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Probably, a lot of people have come across the fact that for some unknown reason, photos or pictures stop opening. You cannot view them. The reasons for this outrage are quite different, but this problem can be solved. To protect yourself from the loss of information, you must first of all follow certain rules

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Archiving is a convenient way to store data in a compressed state. Nevertheless, sometimes when trying to unpack an archive with the information you need, you may find that the archive is damaged. You can find a way out of this situation, and you can try to recover important data by restoring the archive using WinRAR and its built-in tools

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The "health" of a hard drive is a strange thing. So, for some users, storage media can work for five to ten years, while for others, the first problems with HDD arise already in the second year of its use. Of course, a lot depends on the quality and size of the disc, as well as the operating conditions

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Any computer has an operating system, without which it will never work. The most common systems are Windows, Linux and Apple Mac Os. Windows is the most common system on our computers and the most popular. Windows operating systems When the computer boots up, the operating system starts to load first

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus is one of the most widespread anti-virus programs. But for its normal operation, periodic updating of the anti-virus databases is required. It is quite easy to update the anti-virus databases of Kaspersky. Necessary - computer with Internet access

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The world of the Minecraft game is a kind of sandbox, so here a person chooses what to do with himself. You don't have to try too hard to come up with something to do. For example, when you already have a house, several mechanisms and a lot of things in chests - become a farmer and raise birds and animals

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The console commands in Counter Strike and Call of Duty are widely used by gamers. The ban team belongs to the category of game administration and enjoys increased attention. Instructions Step 1 Management of the game COD server is mainly carried out by two methods:

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Modern personal computers for home and office use are composed of individual devices from various manufacturers. Each unit of such computer "hardware" has individual characteristics, so manufacturers attach special programs to it - drivers

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The release of new operating systems is often accompanied by a problem associated with the lack of suitable drivers. Currently, major computer manufacturers have prepared Windows Seven compatible drivers for most devices. HP specializes in the production of computers for a wide variety of purposes

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Driver - Software required for the operating system to recognize the hardware and use it correctly. Each type of device has its own driver. To find a driver for a Canon brand printer, first check the model. This is an important condition, because different models may have different technical characteristics

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The ability to place image elements on different layers in the process of work, set individual blending parameters for each of them, change the visibility of certain layers and their groups - this is the basis on which all the rest of the functionality of the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop is built

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Old photographs are of particular value to owners as evidence of the history of a family or country. However, over time, images fade and may be ripped or smudged. If a photo is scanned, all these defects will be visible in the image in. Instructions Step 1 Open the photo and duplicate it on a new layer

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It is quite common for photographers to turn off layers to reduce image weight. Such a step can significantly reduce the size of the picture, which is especially important when downloading a file from the Internet to save traffic. Necessary - Personal Computer

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Even the highest-quality disk drive starts to work intermittently over time: it does not open discs, gives errors during recording. The life of the drive is limited, but before buying a new one, you should try to revive the old one. Necessary - paper clip

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It happens that a foreign object has got into your CD / DVD drive, and you just can't get it out. Either you need to take the disc reader for repair, or simply replace it with another. In all these cases, you will have to remove the drive from the computer

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If your drive stops reading discs or just barely reads them, then it is clogged. More precisely, the reading head is clogged. It needs to be cleaned to make the drive work again. But first you need to disassemble it. Get your tools ready and get to work

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A service in the Microsoft Windows operating system is usually called a program designed to provide the basic capabilities of the OS, which is launched in the background. Instructions Step 1 Call the main menu of the Microsoft Windows operating system by clicking the "

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The procedure for canceling the installation of the downloaded program is to click the "Cancel" button in the application window and is not difficult. But there are a lot of programs that appear on the computer as if from nowhere. How to deal with this phenomenon?

