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How to speed up your adobe acrobat reader

By animationeasy

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Do u get irritated when acrobat reader takes 5/10 seconds to load when you want to open a pdf document. There is a way to speed up the loading... more »

How to Submit Your Site To Top 66 Search Engines

By dovinea

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Learn how to get a free program that allows you to submit to top 66 search engines at once... more »

How to Understand P2P File Sharing

By eHow Computers Editor

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P2P File Sharing stands for peer-to-peer file sharing. It has become a common way for computer users to shares all types of files, especially music. Many people are leery of P2P file sharing, sometimes because they don't understand it. Follow ... more »

How to use Belarc Advisor freeware to access a printable profile of your computer

By nchntdmyth

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This is a freeware program that anyone who owns a computer should have the Belarc Advisor installed it builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet ... more »

How to Use Bit Torrent with Utorrent

By CMorin

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This article shows how to use the bit torrent client uTorrent to download .torrent files. This is an easy to understand, step by step guide with lots of pictures to make it very easy to understand. This article shows how to download the torrent ... more »

How to Use Google’s Picasa to Manage Images

By Richard Burke

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Picasa is a free application from Google that can be downloaded for free (see link below). It is a very popular application and many users are enamored by the ability to upload their images and share their photo albums online. Those of us who are ... more »

How to Use Photo to Sketch Pro to Make Drawings From Photographs

By Richard Burke

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Some photographers, like me, are really frustrated artists. I can’t draw, which is probably what led me to a lifetime of work in photography and the graphic arts. However, thanks to the miracle of computer software, I can now pretend with the ... more »

How to Use Spybot

By eHow Computers Editor

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Spybot-Search & Destroy is a free spyware and adware removal software. It is a comprehensive tool for removing tracking cookies, spyware, malware and detecting registry changes. It contains an immunization tool and blocks your computers against ... more »

How to Use Templates With Scribus Page Makeup Software

By Richard Burke

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Scribus is a free, open source page makeup program. It compares in some way to Quark and InDesign, but is not as robust in some features (see Resources below to download). When used in conjunction with Ghostscript software (see Resources below), ... more »

How to Use the Fill Light Correction in Google’s Picasa

By Richard Burke

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Picasa is an application from Google that can be downloaded for free (see link below). It is a very popular application and many users are enamored by the ability to upload their images and share their photo albums online. The Fill Light Option ... more »

How to Utilize the Text Messaging Feature of Your Phone to Get Directions

By croew

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You are driving. You are tired. You are lost, and the map isn't doing it for you. You don't have a GPS system in your car BUT you do have your cell phone, relax you have all you need to receive step by step directions to your destination for FREE... more »

How to View a PDF document on your PDA

By Naz Ir

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PDFs are very convenient file formats, but if you have a PDA, there is a way you can view them on the go. Here's how... more »

How to Win at Freecell Every Time

By Naz Ir

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Here is a small cheat hack to "win" at Freecell every time... more »

How to Work With Webaroo and Communicate Through Firewall Protection

By DrSrinivasan

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When launching Webaroo, if your computer is protected by firewall protection (either McAfee Firewall Protection or Windows firewall protection), then this article will show you how you can make Webaroo communicate through the firewall protection... more »

How to Add a Theme in Mozilla Firefox

By Richard Burke

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Mozilla Firefox is a popular free web browser used by many instead of Internet Explorer. It has many unique features and allows you to customize the look and feel of your browser. It is easy to install multiple themes and change them whenever ... more »

How to Add an Extension in Mozilla Firefox

By Richard Burke

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Mozilla Firefox is a popular free web browser used by many instead of Internet Explorer. It has many unique features and allows you to customize your browser for your web surfing needs. You can add features like a toolbar weather center or a ... more »

How to Add Lighting Effects to a Photographic Image

By Richard Burke

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One of the great advantages of digital imaging is being able to play with an image to transform it to something completely different. In this article we will explore using lighting effects in the GIMP Image Editing Program which is a powerful ... more »

How to Analyze Your Computer

By 1Hooksey

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Use this handy portable tool to find out more information about your PC configuration... more »

How to Brainstorm Using FreeMind Software

By davewilks

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Brainstorming is often considered a group activity, but individual brainstorming has many advantages, especially for us non-linear thinkers. FreeMind is freeware mind mapping software and it works great when you want to visually organize your ... more »

How to capture( Snap shot) windows screen without installing new software

By chadchouehow

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Capture or takeing snap shot for window screen is very useful trick. You can use this screen to call for help. You also can use this trick to teach people use software... more »

How to Change a Computer’s Boot Screen

By Faith Lawless

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Each time you turn your computer on and it begins to boot you see the same boring screen. There is a way to change the boot screen image to something much more interesting and fun... more »

How to Change Image Perspective With GIMP Freeware

By Richard Burke

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GIMP is a powerful image editing program that can be downloaded for free (see Resources below). In this article we will show you how to use the software to change the perspective of an image. Perspective is the way in which objects appear to the ... more »

How to Choose Photo Editing Software

By bizewriter

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With the increasing popularity of digital cameras and photo enabled cell phones, many photography enthusiasts require photo editing software. While most digital photo products come equipped with such software, sometimes these lack the quality and ... more »

How to Colorize a Photographic Image

By Richard Burke

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Image editing programs like GIMP or Photoshop allow you to colorize an image or a specific part of an image. Image editing programs allow you to make corrections to images that were impossible to make in the darkroom. Colorization is one of those ... more »

How to convert DVD/movies to fit in your iPOD or Cell phone

By chingshyi08

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If you want to watch movies on your iPOD or cell phone, you need to convert your movies into specific format. Here is a small and free software for you to that... more »

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