How to Hide Your IP Address

Hiding your I.P. address offers an additional
layer of security when surfing on the
internet. There may be times when visiting a
site that it may try to access your personal
information without you knowing. With
security flaws in web browser, a hacker site
can install malware onto your computer and
access it through your IP address. The
internet can be a hostile environment for
non-experience web surfers. So why not
hide your computer and ISP I.P. address
from the web. This can easily be done with a
proxy server.
Step1:
You will need to download proxy server
software from the internet. See my resource
links below for safe downloads.
Step2:
Once you have the proxy server software
installed, you will most likely need to update
its database with proxy server IP addresses.
Refer to the Help file of the software you
downloaded for detailed instructions.
Step3:
Some proxy software will ask you for the
browser you are going to use so that can it
configure the browser for the correct proxy
IP address. Some software will automatically
detect what browsers are installed on your
computer and configure them automatically.
Step4:
For anonymous web surfing you will need to
enable your proxy server software before
opening your browser. If you are using
Internet Explorer, you can go to Tools,
Internet Options, Connections, and then
select LAN settings. If you see that the proxy
server box is checked and you see an IP
address and port numbers, then you are all
set. This is only a one time check and
doesn't need to be repeated for the next
time.
Step5:
To surf the web with out a proxy server, all
you need is to deactivate the proxy server.
This will restore your browser configuration
to the original settings.

How Solid-state Drives Work

In 1956, IBM shipped the world's first hard
disk drive, or HDD , in the RAMAC 305 system.
The drive used 50 24-inch (61-centimeter)
platters, stored a meager 5 megabytes of data
and took up more room than two refrigerators.
Oh, and the cost? Just $50,000 ($421,147 in
2012 dollars).
Since then, hard drives have grown smaller,
more capacious and, thankfully, less expensive.
For example, the Seagate Momentus laptop
hard drive, with a form factor of just 2.5
inches (6.4 centimeters), offers 750 gigabytes
of storage for less than $100. But even with
advanced protection technologies, the
Momentus drive, like all HDDs, can crash and
burn, taking precious data with it. That's
because hard drives have mechanical parts
that can fail. Drop a laptop, and the read-write
heads can touch the spinning platters. This
almost always results in severe data loss.
Luckily, a new kind of computer drive could
make crashes as obsolete as your Apple IIe.
Known as a solid-state drive, or SSD, it uses
semiconductor chips, not magnetic media, to
store data. Your computer already comes with
chips, of course. The motherboard contains
some that house your device's system memory,
or RAM, which is where information is stored
and processed when your computer is running.
Computer types refer to such memory as
volatile memory because it evaporates as
soon as your machine loses power. The chips
used in a solid-state drive deliver non-volatile
memory, meaning the data stays put even
without power. SSD chips aren't located on the
motherboard, either. They have their own
home in another part of the computer. In fact,
you could remove the hard drive of your
laptop and replace it with a solid-state drive,
without affecting any other essential
components.
But why would you want to? And what exactly
would the drive look like -- a green, printed
circuit board or a brushed-metal box
resembling a traditional hard drive? We'll
answer those questions on the following pages,
but before we give your machine a makeover,
let's review a few computer science basics.

How do I update the drivers on my computer?

It seems like a day doesn't go by where our
computer isn't politely urging us to please
install an update for something or other. While
most of these allow us to explore new features
in our music library or help software run with
more security, there's also the need to update
so your computer can run what you want,
period.
In a computer, a driver is a piece of software
that tells hardware how to run on a certain
operating system. That means your PC card,
DVD drive, video card and other hardware all
use drivers to make their operations work. If
you're using your computer right now, you
probably have a ton of drivers already installed
and working.
That's one of the reasons, in fact, that people
don't know that much about drivers. Whenever
Windows or Mac has an update, the drivers are
generally installed along with it; you don't even
realize you're getting a fancy new way for your
hardware to communicate as well. In general,
you don't need to fuss about whether or not to
update your drivers. While there are some
drivers that Windows doesn't automatically
update, they're by and large covered.
But how do you know when you need to
update your drivers? According to programmer
and writer Leo Notenboom, there's no reason
to update for the sake of updating. Instead,
decide to update using some common sense
signals [source: Notenboom ]. If you're having
issues with your hardware, checking for a
driver update is a great place to start
troubleshooting. If Windows or the software
itself tells you an update is available, it also
doesn't hurt to take it.
So let's upgrade ourselves a page and discover
how we can update any drivers that might need
our attention.