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Saving a data file is the final stage of its creation or modification. One of the aspects of the correct saving of the document is the choice of its format. For example, RTF files are supported by many applications. Instructions Step 1 The Rich Text Format file format allows not only saving text documents, but also complex elements added to them, for example, pictures, tables, hyperlinks, etc

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All information stored on your computer is presented in the form of files: text, graphic, audio or video files. Each file has its own specific registered format, or file name extension. Why does the file need an extension? A file name extension (or simply an extension) is a sequential combination of characters used to enable a user or software to identify and recognize the contents of a file

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You can restore the functionality of USB ports using standard Windows tools, without involving additional software. A prerequisite for the success of this operation is the availability of administrator access to computer resources. Instructions Step 1 Call the main system menu by clicking the "

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Pascal is one of the most widely used programming languages due to its simplicity and great functionality. Through Pascal, you can work with files by creating or modifying them using the appropriate functions. Instructions Step 1 To create a text file in Pascal, it is necessary to set variables of the appropriate type, which will be written to the corresponding memory section

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If the icons on the desktop spoil the picture of the aesthetic perception of the background image, or if there are simply more of them than necessary, then there are several ways to delete one, a group or all the shortcuts at once. Instructions Step 1 To delete one "

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Quite a lot of people are constantly faced with the fact that they cannot create a hidden partition on their hard drive. It is necessary so that you can restore Windows without any problems. The process of recovering Windows from a hidden partition is pretty simple

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Many devices support charging from a computer USB port. This is quite convenient, since the devices do not take up extra sockets, the connection wires are suitable for many devices, and so on. Also, this charging method has its drawbacks. Necessary - cable connecting the device to the computer

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Sometimes, in order to optimize the performance of a personal computer, the user can disable some system services, but then the question arises: which of them can be disabled so as not to harm their own PC? System services First, it should be said that disabling some system services on the Windows 8 operating system will not always lead to an improvement in computer performance

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Many who came across the standard programs that come with the operating system, sooner or later came to the conclusion that they can be removed and use third-party tools instead. However, in the new version of the OS, it is not so easy to get rid of the standard utilities

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Any antivirus program from time to time automatically scans your computer for viruses and malware. But the fact is that they are mainly scanned system files on the disk where the operating system is installed, since they are the first to get infected by viruses

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Point size is a conventional designation of the font size of the text, namely its height, taking into account the descenders of certain letters. This word comes from the German language and literally means "size". At the moment, there are several systems for measuring fonts

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Users of a personal computer who regularly leave a computer in sleep or hibernation mode know that the computer saves information in a special file, the size of which can sometimes reach several gigabytes. Why do i need the hiberfil

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Having switched to Windows 7 from older versions of the operating system, the user sometimes encounters an unpleasant surprise - many programs that he is used to do not work on the new system. In this case, he has to look for versions that are compatible with Windows 7, or run the necessary programs in compatibility mode

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Drivers on a computer are programs that are used to ensure the correct interaction of the operating system with a particular connected device. It is the old driver versions that "litter" the operating system. This can lead to incorrect operation or to complete collapse

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Choosing an antivirus program is a responsible business. And not only because not all antiviruses can cope with malware equally well, but also because not every antivirus can suit your computer. Try installing a trial version of the popular Kaspersky Lab anti-virus and test the program in practice

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Movie Maker is a standard application for Windows operating systems. It often happens that if your computer is damaged by viruses or malware, Movie Maker becomes unavailable for use. In this case, recovering system files will help you. Necessary - Windows installation disc

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If you need to transfer files from one storage location to another, the most convenient way to do this is by packing them into one shared archive. In addition, it is more convenient to store them in a compressed form on your computer or on removable media

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Users of a personal computer often have to use the same operations many times. This makes working on the computer more time consuming and takes a lot of attention. To solve this problem, a hotkey function has been developed. The essence of this opportunity lies in the fact that a person, to invoke certain operations, presses only a few keys on the keyboard, instead of numerous mouse clicks

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Knowing how to record sound from a cassette tape will help many people preserve their old family records and archives, transferring them to modern digital format. Moreover, the use of modern computer technology allows you to clean and edit the sound, giving the old recording a completely different sound

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Adobe Photoshop has tools that allow you to flip or otherwise change an image on a layer, including one drawn with the Brush tool. However, this method is not always convenient, and in the graphics editor there are ways to flip or otherwise transform the contours of the brushes even before using them

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The need to flip ordinary text is a rare task. The easiest way to solve this problem is to use a graphics editor that allows you to do whatever comes to mind with the text. But the result will only be in the form of an image file. There are several ways to flip the text directly in the document without inserting pre-prepared pictures from a graphics editor

