Computer technology

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To play CDs with stereos or CD players, you need to burn the files in a certain way. Even in situations where the players support the mp3 format, you need to select specific recording options. It is necessary - Nero Burning Rom

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At one time, the MP3 format revolutionized the world of digital music, making it possible to compress audio files several times without a noticeable loss of sound characteristics. Several dozen MP3 files of the highest quality can be recorded on one CD

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There are many programs for writing files to CDs and DVDs, including the standard option to write to disk of the Windows operating system. It remains to choose the most convenient for you, as well as decide on the recording method: to make an audio CD or record music in mp3 format

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After your computer is connected to the Internet, a network address is assigned to it. Applications using this connection operate on specific ports. However, open ports can be dangerous. There are several ways to define them. Instructions Step 1 To find out the port, use the netstat command in the operating system console

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As a rule, there are various situations when you need to guess a password for the program. For example, in order for the program to work in full-fledged mode, you need to activate it with a special password. What if there is no money? It is necessary - administrator rights

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Solving the problem of remotely shutting down the Counter Strike game server may be useful if the server owner needs to be present in another location. Other players can continue playing during this time. Instructions Step 1 Download a special plug-in ServerOFF to your computer to remotely shutdown the server of the Counter Strike game, which is available for free download on the Internet

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The performance of the personal computer is limited. The processor always makes the choice of which program to allocate more resources and which one is less, this is done through prioritization. If necessary, they can be placed manually. To do this, follow these steps

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At the same time, millions of computers are working on the Internet. To identify them, an IP addressing system was introduced, thanks to which each computer connected to the network has a unique network address. Sometimes a user needs to find out what IP is assigned to his computer

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Many people are familiar with the situation when you came out well in the photo, but the background is uninteresting or boring. Or maybe you just want to replace the background in order to make the photo original, more picturesque and vivid

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Sometimes, when you try to modify or delete a file, the operating system will inform you that it cannot be done because the file is write-protected. In some cases, this obstacle cannot be removed - for example, if the file is on a CD-R disc with a finalized recording

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A large number of computer technologies have been created to create cartoons. Before starting work, decide what the duration of the cartoon will be, work out the script. Better write it down in detail. Emphasize points of meaning. They must be clear to both the animator and the audience

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With the permission of the user, and sometimes by default, Internet browsers save the entered logins and passwords. But what if other people are working on your computer, and the information on the Internet sites you visit is confidential, and you would not want other users to enter the sites under your username?

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As often happens, that the photo is spoiled by the oily shine on the face. White, shiny patches on nose, forehead, cheeks, and even ears. Of course, it's always best to use powder to keep your face shiny. But if it is very hot outside and sweat pours into three streams, then she will not save

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It is customary to refer to an ActiveX control as a COM or OLE object, whose complexity reaches the level of a module designed to control or execute scripts on Internet pages. Instructions Step 1 Call the main menu of the Microsoft Windows operating system by clicking the "

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The standard Windows distribution kit, even in the latest versions, contains tools for working in manual DOS command input mode. Using the DOS emulator, you can directly access the application and system programs installed on the computer, bypassing the intermediate links of the Windows graphical interface

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You will need the ability to combine two photos into one when creating various collages, interesting photos and festive postcards. For a beginner in using Photoshop, this task may seem daunting, but once mastered, you can easily show your imagination in photo editing

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MMORPGs figure prominently in the gaming industry today. Lineage II, Aion, World of Warcraft, EVE-online, and other games of this genre have tens of millions of users around the world. One of the key features of this type of games is their strong social component, resulting from the need for constant interaction between players to achieve game goals

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Basically, the load on the CPU is caused by the inclusion of an application, and from this system resources are directed to the task. The processor load is increasing and by turning on the task manager, we can see how much it has grown. At 100% load, the computer starts to freeze, applications run slowly, and sometimes only a restart can save

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Correspondence using sms is quite popular, therefore, a large number of received and sent messages sometimes accumulate on the phones of cellular subscribers. Sometimes the user wants to save sms-correspondence to the computer. It is necessary

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Photoshop is a special computer program for editing and editing images. As a rule, Photoshop is used to eliminate imperfections in appearance, to create a beautiful background, to obtain interesting photos by applying various effects. It is necessary Photoshop program, basic knowledge of using the program, the image of a girl

