How to Switch From Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

* Computer with Internet access (preferably high speed and one that you own)
* Brief downloading knowledge
* Access to Mozilla Firefox's website

How to Switch to Firefox From Internet Explorer
Step1
Go to the website listed below in the Resources section (http://www.mozilla.com).

Step2
Once there, click the large button on the screen labeled "download Firefox--free." Then wait for the download to begin. A dialog box then appears that asks "would you like to save this file?" Click the "save file" button on the left.

Step3
Once the file is downloaded, click install and follow the on screen step by step prompts. Your browser will restart with Google.com as your home page. If you would like to change this, go to "tools" on the top menu and select the "main" tab.

Step4
Type in your new home page web address and click the OK button on the bottom of the screen to save this new address. The next time you open Mozilla, the page should automatically default to this.

Step5
You won't notice many differences in using Mozilla but you may not be able to access some websites that are not compatible with Mozilla; so keep Internet Explorer around. The buttons may be a bit different, but you can still have all the toolbars on the top of it, such as yahoo and Google.

Step6
Your "favorites" are now known as "Bookmarks" and can be located under the Bookmarks menu. To save a favorite page, click "bookmarks," and "bookmark this page. You can also organize by placing it into a folder, similar to the process in Internet Explorer.

Step7
HELP! Don't worry, menus are virtually alike in this web browser as to Internet Explorer, but if do you get stuck, click the help menu and explore the choices beneath it. You can also search by topic if you are looking for something specific.

Step8
Firefox also has a neat feature called "Foxmarks" where you can install an add-on (by accessing the tools menu), save a username and password and then access your favorites on any computer with Firefox by entering your username and password. This is an invaluable feature and built right in to the browser.

Step9
MOST OFTEN USED FEATURES:

If you would like to make the text size bigger, simply click the "view" menu on the top of your screen and then select "text size."

If you would like to go back to your starting (home) page, just click the house on the top of the page.

If you would like to refresh the page, hit the F5 key.

The back and forward button functions remain the same. History is also the same. You can set the number of days, etc. and customize it to your needs.

You can still save passwords inside the browser if that is something you prefer to do.

How to Save Money on Internet Service

Things You’ll Need:

* Internet connection
* Phone

How to Save Money on Internet Service
Step1
Go to lowermybills.com

Step2
Click on the link for internet service and begin comparison shopping for different providers.

Step3
Select the best deal and put potentially hundreds of dollars back in your pocket. You can also use the site to get discounted cell phone service and credit cards among other things.

Step4
Many of the big companies will often do promotional offers and offer you low monthly rates if you sign up for a 1-year or 2-year contract. Don't commit to a long term contract if you think you might have to cancel before the term is up because it will most likely cost you some money to terminate the contract early.

Step5
If you choose a Internet service with lower speed you will save some money, but you'll have to spend more time waiting in front of the computer as the pages load, so get used to that hour glass icon.

How to Create Your Own Yahoo 360 Blog on the Internet

Things You’ll Need:

* Computer with Internet
* Yahoo! 360 web address:http//360.yahoo.com/login.html
* Yahoo ID and Password

Step1
Use your computer and the Internet to find the Yahoo 360 Blog website at the web address http//360.yahoo.com/login.html
Then press the Get Started button in the right hand column of the Create your Place on Yahoo 360° page.

Step2
Type in your Yahoo ID and Password if you are asked to Sign In. If you have not registered for Yahoo yet click onto the Sign Up hyperlink and follow all instructions then sign in.

Step3
Check out some of the interesting Blog pages at the bottom of the Yahoo! 360 Home Page (for design ideas). Then press the Start My Page button.

Step4
Complete Step 1 on this page by creating your nickname then press the Continue button. Next complete Step 2 by checking out and choosing a background for your Blog then press Continue Finally list your Interests and Favorites to complete 'Step 3' and press the "Finish" button.

Step5
Add your profile, your photos, a favorite saying, your groups, and your RSS feeds. Then send out invitations to your friends and (oh yeah) don't forget to begin your Blog.

