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How to

How to disable unsupported browser message in Vivaldi browser

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Don’t want to see Google websites or its services like Google Drive showing unsupported browser message in Vivaldi browser, here is how you can disable that

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

How to disable CCleaner’s Scheduled tasks and Startup Item

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Find out how you can disable CCleaner Scheduled tasks CCleaner Update and CCleanerSkipUAC, and its startup item on Windows

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

Change Vivaldi Screen Captures Saved Folder location

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Find out how you can change Vivaldi Screen Captures default saved folder to desired location

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
Google Chrome

Chrome : How to disable Videos Autoplay using Autoplay Policy

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re using Google Chrome, here is how you can use the autoplay policy flag to disable autoplaying videos in Chrome browser.

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox 57 adding Search bar customize mode

Firefox 57 : How to add Search bar to Toolbar

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox 57 adding Search bar customize mode

In Firefox 57, the search bar can be added back to the toolbar by using customize mode or by visiting Search preferences,

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

Fix Chrome’s ‘Rats WebGL hit a snag’ error

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently, we’ve covered about Chrome showing black screen when you minimize or maximize, you need to disable hardware acceleration in Chrome browser to fix … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Firefox
Accessibility features enabled visual indicator

Firefox 57 : How to disable Accessibility Services

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Accessibility features enabled visual indicator

By using a privacy option available in Firefox Preferences you can able to successfully disable accessibility services in Firefox 57.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox old options UI

Firefox 56 : How to disable new Preferences UI

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox old options UI

Don’t like new Preferences UI Firefox 56 has got? You can disable it and restore old Settings UI, here is how that can be done.

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

Firefox 56: How to disable onboarding tour

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

How to disable onboarding tour in Firefox 56 and Firefox 57 that opens when you click on fox icon in the new tab.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox 57 Downloads button auto hide panel in toolbar

Firefox 57 : Enable Downloads button on the toolbar

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox 57 Downloads button auto hide panel in toolbar

Firefox 57 autohides the Downloads button on the toolbar by default, you can make it visible by disabling auto-hide panel or by using the preference in about

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Browsers
Firefox performance settings

Firefox 55+ : How to disable Hardware Acceleration?

August 16, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox performance settings

Learn how to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox 55, Firefox 56 and Firefox 57 and later versions so that Firefox opens without any issues

Posted in: Browsers, Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
WinRAR 5.50

Make WinRAR to use RAR4 format by default instead of RAR 5.0

August 15, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
WinRAR 5.50

WinRAR 5.50 or later version uses RAR 5.0 archive format by default, you can change it to RAR 4.x compatible format, follow these steps for that.

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