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The express panel of the Opera browser, beloved by many users, is a browser tab with visual bookmarks that you can add or remove. You can choose a background image for the Express panel, set the required number of bookmarks on it. Instructions Step 1 To customize the Speed Dial, click the "

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Chinese phone models, despite their relatively low quality, are found more and more often. Apart from the external similarity, the Chinese iPhone has nothing in common with the original phone. The installation process is also very different:

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Many modern computer users have the problem of exchanging files between various devices, for example, a laptop and an iPad. Instructions Step 1 If you own a laptop or Mac desktop, you can download Word files to iPad using the iTunes media player

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Enabling USB debugging mode on Android mobile devices is usually required for rooting. This procedure is not difficult for an ordinary user and does not require the use of additional software. Instructions Step 1 In a mobile phone running Android, open the main menu of the device and go to the "

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If you work with a laptop in different conditions (outdoors, in an office, in an apartment), for a better display of information on the screen, it is advisable to change the brightness of the monitor. This will allow on a sunny day not to strain your eyes, trying to see something on the screen, and in the office - to give your eyes a rest from the increased brightness of the image

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The ability to combine several different photographs into one image will be very useful for you in photomontage, creating collages, postcards and other graphic and creative materials. In this article, you will learn how to use Photoshop layers and tools to combine photos and create a variety of decoration ideas

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The Sims 3 is the sequel to the Sims series of computer games in the genre of life simulation, developed by The Sims Studio. Each Sim has needs that need to be fulfilled for his productive life. All this requires a lot of playing time. To make the game easier, there are special codes, thanks to which you can make your Sim well-fed, happy and rich in a few seconds

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With the advent of digital cameras, the need for developing and fixing film has disappeared. Now it is possible to print a photo directly from the camera. Often we just upload the necessary photos to the computer, edit them and take them to print

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"Flash drives" today are usually called two different types of devices used for storing and transferring data. Depending on which one contains your photos, copying them may require different reading devices connected to your computer

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Not every computer has software installed that allows you to open files of any type, and from time to time you come across such files, the format of which is determined by the system as unknown. How to determine their format, and what program can open such files?

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When Adobe Systems developed the PDF format in 1993, it did not include the ability to edit ready-made files. The format grew in popularity, and so did the need for document editing. For example, you need to cut off the excess or correct a couple of paragraphs

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Problems with the definition of a network as an "Unidentified network" that arise for users of Windows version 7, lead to the impossibility of sharing the necessary files and folders. The solution to this problem is carried out by standard means of the operating system itself

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By adjusting the settings for the video card, you can adjust the display quality of graphics and video, change the display resolution, set the modes of use of one or more monitors, and much more. If the control panel of the video card does not start automatically when the system boots, you can also enter the program that provides the video card settings "

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Due to the user's carelessness or other reasons, passwords for entering various programs and sites are sometimes lost or forgotten. This usually causes great inconvenience to the user of a personal computer, and finding a forgotten password becomes very important

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Blurring the background is a common technique that allows you to control attention, highlight the main and hide the secondary. Often there are objects in the background that take away too much attention, introduce disharmony, or are simply not photogenic

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Today there are many programs, utilities and all kinds of applications with a convenient graphical interface, allowing you to carry out any formatting of disks. However, not so long ago, only the command line was at the disposal of users. Oddly enough, even now you can still get into situations where the old proven formatting method is preferred over all convenient programs

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On the vast expanses of the Internet, you can find a lot of a wide variety of interesting and beautifully implemented ideas, one of which is the creation of a video clip from your own photos. Listening to a musical composition and looking at your pictures - great

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What if you urgently need to replace the faces of people in your photos? The graphic editor Photoshop will help you, with which you can realistically insert the face of one person into the photo of another. Photoshop allows you to achieve the perfect merging of faces, if you approach this issue thoroughly and use wisely the tools that the graphics editor offers us

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Changing the file type is not difficult - you just need to change its extension. However, this will not actually change the file type. Let's take a closer look at the procedure. Instructions Step 1 Formal change of file type

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Quite often, when preparing documents, you may need the ability to change the direction of the text from horizontal to vertical (for example, not all headings can fit into a table). Therefore, MS Word provides the ability to change the direction of text in a table cell

