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Vivaldi update notification

How to turn off Vivaldi browser’s Auto Updates?

April 4, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi update notification

Vivaldi browser has supported autoupdate feature from its initial version 1.0. Auto Update doesn’t mean, much like Chrome, Vivaldi will update itself automatically, it’s not. … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
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Vivaldi web browser internal PDF Viewer

Vivaldi 1.8 : How to Manage Plugins?

March 31, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi web browser internal PDF Viewer

Vivaldi 1.8 stable has been released with a new history feature that shows your browsing patterns in calendar view and history panel, and advanced … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
How to
IObit Uninstaller service

How to disable IObit Uninstaller Service?

March 30, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
IObit Uninstaller service

IObit Uninstaller is equally efficient and comparative to Revo Uninstaller Free, but it annoys users by running more services on startup and background, even though the … [Read more…]

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Turning off Avast game mode

How to turn off Avast’s Game Mode?

March 3, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Turning off Avast game mode

Avast 2017 has improved the Game Mode, so that Gamers while playing games won’t get interrupted by notifications triggered by Avast or Windows- they’ll … [Read more…]

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Setting Vivaldi start page as homepage

Vivaldi 1.8 : How to Set Start Page as homepage?

March 2, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Setting Vivaldi start page as homepage

If you want to set Vivaldi browser’s start page or speed dial as homepage, it’s very much possible in Vivaldi 1.8. Vivaldi team has … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
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Make Snagit Editor to Show Captured Images in Actual Size by default

March 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Till Snagit 13, Snagit Editor used to display entire image by default, this has been changed recently, the editor now zooms out to show whole … [Read more…]

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Google Chrome

Chrome 57: How to Disable/Enable Chrome PDF Viewer?

February 28, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Since the Plugins page has been removed in upcoming Chrome 57, you may find it difficult to manage PPAPI-based Flash and built-in PDF Viewer plugins, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to disable Avast Identity Protection Service?

February 27, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast software included AVG’s behavior analysis aka behavior shield into its 2017 products, which scans for running programs and protects against zero-second threats, ransomware and … [Read more…]

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Firefox
Firefox delete cookies for a single site

Firefox: How to delete Cookies for a Single Site?

February 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox delete cookies for a single site

By visiting the Privacy Settings, you can able to delete all cookies stored by the Firefox browser, how about removing cookies for a single … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox 51 disable zoom indicator in URL bar

Firefox 51: How to disable Zoom indicator in URL bar?

January 25, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox 51 disable zoom indicator in URL bar

Starting from Firefox 51 the browser shows Zoom indicator in the URL bar for sites if zoom level is not 100%, if you don’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to disable Typed History in Vivaldi browser?

January 20, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Vivaldi  browser shows whatever you’ve typed so far  in address bar or search bar in a drop down when you press the down arrow. … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
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How to revert to Malwarebytes 2.0 from 3.0?

January 13, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

From where and how to download Malwarebytes 2.0? Don’t like Malwarebytes 3.0?  —which has been claimed as an antivirus replacement by the company and … [Read more…]

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