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Jun
24
2024

How to Download IE6 and Other Old Versions of Internet Explorer

Why Would You Need Old Internet Explorer Today? If you’ve ever used Internet Explorer 6 or other old versions, you probably wonder why people would willingly use those browsers. IE6 is notorious for its security issues and lack of compliance with web standards, and later versions were better but not exactly outstanding. Today, most people who use Internet Explorer do so because of legacy enterprise software. Many companies built internal web apps decades ago that was designed to only wor.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Convert the MOD Camcorder Video Format to MPG

What Is a MOD File? You’ve probably never heard of a MOD video file, but if you have you’ve probably had the misfortune of using one. It’s not that it is a bad file format. It is just that the MOD file is rarely encountered. In fact, the MOD file extension often appears in other places such as video game modifications. That’s not the MOD file we’re talking about here, however. So: How do MOD files play? Why is this format used? MOD and TOD files (the high defini.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Watch Classic Movies

Watching Classic Movies Online Forget about modern Hollywood blockbusters. For real satisfaction, you need to dig into some classic movies—we’re thinking films from your childhood, early cinematic masterpieces, and notable older movies from other countries. But what’s the best way to watch classic movies? In this article, we list the apps and sites you need to know about. They’re packed with old movies worth watching. 1. Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies bet.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Use Google Forms to Get Updates From Your Remote Team

Start a New Form Google Forms offers a nice selection of templates that can help you get started. Click the Template gallery at the top to review templates for Work, Personal, and Education. If you see one that has the basics you need, such as the question types, click it to use it. If not, you can start from scratch by clicking the Blank option under Start a new form. This is what we’ll be using for this tutorial. The first thing you should do when you create a new form is to name it. .

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Jun
24
2024

How to Make Your Amazon Fire Tablet Look Like Stock Android

First Things First: No Root Necessary! Many customizations for Android-based devices rely on unlocking the phone and gaining root access. This is tricky with Amazon Fire tablets because they are regularly updated by Amazon, which means the retail giant could potentially fix any vulnerabilities that allowed you to gain root access in the first place. You Need Google Play Although there is a good choice of apps in the Amazon App Store  including many premium titles for free for the best An.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Request a Refund on Facebook

Facebook Messenger Payment Refund If you’ve used Facebook Pay to send money in Messenger, Facebook cannot issue a refund. According to Facebook’s own guidance, there is no official method for getting a Messenger refund.  In practice, you only have two options available to you: Ask the seller to return the money. Ask the seller to decline the payment. This inflexible policy means Facebook Pay is not a recommended way to pay for items from a seller that you don’t kn.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Bookmark or Share Specific Sections of YouTube Videos

How to Bookmark a Video on YouTube Bookmarking a video to access it later is simple. In a desktop browser, open the video that you want to save so that your browser has its page URL open. To bookmark the current page in most browsers, including Chrome, you can press Ctrl + D (Cmd + D on a Mac). If you’d rather use the mouse, click the star icon in the address bar, then choose a folder and click Done to save it. This method allows you to bookmark YouTube videos without signing in. If you.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Find the Serial Number for Any Apple Device

Common Places to Find Your Apple Serial Number Before delving into the specific serial number locations for each device, you should know about several easy methods to find the serial numbers for any of your Apple products. Typically, these options only work if the device is linked to your Apple ID account or if you originally purchased it from Apple. On the plus side, each of these universal options is available even if you can’t get your hands on the device itself making them especially.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Charge Your Phone While Riding Your Bike

Charging your phone on a bike Phone-based navigation has made it easier than ever to stay safe while on your bike. That’s not to mention that your smartphone can help keep you entertained on your journey, talk on the phone, and be ready for when you reach your destination. However, these features require power. If you need to keep your smartphone charged while out on a cycle, you do have options. Here are the best ways to charge your phone while riding a bike. 1. GoerTech Solar Charger .

