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How to Create a USB Recovery Drive to reinstall Windows 10

July 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recovery drive comes to rescue if your Windows 10 PC won’t start. If your PC fails to start or boot, then you can use … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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Avast smart scan shows Performance issues

How to Uninstall or remove Avast Cleanup (GrimeFighter) from your computer

July 15, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast smart scan shows Performance issues

Avast Free Antivirus 2015 R3 has been released with the inclusion of HIPS and improved Windows 10 support. This release includes Avast Cleanup formerly … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10

July 9, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Can’t find Internet Explorer in Windows 10? Here is how to open it from the Start menu or by using taskbar search. Microsoft Edge … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
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Hide Vivaldi sidebar panel and status bar

How to hide or remove Vivaldi Status bar

July 7, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Hide Vivaldi sidebar panel and status bar

Status bar in Vivaldi not only shows link destinations on hover over, but also offers these buttons: Show panel, page tiling, Toggle images, page … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
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Microsoft Edge new tab customize options

How to Set Microsoft Edge New Tab Page to Blank

July 5, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Microsoft Edge new tab customize options

Till now Microsoft Edge browser allows to import bookmarks from other browsers into it and also lets you set a particular search engine as … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
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How to integrate Internet Download Manager (IDM) into Vivaldi Browser

July 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Vivaldi browser aimed at old Opera fans is still in Technical Preview and its beta version  soon to be released. If you’re using Vivaldi … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
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How to import bookmarks from other browsers into Microsoft Edge

June 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released build 10158 to Windows insiders in the fast ring, you no longer see the Edge browser name as Project Spartan now … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
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How to Change the default Search Engine in Microsoft Edge

June 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Bing is the default Search engine in Microsoft Edge, Windows 10 build 10158 now lets you add a desired search engine — excluding Google, … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
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Gmail’s ‘Undo Send’ is now available to all, here is how to enable it

June 25, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

After sending a message in Gmail, you can now cancel it within 30 seconds. It took 6 years for Google to graduate a popular … [Read more…]

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Firefox

How to disable Extension Signing in Firefox 40

June 19, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Preference to turn off add-on signature check is now available in Firefox 40. Mozilla will enforce extension signing from Firefox 40 version (scheduled to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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Windows 10: How to change Network Location to Private from Public?

June 17, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Windows 10 Network and Sharing Center wrongly shows you’re connected to Public network. Recently, Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 10130 ISOs to Insiders … [Read more…]

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How to disable or turn off AVG Automatic Updates

June 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Prevent AVG from auto-updating by disabling its definition and program update schedule tasks. AVG Free antivirus automatically updates virus definitions and program update, they’re … [Read more…]

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