How to Uninstall on a Mac

Getting rid of programs on a Mac can be easy.
Or difficult. Easy because in most cases you
simply drag the program's icon to the trash
and the software disappears. Difficult because
Mac doesn't include the uninstall feature that
Windows users take for granted. Some
programs create files in the nooks and
crannies of your Mac's hard drive , and finding
them can take some detective work.
Why would you want to uninstall a program?
For the same reason you occasionally tidy your
office or clean your garage. Clutter breeds
inefficiency. Applications take up space on
your hard disk and can slow your computer.
Also, a new version of a program may not
work correctly unless you get rid of the old
one [source: Ritchie].
Most of the time, uninstalling is this simple:
1. Exit all programs.
2. Open the Applications folder, which
you'll find by clicking on the hard disk
icon.
3. Drag to the trash the icon of the
program you want to uninstall.
4. Empty the trash.
This method works fine with many
applications, like iTunes or Quicken. The files
for these applications are all stored in one
location. In Mac talk, they are "bundled." To
see if a program is bundled, click on its icon
while holding down the Control key. If a box
appears that says, "show package contents,"
it's a bundled program and the drag-to-the-
trash method is probably the best way to
uninstall it
For some other programs, removal is more
complicated. When installed, these programs
create files in several locations. The first step
in removing them is to check the program's
documentation to see if there is an uninstall
utility. If your program has an uninstall utility
associated with it, it may have been installed
with the program or included on the disk that
came with it. To remove Symantec software,
for example, you can download the uninstall
feature from the company [source: Norton].
Running an uninstall utility can make removing
a program much easier.
You should be aware that removing an
unbundled program by moving it into the trash
can leave behind orphan files on your
computer. Preference files are usually small
and you might want to ignore them if you're
just trying to free up disk space. Background
files or support files can be larger, especially
for multimedia programs like Garageband
[source: MacRumors ]. These files are likely to
reside in Library folders in your hard drive or
Home folder. They will usually be labeled with
the name of the program, like Office or
Acrobat, or the developer, such as Microsoft
or Adobe. You can search for the relevant
names using Spotlight, which is included with
the Mac OS. Drag the files you find to the
trash to get rid of them [source: The,x Lab].
Check out the next page for tips to make your
uninstall go even more smoothly.

How to take a Screenshot on a Mac

You might occasionally need to capture the
image on your computer screen so you can
save or share it. If you've used a PC designed
to run Microsoft Windows, you've probably
used the Print Screen key on the keyboard to
do this. If you're using a Mac, though, you'll
notice Apple doesn't include such a key. Don't
worry, though, because we're about to look at
the keyboard combinations and built-in tools
you can use on your Mac to capture what you
need from the screen.
First, let's look at the keyboard combinations
you can use to capture the image on your
screen. The keystrokes for screenshots are
multiple keys that should be pressed together.
When you do this, press and hold the first key,
then the second, and so forth, and immediately
release all keys after pressing the final one in
the sequence. The following are the keystrokes
to remember for screen capturing:
Command+Shift+3 captures the entire screen
and saves it to a file on your desktop.
Command+Shift+4 temporarily replaces your
mouse cursor with a tool to select any
rectangular portion of the screen. Click and
drag the tool to make your selection. Your
cursor immediately returns to normal after
that selection.
Control added to the start of either of these
sequences saves the image to the clipboard
temporarily instead of to a permanent file.
That allows you to copy and paste what you
see on the screen into an application, such as
image editing software.
If you don't use the Control key, your Mac
saves these keystroke captures to your desktop
by default. When you're capturing images this
way, you won't see any system or app
notifications to verify success. Instead, the
system just plays a chime that sounds like a
film camera snapping a photo. To see the files
you're saving, you'll have to either open your
Finder or minimize your windows to find the
images saved on the desktop.
Mac OS X traditionally saved keyboard-
generated screenshots as tagged image file
format (TIFF) files. Macs switched to portable
document format (PDF) starting in the 10.2
release of OS X, and to portable network
graphics (PNG) files by 10.6. Later, we'll look
at how you can convert any of these images to
other file formats.
While keystrokes let you get a quick capture
from the screen, they have limited options for
what you're capturing. That's where the Grab
utility comes in. Next, let's take a look at how
to use Grab, including how to capture a
specific window and how to time the capture
to include things like mouse-over text or drop-
down menus.

