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Opera

Opera 54: Remove Default bookmarks on bookmarks bar

July 18, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

How to remove or delete default bookmarks on bookmarks bar such as Amazon, eBay, Booking etc which the recent Opera 54 has shipped.

Posted in: Opera, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

How to disable Tracking Protection Option in Firefox Menu

July 15, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Want to disable or remove Tracking Protection toggle added to hamburger menu in Firefox 62, you can do that in Firefox 63, here is how.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Creating a Shortcut to Device Manager on Windows 10 is dead simple

June 25, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Want to create a shortcut to device Manager on Windows when you use it most often?,Here is how you can do that without much hassle.

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
How to
Scan with malwarebyes context menu option

Disable or remove Scan with Malwarebytes Context Menu Option [How to]

June 11, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Scan with malwarebyes context menu option

If you don’t want Scan with Malwarebytes option in context menu on Windows, you can disable or remove it, here is how that can be done.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome

Chrome 67: How to disable gray title bar on Windows 10

June 8, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Don’t like Chrome’s gray title bar on Windows 10? You can disable and change it to white in version 67, find out how you can do that

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to disable Instant Search in Opera desktop browser

May 30, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Don’t like Instant Search feature in Opera browser? You can disable it from opening, here is how.

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
Turn Kaspersky Internet Security Trial to Kaspersky Free

Turn Kaspersky Internet Security Trial to Kaspersky Free

May 29, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Turn Kaspersky Internet Security Trial to Kaspersky Free

How to turn a trial version of Kaspersky Internet Security or Kaspersky Antivirus into Kaspersky Free

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
How to
Avast Overseer

What is Avast Overseer? How to Disable or remove it?

May 21, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast Overseer

What is Avast Overseer? What does it do? Why it is running even after the uninstall of Avast free antivirus? How to disable or remove it? Find out in this article.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Disable bcusched.exe – Avast Browser Cleanup Scheduler

May 15, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

What is bcusched.exe process having description Avast Browser Cleanup Scheduler? .Why it is running? What does it do? How to disable it? Find out answers to these questions in this article.

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
How to

How to Enable Native Offline feature in Gmail

May 10, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Using Gmail offline Chrome Extension? You don’t need that now, the new Gmail has native offline feature available that works in Chrome only, by enabling it, you can able to read and write email messages even when you’re offline, so to start using Gmail offline now find out what you need to do in this article.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
How to

Stop App Suggestions in Start Menu in Windows 10

May 4, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

From time to time, Start Menu in Windows 10 shows App suggestions to install from Microsoft Store, if you’ve found the Suggested Apps thing annoying, you can indeed prevent or stop Windows from offering app suggestions to you by visiting Start menu or Settings or Registry, find out how.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox 61 Quantum: How to add Search Engines?

April 29, 2018 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Yes! You can now add search engines to Firefox Quantum browser via location bar or address bar by using the Page Action menu, follow the steps mentioned in the article to learn how to do that.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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