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Tips and Tricks

Fix Windows Update doesn’t download Windows 10 Preview build 10158/10159/10162

July 3, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Try this if Windows Update doesn’t pick up Windows 10 Preview builds for you. Windows Update to the fast ring insiders says your device … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Tips and Tricks

Fix Windows Update Stalls while downloading the Windows 10 build 10158/10159

July 2, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’ve noticed Windows Update hang at 0% while downloading the new Windows 10 Insider build, try this to accelerate the download progress. Fix … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
How to

How to import bookmarks from other browsers into Microsoft Edge

June 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released build 10158 to Windows insiders in the fast ring, you no longer see the Edge browser name as Project Spartan now … [Read more…]

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

How to Change the default Search Engine in Microsoft Edge

June 30, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Bing is the default Search engine in Microsoft Edge, Windows 10 build 10158 now lets you add a desired search engine — excluding Google, … [Read more…]

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

Gmail’s ‘Undo Send’ is now available to all, here is how to enable it

June 25, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

After sending a message in Gmail, you can now cancel it within 30 seconds. It took 6 years for Google to graduate a popular … [Read more…]

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

Make Web Search in Windows 10 to use Google instead of Bing

June 24, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

With a trick, you can redirect web Search from Bing in Windows 10 to Google. When you search from the Start Menu or search … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Make Firefox Add-ons Page to display Extension or Plugin Version

June 21, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

How to See add-on version number like before in Firefox. Mozilla has stopped showing add-on version information in Add-ons manager in Firefox 41 (currently … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

How to disable Extension Signing in Firefox 40

June 19, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Preference to turn off add-on signature check is now available in Firefox 40. Mozilla will enforce extension signing from Firefox 40 version (scheduled to … [Read more…]

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

Windows 10: How to change Network Location to Private from Public?

June 17, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Windows 10 Network and Sharing Center wrongly shows you’re connected to Public network. Recently, Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 10130 ISOs to Insiders … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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How to disable or turn off AVG Automatic Updates

June 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Prevent AVG from auto-updating by disabling its definition and program update schedule tasks. AVG Free antivirus automatically updates virus definitions and program update, they’re … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

How to Stop HTML5 Videos AutoPlay in Firefox through a Preference

June 12, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Prevent Firefox browser from autoplaying YouTube HTML5 videos. Thanks to click-to-play, which blocks flash videos from autoplaying in Firefox and Chrome browsers, now we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
How to
Vivaldi.exe installed location

How to find Vivaldi browser’s installed location or path on your computer

June 12, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Vivaldi.exe installed location

Know Vivaldi executable and profile paths. On Windows, Google Chrome browser now gets installed to Program Files by default (previously to Appdata folder). Recently … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
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