Step6
Your Blog can be about whatever you want it to be and it can be written however you want to write it. So design, create and enjoy. And have fun communicating with the whole wide world

How to Submit Your Website to 47 Social Bookmarking Sites At Once

Things You’ll Need:

* To sign up with various social bookmarking sites

Step1
Go to socialmarker.com. there are 47 different social bookmarking sites listed in their database so far.

Step2
Be sure you have an account with each of these services. Keep note of your sign in information for each in a notebook or download an application such as roboform or use Flock or FireFox browsers to remember for you.

Step3
Fill in the short form in the top right of the page. Your websites title, url, description and keywords (and keyword phrases!) separated by commas.

Step4
Check all the social bookmarking services you wish to use to promote your website.

Step5
Don't get confused by the lack of submit button. Simply click your enter button when your finished and your promotion will begin!

Step6
A page will appear for each of the selected social bookmarking sites. Click either the log in or register tabs and then fill out the information.

Your information you filled out in the form on page 1 is stored at the bottom of the page. Simply drag and drop this information to the appropriate places on the social bookmarking site's page and click the submit button/tab at the top.

Step7
Keep going until all social bookmarking pages have been used. The whole process should take about 15-20 minutes.

Step8
Enjoy the extra traffic!!

Step9
If you found this helpful, please help out this easily amused writer by rating this article at the top of this page. It may encourage me to write more articles like this to help you out. Many thanks!

How to Install a Wireless Network

Things You’ll Need:

* Computer
* Internet Access
* Wireless Network Cards
* Modem
* Wireless Router

Step1
PICK A ROUTER – There are tons of wireless routers to choose from. Depending on how big your house or office you might have to purchase multiple routers. The current standard in wireless technology is known as Wireless G. It is rated at a maximum speed of 54Mbps with a radius range of approximately 75'. This is most suitable for small homes or offices. Other types include Wireless A, B, and N and all vary in bandwidth and range. Do some more research and find out what might be suitable for your needs.

Step2
PICK A WIRELESS NETWORK CARD – If you set up a wireless network make sure to get wireless networking cards for each desktop, otherwise there’ll be no way for you to connect to the internet. Most laptops have wireless networking cards built in, check your laptops manual to make sure.

Step3
PLUG IN THE ROUTER - Once you pick out a wireless router that suits your needs plug in the power supply and connect it to your primary computer. If you already have a wired router go ahead and unplug it and throw it aside. Reconnect all the cables from the modem to your wireless router until you see green blinking lights on both the modem and router. This signals that the wireless router is picking up and internet signal.

Step4
SET UP THE ROUTER – Turn on the computer directly connected to the wireless router. Most routers come with software disks that include drivers needed for them to work. Go ahead and install the required software and restart your computer. Once restarted open up your internet browser and type http://192.168.1.1 into the address bar. A window will pop up asking for a username and password. You do not need to enter a username, just enter admin as the password. This may not work for some wireless routers, check your manual for further instructions. Give your router a unique name and set up wireless security right away. You don’t want people using your bandwidth. Select WPA2Personal for security mode and create a password. Share this password only with others you want to grant internet access to.

Step5
Save your settings, turn of your computer. Disconnect any Ethernet cables connected to your computer and congratulations you’ve just set up your wireless network! Now you can access the internet from anywhere in your house or office!

How to host your own website at home

Things You’ll Need:

* A high speed internet connection (preferably one with a high upload rate)
* An extra computer that will run 24/7 with a constant internet connection and with at least 512 mb of ram

Step1
First check to be sure that you do not have anything of value on your old computer because we will be erasing it completely.

Once you have your old computer ready to go download a copy of centos from either http://downloads.madtux.org/free_downloads/free.php?product_key=CentOS50x86_64DVD for the 64bit computer (I have not personally used this but should work just the same as the 32bit one) The 32bit download here http://downloads.madtux.org/free_downloads/free.php?product_key=CentOS50i386DVD (this is what most will be downloading unless you have a fairly new computer.