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Jun
24
2024

How to Spot and Remove Agent Smith Malware on Android

What Is Agent Smith Malware? Agent Smith is a modular malware that exploits a series of Android vulnerabilities to replace legitimate existing apps with malicious imitation. The malicious app doesn’t steal data. Instead, apps replaced display a huge number of adverts to the user or steal credit from the device to pay for adverts already served. The malware carries the “Agent Smith” moniker, the same name as the infamous Matrix character who is characterized as a virus. The Ch.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Spot and Avoid Fake Virus and Malware Warnings

3 Most Common Fake Virus Warnings While fake virus alerts could theoretically crop up in any manner, history has shown that three types frequently appear. As such, if you can learn to spot these, you should be safe. 1. Website Advertisements Disguised as Virus Scanners Advertisement designers will sometimes resort to underhand tactics to persuade you to click. Some shady antivirus companies will get you to visit their website by showing you a fake alert. For example, the image above shows a w.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Disable Ad Tracking on iPhone and iOS Browsers

About Ad Tracking on Your iPhone Apple prides itself on protecting your privacy, but it still collects data about how you use your iPhone. Although Apple uses this data to show you targeted ads, it doesn’t share anything with third parties and keeps your data anonymous by removing any personal identifiers. After analyzing your data, Apple places you in a group with at least 5,000 similar people. Apple then delivers the same targeted ads to everyone in that group. Third-party advertisers,.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Directly Connect to a Raspberry Pi Without Internet

When You Might Use This Wirelessly connecting to a Raspberry Pi whether it has wireless networking enabled or is connected via Ethernet to your router is certainly more convenient. It’s almost certainly the preferred option, whether you’re at home, at school, or at a maker event. However, it isn’t ideal for every scenario. For instance, if you’re using your Pi with the camera module, you may like to take it outside, perhaps to capture some time-lapse photography. Witho.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Set Up a PayPal Account and Receive Money From Anyone

Why Should You Create a PayPal Account? Over the years PayPal has solidified itself as the de facto payment system for anyone doing business online. PayPal grew as it found a gap in the market between less advanced alternatives and greedy credit card processors. Much of this growth was fueled by eBay, which needed a cheap, convenient payment system. Sellers couldn’t afford credit card processing and buyers didn’t want to risk sharing their credit cards with strangers. PayPal offer.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Hide or Fake Your Location in Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge

What Is Geolocation? Geolocation pinpoints your location and then ties it to your web browser or other applications. Most services use the information from your IP address and connected network to match it with known locations. Browsers use geolocation for several different reasons. When you visit certain websites, you might notice a prompt that asks you to confirm whether the site can use your location. If you allow access, the site can use your location and provide information relevant to yo.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Create Your Own IRC Chat Channel

What is IRC? IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It’s a way of chatting via text to other people online. IRC has been around for over three decades. IRC was designed by Jarkko Oikarinen while working at the University of Oulu in Finland. It spun off from a bulletin board system to feature real-time discussions; it gave the ability to see other people’s messages appear immediately after they sent them and respond to them too. Oikarinen continued to develop IRC for some years, befor.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Copyright Your Photos

What Is Copyright? When you possess copyright of a photograph, that means that you have exclusive right to reproduce the work, to create derivative works based on it, to distribute copies, and to display it in public. In the United States, when you take a photograph, you automatically have the copyright of the image as soon as the shutter is released (as long as it isn’t a photo of an existing artistic work). However, this isn’t the case if you’ve been commissioned to take th.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage When Streaming Music

Reduce Mobile Data Usage on Spotify With a premium Spotify account, you can save playlists for offline listening. But if you aren’t sure whether Spotify Premium is worth it, you can still adjust the bitrate when streaming music to reduce data usage instead. Tap the Settings button (which looks like a cog), then go to Music Quality and select Low under the Streaming section. Your music will play at a bitrate of around 24 kbit/s, compared to Normal at 96 kbit/s and High at 160 kbit/s. You.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Download Windows Media Player 12 for Windows 10

Where Has Windows Media Player Gone? The quickest way to check if you have Windows Media Player 12 (the latest version) installed and enabled is to open the Start menu and search for it. It comes as an “optional feature” for the majority of Windows 10 versions. However, Microsoft now disables it by default, so there’s every chance your search will yield no results. There are also two versions of the operating system that don’t have it at all: Windows 10 N and Windows 1.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Play Unplayable Videos on Your PC

Common Reasons for Video Playback Errors It’s often frustrating to find a video file on your PC that fails to play, especially if it played previously.  There are various factors that affect the playback of a video file. These factors are:  1. Your media player is corrupt and cannot play it. 2. Codecs are missing from your computer. 3. The file extension is unrecognized. 4. A DRM decryption key is missing. 5. The video file is corrupt. 6. The online video service has.

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