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How to Add and Set Google as default Search Engine in Microsoft Chromium Edge

March 24, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Bing is only search engine Chromium based Microsoft Edge browser offers, here how to add Google & set as default Search engine in Edge Powered by Chromium.

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
How to
Pin Prompt Firefox 66 Windows Hello in Windows 10 1903

How to Test Windows Hello Support in Firefox 66 on Windows 10

March 19, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Pin Prompt Firefox 66 Windows Hello in Windows 10 1903

To try or test Windows Hello in Firefox 66 you need to have Windows 10 April 2019 Update version 1903 installed or join insider program and then fast ring.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
New Skype for web working in Firefox

Make Skype for Web to work in Firefox

March 8, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
New Skype for web working in Firefox

New Skype for Web supports Microsoft Edge and Chrome only, but by changing user agent to Chrome or Edge, you can make it work in Firefox 65 or later versions

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
Turn off notifications for an app Windows 10 Action Center

Quickly Turn off Notifications for An App in Windows 10 from Action Center It Self

February 22, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Turn off notifications for an app Windows 10 Action Center

Do you know you can right-click on app notification in Windows 10 to turn off notifications for that app or go to its notification Settings

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Enable and test fingerprinting and cryptomining protections in Firefox browser

February 15, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Firefox Nightly 67 gained two new privacy protections in February 2019: blocking known fingerprinting scripts and known cryptomining scripts. Fingerprinters build a profile of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Security, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Configure Vivaldi to close Pinned tabs like normal tabs

January 14, 2019 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Do you want to can close pinned tabs in Vivaldi browser like other tabs without needing to unpin them first? You can find out how in this article.

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
Firefox

Firefox 64: How to Bookmark All open Tabs at once now?

December 13, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Upgraded to Firefox 64 from 63 and noticed bookmark all tabs tab context menu item gone? Don’t worry! You can still bookmark open tabs in Firefox version 64.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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Deactivate or delete Quora Account after breach

How to delete your Quora Account after this data breach

December 4, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Deactivate or delete Quora Account after breach

As Quora hacked if you want to delete or deactivate your account read this information before doing that.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
News
Notepad7.5.9 lets you replace Notepad

Notepad++ 7.5.9 lets you easily Replace Notepad with Notepad++

October 22, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Notepad7.5.9 lets you replace Notepad

Want to replace Windows Notepad with Notepad++? Notepad++ 7.5,9 now makes that possible, you need to run a command for that.

Posted in: News, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Prefer AV1 YouTube test tube page

How to Play AV1 Videos on YouTube in Chrome 70, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera

October 19, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Prefer AV1 YouTube test tube page

Learn how to enable AV1 codec support for YouTube, Firefox browser first, so that you can watch AV1 videos in Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi & Opera browsers.

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Disable allow Chrome sign in setting

Chrome 70: How to turn off Chrome Sign-in Setting

October 8, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
Disable allow Chrome sign in setting

Learn how to turn off Chome Sign-in option in Chrome version 70 Settings, by doing so, when you sign into Gmail you won’t be signed into Chrome browser.

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
How to
RestrictSigninToPattern and SyncDisabled Registry entries

Chrome 69: Disable browser Auto Sign In and Sync

September 24, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
RestrictSigninToPattern and SyncDisabled Registry entries

Chrome 69 automatically signs you into the browser when you sign into Google service such as Gmail, users who don’t log into Chrome to sync stuff to their devices may find this unnecessary and annoying. We’ve said the flag ‘Identity consistency between browser and Cookie jar’, which you can use to disable this thing, is …

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