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Tips and Tricks
Vivaldi accent color from active page setting in Theme preferences

Disable Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s Tabbed Interface

March 1, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi accent color from active page setting in Theme preferences

These days most desktop PDF Readers offer tabbed browsing feature, which means they open PDF documents in multiple tabs in the same application window, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) WordPress Plugin Installation and Validation

February 24, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) for sites are are now live in Google Search on mobile devices. WordPress.com and Self-hosted WordPress sites, supports AMP. WordPress.com … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks
Windows 10 an app default was reset notification

Prevent Windows 10 from resetting default apps

February 16, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Windows 10 an app default was reset notification

Stop Windows 10 from resetting file associations. Windows 10 users who have recently installed the Cumulative update KB3135173 have noticed their file associations being … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks
You seem to be having trouble getting your code

Trouble in getting Google 2-step Verification Codes via SMS to Mobile Phone

February 15, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
You seem to be having trouble getting your code

If you’ve turned on two-step verification for one or more Google accounts you’re having, then you should know you may get into trouble when … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks
Gmail without profile picture and sign out button

Gmail Sign out button missing

February 12, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Gmail without profile picture and sign out button

Generally the sign out button for Gmail on the web, will appear when you click on your profile picture on the extreme right, what do you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
How to
Avast SafeZone browser

How to uninstall or remove Avast SafeZone Browser?

February 9, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast SafeZone browser

Avast offers and installs SafeZone browser (built on Chromium) when you install its 2016 version products such as Avast Antivirus and Avast Internet Security. … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
Your location is currently in use

Windows 10 says your location is currently in use

January 26, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Your location is currently in use

Windows 10 has Windows location service turned on by default, Cortana and other apps use this service to find your device location. You may … [Read more…]

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Firefox
Nightly accessibility support partially disabled

Force-enable both E10s and Accessibility Support in Firefox Nightly

January 19, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Nightly accessibility support partially disabled

Firefox Nightly disables e10s whenever accessibility is detected, this includes A11y tools like remote desktop, touch screen Windows devices and other magnifying or screen … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
Wallpaper for a Windows 10 theme showing photo taken place

Where Windows 10 Themes Photos were taken?

January 18, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Wallpaper for a Windows 10 theme showing photo taken place

We know how to find the Photo shot location of a desktop background for current theme in Windows 7, for that, we’ve to visit … [Read more…]

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How to

How to disable Internet Explorer’s End of Life Upgrade Notification?

January 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

On January 12, 2106 i.e. on next Tuesday, support for older versions of Internet Explorer will end. If you’re using either Internet explorer 8 … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Yahoo mail site asking user to receive notifications in Firefox 44

Disable Push Notifications in Firefox 44

December 31, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Yahoo mail site asking user to receive notifications in Firefox 44

Starting with Firefox 44 (currently in beta), websites can send messages to users if they agree through Push mechanism, these are called Push Notifications. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Facebook Desktop notifications are on dialog

Disable Facebook’s desktop Notifications in Chrome

December 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Facebook Desktop notifications are on dialog

If you’ve allowed Facebook to show desktop notifications in the Chrome browser, here is how to disable or turn them off.  Push notifications are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
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