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You have options when it comes to recording audio messages and sending them to any mobile or landline telephone. You can record and send messages as pranks or you can send serious messages. How you go about it depends on the purpose. Prank-call websites will allow you to record messages or download messages to send to someone’s phone. You can also send a recorded message to someone in the event that you want to deliver information but do not wish to talk....

Recording phone conversations can be helpful in certain situations, such as phone interviews or important calls you might want to review later. Induction coil microphones and in-line recorders are two of the easiest ways of recording conversations. They can be used with all phone types, including cordless phones. Warnings Writer Bio

Almost all online services, like Yahoo Mail, Google Mail and Skype, require you to set a user name and password when you create an account. You can then use these login details to gain access to your account. Although user names are usually easy to remember, a password can contain letters, numbers and special characters, making it more difficult to remember. If you forget an unsaved password, you should recover it as soon as possible....

Electronic circuit boards from computers, DVD players and other home electronics are not biodegradable. If disposed through ordinary means, they’ll end up in landfills and add to the burden on the environment. But if they’re recycled, they can be separated into their reusable and non-reusable parts. The reusable parts can be reinstalled in other electronics, and the other parts can be used to make industrial building products and even to repair potholes....

PayPal makes it easy to return payments sent to your account, even when the money was marked as a gift from a friend or relative. You can simply refund the original payment, effectively marking it as canceled without having to create a separate transaction. You have up to 60 days to issue a refund; after that time, your only option is to send a regular payment to the other person’s PayPal address....

Domain names allow individuals or companies to post their own websites, have personalized email addresses based on the domain names, and do business on the Internet. Examples of domain names are eHow.com and livestrong.com. When you put up a website, the web-hosting company provides an Internet Protocol address, which is a set of numbers that pinpoint your site on the Internet. It is possible, however, to supply your own IP address, called a static IP....

Using a Sony PSP, you can surf the Internet and play games online against other PSP users. With every Sony PSP purchase, users get six months free of T-Mobile’s HotSpot Internet network. There are over 45,000 T-Mobile HotSpot connections in the U.S., so you should be able to find one near you.

Notepad is the default text editor that comes prepackaged with Windows based computers. Users can open and edit text documents with Notepad. If the Notepad application becomes corrupt, fails to open or was accidentally deleted, you may need to reinstall the application. Use your Windows operating system disc to install and get Notepad back up and running. Writer Bio

If you’ve recently reinstalled Windows or completed a system recovery on your Dell Inspiron laptop, you may need to reinstall the touchpad driver. System changes or a corrupted driver may leave the touchpad unusable, making an external mouse a necessity for quick navigation. The touchpad driver enables you to use the built-in touchpad and control its settings. Download the Dell Inspiron touchpad driver from Dell’s website or use a Dell driver disc to reinstall the driver....

Standard and professional versions of Adobe Acrobat allow users to secure their PDF files in several ways depending on the preferred level of confidentiality. In addition to setting a password to open the PDF, users can also apply passwords to restrict others from modifying or printing their PDFs. Removing these passwords is a simple process; however, you cannot set or remove security settings using Adobe Reader. Writer Bio

Outlook Express comes pre-installed on Windows XP. The necessary files needed to install Outlook Express are stored within the Windows XP installation CD that came with your computer. If you insert the Windows XP installation CD into your computer to try to repair or reinstall Outlook Express, your computer will prompt you to repair or reinstall the entire Windows operating system, which presents a problem when you need to fix only Outlook Express....

You report your Verizon Wireless phone stolen by suspending the phone’s service through MyVerizon online. The suspension will be effective immediately and you will not be charged for any additional use with that specific phone. MyVerizon also sends a report automatically to Verizon to notify the company that the phone has been stolen. It only takes a few minutes to set up the suspension for the device. In addition to reporting to Verizon, you should notify your local police department of the theft along with your insurance company for possible reimbursement....

A BIOS chip is a piece of Read-Only Memory (ROM), located on the surface of your motherboard, which contains the information necessary to boot up your computer. Reprogramming a BIOS chip means changing its settings, which can be accomplished by accessing the BIOS utility. Remember that certain BIOS changes can undermine the stability of your system, so be careful when reprogramming your BIOS chip. Writer Bio

The universal remote provided with your Bright House cable converter will manage four electronic devices in addition to your cable box. Program your television, DVD or other media player, and any other electronics to save the clutter of multiple remotes. Use the auto search feature to program the remote to eliminate the need for a large list of device manufacturer codes. Writer Bio

The Delphi SkyFi3 satellite radio receiver has two types of resets. A soft reset is useful when the receiver freezes and the controls no longer work. The receiver’s software is rebooted when you perform a soft reset, and your settings and data are not deleted. A hard reset, or factory reset, deletes all of your settings and, if you choose, all of your data, which is useful if you plan on giving the SkyFi3 to someone else....

The Meade Autostar computer controller helps to connect a computer to a Meade telescope. You can read a range of meteoric and other astronomic data on your computer after focusing the telescope with the help of the instrument. You need to align and reset Meade Autostar each time you use it for greater accuracy. You also need to reset Autostar in order to use the instrument with different telescopes. Writer Bio

Resetting your Samsung Bluetooth headset wipes out all of your headset’s saved connections and restores the devices to its default settings. This is ideal if you’re having issues with your headset, as resetting it can resolve some system problems and connection issues with the device to which it’s connected. Additionally, if you’re considering selling your headset or loaning it to someone else temporarily, resetting it ensures the person you’re loaning or selling the headset to won’t be able to use any of your saved connections....

Updated September 13, 2017 Deactivating and Reactivating Netflix on a Device Log into Netflix from your computer and select your profile. Click your Profile image in the upper-right corner and select “Account” from the drop-down menu. This takes you to a page with your account information and recent streaming activity. Click on the “Manage Netflix ready devices and computers” link found about halfway down the account information page. Click on the “Deactivate” link on the far right side of each device listed....

Reset the password on your LinkSys router if you suspect that it may have been breached by an unauthorized user. A compromised password could expose your network to a variety of security risks, including the possibility of malware being installed by a hacker without your knowledge. Resetting the password on a LinkSys router and securing your network requires only a few minutes and it’s a wise investment of your time....

Your Toshiba computer’s BIOS, or Basic Input Output System, stores important hardware and security configuration settings for the system. The BIOS stores these settings in special nonvolatile memory that retains its memory even when you power off the system. If you created a startup or hard-drive password for your Toshiba computer, and subsequently forget it, the BIOS usually prevents you from using the computer or booting into Windows. On many Toshiba desktop computers, and some laptops, you can remove passwords stored in the BIOS and return the system to its factory default hardware settings by removing the CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) battery for a few seconds....