Quicken financial management software, with all its choices, instructions and options can be overwhelming, especially for a new user. Everything seems equally important, and everything seems like you need to master it right now. Before diving in and starting the process of using accounts, creating reports and filling in budget amounts, it is important to learn a few basic concepts that can help you optimize Quicken for your individual needs....
Cellular telephones are becoming more of a necessity in today’s society. Many people, however, dislike the contract model employed by most cell phone carriers. Thankfully, there are many cell phone providers that offer prepaid plans. With a prepaid cell phone plan, you pay for your talk time before you use it by purchasing calling cards, so you do not have to sign a contract. Two popular prepaid phone carriers are Tracfone and Net10....
Things change: new technology invariably brings new ways of doing things not possible or even imaginable in the past. For example, while we are blessed with a wealth of news sources on the Internet to choose from, we have become less reliant upon the traditional hard-copy newspaper as a major source of information about the world. For better or worse, the Internet has dramatically affected the way newspapers are read, run, financed and staffed....
As long as you have cellular access and a service plan that allows it, you can use your iPhone as a virtual router so you can access the Internet from your computer or other device like a tablet. To access this feature, turn on the Personal Hotspot in the iPhone’s settings. If the feature is not listed, your service plan doesn’t include it. Contact your cell phone provider to find out how you can get it....
Updated February 10, 2017 Start AutoCAD on your Windows computer. Click “File,” then “Open.” Open the AutoCAD DWG file you want to convert. Adjust the three-dimensional camera until you achieve the view that you want to export. In the menu at the top of the AutoCAD workspace, click “Export.” Click “PDF.” A new window will appear, allowing you to specify the name and location of your exported document. Name the PDF whatever you wish and save it to the computer desktop....
In the days before digital broadcast television, local channels from two to 13 were broadcast in VHF (for “Very High Frequency”), and channels from 14 to 83 went out in UHF (for “Ultra High Frequency”). Today digital television is broadcast in the UHF band, but VHF is still used for FM radio and marine-band radio, and amateur radio enthusiasts still broadcast on both bands. Because of the different characteristics of the two frequency bands, the optimal designs for UHF and VHF antennas are significantly different....
Microsoft’s Natural Keyboard Elite features three LED lights. These lights are located in the middle of the keyboard, between the left and right halves of the keys. Writer Bio
Wnen you use a proxy server, your computer or a mobile device is essentially entering the Internet via a server and an IP address different from your own. Connecting to the Web via a proxy server is one way to protect your online anonymity. Web browsers also tend to use proxy servers to access restricted content not made available to their host servers. Despite some apparent benefits, however, use of a proxy server as an Internet gateway entails a number of potential risks....
There are a lot of advantages to having virtual meetings such as money saved on traveling, convenience, the ease of making accommodations and the ability for people to get back to work right away after the meeting has ended. However, there are also some notable disadvantages to a virtual meeting.
“Application Error” messages on your Windows-based computer screen are enough to make you cringe because you know they might mean something big; then again, they might not. Sometimes also called “General Protection Fault,” such messages do get your attention, and for good reason. Essentially, the system is looking for a reboot, which will quite often correct the “bug,” or error. Writer Bio
If you’ve lost your enthusiasm for reblogging animated GIFs and scrolling down an endless dashboard, the best way to quit cold turkey is to delete your Tumblr blog entirely. Once you’ve done so, however, you can’t reverse the process – and since the result of this action changes depending on whether you are deleting a primary or secondary blog, you should take care you don’t accidentally delete more than you intend to....
Coaxial output connects a coaxial cable to a device or terminal with a coaxial input. They are used in a variety of communication and electronic networks, from transmitting radio frequencies to connecting DVD players to an audio system. Writer Bio
An external caller ID device connects to your landline telephone connection and informs you visually of the number that is currently calling you. The devices include a LCD display and which also shows the caller’s name, date and time of the incoming call. An external caller ID requires you to have a subscription through your area telephone service provider for caller identification service before the device can work. External caller ID devices are also available that can display an incoming call’s number when you are using the phone....
Factory-reconditioned products are returned goods that have gone back to the manufacturer to be checked or fixed before being sold again. Companies can’t sell sold or opened goods as new, even if they are in mint condition, and many use a refurbishment process to prepare them for resale. You’re most likely to come across these products in the electronics sector when you’re shopping for items like computers, cameras, TVs, kitchen appliances and power tools....
GoDaddy is one of the largest Web hosting companies in the world, and more than 200,000 people use it to serve business and personal websites on the Internet. Like many other hosting companies, GoDaddy enables you to use your domain name with email addresses you create. Using the GoDaddy webmail interface, you need only create email addresses you want to use. However, if you want to use your GoDaddy email addresses with a desktop mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird – or forward GoDaddy messages to another webmail service like Gmail or Yahoo – you’ll need to know your incoming and outgoing mail server settings....
Apple’s iPad was far and away the highest-selling tablet computer in the United States in early 2012, according to The Washington Post. Despite its dominance in the market, there are a number of alternatives to iPad, including the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.7, two devices sold by Samsung. Both devices run on the Google Android 4.0 operating system. Like the iPad, both tablets feature touch screen displays, digital cameras, Wi-Fi and cellular capabilities....
Anyone who owns a printer knows that it is crucial to know which ink cartridges are compatible with your printer when it is time to replace the cartridge – each printer has a coded print cartridge designed for its components. However, there are two Epson ink cartridges that are very similar: Epson 77 and 78. They can be used with almost the same list of printers and have the same list of features, but there are differences that correspond to the two ink cartridge codes....
As is the case with other web-based chat and calling solutions like Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, Skype allows its users to organize their contacts into a contact or buddy list. Another similarity between Skype and these other services is the ability of each user to select his own display status, such as if he’s “away” or “busy.” Skype users can also choose to be “invisible.” Writer Bio
Supported Video Formats If you want to upload your own video to Tumblr the same way you would upload an image, you will need to make sure your video is in MP4 format. For video uploads, Tumblr doesn’t support any other options. Specifically, MP4 format videos must use the H.264 codec and AAC audio; this is the default setting on most MP4 videos so in most cases you shouldn’t have to worry about that....
A cell phone, wrapped in a layer of aluminum foil, cannot receive calls. The foil, an electrical conductor, creates a barrier called a Faraday Cage around the phone, blocking the radio signals on which it operates. You can easily demonstrate this for yourself by placing a phone on a sheet of aluminum foil, folding the foil over until you completely cover the device, and then calling its number – the phone will not ring....