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The provider, which provides access to the Internet, distributes IP addresses to its users from the proper address space. These addresses can be static or dynamic. Static IP is the address of a computer that is attached to a specific computer on the network

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In ancient languages (Latin, Greek, Slavic), not specially created symbols were used to write numbers, but letters of the alphabet. They, as a rule, did not differ from abbreviations and words, but sometimes special decorations were added to them

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Making graphic images using Corel Draw is convenient and interesting. But saving a file in a bitmap format is fraught with some difficulties: the image is obtained on a white background. With the help of certain manipulations, you can make the background transparent

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Programs created to work on the Internet and with the Internet can be used without a currently connected World Wide Web. For this, the "Offline mode" or the "Work offline" function is intended. You can exit offline mode as follows … Instructions Step 1 Basically, browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, etc

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If you have ever typed text for a term paper or your own book in MS Word, then you know how inconvenient it is to constantly change the content if the amount of material is constantly arriving. Headings and pagination just slide out. A very unpleasant fact, especially if the work needs to be done in a short time

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If the hardware keyboard breaks down, you can always use the software keyboard to enter information. There are special applications for this. You can also display it using standard system tools. It is necessary - Windows or Linux OS, - software for the virtual keyboard

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You can leave your signature on the photo, for example, with a marker or ballpoint pen. And if your photos are stored in electronic form (in files), then you can use a graphic editor. You can even create your signature once, save and then apply to all your photos

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You don't need to buy a bulky fax machine if you know that it will gather dust on your desktop most of the time. With the help of the Internet, you can easily send a fax to any recipient, and if you have a scanner, you can fax any scanned document

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Navitel Navigator is a navigation program created by Russian specialists, the authors of the GIS Russa program. You can get this program by ordering it on the official website www.navitel.su, in addition, Navitel Navigator is sold complete with some communicators

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Virtual communication using a video camera and Skype has long been a common practice for Internet users. Installing the software and connecting a webcam is not difficult, but sometimes some questions arise, for example, if the image is upside down

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Blurring the edges of an image is one of the artistic techniques that makes the viewer focus on the center of the picture or on an object that seems important to the author. In addition, it can give the image a slightly mysterious look and romantic mood

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With the advent of wireless connectivity, humans have gained amazing mobility. Thanks to Wi-Fi, high-speed Internet has become available, no matter where you are - at work, in a cafe or at home. The main thing is that this place is included in the coverage area of the network

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Formatting your hard drive is a partitioning of disk space. Formatting should be done in case of failures with the disk, or if you need to quickly clear the contents of this disk. Sometimes it turns out that formatting the disk using standard methods does not allow achieving the final result

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On any computer, a sound card with installed software is responsible for playing sound. There are a number of specific steps you must take to enable sound on your computer. It is necessary A computer. Instructions Step 1 If your computer does not have drivers for your sound card, sound playback will be impossible in this case

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Today, almost every more or less experienced PC user may face a situation when it is almost useless to restore the operating system in any way, it will be easier and faster to reinstall it again. However, it should be remembered that the best option for installing the system is not to overwrite the existing copy, but to install the OS on a formatted partition

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People constantly need photographs for documents - to change passports, get a job, undergo various examinations, go to universities, etc. It costs a lot of money to make a documentary photo in a salon. However, you can save money and hand over everything yourself by paying only for printing a regular 10x15 cm photo

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The computer has greatly simplified many areas of our life. Currently, CAD (Computer Aided Design) is actively used in all areas of science and technology. Designing and creating drawings using computer programs significantly increases the productivity of engineers

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Wireless technology has justified its existence with reliability and ease of use: we got rid of a lot of wires and cables. Now you can establish a connection between a computer and a phone or another computer using bluetooth. Instructions Step 1 Make sure your computer actually has bluetooth

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Photo resolution is measured in pixels and is determined by the height and width of the photo. So, a photo taken with a 12-megapixel camera will have a resolution of 4000x3000 pixels. Such large permissions are not very convenient to store on a computer and upload to the Internet or send by e-mail due to the large size of the file

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Pop-up windows for a wide variety of purposes have many uses in web building. They can be used to create various kinds of menus, place advertising texts and graphics, tooltips when filling out complex forms, and it is convenient to place the forms themselves in windows that do not take up space on the page

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Computers have long been an integral part of our lives. They keep all the documentation of companies, carry out accounting calculations, with their help, information is searched on the Internet and with their help people communicate and have fun

