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Firefox

How to Disable Plugin Hang UI in Firefox 20

April 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has added plugin Hang UI for Windows in Firefox 20 which appears and allows the user to terminate not responding plugins like Flash before Firefox killing it after waiting for preset time 45 seconds. Reason for Mozilla to create

Posted in: Firefox, How to
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Google Drive Offline setup instructions

How to Setup Offline Access for Google Drive

April 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Google Drive Offline setup instructions

Google Drive now allows their users to view and edit their documents from drive.google.com in Chrome browser when they’re not connected to internet, but they need to complete two steps for that and these steps enables offline access to Google

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks
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Installing or uninstalling Avast Ad blocker

How to Install or Uninstall Avast Ad Blocker

March 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Installing or uninstalling Avast Ad blocker

This article guides you on how to install or remove Avast Ad Blocker from your Computer. Avast has released v8 with Ad Blocker, Software Updater, Browser cleanup tool and other new features where Ad Blocker is optional feature powered by

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome

How to remove Google Chrome if you can’t uninstall it?

March 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you’re not able to uninstall Google Chrome browser from Control Panel then you can manually remove it so that you can able to reinstall Chrome on your computer. When you want to uninstall Chrome to reinstall new version if

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Troubleshooting
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Chromes Cookies section lets you block third party cookies

How to block Third-Party Cookies in Chrome, Firefox and IE Browsers

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chromes Cookies section lets you block third party cookies

Mozilla has decided from Firefox 22 onwards that browser will not allow third-party cookies to be installed on users computer if they’ve not visited that site. If you don’t want to allow third-party cookies in browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox

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GIF animations stopped playing in Chrome

How to Disable Animated GIFs in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer Browsers

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
GIF animations stopped playing in Chrome

Are you annoyed with animated GIFs of some twitter users appearing in your timeline?, or if you don’t want to see GIF animations not anymore in browsers, we’ve got you covered. Those animated GIFs on websites sometimes look good, you

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Firefox
Panel based download manager in Firefox

How to disable Panel Based Download Manager in Firefox 20

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Panel based download manager in Firefox

First beta for Firefox 20 has been released and available for download which has replaced old download manager UI with Panel-based download manager and has been activated by default. If you’ve downloaded the beta version and don’t like new download

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How to Disable Self Pings Easily in WordPress

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Are you annoyed with trackbacks shown by WordPress in comments waiting for approval which also happens when you interlink to your own posts in blog?, you can get over this easily by disabling self pings feature, which comes enabled by

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How to switch from Dropbox experimental to Stable version and Vice Versa

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re a Dropbox user and wondering whether you can install experimental build over stable or similarly stable build over experimental one on your computer? (which is called downgrading), Answer is yes!, this answer is not from Dropbox, but from

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Metro apps already installed on Windows 8

How to remove All Default Apps from Windows 8

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Metro apps already installed on Windows 8

Have you found modern apps, those comes bundled with Windows 8 aimed at touch screen devices no longer useful for your desktop PC, you can remove all of them permanently by running few commands in PowerShell. Windows 8 comes with

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Firefox
Most Visited smart bookmark folder on bookmarks toolbar

How to get deleted “Most Visited” bookmark Folder back on Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Most Visited smart bookmark folder on bookmarks toolbar

After installing Firefox browser on your computer if you add or enable “Bookmarks Toolbar” from Firefox button>options, then you can see two default smart bookmarks folders displaying on Bookmarks toolbar they’re: “Most visited” and “Getting Started”. If you’ve unintentionally deleted

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Uninstalling Avast 8 with its uninstall utility

How to Uninstall Avast 8 Beta from your Computer

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 3 Comments
Uninstalling Avast 8 with its uninstall utility

Few users of XP reported on Avast forums that yesterday released Avast 8 beta version causing their system to slow down, if you’re facing any issues with this right now you can easily uninstall Avast 8 beta and reinstall Avast

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