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The sound card is designed to output sounds played by the computer through external audio devices (speakers, headphones, headsets), as well as to input sound into the computer through a microphone. For years, manufacturers have been making motherboards with built-in sound cards

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The hard disk of a personal computer is a device for storing information, which is now used in almost all modern computers as the main data custodian. Each user needs to have full and open access to the hard disk at any time, since these drives usually store almost all information important for both the system and the user

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Recovering damaged sectors of a boot partition is a difficult and time-consuming process, but quite doable. It should only be borne in mind that performing the recovery operation for damaged sectors of the boot partition requires a sufficient level of understanding of the operation of system services

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The motherboard is the main element of the personal computer. The choice of most of the remaining elements depends on the technical characteristics of this equipment. To ensure stable synchronous operation of computer devices, you need to install drivers for the motherboard

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The expression "make photoshop" in relation to digital image processing is perceived by many users as completely understandable and not causing any questions. The well-known image editor Photoshop has entered the life of users so tightly

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A hard disk check is performed in cases of messages about critical errors during system boot. The Windows operating system has its own disk check tool, which can be activated both from the graphical interface and from the command line. Instructions Step 1 Click the "

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Often, in the process of working with a personal computer, it becomes necessary to block access to certain Internet resources. To do this, you need to use the capabilities of the browser or use special plugins. Necessary BlockSite

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The operation of checking the operation and correcting errors of the hard disk in the Microsoft Windows operating system can be carried out both by means of the system itself, and using additional third-party software. Instructions Step 1 Call the main menu of the Microsoft Windows operating system by pressing the "

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In the process of computer operation, continuous recording and reading of information, the file system of the hard disk is constantly changing. Due to the peculiarities of the structure of information storage, errors may occur on the medium during use

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Sometimes the user is not satisfied with the number and set of shortcuts on the desktop, especially if the computer is not used as a permanent workstation. You can remove any of them, although some will require additional effort. Instructions Step 1 You can remove almost all shortcuts (except for the "

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Usually, removing DirectX installed on the system may be required by avid gamers. Another reason for uninstalling the program may be the need to install a new version of the product. The standard Microsoft Windows tools do not provide for such an option, so you will have to turn to third-party developers

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Shader is a program located at the lower levels of image formation and is responsible for the final parameters of a virtual graphic object. Using shaders, they describe light effects of refraction and reflection, darkening, surface displacement, texture effects, and more

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At intervals of 1–2 years or more, Microsoft releases updates to its Office product line. Updates can be installed without removing the previous version of the application and personal data. Instructions Step 1 Purchase an update for the Microsoft Office product line

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Installed software updates do not always have a positive effect on its performance. It often happens that the old version of the client, for one reason or another, suits the user more than the new one. To revert to a previous version, use a restore or overwrite installation

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The need to replace the RAM of a stationary computer can be dictated by various reasons: a breakdown of RAM, unstable system operation, or simply the need for modernization. In any case, it is important to know how to properly replace the RAM on your computer

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When a user purchases a new optical disc drive to replace the old one, he inevitably faces the problem of installing it inside the system unit (unless, of course, the drive is external). Fortunately, today this operation is simple and fast. Instructions Step 1 Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord

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Flash cards have become an integral part of the life of every modern person. With their help, we share information with each other, transfer important documents or simply store our favorite music and photos on them. Writing information to this medium is easy

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When working with a computer, sometimes abnormal situations arise. To solve them, it may be necessary to boot from a separate CD or DVD. It is desirable to have a boot disk at hand for every user. However, physical media deteriorates over time and can become unreadable

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Scientists are working to create more and more sophisticated and versatile anti-virus programs. Antivirus programs day and night detect and remove a variety of computer "evil". But sometimes it happens that the antivirus program detects a virus but does not remove it

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The computer has firmly taken its place in every home and office. There is practically no sphere of activity and production in which computer technologies are not used. And along with the widespread distribution, computers received their "

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The modern operating system Windows 7 provides ample opportunities for configuring system security and auditing changes in the system. All files and folders located on partitions have an established access policy. To see who owns a folder, go to its properties

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The grid can be very helpful when creating and editing objects. For example, if the dimensions of future objects are multiples of 5 pixels, then you can specify a grid cell size of 5 pixels and turn on snapping to the grid. The grid is displayed only when working in Adobe Illustrator and is not displayed when printed on paper

