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Chrome Monitoring installation

How to Integrate FDM 5 into Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers?

December 28, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Chrome Monitoring installation

Make Free Download Manager v5.1 to work with Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer. We’re following up Free Download Manager 5.1 beta release news with … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox 43: Re-enable disabled unsigned extensions

December 17, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

How to install unsigned add-ons in Firefox 43. Mozilla has turned on extension signing enforcement by default in Firefox 43, means to install an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Avast deletes Steam by flagging as a Virus, here is how to restore it back

December 15, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Today we’ve covered a news that doesn’t please Avast users, and now what we’re saying is going to annoy Steam users using Avast as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Firefox

How to remove Firefox Hello System Add-on?

December 8, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has now included Firefox Hello as system add-on in Firefox 45, you can only notice or discover this when you visit about:support or … [Read more…]

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

Make Windows Defender in Windows 10 to block Adware

December 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

One more reason to stick with Windows Defender is it now detect and blocks adware as well, you need to turn on PUA Protection … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Uninstall Windows 10 November Update to go back to Previous 10240 build

November 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Revert or downgrade to previous Windows 10 build 10240 from 10586 build. After upgrading to Windows 10 Threshold 2 version 1511 (10586) from build 10240, lot … [Read more…]

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How to

How to return to regular Google Experience from Star Wars?

November 25, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Restore default experience for Google apps from Star Wars. To awaken the force within if you’ve visited Google Star Wars website (with your Gmail … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Make On-Screen touch Keyboard to appear in Firefox 43 in Windows 10

November 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Force virtual keyboard to automatically pop up for Firefox browser, even on non-touch Windows 10 devices. Starting with Firefox 43 (currently in beta), Firefox browser … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Disable ‘Get Firefox on your iOS and Android devices’ ad or Notification

November 19, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla’s Firefox for iOS promotion gone horribly wrong and annoyed desktop Firefox users. Today, to a small percentage of users, Firefox has showed ‘Get … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Windows 10 Threshold 2: Remove Scan with Windows Defender Context Menu Entry

November 17, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Threshold 2 aka November Update has been delivered to Windows 10 users, if you’ve installed this update, you’ll notice the back of Scan with … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Install Windows 10 November Update using Media Creation Tool

November 13, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Update Windows 10 to version 1511 November Update with Media Creation Tool. Windows 10 version 1511 November update is now available on Windows Update, if … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Change Twitter Favorite Heart Icon to Star in Chrome with this Extension

November 10, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A week back on November 3rd, Twitter has changed favorite star icon to ‘heart’ saying the star was confusing to newcomers and Heart could … [Read more…]

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