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You can make a cartoon photo using a powerful graphics editor by overlaying certain fonts and some display settings. For people far from self-editing photos in complex graphic packages, there are various online services. It is necessary - Adobe Photoshop

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Often, when filling out any documents, you may need to turn the page. MS Word provides this function that allows you to change the orientation of the sheet to landscape or portrait. By choosing the portrait orientation of the sheet, the sheet will be positioned vertically

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The visual presentation of information greatly facilitates perception, especially when it comes to the structure and sequence of something. The use of the schema is the most appropriate here. Schemes are used not only in presentations, but also in texts (reports, scientific papers, etc

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Millions of free videos can be found on YouTube. Downloading videos to a mobile phone from this video hosting site is no different from downloading to a computer. It is necessary - mobile phone; - PC; - Internet connection

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Sometimes in our life there are situations when we need a backing track of a song (that is, music without words). For example, you need to prepare some kind of performance, a creative performance for a corporate party, or congratulate one of your relatives on a family holiday

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If you print a document created in a text editor, it will become a simple picture. Consequently, scanners only read graphics from documents, while graphics and text are edited differently. But the difference in formats is not a problem. There are several ways to change the text in your scanned document

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The Microsoft Excel spreadsheet uses references as its cell addresses. Links are usually specified in functions to specify the location of the table data. There are two types of links presentation: classic and R1C1 links. The classic style is set by the designation of the column and row of the location of the desired cell

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It is very convenient to use a flash drive. You can store information on it. It is small in size and can be carried with you. But there is one small problem. It is not always possible to use a USB flash drive on a computer. When copying or formatting, a message appears stating that the disc is write-protected

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Among all office applications, Excel occupies a special niche. Spreadsheets have long been an integral part of working with data sets. Among other features, Excel allows flexible formatting of the table structure. With the help of special commands, you can combine, split cells in Excel and make other settings for the appearance of tables

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Music lovers strive to listen to music with the highest possible sound quality. To do this, you need to have good sound equipment, which costs a lot of money. However, you can use quite extraordinary solutions. For example, connect your car subwoofer to your computer and enjoy deep bass

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Every computer on the Internet is assigned a unique network identifier. The method of social engineering of the iplogger service will help you determine the IP address of someone else's computer. It is necessary - PC running Windows operating system

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It is imperative to know the version of the game, as it carries complete information about the entire development. Also knowing it, you are able to update the game, download various modifications or simply fix errors related to the gameplay

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Sometimes a personal computer user is faced with the problem of localizing scanned documents or books. For example, the electronic version of the magazine, which consists of 90 pages, is entirely in English. Manual translation of the entire magazine will take you a lot of free time, but for an Internet service it will take a few minutes

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With a standard printer and A4 paper available, not all users know that smaller text can be printed. Most text editors support the ability not only to change the format, but also to output several pages on one sheet at once. At the same time, printing two pages per sheet does not require the connection of special devices or additional programs

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Activating AutoCad is a rather painstaking process, which, ideally, should be dealt with by a system administrator. Nevertheless, if you follow certain rules, you can achieve the result yourself. It is assumed that you are activating the official version

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Windows XP allows you to disable the network password by making changes to the computer's security group policies. At the same time, it is necessary to accurately understand the meaning and possible consequences of your actions, since carrying out such operations can significantly reduce the level of computer security

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Merging photos in Photoshop is a simple and quick process that even a novice Adobe Photoshop user can easily learn. You will need the ability to combine two or more photographs into one in the design of collages, in photomontage, in the creation of various visual projects, photo books and gift cards

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Due to the rapid growth and development of new computer technologies, the need to unnecessarily save space on your PC's hard drive is gradually disappearing. However, there are still computers equipped with old, low-capacity hard drives. Sometimes even 10-20 megabytes of free space are needed

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You can work at the computer without the usual mouse. Some users get by with the keyboard, since only a small fraction of programs require a mouse or similar manipulator. If you need a certain skill to fully work at a computer using only the keyboard, then simple actions, such as shutting down or restarting, can be mastered in a few minutes

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When processing a photo, you often want to do something unusual and original. For this we use various brushes, filters, plugins, styles and other features of Adobe Photoshop. Another good way to achieve interesting results is to use layer blend modes

