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Firefox
Add-on install stopped in Nightly by showing warning as unverified

How to install unsigned third-party add-ons in Firefox Nightly or developer channel

August 7, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Add-on install stopped in Nightly by showing warning as unverified

Disable add-on signing in Firefox Nightly and Developer streams. It’s a norm from Firefox 40 version that all add-ons you’re going to install in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

How many apps are there in your Windows 10 Start Menu?

August 5, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Know this fact or bug info: Start Menu in Windows 10 at the moment can’t display more than 512 apps, fix is under testing … [Read more…]

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How to

How to Stop background apps in Windows 10 from running

August 5, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Disable or turn off background apps running in Windows 10. Windows 10 is fast and has no performance issues reported by the users so … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Use this trick to get direct download links for Windows 10 ISO

August 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

With a simple trick, you can download official Windows 10 ISOs from within Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 without using the Media Creation Tool. … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks
YouTube player with new UI

Where is ‘Watch Later’ button in the new YouTube Player?

August 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
YouTube player with new UI

YouTube has rolled out its new player with a slicker design to all using the browsers across the platforms. The player UI is designed … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks
Desktop Icon Settings Windows 10

Windows 10: Show ‘This PC’ and ‘Control Panel’ Icons on the Desktop

August 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Desktop Icon Settings Windows 10

After installing Windows 10, you can notice only the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop, if you want to add Computer aka ‘This PC’, … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Don’t forget to Turn on System Restore in Windows 10 After Upgrade or It’s Install

August 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

A system Restore point will be automatically created when you install programs or drivers in Windows, which allows you to restore your computer to … [Read more…]

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How to
Stop Insider builds option in Settings Windows 10 Preview build

How to leave the Windows Insider Program Now?

July 31, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Stop Insider builds option in Settings Windows 10 Preview build

Ok, since October 1st –when Windows Technical Preview began –till July 29th, you don’t have Windows 10 available, that’s why you’ve joined the Windows … [Read more…]

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How to
Create installation media for Windows 10

How to Perform a Clean Install of Windows 10 after the Upgrade

July 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Create installation media for Windows 10

Unless you’ve purchased Windows 10, you can’t install it on your computer (because clean install requires a product key to insert during the installation), … [Read more…]

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How to
Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 showing Previous Windows Installations entry in Files to delete

How to downgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 from Windows 10

July 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 showing Previous Windows Installations entry in Files to delete

How to revert or rollback to Windows 8.1 or 7 from Windows 10.Congratulations if you’ve successfully upgraded to Windows 10, if you’re not, try … [Read more…]

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Tips and Tricks

Quickly Upgrade to Windows 10 by using the Media Creation Tool

July 29, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re still now able to upgrade  to Windows 10 and the new OS download Bits folder $WINDOWS.~BT if not progressing further in size … [Read more…]

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News

Windows 10 downloading not happening on your reserved computer? Try this command

July 29, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Use this Command to get Windows 10 download working if you don’t have $Windows.~BT Folder.  Yesterday, we said Windows 10 pre-downloading began on reserved … [Read more…]

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