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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
How to make the perfect hard boilded egg
- Put the eggs in a saucepan with enough water to cover the eggs
- Add one teaspoon of salt
- Bring the water to a rolling boil and allow the boil to continue for 1 minute
- Remove from heat and cover the saucepan for 17 minutes
- After 17 minutes drain the water and put the eggs in a bowl of ice water for 5 minutes
- Remove the eggs from the chilly water
- Enjoy the best tasting and easiest to peel hard boiled eggs
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
How to wirelessly print from a Vista laptop to an XP desktop
Make sure that file and print sharing is turned on the XP desktop and that the printer is set to be shared
Find the Windows XP computer name by clicking Start - control panel - system. Click the computer name tab and write down what is in the computer description box.
Find the printer name on the XP computer. Click start - control panel - printers and faxes. Right click on the printer and select properties then click the sharing tab. Write down the name you see in the share box.
On the Vista laptop click start - control panel - printers
Double click add a printer
Select add a local printer
Select "create a new port" and choose local Port (default choice)
Click Next
In the "enter port name" box enter the following: \\the xp computer name you wrote down\the printer name you wrote down. Example: \\zbalat\psc1300
Select the Printer driver from the list provided or use the "Have Disk" if your printer is not listed (make sure you have the cd)
Click next
Name the printer
Click Next
Print a test page to verify that printer was installed properly
Click finish
Find the Windows XP computer name by clicking Start - control panel - system. Click the computer name tab and write down what is in the computer description box.
Find the printer name on the XP computer. Click start - control panel - printers and faxes. Right click on the printer and select properties then click the sharing tab. Write down the name you see in the share box.
On the Vista laptop click start - control panel - printers
Double click add a printer
Select add a local printer
Select "create a new port" and choose local Port (default choice)
Click Next
In the "enter port name" box enter the following: \\the xp computer name you wrote down\the printer name you wrote down. Example: \\zbalat\psc1300
Select the Printer driver from the list provided or use the "Have Disk" if your printer is not listed (make sure you have the cd)
Click next
Name the printer
Click Next
Print a test page to verify that printer was installed properly
Click finish
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