INPUT ARTICLE: Article: This is a device that protects you from a dangerous shock when water and electricity come together, installed in place of a regular outlet. An electrician can install a GFCI for you and explain how to test and maintain it. " Frayed or cut insulation poses a shock and fire hazard.

SUMMARY: If your power goes out a lot or the lights in your home flicker, smell bad, or make noise, have an electrician come to inspect your wiring. Electrical outlets in the bathroom, kitchen and other places where there is water nearby should have a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI). All electrical outlets and switches should be covered by "face plates. Inspect electrical cords to make sure they are in good condition. Don't tie or knot cords, or let them become tangled. Don't let furniture sit on cords or let cords become pinched in a door.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Most police officers who are on duty will be wearing an official police uniform. In fact, some municipalities have outlawed plainclothes police officers from conducting traffic stops. However, many municipalities do allow plain clothes officers to conduct traffic stops if those officers observe a traffic violation. Use your best judgment, and remember that a uniform isn't always a solid confirmation that an individual is an officer. Police uniforms can be purchased by civilians, so it's not a definite way to determine an officer's status. If someone pulls you over in an unmarked car and that individual is not wearing a uniform at all, you should be on alert. Call 911 to confirm that the individual is an officer before you pull over or roll down your window. If you're pulled over by an unmarked car or a plainclothes police officer, you should always confirm that the individual is actually a police officer. A law enforcement officer must show you his or her badge upon request, and no real police officer would refuse to do this. In addition to badges, some municipalities also issue official police identification cards. These cards should be official, laminated photo IDs, not merely business cards. Familiarize yourself with what your local police identification looks like in advance so that you'll be able to spot a fake in the event that you're pulled over. If you're still not convinced, you can always write down the officer's badge number, call 911, and confirm that that badge number is valid. You should do this through a narrowly-cracked window so that you can both pass identification back and forth without endangering your safety. How an individual behaves when you ask for identification can tell you a lot about that person's identity. A real police officer will have no problem showing you his or her badge. That officer should show you the badge long enough so that you can get a good look and write down the badge number. A real officer will not simply flash the badge and then put it away. An officer will also be understanding if you're concerned about the unmarked car and/or lack of uniform, and will provide you with the necessary identification. If the individual gets angry or threatening, acts suspiciously, or behaves unprofessionally (such as banging on your door or ordering you to exit the vehicle), that individual may not be a police officer. If you feel threatened or unsafe, call 911 immediately, and let the individual know that you're calling 911. If the individual flees the scene when you call 911, he or she was not a real police officer.

SUMMARY: Look for a uniform. Ask to see proper identification and credentials. Observe how the individual behaves when you ask for ID.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the square port on the back of your desktop's CPU box, then plug the other end of the cable into the square port on the side of your laptop. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Doing this will search your computer for the Control Panel program. You'll find this at the top of the Start window. Control Panel will open. It should be on the left side of the Control Panel page. If your Control Panel page has "Small icons" or "Large icons" written in the top-right corner, skip this step. Doing so opens a list of all current connections, including your Ethernet connection to the laptop computer. It's a link below the current Internet connection in the Network and Sharing Center window. This is in the bottom-left corner of the window. You'll find this line of text in the middle of the window. Clicking it will select it. It's in the lower-right side of the window. Check the "Use the following IP address" box near the top of the page, then fill out the following fields: IP address - Type in 192.168.1.1 Subnet mask - Type in 225.225.225.0 Default gateway - Type in 192.168.1.2 To do so: Go to the Network and Sharing center in the same way that you did on the desktop. Open the Ethernet properties, select Internet Protocol Version 4, and click Properties Check the "Use the following IP address" box at the top of the page. Type 192.168.1.2 into the "IP address" field. Type 225.225.225.0 into the "Subnet mask" field. Type 192.168.1.1 into the "Default gateway" field. Click OK twice. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Click the folder-shaped icon in the lower-left side of the Start window. Click on a folder that you want to share from your desktop to your Mac computer. You can also create a new folder to share. To do so: Click Share in the top-left side of the window. Click Specific people... Click the drop-down arrow. Click Everyone Click Share Click Done when prompted. To do so: Find the files that you want to share. Select the files. Press Ctrl+C to copy the files. Open the shared folder. Press Ctrl+V to paste the files. Go back to the Windows laptop on which you want to access the shared folder. Open Start, click File Explorer {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/0\/0d\/Windowsstartexplorer.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/0\/0d\/Windowsstartexplorer.png\/30px-Windowsstartexplorer.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":460,"bigWidth":"30","bigHeight":"30","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I edited this screenshot of a Windows icon.
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<\/p><\/div>"}, click the desktop computer's name in the lower-left side of the File Explorer window, and double-click the folder. You may have to scroll down through the far-left column of folders to access the desktop computer's name. Select the files, press Ctrl+C, open a folder in which you want to store them, and press Ctrl+V. You can also add files from your laptop to the shared folder if you want to access them on the desktop computer.

SUMMARY:
Connect the two computers with an Ethernet cable. Open Start on the desktop computer. Type in control panel. Click Control Panel. Click Network and Internet. Click Network and Sharing Center. Click Ethernet. Click Properties. Click Internet Protocol Version 4. Click Properties. Change the IP address for your connection. Change the IP address on your laptop computer. Open Start on the desktop computer. Open File Explorer . Select a share folder. Share the folder. Place files to share in the folder. Switch to the laptop computer. Open the shared folder. Move the shared files onto your laptop.