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How to Uninstall Kaspersky Secure Connection?

July 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you install Kasperksy Internet Security 2017 or Kaspersky Total Security 2017, along with it, the newly added Secure Connection will also be installed … [Read more…]

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How to

How to disable Yahoo Messenger Update Checker-YMUpdater.exe?

July 29, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

New version of Yahoo Messenger 0.8.109.244 for Windows has been released and available for download with support for sending animated GIFs, bulk photo sharing, … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Find User Agent Strings of Edge, IE, Chrome and Firefox Browsers

July 25, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A browser sends User Agent to web server in a HTTP header whenever you connect to a website with the browser, rendering engine and … [Read more…]

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How to Print Pages in Edge browser?

July 25, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The Edge browser to users, who use any other browser as default will see it as Internet Explorer in older Windows versions, if you … [Read more…]

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

Find out Firefox or Chrome running 32-bit or 64-bit?

July 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Don’t know whether you’re using 32-bit or 64-bit of Firefox browser on your computer? You can easily find out that, all you need to do … [Read more…]

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Google Chrome

Google Chrome: How to Always Open PDFs with System Viewer?

July 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google Chrome comes with built-in PDF Viewer- aka Chrome PDF Viewer enabled by default, and PDFs you come across on a website through links … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to install Google Cast Extension in Opera?

July 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You can now install Google Cast in Opera browser. Like Google Chrome and Firefox, Opera also itself maintains an add-ons site for users to … [Read more…]

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

Chrome keyboard Shortcut to Pin or Unpin Tab

July 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Nowadays all modern browsers allow user to pin or unpin a tab, useful to quickly glance and check we’ve new twitter or gmail updates, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox 49 Recently bookmarked items

Firefox 49: Hide Recently bookmarked Items

July 11, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox 49 Recently bookmarked items

After bookmarking a page, Firefox shows jumping star animation, after seeing that, the user might check the new bookmark in the bookmarks menu he … [Read more…]

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How to download Snagit or Camtasia older version?

July 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’ve recently upgraded to Snagit 13 from Snagit 12, and if you don’t like the new version 13, you can switch to old … [Read more…]

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How to disable FoxitConnectedPDFService.exe?

June 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you install recently released Foxit Reader 8.0, which was released with new ConnectedPDF technology, if you open task manager and see the ‘Processes’ … [Read more…]

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How to remove cursor from Snagit 13 Captures?

June 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Snagit 13, followed by 13.0.1 has been released recently, after using the new version for a few days I’ve noticed Snagit automatically including the … [Read more…]

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