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Many found themselves in a situation when the necessary documents were deleted from the computer. However, even if you deleted a file, this does not mean that it cannot be found on your computer and restored. There are various free programs available to deal with these problems

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Imagine a situation that you inserted a disc into your drive, and it is not only unreadable, but also slows down the operation of the entire computer. It is not possible to remove it from the drive by conventional methods. We'll have to use other methods

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Modern communicators based on the Android mobile platform have large screens with high color rendering, which makes the images look very beautiful on them. You can upload new photos to your device via mobile internet or from your personal computer

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It is impossible to improve the quality of video or audio if initially these parameters were not the highest values. But when encoding a video in a different format, you can set the maximum possible settings for the audio, which will preserve its quality

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An element such as a line is used in all well-known graphic editors (Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Paint, Gimp), as well as text editors. Lines can be made in various colors and shapes, their thickness and length can be changed. Necessary - computer

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To easily restore the parameters of the operating system and important programs in the event of a failure in its work, it is recommended to create a copy of the OS. It helps to quickly restore Windows performance. Necessary Partition Manager

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Modern versions of Windows operating systems provide various options for restoring operating parameters. The introduction of this function allows you to spend 5-10 minutes on bringing the system to its normal state, while the usual installation of an OS with a set of programs can take about two hours

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A system or boot floppy disk is very rarely used today, since there is no way to place a system on this medium comparable to a modern OS. Usually, such a floppy disk is understood as a minimal set of files that allows using DOS commands to carry out some basic operations in the absence of a full-fledged operating system

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Sometimes the need to create a bootable floppy disk catches even the most "advanced" PC users by surprise. It would seem nothing complicated, but sometimes the creation of such a floppy disk can take a lot of nerves and time. Instructions Step 1 Buy a floppy disk, choose a good manufacturer, as this floppy disk will serve as a reanimation of your system

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In many cases, not all kinds of archives or simple directories are used to store certain types of files, but disk images. This is very convenient because you can save a whole range of programs by copying one file. Necessary - Windows XP disk

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The process of overclocking memory in frequency directly depends on overclocking the computer processor. Before overclocking, you need to study the motherboard's factory instructions, since all functions in the BIOS are written in English. As a rule, increasing the memory frequency does not bring tangible results

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The trash can usually contain all deleted files and programs. There they are easy to find and restore. But it may turn out that someone jokingly or deliberately deleted the trash can on your desktop. In this case, the files will be deleted, but you cannot restore them

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The architecture of modern operating systems presupposes the existence of a special class of software that performs service functions. As a rule, such software does not have a graphical interface and functions unnoticed by the user. In windows, such programs are called services

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Starting with XP, Microsoft Windows operating systems are equipped with a utility for wiping free space on media where your data once was. With it, you can permanently delete all information from your computer without the possibility of recovery, even with the help of special programs

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Any successful find of the creators of any browser appears very quickly in the products of all its competitors. Therefore, the interfaces of the most popular modern Internet browsers use similar functional elements. For example, in the Opera browser, as in most programs of this kind, the "

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In the event that you made mistakes while overclocking your computer, you need to urgently return the factory settings of its parameters. This is to prevent damage to some devices. Necessary - screwdriver. Instructions Step 1 First download and install the CPU-Z program

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Among the vignettes used to decorate photographs, there are images of varying degrees of complexity. These can be rectangles with a transparent area and feathered edges, as well as multi-color patterns consisting of many details. A simple vertical vignette can be created using Photoshop's Twirl brushes and filter

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Any user will confirm that playing computer games with a real person is much more interesting than with a computer: there will be no memorized moves, strict logic and no mistakes. A live player has his own emotions, you can communicate with him during the game

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For many years, forums have provided an opportunity not only to find friends with the same interests, but also allow you to get answers to questions and share a wide variety of information. When communicating on the forum, it is often necessary to add a picture or photo to your message

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While browsing the Internet, all popular browsers remember the addresses of the sites that were visited. The list of these addresses can be seen in the address bar of the program. You can delete your browsing history if necessary. To delete the history of visited pages, you need to make changes to the program settings

