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Foxit Cloud Foxit Reader

How to Remove Foxit Reader’s Foxit Cloud Option and CloudReading Plugin?

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Foxit Cloud Foxit Reader

When you install Foxit Reader’s latest version 6.1.1  on your computer, it will install CloudReading plugin on your computer and adds Foxit Cloud option on File menu as a result of this. “CloudReading Plugin allows users to synchronise PDF files […]

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AVG 2014: How to Remove “Permanently Shred with AVG” Option from Context Menu

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

How to Remove AVG 2014’s File Shredder options from Windows Context menu. With AVG 2014, AVG Technologies has introduced File Shredder feature, you can see its option on File and folder context menus in Windows. Selecting this option permanently and […]

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WinRAR 5 Archive dialog

How to Create, Open and Identify RAR 5 Archive File

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 3 Comments
WinRAR 5 Archive dialog

Not figured out how to create RAR 5 archive?, or don’t know how to open it when you got one through email and how about recognizing it on your computer, this article is here to help you. After going through […]

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How to Disable opera_crashreporter.exe?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Know how to stop crashreporter process of Opera from running. Have you noticed opera_crashreporter.exe process appears always running on Task Manager under Processes tab when Opera based Chromium is open. Its really annoying, instead Opera Crash Reporter should be running […]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Using Guest Browsing in Chrome

How to Get Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Using Guest Browsing in Chrome

For Chromebook users Google offers Guest Browsing option which is similar to Incognito mode doesn’t saves browsing history when you close all open Guest windows, however all the files you downloaded will be preserved. Guest Browsing is enabled by default […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
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AVG Antivirus Free 2014 uninstall step 1

How to Uninstall AVG Antivirus Free 2014 from your computer?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
AVG Antivirus Free 2014 uninstall step 1

Step-by step guide to uninstall AVG Antivirus Free 2014 from Control Panel. If you’ve installed AVG Antivirus Free 2014 on your computer and want to uninstall the same for reasons to reinstall it or to install another antivirus or internet […]

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Uninstalling Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7

How to Uninstall IE11 on Windows 7 that restores Previous Version to IE10/IE9/IE8

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7

Downgrading to IE10 or IE9 or IE8 from IE11 is easy. Yesterday, Microsoft has released Release Preview for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, this will be last Preview version and final version will be released this fall. If you’ve […]

Posted in: How to, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Yahoo Toolbar in Google Chrome

How to Uninstall or Remove Yahoo Toolbar from Chrome

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Yahoo Toolbar in Google Chrome

Are you finding it difficult to remove Yahoo Toolbar in Chrome browser, this article is here to help you. Recently Yahoo has released new Yahoo Toolbar for Chrome, if you’ve installed it in Chrome unintentionally or intentionally to see the […]

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Move to Dropbox context menu item

How to Remove “Move to Dropbox” from Context Menu in Windows

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Move to Dropbox context menu item

Don’t want Move to Dropbox Context Menu entry? here is how to remove it. Yesterday Dropbox 2.4 has been released with Screenshot sharing feature, it also adds Move to Dropbox option to context menu for files or folders, which appears […]

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Firefox
Firefox 23 share button

How to Activate Share Button in Firefox 23?

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox 23 share button

Firefox 23  has been released officially with social sharing functionality and available for download for Mac, Windows and Linux platforms, this release brings Share button to browser. Three months back, Mozilla has added Facebook as social service provider in Firefox […]

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Google Chrome
Chrome 29 version showing Audio Indicator for YouTube Video Playing tab

How to Enable Audio Indicators for Google Chrome Tabs Right Now

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome 29 version showing Audio Indicator for YouTube Video Playing tab

Back in February 2013, Google has added cool yet useful feature, audio Indicators in Canary Build that shows which tabs are playing audio with animation. Google has disabled this feature by default in Canary on Windows and it has not […]

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Firefox
Firefox keyword search extension for address bar

Firefox 23: How to Always Use/Set Different Search Engine for Searches in Address bar

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox keyword search extension for address bar

Mozilla has released Firefox 23, and one change you might’ve not noticed or don’t know and why it matters for some users?.  The change is:  keyword.URL preference has been removed and now when you select search provider from Search bar […]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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