on your phone, you do not use the phone’s cellular data connection to access the Internet. Wi-Fi also generally gives considerably faster data transfers than the cellular data connection does. Depending on the model of your LG mobile phone, the steps to configure Wi-Fi may vary slightly. Writer Bio

Setting up a DSL connection to the Internet can greatly improve your web surfing experience compared to a standard dial-up connection. Once that DSL connection is in place, you can watch videos, download files and surf the web faster. You can connect either a desktop or a laptop to a DSL line, and the exact procedure for setting up the connection depends on whether you have a home network or a stand alone laptop....

The simplest way to interconnect a TV, DVR, DVD, VCR and tape recorder is to hook up each device to an AV receiver. The AV receiver functions as a routing device for audio and video signals transmitted from multiple sources. The rear panel of the receiver is littered with RCA audio and video jacks. These jacks are organized into sections. One section is designated for a “DVD” device connection, for example....

There are plenty of reasons today to desire an extra level of security and control. If you’re looking for a relatively cheap and easy way to have an extra level of surveillance over important areas in your life, then a wireless spy camera may suit your needs. These devices come in a number of shapes and sizes, and feature various ways of connecting to your wireless internet connection. Some devices can be connected directly to your computer’s USB port, requiring no external power or configuration....

Tap “Profile” and then tap the “Context Menu” button, located at the top right of the screen. Tap “Sharing Settings” and then tap “Tumblr.” Fill in your Tumblr username and password, and then tap “Done.” You will be returned to the Sharing Settings screen and the “Tumblr” menu entry will now have a check mark beside it, indicating the link is active. Writer Bio

Being able to show concepts from different angles is a useful part of presentations. Adobe Photoshop has a number of features for enhancing the display quality of images. One such feature is the ability to turn 2D image into 3D models. This can be done in the CS3 and newer versions. You should practice on simple image shapes before moving onto more complex objects.

Download PDF printing software (see Resources). Any of these programs can perform the JPG to PDF conversion in Windows Vista. Locate the JPG image you wish to convert to a PDF and double-click the file to open it. The file should open in Windows Photo Viewer or an image-editing software. You will be able to perform the conversion from either. Select “File,” then “Print” from the top menu bar. Click the down arrow on the list of available printers near the top of the “Print” dialog box....

Video can be delivered to a television in many different ways. Depending on what inputs your television has and how old the television set is, you may have to perform a video conversion in order to get the video to display correctly on the television. If you have video coming in from coaxial, a radio-frequency type of cable, but the only input you have is S-video, a video-only cable, you will have to run the video through some sort of converter box....

DRG files are those created by the iDoser Brainwave program, which was created to make soothing sounds that will allow those with insomnia to treat their condition without medication. Although these sounds are great to listen to on your computer, if you want to transfer them to an MP3 player, you may want to convert these files. Since the DRG file extention is specific to the iDoser program, you can’t run it through a traditional formatting program, but there is a way to successfully convert these files....

Most modern LCD or LED televisions ship with at least a couple of kinds of ports for connecting various types of player devices. Many TVs even include a VGA port you can use to connect a desktop or laptop computer and view its display on the larger screen. Many older TVs, though, include only a coaxial cable connector and RCA inputs. If you have an older TV without a native VGA port, you can still view your computer on the larger TV screen using a relatively inexpensive adapter cable....

Unfortunately, Windows 7 does not offer a one-step “copy CD” feature. However, you can work around that limitation. As the description implies, data disc CDs are formatted as data, which is a format Windows readily handles. Therefore, to copy the CD, you simply have to copy the contents to the hard drive first and subsequently burn a new CD. This is the same method high-end CD copy programs use, except everything is performed in the background without manual involvement....