Next burn the image to a dvd and if your computer does not have a dvd burner or your old computer does not have a dvd reader you can download the cd versions from here: http://downloads.madtux.org/free_downloads/free.php?product_key=CentOS50i386CDSet

Step2
Next insert the dvd or first cd into the old computer and point the bios to boot from it. Install centos. If you need any additional help doing this check out the beginning of this tutorial http://howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_centos5.0

Step3
Once you have booted into Centos for the first time it is a good idea to install the updates (their will be a pop up in the right corner). After you have done this it is time to install everything you will need for your web server. We will be installing only the basic LAMP server (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP/Perl).

Step4
First we will install the Apache Web Server 2.0. We will be doing this in the command terminal because it is easier for a tutorial. To open a terminal right click on the desktop and go to terminal.

In the window copy in this text: yum install httpd httpd-devel
and press enter, it should start downloading a little but then it will ask you if you want to download the larger file and you have to press "y" and then enter again. After the terminal returns to the normal prompt copy and paste in:
/etc/init.d/httpd start
this will start your web server for the first time. (a green OK should appear on the right)

Step5
Next we will install the MySQL Database Server. This is not needed for every website but is is certainly something that you might need as you develop your website.

Once again copy and paste in the terminal:
yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-devel
again wait for it to ask you to press y to download the main files.

After you return to the normal prompt, copy in:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
this will start mysql

Step6
Next we will install the PHP scripting language.

In the terminal again copy and paste in:
yum install php php-mysql php-common php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-devel php-xml
and press enter as always and again wait to press y and enter to download.

After the installation has completed you will need to restart apache to load in the php you just installed to do so copy in:
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
into the terminal.

Now your server is up and running but to keep it running if you restart the computer copy in:
chkconfig httpd on
(press enter)
chkconfig mysqld on
(press enter)

Step7
Now you are all set on the computer we have to work with the internet end of setting up the web hosting server. To test if your server is running open up firefox and type in:
127.0.0.1
You should see a centos test page if not look back to the apache instillation and see if you installed everything right.

Now to configure the firewalls so that people can access your computer to view your web page, you will need to go to the to left and click on system and then administration and then firewall. And make sure that the http and https are clicked. Next we need to forward your router so that port 80 and 443 are froward to your web server. If you need help forwarding ports there are some excellent tutorials on this website.

Step8
After those ports are forwarded your website (for this tutorial just the centos test page) will be visible on the internet but to access it you have to type in your ip address because we have not set up a domain name yet and you can not access your own website from external internet because you have the same ip address. But if you go to a friends house and type in your ip address (this can be found on the information page of your router) you should see the web page.

Step9
The next step is linking the ip address to a domain name. You might have to pay for a domain but it is not that expensive I got mine for 8 dollars. The only problem is that if you are hosting from a residential internet account your ISP typically gives you a dynamic ip address meaning that it changes often with out your notice. To counter act this I signed up for a free account at no-ip.com and download the linux client that will send your current ip address to there server every 5 min or what ever you like and give you a stable domain name, such as yourwebsite.no-ip.com thus when ever you type that in to your address bar it will find your correct ip address.
Step10
If you are lucky enough to have a static ip address simply point your domain to your ip address. And you are done

How to Disable Validating Identity on Wireless Network

Open Network Connections by right clicking on the network icon on your desktop task bar, and then click on Open Network Connections.















Right click on your wireless connection, and then click on Properties. The Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog box will appear.














Click on the Wireless Networks tab, and then click on the Properties button. A dialog box with your network name on it will appear.













Click on the Authentication tab, and then clear the box for “Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network.” (The box should be empty.) Click OK to exit out.

How to Surf Internet through Calculator ?

Step1
How to surf the internet using any simple window accessories ( paint, calculator or notepad )?

Please do follow the following steps............ Step2
1) Open any windows accessories.

2) Press F1 or Open Help Topics from Help menu.

3) Click on the top left icon on the title bar of Help dialog box(it looks like a document with a question mark).

4) From the menu that appears click on Jump to URL option.

5) A dialog box will appear, type the link or website you want to open in it(please type http:// before the website) and press enter key.