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ESET Smart Security System Integration

How to Permanently Disable Personal Firewall in ESET Smart Security 7

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
ESET Smart Security System Integration

For troubleshooting purposes or to turn on Windows built-in Firewall back, you can permanently disable ESET’s Personal Firewall in Smart Security 7 and here is how to do it. You can always re-enable Personal Firewall once your troubleshooting completes. Turning […]

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
Firefox
Firefox 22 with JavaScript option in Preferences

How to Disable JavaScript In Firefox 23? [Tip]

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox 22 with JavaScript option in Preferences

The option to disable JavaScript has been removed from Content tab of preferences dialog in Firefox 23, but you can still disable JavaScript through hidden preference in it. Firefox 23 is coming soon, now on beta channel and noticeable changes […]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to Fix ESET’s “Error communicating With Kernel” Issue on Startup

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you’ve installed ESET’s Smarty Security, even the latest v7.0 Beta and getting “Error communicating with Kernel” Dialog on every startup, this article provides the fix. If ESET Service which configured to start on start of Computer fails to start,

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
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How to Fix “System Restore does not appear to be functioning correctly on this system”

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Is system restore not working in Windows 7 and showing an error related to Volume Shadow Copy Service component, here is the fix. System Restore is the crucial feature in Windows that lets you restore your system to earlier time.

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
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Bitdefender Safepay pop up

How to Turn Off Bitdefender SafePay If you don’t need It

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Bitdefender Safepay pop up

If you don’t need Safepay feature in Bitdefender Internet Security 2013/2014, you can easily disable it. By default, setting for Bitdefender Safepay browser- security feature which lets you browse banking websites in virtual environment thus protects your sensitive information you

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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Winamp restart in Safe Mode button

How to Run Winamp in Safe Mode on Windows?

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Winamp restart in Safe Mode button

Winamp by Nullsoft, once upon a time popularly known as Audio Player now available as multi-format media player for Windows and Android platforms. Winamp’s latest version 5.64 has been released for Windows with addition of “Safe Mode” option and Microsoft

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks
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LinkedIn Two-Step Verification: How to add your PC/Mobile as Trusted Device [Tip]

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After enabling Two-step verification for your LinkedIn account, you need to make sure your computer or mobile device you use to login to LinkedIn should be added as trusted device. its, very simple, here is how to do it. Unlike […]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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LinkedIn Two step verification sign in option

How to Turn On Two-Step Verification for Your LinkedIn Account

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
LinkedIn Two step verification sign in option

After Dropbox, recently Twitter has offered two-step authentication for their users, LinkedIn now offering optional Two-step verification security feature for their users. Vincente  Silveria says in Linkedin blog ”All LinkedIn accounts are already protected by a series of automatic checks […]

Posted in: How to, News, Security
Firefox
Confirm folder replace dialog

How to Restore Old Firefox Profile Data After Reset

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Confirm folder replace dialog

As you know to fix the problems such as slowness and other issues Firefox users face Mozilla has introduced Reset feature from version 13 onwards, you can find Reset button on “Troubleshooting Information”/about:support page. This feature is also useful to

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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Dropbox Preferences Import tab

How Dropbox Automatically Saves Screenshots to Its Folder on Windows

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Dropbox Preferences Import tab

Recently, we’ve covered Dropbox has made experimental build available for Windows and Mac with features like saving screenshots to Dropbox, move to Dropbox and other features. The most useful future Dropboxers find will be Saving screenshots. Let us take a

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome

How to Prevent Chrome from Adding Desktop Shortcuts for New User Accounts

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Generally, there is only one user uses Google Chrome on computer, (that’s you, with user name “First user”) unless you add few users. What if your relatives or family members or friends wants to access same Chrome browser instance from

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to
Firefox
Firefox Australis menu from hotdogs icon

How to Check for Updates in Firefox Australis UX Build [Tip]

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox Australis menu from hotdogs icon

Firefox interface for Windows, Mac and Linux is going to change completely with Australis, you can see this in action if interested, by installing latest Nightly UX build. It may take a while for you to get used to the

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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