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Completely disabled Cortana Windows 10 anniversary update

How to Completely Turn off Cortana in Windows 10 Anniversary Update?

August 18, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Completely disabled Cortana Windows 10 anniversary update

Anniversary Update has taken away the Cortana On-Off switch, but its still possible to turn off Cortana completely in Windows 10 version 1607 and … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to re-add Google Search Engine to Pale Moon 26.4?

August 17, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Pale Moon has removed Google from its Start Page and browser as search engine and DuckDuckGo is the default Search engine for both of … [Read more…]

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

How to uninstall Adwcleaner?

August 17, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Adwcleaner uninstall

Recently, Adwcleaner 6.0 released with new UI and Icedragon and Vivaldi browser support, since it’s a portable tool, no installation is needed, then why to … [Read more…]

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How to

How to install extensions in Edge from outside Windows Store?

August 16, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

With the Windows 10 anniversary update, Microsoft Edge is available to public with extensions support, you can now visit Windows Store and install extensions in … [Read more…]

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

And the Firefox Reader View keyboard Shortcut is

August 14, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

With Firefox 38.0.5 release, Mozilla has introduced Reader View feature, which when activated, presents the page to the user in clutter-free format by removing unnecessary … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Tips and Tricks
Microsoft Edge

Change Edge browser download location more easily in Windows 10 Anniversary Update

August 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Till Windows 10 version 1607, it was possible to change Microsoft Edge browser’s default download location, you need to open File explorer and change … [Read more…]

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
How to
All programs list exported by Revo Uninstaller free version

How to Export List of Installed Programs using Revo Uninstaller Free?

August 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
All programs list exported by Revo Uninstaller free version

Revo Uninstaller Free with 64-bit support, has a definite edge over removing left removers when compared with it’s competitor products such as IObit Uninstaller … [Read more…]

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Firefox

How to Disable Audio Indicator on tabs in Firefox?

August 11, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

It took a long time for browser vendors to implement and show Audio indicator for music playing tabs, first Google Chrome and some time … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to Add File Exceptions to Avira Free Antivirus?

August 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Exclude certain files from Avira scanning. Every antivirus available on the internet is not perfect, some viruses gets through and the antivirus may flag … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Security, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Chrome Picture in Picture Viewer

Get Opera’s like Video Pop Out in Chrome

August 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome Picture in Picture Viewer

Opera‘s Video Pop Out feature is very useful for multitaskers, allows to watch a playing video on any tab in any position, all you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Revo Uninstaller 2.0: Auto-hide Advertisement

August 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Few days back, Revo Uninstaller 2.0 has been released with 64-bit support, its UI and removal of leftovers over the previous version was swift and … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Which Avast components you’ve to install for Minimal Protection?

August 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Users feels Avast is currently bloated with unnecessary features such as Software Updater, Browser Cleanup and SafeZone Browser, then how to install Avast with … [Read more…]

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