HOW TO CREATE PHP SITE

1. First create a hosting account if u doesnt have oneUse this
www.000webhost.comor www.nazuka.net
2. Now after registration, check your email for Confirmation message
and click the link given to activateYour account.- afta this you are
expected to go bk to ur hosting site where u login to ur account.-
Then go to "Control Panel" under your hosting menu. Create new
account i.e. subdomain name e.g. www.naijasurf.nazuka.net so go to
back to contr0l panel.- There you will find the following detailsFtp:
yoursite name.nazuka.netIp Address: 31. ***.***.987Username:
u933******Password: ********NOTE=> yoget this details under FTP
ACCESS inur c.panel and u will need them whenever u want to upload
scripts orEdit your site.NEXT.HOW TO CREATE DATABASE Ur
Database Details is compulsory especially when you want to Install Ur
Uploaded file. To create a database just Login via your Control panel
Click MySQL databaseFill the forme:gMysqldatabase: u856325983_
rinobMysqldatabase Username: u856325983_rinobDatabase
password: *****.Then submit. NOTE=> Your database username and
name must be five lettersN0TE: your database username must be 5
letters....dis are d details you'll use in installingyour script. During
installation your tables willbe created authomatically.so HOW TO
INSTALL AND UNZIP to install and unzip your script. You will make
use of ftp server site by following dos siteswww.w-ftp.tkor
blueftp.tk You will see dos box 4 u to put all your details.where your
host is your site name e.g sescolord.nazuka.net. your username e.g
u5098765 and your ftp password which you have set under your ftp
access
HOW TO UPLOAD SCRIPT
Upload your script to the root folder not inside public_html. after go
back, u will see your new uploaded file HOW TO UNZIP SCRIPT* unzip
the script into your public_html when you login to your ftp server.click
on it, there u will see extract or unzip. anyone u see is stll d same.
extract it to /public html. HOW TO INSTALL UR SCRIPTS:* create a
database if you av not do so b4. and you wil see PBNL.sql or anytin.
it must be sql unit in your public_html folder.*download it and upload
the PBNL.sql to Phpmyadmin at your hosting site.wen u get to ur
phpmyadmin u wnt see upload so to avoid confusion click import.*
goto moduls or include folder and edit settings.php or connect.php
sometimes init.php anyone u see dont be confused and fill ur
database details and site settings.* goto your siteaddress.com/
install.php to register as a global admin e.g yourdomain.com/install.php*
After this delete install.php and your site is ready for use INFO:

How to Remove Blogger Title Bars

A Blogger.com blog, by default, has two items
at the top of every blog: an address bar and a
header, or title, of the blog. Removing these
bars can give your blog a look that stands out
from the crowd. You cannot remove either of
these bars using the basic Blogger design
editor, but if you access the underlying HTML
code, you can manipulate almost anything on
the page. Removing the address bar is a simple
process of just adding some code. Removing
the page's header is a little tricky, as Blogger
will try to put the header back if you remove
it.

Instructions
1
Visit the Blogger website to access your
blog dashboard. Click the "Design"
button next to the blog that you want to
alter.
2
Click "Edit HTML" from the options at
the top of the design page. This will
bring up a large text box that is filled
with the HTML code for your blog.
3
Scroll down a few lines in the text box
until you see the "/* Variable
definitions" entry. Click on the empty
line just above this and enter the
following code:
#navbar-iframe {display: none !
important;}
This code will remove the navigation bar
from the top of your blog. Click the
"Save Template" button at the bottom of
the screen to save your changes.
4
Press "Ctrl" and "F" to bring up a search
box in your browser. Type "widget
id='header1" (without quotes) into the
search box and press "Enter." The code
in the text box will jump to the
requested line in the code.
5
Look at the line of code directly above
the one you just found for the
"maxwidgets" entry. Change the "1"
next to "maxwidgets" to a "2." Click
"Save Template" to save your changes.
6
Click the "Page Elements" option at the
top of the screen to bring up the design
elements of your blog. Click the "Add a
Gadget" option located directly above
your header bar. Click the "+" next to
"Follow by Email" in the window that
appears and click "Save" in the
confirmation window. Click "Edit HTML"
at the top of the screen to go back to
your HTML editor.
7
Search for "widget id='header" again
and erase the entire line that includes
this piece of code. The line will start
with "<b:widget" and end with
"type='header'/>." Remove the line
directly above this one as well. The
second line starts with "<b:widget" and
ends with "type='FollowByEmail'/>." By
adding the extra widget to the top of
the page and then removing it, Blogger
will no longer replace the header bar
widget when you delete it.
8
Click "Save Template" just below the
text box to save your changes. A
warning box will appear at the top of
the page, asking you whether you are
sure that you want to remove the
header widget. Click "Delete Widgets" to
continue. Click "View Blog" at the top of
the screen to see your blog without the
navigation and header bars.