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If your computer “slows down” at startup, and after startup an icon of two computers with an exclamation mark appears in the lower left corner, this means that you have not configured a network connection or the network card driver is not installed

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Express panel (quick access panel, SpeedDial) is usually called a special browser plug-in that allows you to instantly move to recently visited and / or saved sites. Instructions Step 1 Install the SpeedDial plugin for the selected browser on the Add-on page of the official website

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iPhone is a multifunctional device, it is a phone, a player, a camera, and a video camera. Often, iPhone owners need to transfer files from it to their computer for processing or storage. This can be done both with the help of special programs and without them, using just a computer and an iPhone

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Surely your closet is full of junk. Do not rush to throw it away, because among the trash there may be things that only at first glance seem useless and unnecessary, but in reality they can be useful to you. It is necessary screwdriver, RAM, system unit, scrap metal collection point Instructions Step 1 First, check your computer for working parts

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Each personal computer has its own virtual workstation for the user. It is called “Desktop”. It contains the main program folders and quick navigation items for system services. You can tidy up on a computer desktop, just like on a desk in an office - swap documents, set the time, set a calendar, put trash in the trash can, and, of course, decorate your workplace with photo wallpaper

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Line In is the input of any device (not only electronic), in which the output signal level is proportional to the input level. In other words, this is the input, entering which the signal (by default) is almost not processed in any way. On computer sound cards, the line-in is usually a blue jack

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The main scaling tool of the Windows graphical interface is the function of changing the screen resolution. Other mechanisms allow you to change the scale of a part of the screen for a short time ("magnifier"), increase or decrease the fonts in the interface ("

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If you want to make a template for a calendar or photo frame in Photoshop, the first thing you need to do is remove the background. Even a beginner Photoshop user can cope with this task by following simple instructions. Instructions Step 1 To get started with the image in which you need to remove the background, load it into Photoshop by clicking File - Open

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Sometimes minimizing the game becomes a problem. And to cope with it, you can use the hotkeys on the keyboard. In this article, you will find various options for hotkeys, and you just have to remember them or write them down on a piece of paper and put it next to the computer

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Windows standby mode is designed to save energy when the user is not working at the computer for a while. Standby mode differs from normal shutdown in that all running applications are saved in the state in which they were at the time the mode was turned on

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With the advent of the Internet, almost all the information you need can be found online. The Internet is also useful for video and music lovers. For them, web sites are the most important helpers, and this is no coincidence. Indeed, in order to replenish your video library with new copies, you just need to find the desired movie and save it to your computer

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Modern life is already unthinkable without the Internet. People work over the Internet, people communicate over the Internet, people search the Internet for information. Search engines index pages in different languages. And often information search leads users to the pages of foreign sites

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Sticky keys occur when you repeatedly quickly press the same key on the keyboard while typing, or when you press a key during a computer game, when you need to speed up a character or use an ability by holding one key. Instructions To forcibly disable the Sticky Keys Alert feature, go to Start, Control Panel

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Skype is a revolutionary communication tool. For many people, Skype has long replaced a regular phone, since calls from computer to computer using Skype are free, and calls from computer to phone are much more profitable than traditional ones

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At the level of simple everyday communication, the dimensions of the monitor can be characterized without unnecessary intricacies: large, medium, small. But sometimes you need to know the diagonal of the monitor. It is measured, unfortunately, not in the usual centimeters, but in inches

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Sometimes MS Word users have questions about a blank sheet that accidentally appears in the body of a document. A blank sheet can ruin the entire job if it is printed on both sides. Therefore, it is necessary to exclude this sheet before printing

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The command line is available in any version of Windows, but it is rarely used. Sometimes you just need to use the command line. Probably, many have found themselves in a situation where all the icons on the desktop disappear, it is impossible to call the task manager or start the program

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Perhaps, it is difficult to find a keyboard on the keys of which, instead of Arabic numerals, Roman numerals would be applied. However, you can write Roman numerals without difficulty on the keyboard of any computer or laptop. Instructions Step 1 To write Roman numerals, the following letters of the Latin alphabet should be used:

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The universal program Adobe Photoshop allows you to perform thousands of manipulations with any kind of photos, pictures and sketches. If you need to stitch two photos together, and you don't know how this can be possible, Photoshop and its extensive image editing capabilities will help you cope with this task with ease