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In the popular "sandbox" Minecraft during the gameplay, you can try on different roles. You will certainly be a miner, since you will go underground to extract useful resources, and a warrior in battles against hostile mobs. You will be at least partly a gardener and a livestock breeder when you need to tame and breed representatives of the game fauna and cultivate various plants

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Despite the availability of modern electronic media, the Federal Tax Service still requires businesses to file reports on floppy disks. However, regardless of the medium with which you go to the tax office, you need to unload the necessary information from the program

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"Discord" is one of the best instant messengers, which is especially popular among fans of computer games. It allows you to make calls to users around the world, as well as broadcast games and music, including from the "YouTube"

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An archive is a collection of folders, files, and other data compressed and stored in a file. The most famous archive formats are .rar and .zip. As long as all the documents you need are archived, you cannot send them to print. Therefore, before you can print the files from the archive, you need to perform several steps

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Most of the software we have at the moment is only designed to perform tasks that are associated with modern operating systems. There are practically no utilities that are developed for the DOS shell, so users have to use old versions of DOS applications

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For Microsoft Office Word documents, you can insert a page (section) break anywhere in the text. You can set the automatic placement of breaks or set them "manually". The same is true for the reverse process: you can also remove line breaks (sections, pages) either automatically or independently

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Zip archives in modern personal computers are simple compressed folders. Zip archives allow you to shrink the folder size several times (depending on the types of files being compressed). Before running files stored in a compressed folder, you must first extract them from the archive, otherwise each file will be extracted from the archive only for the duration of the viewing

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In cathode-ray tubes of monitors, a beam several tens of times per second sequentially runs through all points of the screen, updating the image. The number of such "runs" is called the refresh rate of the screen. The lower the frequency, the more visible the screen flicker becomes to the human eye - a side effect of refreshing the image

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There are many ways to customize the look and feel of the Windows operating system. A simple but fun option is to change the icons of frequently used files or folders. Instructions Step 1 You can change the icon of any file, folder or shortcut in Windows without resorting to any programs - the system can do this by standard means

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The task of renaming applications on the iPhone is not among the most popular and demanded by the majority of users, but it does not become impossible from this. Carrying out the operation will require full access to the device's files and therefore a jailbreak and a little vigilance

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A paging file is a file that is stored on the hard disk and is used by the system to store data that simply cannot fit in RAM. Actually, virtual memory itself is all the RAM that works with the swap file. All operating systems (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux, Mac os) determine the amount of virtual memory themselves

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Paging files (“swap-file”, “paging-file”) are a necessary extension of the amount of RAM on your computer, the so-called virtual RAM. The presence of swap files allows the entire system to run faster. Instructions Step 1 Paging files are system hidden files on your hard disk (pagefile

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A USB modem is a convenient means of accessing the Internet on any computer, anywhere where an operator's signal is present. There may be various reasons why it would be necessary to prohibit the use of such a device on a computer. Programs have been developed that allow you to block USB ports on your computer - for example, DeviceLock

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ADSL technology, which is used to connect computers to the Internet via a regular telephone line, has become commonplace for a long time, and a similar service is provided by most telephone operators. At the same time, a specialist often configures the modem, and in case of a modem malfunction, you have to invite him again

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A network worm is a type of malware. It can be "picked up" on a computer by visiting various Internet resources. One of the main signs of a network worm is the blocking of the anti-virus program, as well as the inability to visit the official websites of the anti-virus software developers

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In the era of active development of computer technology and related technologies, it is difficult to surprise anyone with the presence of several computers or laptops within the same house or apartment. And there is nothing surprising in the fact that the majority of users want to combine all of the above devices into a single home local network

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The Internet and local area networks are firmly rooted in the list of essential elements of the life of many PC and stationary laptop users. Naturally, many people have a desire to make their online work as pleasant and fast as possible. Indeed, many parameters of the performance of a PC as a whole can depend on the quality of the network

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All kinds of local area networks are a necessity for any office or apartment in which several computers or laptops are installed. You must be able to create and configure such local networks yourself. Necessary Wi-Fi router. Instructions Step 1 Let's look at the most difficult option for building a local network

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All kinds of operations with dividends are gaining more and more popularity in our world along with the development and formation of new economic relations. In view of this, accordingly, there are more and more questions about the mechanism of their accounting, as well as about the reflection of all kinds of transactions with them in accounting